https://observingleslie.com/magazine daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-march-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1774952519711-XZN0A8V1WROHITC4DDXJ/Parc-de-Milan-Daffodils.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2026 - Make it stand out View of the Parc de Milan with its daffodil arc in full bloom and people taking advantage of the beautiful early-spring day. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 21, 2026. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/napoleon-the-french-military-and-the-history-of-canning monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1773406140817-EVJMM6P7QZ7TPZ56R3GB/unsplash-image-71wxZqCDcNU.jpg Magazine - Napoleon, the French Military, and the History of Canning - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/afcd1118-5523-45ab-99ce-f0d3f1c244f2/Appert_Nicolas.jpg Magazine - Napoleon, the French Military, and the History of Canning - Make it stand out Woodcut print of Nicolas Appert by Édouard Foucaud. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/on-getting-asked-for-old-school-advice monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1772814908257-ODQK47Z5RXTUXK35AWSQ/unsplash-image-jrRe6er0pY0.jpg Magazine - On Getting Asked for “Old-School Advice” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-february-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1771852718742-QW9LAFF960F7GXQVJUF4/Leslie-Monopoly.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2026 - Make it stand out An image my spouse captured of us breaking out the old Monopoly game one weekend. February 14, 2026. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-to-do-on-vacation-in-perigord-noir monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1771855793165-B0P29W4G5MRNK25AKXF0/Leslie-Chateau-de-Losse.jpg Magazine - What to Do on Vacation in Périgord Noir - Make it stand out Mugging for my spouse’s camera at the Château et Jardins de Losse, rocking my audio guide like a necklace. August 5, 2025. Montignac, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/92526e3b-de83-4033-9cf6-f1ef5c047676/Leslie-Chateau-de-Castelnaud-Perigord-Noir-France.jpg Magazine - What to Do on Vacation in Périgord Noir - Make it stand out The best selfie-taker on the planet (my husband) and you-know-who standing along one of the Château de Castelnaud ramparts. August 8, 2025. 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Périgord Noir, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/de42280a-2da7-49a3-8373-43426133b34b/Sarlat-la-Caneda.jpg Magazine - What to Do on Vacation in Périgord Noir - Make it stand out A rainy-day view over one of Sarlat-le-Canéda’s medieval squares on a market day from the grand entrance of its Saint Sacerdos Cathedral. August 6, 2025. Sarlat-le-Canéda, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/936c4a6c-cdc6-4736-bf44-9b02c67827a1/Musee-Prehistoire-Eyzies-France.jpg Magazine - What to Do on Vacation in Périgord Noir - Make it stand out A view over the area from the terrace at the French National Museum of Prehistory. August 7, 2025. Les Eyzies, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/93a572cf-306b-4dd6-9682-2844ea2dad06/Canoe-Kayak-Perigord-Noir-France.jpg Magazine - What to Do on Vacation in Périgord Noir - Make it stand out A view from the Château de Castelnaud ramparts over the Dordogne River, dotted with canoes and kayaks. August 8, 2025. Périgord Noir, France. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-to-spend-a-week-in-ardeche-and-drome monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1771239745011-N5U50Q3CR28BUJ94H9M7/Palais-Ideal-Facteur-Cheval.jpg Magazine - How to Spend a Week in Ardèche and Drôme - Make it stand out You cannot, cannot miss a visit to Le Palais Idèal of Facteur Cheval. Hauterives, Drôme, France. August 15, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/b7827c91-9378-4946-8d18-12e8b96e5af8/20250811_084446567_iOS.jpg Magazine - How to Spend a Week in Ardèche and Drôme - Make it stand out Only a few of the incredible calcium deposits still in formation at l’Aven d’Ornac. Ardèche, France. August 11, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/feb42d83-4d37-4606-a0c9-5a709c0e7cbf/Castle-Crussol.jpg Magazine - How to Spend a Week in Ardèche and Drôme - Make it stand out The stunning landscape and peaceful ruins of Castle Crussol. Crussol, Ardèche, France. August 13, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/julia-child-and-the-borders-of-fame monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/d2dc679f-4799-4801-98fd-d213e03067fc/roast-chicken-french-cooking.jpg Magazine - Julia Child and the Borders of Fame - Make it stand out Image credit: Engin Akyurt https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-january-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1769956930934-6H6VWGPT0R6IAFYAHDM5/Germanier_Les-Monstrueuses_Lausanne_MUDAC.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2026 - Make it stand out One of the creations in an exhibit of Swiss designer Kévin Germanier’s haute couture work using upcycled materials. January 2, 2026. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-switzerland-transformed-chocolate monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/775a5473-e6b9-478b-a6dc-ed61345d73f6/hike-chocolate-bar.jpg Magazine - How Switzerland Transformed Chocolate - Make it stand out Photo credit: Photo by Kate Trifo https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-best-books-i-read-in-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1768407147449-BCSC3EDG3IRCCRKLMOYE/unsplash-image-D9_QOTmbFAg.jpg Magazine - The Best Books I Read in 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q4-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1767440624639-L32GTD4TP5NH3A39OQ37/unsplash-image-OQSCtabGkSY.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q4 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-december-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1767458500287-8358YB49CWZP9NPM8MXO/Super-Patate-Je-Crois-en-Toi.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: December 2025 - Make it stand out An extremely bizarre gift item for sale in a local independent bookstore. So strange, I took a photo. Nevertheless, charmed, I returned to purchase it a few days later. It now lives on my desk by my keyboard. (Translation: I may be a small potato, but I believe in you.) Lausanne, Switzerland. December 4, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-alpine-dragons-of-switzerland monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/84a0402e-308a-4233-b8c6-b39db9019e64/dragons-mountains.jpg Magazine - The Alpine Dragons of Switzerland - Make it stand out Image credit: Photo by Ali Müftüoğulları https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-november-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1764606900393-OH20KXRCOESFLI5YHO14/Lake-Geneva-Vidy-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2025 - Make it stand out A view from the Vidy lakefront over Lake Geneva. Lausanne, Switzerland. November 23, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/where-to-eat-in-saint-remy-de-provence monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1762850199373-O9AASE7U3C420LDFVR20/Saint-Remy-de-Provence-Hotel-de-Ville.jpg Magazine - Where to Eat in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Make it stand out View of the Hôtel de Ville in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. July 20, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/day-trips-from-saint-remy-de-provence monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1762785750819-V9F7EUBAO0HFN90G5C9S/Leslie-Baux-de-Provence.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Make it stand out Me looking out over the landscape from the ruins of the château above les Baux de Provence, France. July 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/edde88ef-c483-4cd4-a378-7d5154f8d527/Baux-de-Provence.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Make it stand out A view from the castle ruins high atop les Baux de Provence, France. July 20, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/db99a72c-c206-440d-b6f4-7e24399079c4/Avignon-Palais-des-Papes.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Make it stand out One vantage point on the massive Palais des Papes in Avignon, France. July 24, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/19da1785-9119-4215-88fc-5af6662914b5/Pont-du-Gard.