For anyone planning a wedding in Normandy and the Loire Valley in France, read our takes on the venues we visited.
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Let me share a few of my experiences to shorten your learning curve. (Because yeah. Organizing big events involves enough stress already.)
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In which I have to get a certificate of celibacy notarized, we coach my brother in the French language, and Arnaud pulls off a miracle.
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All expats, soon enough after they meet, ask each other: What brought you here?
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I took a long, luxurious morning stroll along the lakefront through the neighborhoods of Vidy and Ouchy. The pictures don’t quite do it justice.
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I am a restless soul. Too many signs pointed to the need for me to lighten my stuff load.
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Though I won’t pull back the hood and show all my inner workings here, this website gives me a good place to highlight an insight from each month’s postmortem. How’d I do in March 2019?
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Spring sprung in Switzerland this week. A few scenes from a weekend wonderland.
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As a child, who did I think I would be as an adult? I couldn’t remember. And then my mother handed me an old school report.
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A brief summary and pictures from the weekend when Arnaud Chevallier and Leslie Farnsworth got married in Normandy, France.
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I don’t want the human, nonfairy-tale equivalent of the Beauty and the Beast. What sane person would?
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As much as I enjoy living independently, having no tribe has its hazards.
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All of us have items we need to feel complete when leaving the house. Here's mine.
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Today, an increasing number of people across the globe live alone. How will widespread solo living affect the world?
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I have a handful of very basic life skills that I simply cannot master. In the spirit of confession and transparency, here goes.
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The next time something happens to someone, however big or small the troubles, show up.
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In January 2014, I began a process of sitting down each month to postmortem the prior month. You should try it.
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In the Grand Canyon, I learned I don't like hiking. Or even nature--much. Unless you count human nature.
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