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Make it stand out A vantage point on the stunning Pont du Gard in France. July 25, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/0706a41e-f837-428c-b77d-6423017640e9/Chateau-la-Coste-Bougoise.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Make it stand out Louise Bougeoise’s “Crouching Spider” (2023) installed in a reflecting pond at the entrance to the Château la Coste in France. July 23, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/02c0986c-ad59-4f0d-b305-63362e456549/Marseille-Petit-Train.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Make it stand out Our traveling crew on the Petit Train headed up to the Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde. Marseille, France. July 21, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-october-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1762012495533-7Q1OSP59OMB7Z7A9J8TJ/Autumn-Parc-de-Milan-Lausanne-October-2025.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: October 2025 - Make it stand out The stunning autumn foliage in Parc de Milan changed color continually throughout the month. Lausanne, Switzerland. October 15, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-iconic-swiss-cowbell-celebrated-artisans-festivals-and-celebrity-cows monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/586e8e7a-5cba-4b58-aa68-3da6f79c2ca1/Cows-Switzerland-Hillside.jpg Magazine - The Iconic Swiss Cowbell: Celebrated Artisans, Festivals, and Celebrity Cows - Make it stand out Cows grazing on a hillside in Villard-sur-Chamby, Switzerland. July 14, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1759239773559-GYHZJ0F3UWLMSDSYM773/unsplash-image-slItfWbhijc.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q3 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-september-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1759237798354-O6MYTTU0UB1OLNUIUKX3/Leslie-Ironman-Parade-of-Nations-France.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: September 2025 - Make it stand out Me walking with the French athletes and their support team for the IRONMAN World Championships, as captured by my darling spouse. Nice, France. September 11, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/behind-locked-doors-the-scoop-on-european-heritage-days monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1620931775311-T57VZT276BUUI1VCUPA1/Azay-le-Rideau-Exterior-Entrance.jpg Magazine - Behind Locked Doors: The Scoop on European Heritage Days - Make it stand out A glimpse of the gorgeous grounds and exterior of Azay le Rideau. Loire Valley, France. September 12, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-august-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1756736815267-XUJZGH9DGORTY22BFKFH/Leslie-Chateau-de-Losse-France.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: August 2025 - Make it stand out Me exploring the Chateau de Losse, as captured by my much more attractive spouse. Montignac, France. August 5, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/bulls-and-jute-shorts-the-story-behind-swiss-wrestling monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/6d53e555-23c7-47fa-9d87-bc02426ea1a3/Schwingen_2.jpg Magazine - Bulls and Jute Shorts: The Story behind Swiss Wrestling - Make it stand out Photo credit: Bababoef. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-july-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1754136457014-STSLLKZ03JIXNFUVAVTI/Leslie-Pont-du-Gard.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: July 2025 - Make it stand out Me exhibiting my supreme dorkitude during a tour of the Pont du Gard in France. Photo credit: Arnaud Chevallier. July 25, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/yodel-all-the-day-long-the-swiss-federal-yodeling-festival monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/8f548c48-b933-4ace-aba2-265563c9942d/mountain-view-hike-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - Yodel All the Day Long: The Swiss Federal Yodeling Festival - Make it stand out Stunning, isn’t it? A photo from a day hike, where I could definitely imagine shepherds yodeling. (Though I didn’t hear any!) Les Paccots, Switzerland. April 19, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q2-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/81e92eee-b839-4481-bdbb-9f3cc10e6855/Quais-du-Polar-Lyon-2025.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q2 2025 - Make it stand out Look at this gorgeous room for the packed Quais du Polar literary festival (2025 edition) in Lyon, France. April 5, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-june-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1751378757888-8XK1SVZD7UV6VPQ1YKCC/Nice-Panorama-Colline-du-Chateau.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: June 2025 - Make it stand out Panoramic view over Nice, France, from the Colline du Château. June 28, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/where-the-swiss-go-on-weekends-into-the-mountains monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1749991714573-H9YU0H5KTUU0Z5SKU28M/Swiss-Hike-May-2024.jpg Magazine - Where the Swiss Go on Weekends: Into the Mountains - Make it stand out Aren’t the Swiss mountains stunning? And still, pictures never do these landscapes justice. I took this photo not long into a full-day hike. Les Paccots, Switzerland. May 11, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-may-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1f79a75a-9ca7-430f-8e51-be75fceebe0c/Fondation-Beyeler-We-Are-Poems.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: May 2025 - Make it stand out A view on the back of the museum building from the Fondation Beyeler lawn, showing part of the museum’s current “We are Poems” artwork. Riehen, Switzerland. May 1, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/graouilly-the-legend-of-the-dragon-of-metz monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1698170338821-5DW8OJ1HMNPL8V6IQB83/Metz-France-Cityscape.jpg Magazine - Graouilly: The Legend of the Dragon of Metz - Make it stand out An idyllic image from the scenic riverwalk in Metz, France. No dragons, alas! August 7, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-april-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1746612876707-BMAYSGZFQBAP0X9C7FAZ/Quais-du-Polar-Leslie-Ellroy.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: April 2025 - Make it stand out Me asking James Ellroy a question about redemption in his novels at the 2025 Quais du Polar. Lyon, France. April 7, 2025. (Photo credit: Arnaud Chevallier) https://observingleslie.com/magazine/switzerland-and-all-that-jazz monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/6ad2331a-613f-43fb-88c7-4370d74a69f1/jazz-band-playing-club.jpg Magazine - Switzerland and All that Jazz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q1-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1744122336120-85AFP7164Q6PSC1X7SOP/unsplash-image-mRyU1znIt6Y.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q1 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-march-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1743505150204-K5MXUN2IHQZNJ7N94WSJ/LeMans-Leslie.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2025 - Make it stand out Arnaud likes capturing funny pictures of me and sometimes I make it easy. Le Mans, France. March 8, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/bread-and-circuses-the-circus-festival-in-normandy monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632923977437-ODMPQ6XNM6UD5TXEKJG0/Circus-Knie-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Bread and Circuses: The Circus Festival in Normandy - Make it stand out The entrance to the Circus Knie. Lausanne, Switzerland. October 10, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-february-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1741177484127-1PRJSNYVQHZ5PYUK93D1/Living-Room-Computer-Work-Leslie.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2025 - Make it stand out Me working in the living room to enjoy the sun marking the calm before the storm of the head cold and then the death of the computer partly pictured. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 14, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-french-fete-du-citron-in-menton monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1739270418815-TJ0RPC14UVBDB10PP4D8/Fete-du-Citron.jpg Magazine - The French Fête du Citron in Menton - Make it stand out Image credit: Ville de Menton https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-january-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1f135373-15df-4d9c-91ff-68dbbddd1e89/teacup-reward-January-2025.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2025 - Make it stand out The handmade ceramic teacup I gave myself as a gift for reaching a milestone with one of my fiction manuscripts. Lausanne, Switzerland. January 25, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/musings-on-social-media-and-blogging monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/f16f61ab-bb98-4b47-953d-624e7331fd80/Lausanne-rooftops-lake.jpg Magazine - Musings on Social Media and Blogging - Make it stand out What does this have to do with the topic of this post, you ask? Quite a lot, actually! I do my best musing on my daily walks. Lausanne, Switzerland. January 15, 2025. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/alpine-ballooning-switzerlands-hot-air-balloon-festival monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/16dc7a33-729b-4e0a-a09d-fde0f76cc960/alpine-ballooning.jpg Magazine - Alpine Ballooning: Switzerland’s Hot Air Balloon Festival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-best-books-i-read-in-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1736620290372-F3YO7JQI8691MKWLQLXC/unsplash-image-BVyNlchWqzs.jpg Magazine - The Best Books I Read in 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q4-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1736325796654-JES153EHID5HLRFP2NM9/unsplash-image-Oaqk7qqNh_c.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q4 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-december-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1735465035447-9UNBS2CXB0AV6CP6F3TY/Home-Holiday-Decorations-2024.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: December 2024 - Make it stand out The entirety of our December holiday decorations. Simple, sure, but just-right festive for me. Lausanne, Switzerland. December 2, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-geneva-celebrates-lescalade-chocolate-parades-and-bowls-of-soup monthly 0.5 2025-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/743616a6-0aba-48ac-a150-d82e4adc92c3/Soup-Kettle-Fire.jpg Magazine - How Geneva Celebrates l’Escalade: Chocolate, Parades, and Bowls of Soup - Make it stand out Photo credit: Adams Arslan https://observingleslie.com/magazine/a-wish-from-a-museum-lover-a-museum-of-storytelling-and-literature monthly 0.5 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1734187218122-9YZXG6UVZVXFE3GL0LU2/unsplash-image-s9CC2SKySJM.jpg Magazine - A Wish from a Museum Lover: A Museum of Storytelling and Literature - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/three-ideas-for-building-social-connection-and-community monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1733753019417-E6DAVS48DQHXAUG02CRK/unsplash-image-W3SEyZODn8U.jpg Magazine - Three Ideas for Building Social Connection and Community - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-november-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1733135941464-WRHQO59QRY74QL70CKFH/Planty-Bloom-November-2024.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2024 - Make it stand out Planty in his flowery autumn finery gets pride of place because I have never had a plant put up with me for so long. After several fallow years, he miraculously flowered again. Lausanne, Switzerland. November 1, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/nobody-knows-what-time-it-is-seasonal-time-change-confusion monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1732634310890-WWIRG9CTVLL2N2O93QNX/unsplash-image-WTteoDYo4do.jpg Magazine - Nobody Knows What Time it Is: Seasonal Time Change Confusion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/three-day-trips-from-reykjavik monthly 0.5 2024-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1732035382925-WWW2ZFBQYQCMUTGI4VZV/Leslie-Gullfoss-Waterfall.jpg Magazine - Three Day Trips from Reykjavik - Make it stand out Me trying not to look too cold in front of the Gullfoss waterfall in Iceland. September 4, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/a9de35c8-3a7d-4083-a2dc-bc06f3425b3f/Geysir-Geothermal-Area-Iceland.jpg Magazine - Three Day Trips from Reykjavik - Make it stand out The landscape at Geysir geothermal area. Iceland. September 4, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/de8ee3c7-efaf-450a-91ba-e03b03f524ba/Skogar-Museum-Iceland-Exterior.jpg Magazine - Three Day Trips from Reykjavik - Make it stand out Some of the buildings in the open air part of the Skogar Museum. Iceland. September 5, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/definition-history-themes-american-noir-fiction monthly 0.5 2024-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1731255215439-W04H4Y0I0GN4Q0ELJTAZ/unsplash-image-HQpS_yPskLw.jpg Magazine - Notes from a Noir Fan: The Definition, History, and Pleasures of American Noir Fiction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-october-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1730457247191-MZ81YONRB2LVGGRSQGTQ/October-2024-Vidy-Boat-Dock-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: October 2024 - Make it stand out Boats still in their docks along the Lake Geneva waterfront, though the low skies portend more serious autumn weather ahead. Lausanne, Switzerland. October 17, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-the-french-celebrate-toussaint monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1730191598847-A06STL9EDD42PBQG13QU/unsplash-image-iI9wyIRTgas.jpg Magazine - Never Give a Living Person Mums: How the French Celebrate Toussaint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-people-react-to-accents-in-everyday-life-my-observations monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1729606682351-R3MWT9G1JYI2QTJU7WSG/Leslie-Arnaud-Volunteering-EU-Elections.jpg Magazine - How People React to Accents in Everyday Life: My Observations - Make it stand out My spouse and I on voting day for our second session of volunteering for the French polling station for the European Union elections. June 9, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/recommendations-for-reykjavik-what-to-do-see-and-eat monthly 0.5 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1729006410829-P4C8548PSSDICQW0K7YU/Leslie-Arnaud-Hallgr%C3%ADmskirkja-Reykjavik.jpg Magazine - Recommendations for Reykjavik: What to Do, See, and Eat - Make it stand out I tried to find a photo of me in Reykjavik not looking slightly traumatized by the wind and cold, I really did. Here I am with my handsome spouse in front of the Hallgrímskirkja (Church of Hallgrímur) in central Reykjavik, Iceland. September 4, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/e8d96ed5-4284-4c7c-9bbe-cc809ab6c680/Whale-Watching-Reykjavik.jpg Magazine - Recommendations for Reykjavik: What to Do, See, and Eat - Make it stand out I could have posted one of the zillions of whale photos, but I thought readers planning a trip might find a picture of what to expect on the whale-watching boat a little more useful. Reykjavik, Iceland. September 7, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/5087e257-9567-4fef-af1f-5dda0b30d621/Blue-Lagoon-Iceland.jpg Magazine - Recommendations for Reykjavik: What to Do, See, and Eat - Make it stand out We did not take our phones into the Blue Lagoon, so no selfies for us. Here’s a photo we took from the vantage point of the restaurant, Lava Table, where we ate after we soaked. Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. September 6, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1728145153519-GMR40SNAU36CNEAJVG43/Leslie-Festival-America.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q3 2024 - Make it stand out Me in front of two promotional posters at the Festival America literary festival in Vincennes, France. September 28, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-september-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/07c6a912-5f08-4edd-9d7a-f0be6b6f3a83/Leslie-Iceland.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: September 2024 - Make it stand out Do I look as cold as I was, dear reader? Because indeed, I was cold! Southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland. September 5, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-history-and-future-of-switzerlands-annual-autumn-cow-parade monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537535350-W72T66JSQ6CVX2YM7FFT/Cows-Mountains-Summer-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The History and Future of Switzerland’s Annual Autumn Cow Parade - Make it stand out A transhumance in Switzerland my spouse captured by surprise while out for a weekend bike ride. Vaud, Swizerland. May 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/x9dbfmumyqs3w6p5aljuwgurpst66m monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/a-reading-challenge-why-you-might-like-horror-even-if-you-think-you-dont monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1726500599026-LVCPQZ3OKPGK4G45W1XX/pexels-arthousestudio-4641249.jpg Magazine - A Reading Challenge: Why You Might Like Horror—Even if You Think You Don’t - Make it stand out Photo credit: ArtHouse Studio https://observingleslie.com/magazine/ideas-for-day-trips-around-burlington-vermont monthly 0.5 2024-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1724774335356-4NX99OE2DYMLE2HAP5LO/Queechee-Gorge-Leslie.jpg Magazine - Ideas for Day Trips around Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out Me standing along part of the Queechee Gorge on a day trip to Queechee, Vermont. July 28, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/d70bda3a-d597-4486-8beb-3d83cf1bb065/Ben-Jerry-Factory-Arnaud-Leslie.jpg Magazine - Ideas for Day Trips around Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out My spouse held far more interest for me than the ice cream or the tour at the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory in Waterbury, Vermont. (Which is how it should be, anyway.) July 27, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/9b322326-fb80-40ab-ba0e-578dd414d5ac/DonnaSueBakesCooks-Grand-Isle-Vermont.jpg Magazine - Ideas for Day Trips around Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out The absolutely adorable DonnaSue Bakes+Cooks. How could I not stop, even seeing it closed? Grand Isle, Champlain Islands, Vermont. July 29, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/0ecbc287-5194-494b-a711-3d1be5002c82/Snowfarm-Vineyards-South-Hero-Vermont.jpg Magazine - Ideas for Day Trips around Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out The tasting room at Snowfarm Vineyards on South Hero, Vermont. July 29, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/a188b2a9-e708-42e6-8824-2d73b546a20a/Ethan-Allen-Homestead-Winooski-Vermont.jpg Magazine - Ideas for Day Trips around Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out The Ethan Allen Homestead in Winooski, Vermont. July 29, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-august-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1725178928321-054ZDNZYRK1KVT2YRHJ3/Alderman-Leslie-livre-sur-le-quai-Morges.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: August 2024 - Make it stand out Can you tell how much fun I had attending a discussion (and talking afterward!) with author Naomi Alderman at le Livre sur le Quai literary festival in Morges, Switzerland? August 31, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-the-us-celebrates-labor-day-instead-of-may-day monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1724752750481-ZEO7V3W9SOCTG7ARPB3Y/unsplash-image-7YUvAUbfSV0.jpg Magazine - Why the U.S. Celebrates Labor Day Instead of May Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/ideas-for-a-summer-vacation-in-burlington-vermont monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1724233945890-SF8SPMSQVQV8THLV4M6T/Lake-Champlain-Burlington-Vermont.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Summer Vacation in Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out An early morning view of Lake Champlain from Burlington, Vermont. July 28, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/18fb3ff1-fe17-4eea-80de-bfd8b0d34b59/Ticonderoga-Steamboat-Shelburne-Vermont.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Summer Vacation in Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out The Ticonderoga steamboat, which once provided transport up and down Lake Champlain, now stationed at the Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, Vermont. July 26, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/6910ccb0-c312-475a-a290-ad91a8236054/Worlds-Tallest-Filing-Cabinet-Burlington-Vermont.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Summer Vacation in Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out The possibly-maybe world’s tallest filing cabinet. Burlington, Vermont. July 30, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/c8f65325-274a-40c6-9d88-3023dcfa97e7/Vermont-Lake-Monsters-Leslie-Arnaud.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Summer Vacation in Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out Arnaud and me just before the start of a game pitting the Vermont Lake Monsters against the Norwich Sea Unicorns. Burlington, Vermont. July 26, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/7e0fe28b-d6fc-4309-8af6-2afd218a87f5/Spirit-of-Ethan-Allen-Cruise-Leslie-Arnaud.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Summer Vacation in Burlington, Vermont - Make it stand out Arnaud and me cruising along on Lake Champlain on the Spirit of Ethan Allen. Burlington, Vermont. July 27, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-why-and-what-of-the-bears-in-bern monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1721381784324-G5Q10ESR7V7OYVOKJSIG/Bear-Enclosure-Bern-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Why and What of the Bears in Bern - Make it stand out Three of Bern’s bears enjoying the afternoon in the bear park enclosure. Bern, Switzerland. July 29, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-july-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1722625333703-UH70J9KVEIEX0AG2DL66/Leslie-Ticonderoga-Steamboat-Shelburne-Vermont.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: July 2024 - Make it stand out Me in the pilot’s cabin of a steamboat called the Ticonderoga parked in a field outside Burlington, Vermont, as one of the exhibits of the local Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, Vermont. July 26, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-the-french-schedule-their-summer-vacations monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1720870148125-XEATY11DYAD0R3LTYHKH/Autoroute-France-Payage.jpg Magazine - How the French Schedule their Summer Vacations - Make it stand out Cars lined up to go through tollbooths on an autoroute in France. July 11, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/swim-to-the-office-summer-river-commuting-in-switzerland monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/531cf76c-bd54-4e5f-b49d-ea400dae41b9/Basel-Rhine-River-Float.jpg Magazine - Swim to the Office: Summer River Commuting in Switzerland - Make it stand out Summer river commuters on the Rhone in Basel, Switzerland. July 26, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/my-go-to-snack-treat-and-meal-spots-in-lyon monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1720774489338-8CZ7VW696G4ZCOD2O2RO/Slake-Cafe-Lyon-Interior.jpg Magazine - My Go-To Snack, Treat, and Meal Spots in Lyon - Make it stand out The interior of Slake. Lyon, France. April 6, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2aba3ac2-cb6c-44d0-9f35-32515a4c7310/Le-Lautrec-Lyon-Chocolatier.jpg Magazine - My Go-To Snack, Treat, and Meal Spots in Lyon - Make it stand out The entrance to Le Lautrec. Lyon, France. April 6, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/754f15b3-6950-4048-9532-c58d0c117780/NewTree-Cafe-Lyon.jpg Magazine - My Go-To Snack, Treat, and Meal Spots in Lyon - Make it stand out A view of the entrance to the NewTree in Bellecour from an interior table. Lyon, France. April 6, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/712eff61-5c95-41f9-bf17-ae1e73549b9d/Slake-Cafe-Lyon.jpg Magazine - My Go-To Snack, Treat, and Meal Spots in Lyon - Make it stand out The exterior of Slake (see the interior as this post’s header photo!). Lyon, France. April 6, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/tep6doa6byw3mzw2w0sczkqk5j757v monthly 0.5 2024-07-13 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q2-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1716192147955-75DZHB6QVXSA61VB23GA/books-read-Q2-2024-book-tea-teacup.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q2 2024 - Make it stand out A peaceful moment of tea and reading in my living room. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 18, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-june-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1719755559315-6QV458FIVF6I2L4KW9RZ/Skyros-Greece-yoga-retreat.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: June 2024 - Make it stand out A scene not far from the hotel where I attended a yoga retreat on the island of Skyros, Greece, during the last week in May and the first week of June. June 3, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/my-favorite-podcasts-for-readers-writers-and-book-lovers monthly 0.5 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/15d8943d-f9d4-46ad-94e7-c52f9efc132e/image-asset.jpg Magazine - My Favorite Podcasts for Readers, Writers, and Book Lovers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/france-fete-de-la-musique-music-in-the-streets-on-the-longest-day-of-the-year monthly 0.5 2024-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1718622165522-OIF9BKXP6KYU9IP3MP2M/French-Fete-de-la-Musique.jpg Magazine - France’s Fête de la Musique: Music in the Streets on the Longest Day of the Year - Make it stand out A band playing in front of the then under-reconstruction former Les Deux Garçons bistro. Aix-en-Provence, France. November 28, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-apex-of-automobile-endurance-racing-the-24-hours-of-le-mans monthly 0.5 2024-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1718170698392-P5KWH85XFZRGJU4X066B/24-Heures-du-Mans-Auto.jpg Magazine - The Apex of Automobile Endurance Racing: The 24 Hours of Le Mans - Make it stand out Scrutineering in process on the streets of downtown Le Mans the weekend before the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Le Mans, France. June 12, 2017. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-may-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1717241310471-U55SGLOENK5X13DC7SXU/20240518_041335841_iOS.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: May 2024 - Make it stand out The teacup I purchased for my future self to celebrate finishing the second draft of a novel-in-progress. May 18, 2024. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-travelers-should-use-global-english monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1716451477712-E48KLO1F8K4TAZOIUDTZ/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Why Travelers Should Use Global English - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/switzerlands-herens-cattle-breed-and-the-battle-for-cow-queen monthly 0.5 2024-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1716191685648-TU2ETMACULJ2RBGYRI5M/Combat_des_reines_-_Veysonnaz_11.jpg Magazine - Switzerland’s Herens Cattle Breed and the Battle for Cow Queen - Make it stand out Photo credit: Hadi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-rostigraben-and-the-polentagraben-switzerlands-regional-language-differences monthly 0.5 2025-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1715694806593-SUQTROJ5AEKXIT51AU78/Swiss-Languages-Pie-Chart-2021.png Magazine - The Röstigraben and the Polentagraben: Switzerland’s Regional Language Differences - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/membership-based-communities-of-support-for-local-bookstores monthly 0.5 2024-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1715176804913-UZXDIAJ6ODSNDK5HPUHW/Lyon-Bookstore-Entrance.jpg Magazine - Membership-based Communities of Support for Local Bookstores - Make it stand out A portal into a bookstore in Lyon, France. How could this not have caught my eye? And yes, of course I went in. April 5, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-april-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/a54211d8-1439-4022-93b3-56aa38f972df/Quais-du-Polar-2024-Lyon-France.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: April 2024 - Make it stand out Posters celebrating the 2024 Quais du Polar literary festival outside the Hotel de Ville in Lyon, France. April 4, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/travel-that-changes-you-rarely-relaxes-you monthly 0.5 2024-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1713886105894-4GREZXH89H4N9T58N16M/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Travel that Changes You Rarely Relaxes You - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-story-behind-switzerlands-specific-pet-laws monthly 0.5 2024-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1713189174957-M9BV65UP0GUXK7FKTLB8/Ramona-portrait.JPG Magazine - The Story behind Switzerland’s Specific Pet Laws - Make it stand out My tan-and-white toy fox terrier, Ramona, posing for her portrait in a Houston park early in our seventeen years of life together. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q1-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1712644787585-MULXB2OKA66LEWVQAUQ8/books-read-Q1-2024.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q1 2024 - Make it stand out A very not-attractive photo of me in the nearby park in the first part of this year, reading away. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 21, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-march-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1711981132242-M172X8WBH5RXKZ0A13OR/20240315_060018670_iOS.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2024 - Make it stand out While in Normandy in March, we stopped by Caen so that I could visit the Guy Degrenne shop there and buy a new tea pot to replace the one I broke in February after several solid years of good use. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 15, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/finding-the-best-tour-guides-on-travel-four-tips-from-my-experience monthly 0.5 2024-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1711459298764-VJ6TJRYX13WLF8WZF72I/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Finding the Best Tour Guides on Travel: Four Tips from my Experience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-decline-of-the-executive-expat-three-factors-that-killed-the-golden-expat-era monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1710928050772-Y0KL8WBLK6UQCFZVTD5E/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - The Decline of the Executive Expat: Three Factors that Killed the Golden “Expat Era” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-story-behind-the-avignon-bridge-and-sur-le-pont-de-avignon monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1710237054832-3DF6XT7RRPFI37ERXE62/Bridge-Avignon.jpg Magazine - The Story behind the Avignon Bridge and “Sur Le Pont de Avignon” - Make it stand out A perspective on the Avignon bridge from the land on the city side. Avignon, France. February 28, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-february-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1709549770274-ZSB31IVA92ZAKFLAP2B3/dent-de-lion-menu-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2024 - Make it stand out February in this part of the world is eat-dandelions season, which I find absolutely charming. In keeping with the season, this restaurant put out a menu board on the sidewalk to advertise its seasonal dandelion menu. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 26, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/88f6d1be-4c7f-42c4-8359-3df471ea9ed7/Leslie-French-citizenship-welcome-ceremony.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2024 - Make it stand out Here I am with the French consul general and the assistant consul at the French consulate’s residence in Geneva, Switzerland, upon receiving my official citizenship paperwork (and before singing my first “Marseillaise!” Geneva, Switzerland. February 5, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/68b72cde-6a75-4127-ac9d-babc77261064/Leslie-French-citizenship-Geneva-consulate.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2024 - Make it stand out After the ceremony, I posed nicely in front of the consulate residence’s window overlooking Lake Geneva, holding my citizenship paperwork. Geneva, Switzerland. February 5, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/alpine-culinary-traditions-fondue-in-the-frozen-months monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1645549060076-BHPDS53QR1SMB7SEXZYU/Swiss-Fondue-Restaurant-St-Gallen.jpg Magazine - Alpine Culinary Traditions: Fondue in the Frozen Months - Make it stand out Shared winter fondue in a restaurant with a group of visiting friends. March 7, 2020. St. Gallen, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/crepes-coins-celebrations-the-history-and-traditions-of-la-chandeleur monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1708335290983-IENAT6RASCZ82M3J8RB6/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Crepes, Coins, Celebrations: The History and Traditions of la Chandeleur - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/perfect-taste-and-texture-gooey-crispy-homemade-chocolate-chip-cookies monthly 0.5 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1707823558349-ZN7XEU69WUOZA0OTPUEQ/best-chocolate-chip-cookies.jpg Magazine - Perfect Taste and Texture, Gooey-Crispy Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies - Make it stand out My masterpiece cookie concoction: The perfect taste and texture, perfectly gooey and crispy in all the right paces, homemade chocolate chip cookie. And trust me, I know my cookies! June 27, 2021. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-january-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/796fa2cc-5fd7-432c-bdd7-b554871d7f18/snow-Lausanne-January-2024.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2024 - Make it stand out Our part of Lausanne, down by Lake Geneva (which you can somewhat discern in the background) got a surprising about of snow in early January. We don’t usually get more than a dusting, which doesn’t stick long. Lausanne, Switzerland. January 10, 2024. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-were-missing-with-beauty-its-not-the-products monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1706539008820-EI1XXEACS1BF8KWD2AX2/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - What We’re Missing with Beauty: It’s Not in the Products - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/ski-like-a-witch-the-belalp-hexe-in-switzerland monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1706338879582-UXXFDRTU8BE06A4JL7I6/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Ski Like a Witch: The Belalp Hexe in Switzerland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-best-books-i-read-in-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1705223179084-FAFTBBFO1FRQEZMXBRW3/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - The Best Books I Read in 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q4-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1704104428525-3SK2WT5V442DVQHC61V1/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q4 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-december-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1704104056539-G9C5HD8L7K24O91RWS5F/Christmas-Cookie-Platter.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: December 2023 - Make it stand out My not-too-shabby holiday cookie platter. From left to right: Black sesame shortbread, sugar, and salted chocolate-chunk shortbread. Lausanne, Switzerland. December 24, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-lausanne-celebrates-the-new-year-burning-the-cathedral monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1703087993411-4W3CGBZUG2CVACABFMK3/Lausanne-New-Years-Cathedral-Fire.jpg Magazine - How Lausanne Celebrates the New Year: Burning the Cathedral - Make it stand out Our view of the cathedral’s faux burning to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Lausanne, Switzerland. January 1, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/staying-old-school-a-paean-to-the-blogs-of-yore monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1701960189106-DM4UNTU3OBSY8K5E31BZ/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Staying Old School: A Paean to the Blogs of Yore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/good-people-make-mistakes monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1701339945141-CBX9SINYS3KRXHPST35P/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Good People Make Mistakes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-november-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1701616746697-PLRDZ4ZEE74OPSPZFH1C/Milan-Cathedral-Duomo.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2023 - Make it stand out Milan, Italy, in early November, with the Duomo cathedral in the background. November 7, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/60879d86-8cbb-4826-8314-d9547a6a1dc0/Main-Course-Thanksgiving-2023.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2023 - Make it stand out My main course of miso-roasted chicken thighs and sweet potatoes with steamed green beans and sliced shallots as a garnish. Lausanne, Switzerland. November 23, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/a10e79e3-e2ce-46f9-abea-cda7e068164a/Cheese-Course-Thanksgiving-2023.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2023 - Make it stand out My cheese course of truffle brie, truffle pecorino, and Saint-Marcellin. Lausanne, Switzerland. November 23, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2f301bd2-df19-49be-b1b5-4b260f08b3dd/Dessert-Course-Thanksgiving-2023.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2023 - Make it stand out My dessert course of black-sesame shortbread cookies. Lausanne, Switzerland. November 23, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2c7e938b-66c4-417c-85d6-2e2d87989bae/Seal-Shark-Palais-de-Rumine-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2023 - Make it stand out A taxidermied seal and a taxidermied great white shark in the Palais de Rumine. Lausanne, Switzerland. November 12, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-danger-of-making-things-too-easy-the-value-of-friction monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1700386499234-I6EC1KEG37A7IIJ0F3RY/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - The Danger of Making Things Too Easy: The Value of Friction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/when-seasons-change-humans-change-a-reframing monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1700326718705-T6O48TSZPKHSEGQ918SL/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - When Seasons Change, Humans Change: A Reframing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/no-feasting-but-fasting-the-swiss-federal-fasting-day monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1699788603660-A72MRMTBJ5UZLB8R172L/Switzerland-Federal-Day-of-Fasting.jpg Magazine - No Feasting, but Fasting: The Swiss Federal Fasting Day - Make it stand out A sign announcing the closure of one of my local grocery stores for the Swiss Federal Fasting Day. Lausanne, Switzerland. September 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-you-miss-if-you-never-eat-alone monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/4efaf171-a538-4555-be83-493875a84762/Miso-Soup.jpg Magazine - What You Miss if You Never Eat Alone - Make it stand out A bowl of miso soup I prepared for a solo lunch. Lausanne, Switzerland. October 16, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-october-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/0e3e029a-598c-4c46-93af-61d0ff5fb382/Leslie-Art-Fair-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: October 2023 - Make it stand out Me in the cafe area at the Beaulieu Lausanne, a conference center where an art expo took place in early October. Can’t say I liked any of the art, but I enjoyed seeing the current art-world and gallery trends on display. October 1, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/d6a03f9d-0d43-4cfd-9145-b28c0e0da189/Hike-Switzerland-Bramois-La-Luette.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: October 2023 - Make it stand out One of the many stunning views from one of the hikes in the Swiss Alps I took in October, this one from Bramois to La Luette. The sharp stone peaks you see in the center-right, which my hiking companions called “pyramides,” are natural formations caused by years of erosion. October 7, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/day-trips-from-strasbourg-france-germany-and-switzerland monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1698170338821-5DW8OJ1HMNPL8V6IQB83/Metz-France-Cityscape.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Strasbourg: France, Germany, and Switzerland - Make it stand out An image from the scenic riverwalk in Metz, France. August 7, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/c0aabe67-f38d-4807-b585-55ed3df829c6/Natzweiler-Concentration-Camp.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Strasbourg: France, Germany, and Switzerland - Make it stand out The entrance to the Natzweiler concentration camp, with a monument on the back right to the victims. August 6, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2fe15415-4320-4481-82a9-f8e39d679253/Black-Forest-Open-Air-Museum-Germany.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Strasbourg: France, Germany, and Switzerland - Make it stand out One of the homesteads featured in the Black Forest Open Air Museum. August 9, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/928637ef-2fd8-451d-80d6-b44510851483/Heidelberg-Germany-Cityscape.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Strasbourg: France, Germany, and Switzerland - Make it stand out A view from the Philosophers’ Walk over central Heidelberg, Germany. August 8, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/8969491f-5803-4b05-ab7d-7006d99b0e6d/Centre-Pompidou-Metz.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Strasbourg: France, Germany, and Switzerland - Make it stand out The trippy Centre Pompidou Metz from a distance, which only gets more impressive closer in and from the inside. Metz, France. August 7, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/10679e0d-662a-4b49-8e42-40b7da33c793/Nancy-France-Central-Pedestrian-Street.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Strasbourg: France, Germany, and Switzerland - Make it stand out One of the picturesque pedestrian streets in Nancy, France. August 5, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/scary-creatures-from-france-and-switzerland-a-monster-mash monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1697186819454-IZL0ISSGSHY2X4WP1YTY/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Scary Creatures from France and Switzerland: A Monster Mash - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1696600081174-1RYWN3ZU7S8E10O4C1TD/Reading-Bench-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q3 2023 - Make it stand out Why yes, I have a book with me everywhere I go. On the way back from an art market up near the cathedral in Lausanne, I stopped in this little shaded park and read for a bit on a bench. Lausanne, Switzerland. September 10, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-september-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1696170294287-ACK76SI1J9QDAO46L0LF/Leslie-Livre-sur-les-Quais-Morges.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: September 2023 - Make it stand out Me on my lunch break as a volunteer for Le Livre sur les Quais, a literary festival in Morges, Switzerland. September 1, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/my-recommendations-for-a-strasbourg-vacation monthly 0.5 2023-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1695803372154-FDMTV2HAIZLXCGV8NWUX/Strasbourg-La-Petite-France-Canal.jpg Magazine - My Recommendations for a Strasbourg Vacation - Make it stand out A view from the La Petite France neighborhood in Strasbourg, France. August 1, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/f7afbf3b-cd52-47bd-8b62-078d19521e4a/Strasbourg-Cathedral-Spire-Overlook.jpg Magazine - My Recommendations for a Strasbourg Vacation - Make it stand out A view overlooking the Strasbourg Notre-Dame Cathedral’s roof, with the city stretching beyond it, taken from the staircase to and from the cathedral’s spire. August 1, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1bb97cf5-c765-4683-85ff-03ddddacda50/Strasbourg-Decorative-Arts-Museum-Clock-Room.jpg Magazine - My Recommendations for a Strasbourg Vacation - Make it stand out The clocks room in the Strasbourg Museum of Decorative Arts (housed in the Rohan Palace), showcasing pieces from mechanical clocks, a globe of the skies, and the oldest automaton believed to still exist (the rooster). Strasbourg, France. August 3, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/life-in-lausanne-switzerland-my-experience monthly 0.5 2023-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1630578268641-42X6379ZMEYNKH335I9C/Adult-and-Baby-Swans-Lausanne-Lac-Leman.jpg Magazine - Life in Lausanne, Switzerland: My Experience - Make it stand out An adult swan with four young swans, not yet white, on Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/la-brisole-in-switzerland-the-story-of-the-swiss-chestnut-feast monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/e142d993-7cc2-4253-b29b-046894bc7697/La-Brisolee-Martigny-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - La Brisolée in Switzerland: The Story of the Swiss Chestnut Feast - Make it stand out The view from the restaurant—Le Café-Restaurant Plan-Cerisier—just outside of Martigny, Switzerland, where we enjoyed our brisolée. October 13, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/join4dxg9uf4dovps4rgif798rpwri monthly 0.5 2023-09-10 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-august-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1693840127220-W4DCXZJ0G204HOGEI8NU/Leslie-Black-Forest-Germany.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: August 2023 - Make it stand out Me in the Black Forest Open Air Museum, a side trip over from the Alsace region. August 9, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-to-wonder-if-someone-reads-fiction monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1693309753225-0F1AKCVRBN7MDRZEV0FD/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Why to Wonder if Someone Reads Fiction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-to-push-past-fluent-to-fluency-in-a-language monthly 0.5 2023-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1692719151488-C17ZWW4TCCNHOH72VCWI/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - How to Push Past Fluent to Fluency in a Language - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/great-restaurants-snacks-and-treats-in-strasbourg monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1692092109657-VIN45FLGZ35C5EF1VYWC/Meteor-Strasbourg-Lunch.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants, Snacks, and Treats in Strasbourg - Make it stand out A lunch option at Le Meteor in Strasbourg: A delicious main dish of fish and cauliflower puree and a side of—hey, you have to try it!—Alsacian sauerkraut. August 10, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/7aaf3269-c058-4b4d-a3c9-294bf8ac4cf3/La-Nouvelle-Douane-Strasbourg.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants, Snacks, and Treats in Strasbourg - Make it stand out La Nouvelle Douane has consistently impressed us with its options for picnic options, yummy snacks, and fun treats from local farmers, producers, and artisans. Strasbourg, France. August 11, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/acc4c99d-86b2-48c7-994e-1ada2982ebf5/Omnino-Strasbourg.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants, Snacks, and Treats in Strasbourg - Make it stand out Where to get the best coffee in Strasbourg? After a lot of trial and error, we found it. If you can wait until noon for your coffee fix (or if you want a coffee to perk you up after lunch), you can’t miss at Omnino. Strasbourg, France. August 11, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/764fafc0-b57e-423e-ab37-feeb70d08181/La-Vielle-Tour-Strasbourg.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants, Snacks, and Treats in Strasbourg - Make it stand out The delicious and peaceful restaurant La Vielle Tour at the close of the dinner hour. Strasbourg, France. August 1, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/68b1f3bf-e8e0-42e7-b97b-5340877e57a1/Au-Crocodile-Strasbourg-Dinner.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants, Snacks, and Treats in Strasbourg - Make it stand out A birthday dinner celebration at the elegant Au Crocodile. Strasbourg, France. August 10, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-and-how-france-switzerland-and-the-united-states-celebrate-national-holidays monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1691260561606-P5ASOCUDMK2M66RCMO09/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Why and How France, Switzerland, and the United States Celebrate National Holidays - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-july-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/6f5eee8e-0101-46d5-91fe-4d8ed3647ecb/Glacier-3000-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: July 2023 - Make it stand out Picture I snapped on a visit to Switzerland’s Glacier 3000 experience, on a trip to the site with some of July’s houseguests. July 17, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/strange-and-untrue-stereotypes-about-the-french monthly 0.5 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1690123364874-NXV2V5L28FVPS23CVGT3/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - Strange (and Untrue) Stereotypes about the French - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/videos-pyramids-and-temples-in-egypt monthly 0.5 2023-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1689328319065-PIRJY662MNHXMMBG4L9O/Dendera-Temple-Egypt.jpg Magazine - Videos: Pyramids and Temples in Egypt - Make it stand out The ceiling and the top of columns in the temple of Dendera, in Egypt. April 18, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q2-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1688374330030-RABJ555OKGSE2IF4TAWW/Leslie-Reading-Parc-de-Milan.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q2 2023 - Make it stand out Sitting on a bench in Parc de Milan, in Lausanne, Switzerland, reading over my lunch break. June 22, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-june-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1688374195464-FSQF0PY27G7G6X7DCC6M/Leslie-Okreblue-Yoga-Retreat.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: June 2023 - Make it stand out Early morning in Paros, Greece, at Okreblue. I’m sitting on my bed in my room, preparing for the morning yoga session. June 29, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/rituals-and-routines-positives-negatives monthly 0.5 2023-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1687248800657-DNNFLIS07OSGDFPCZF2R/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - The Positives and Negatives of Rituals and Routines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-monetizing-hurts-us monthly 0.5 2023-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1687171467533-QRWCAXKXRYKZ4ZZ8NQTO/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - How the Obsession with Monetizing Hurts Us - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-to-see-and-do-in-lausanne-switzerland monthly 0.5 2023-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/405fc45a-168c-4a06-b55e-14348c52cded/Swiss-Flag-Place-de-la-Palud-Lausanne-Summer.jpg Magazine - What to See and Do in Lausanne, Switzerland - Make it stand out The Swiss flag stretched as a summer sunshade over the Place de la Palud in front of the Hotel de Ville in Lausanne, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1e4f37ab-4361-4812-89a7-00e6b8b29158/Lausanne-Cathedral-Lumieres-December.jpg Magazine - What to See and Do in Lausanne, Switzerland - Make it stand out I promise the cathedral—even lit for the night—doesn’t normally look like this. Here you can sort of see me in front of the cathedral doors, which the city decorates in vibrant lighting every night during the December holidays as part of an art installation across the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1683560212017-QQ6SJ59TO1Y4HB7PV3VL/SUP-Lausanne-Class.jpg Magazine - What to See and Do in Lausanne, Switzerland - Make it stand out Arnaud and I stand-up paddleboarding on Lake Geneva just down the shoreline a bit from Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-may-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1685636426102-Y4NIC634TBWCZ24WX5FN/Leslie-Lausanne-Arboretum.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: May 2023 - Make it stand out Me taking the route through the Lausanne Arboretum on my way back from a Sunday yoga session. May 28, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-problem-with-yes-and-sometimes-the-right-answer-is-no monthly 0.5 2023-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1685289192942-YCX2X5RH04S8Z3H17OOY/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - The Problem with “Yes And:” Sometimes the Right Answer is “No” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-id-like-to-read-novels-with-older-main-characters monthly 0.5 2023-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1684526133870-KDWT0OAN9JXCDH567EO1/image-asset.jpeg Magazine - What I’d Like to Read: Novels with Older Main Characters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/tips-for-a-better-travel-experience-to-egypt monthly 0.5 2023-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1684074199995-EJWZ6SU26W3IL3WW8IMA/Leslie-Egypt-Luxor-Temple.jpg Magazine - Tips for a Better Travel Experience to Egypt - Make it stand out Me one evening in Egypt at Luxor Temple, near Cairo, posing with Ramses. April 17, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-to-go-local-as-a-tourist monthly 0.5 2023-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1683560212017-QQ6SJ59TO1Y4HB7PV3VL/SUP-Lausanne-Class.jpg Magazine - How to “Go Local” as a Tourist - Make it stand out A stand-up paddleboarding lesson on Lake Geneva, which came with all equipment and instruction, that we found via an on-line postings board. May 29, 2021. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649174137388-GD5AHHK47ZGBNP7XZGL8/LaMirande_Chocolate_Class_Avignon.jpg Magazine - How to “Go Local” as a Tourist - Make it stand out A chocolate making class I found to take during a trip to Avignon, France. March 5, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1659512033353-29AAJ32MZYOOT50GSZR7/Pilates-in-the-Park-Hermitage-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - How to “Go Local” as a Tourist - Make it stand out How about an event and a workout? A Pilates and brunch event I found on-line and attended in Lausanne, Switzerland. July 10, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/d28687b9-da86-41d0-b558-f06abd82a5e0/Aqua-%26-Farina-Milan.jpg Magazine - How to “Go Local” as a Tourist - Make it stand out The best pizza we found in Milan, Italy, hidden in an office district and catering to the corporate lunch crowd. November 26, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-april-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1682936545069-NXFBUI78PQISA4HPLSF3/Leslie-Egypt-Colossi-Memnon.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: April 2023 - Make it stand out Why yes, that’s me just casually standing there before the immense and ancient Colossi of Memnon, two massive seated statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, in Egypt. Near Luxor, Egypt. April 19, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-moving-target-of-language-fluency monthly 0.5 2023-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1681153495284-XI9G3HCOJLG89ADD0LD7/unsplash-image-QlnUpMED6Qs.jpg Magazine - The Moving Target of Language Fluency - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-wisdom-of-knowing-where-to-let-go-and-where-to-commit monthly 0.5 2023-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1680201134981-WT06HSBE9PRSMRMTGG6W/unsplash-image-vxTpVxYCZjA.jpg Magazine - The Wisdom of Knowing Where to Let Go and Where to Commit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q1-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1679933606401-VQEF3WCKR5HK3Q30M5X2/Books-Read-Q1-2023.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q1 2023 - Make it stand out A quick snapshot during a visit to a bookstore in Saint Gallen, Switzerland. March 4, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-march-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1680439834801-YD8S3X9QWEZR33H0Z8NP/Leslie-Sick-COVID-March-2023.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2023 - Make it stand out One of the least flattering photos I believe I’ve seen of myself in a while (although I’ve seen many), taken by myself unawares, when I was a complete COVID mess. Feels like the most representative photo I could choose for the March 2023 update. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 11, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-happens-when-we-dont-feel-understood monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1679995625506-W9UW6T7TGYU7FI4YAO6Z/unsplash-image-W9Pjj9yswIA.jpg Magazine - What Happens When We Don’t Feel Understood? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/places-to-vacation-other-than-paris-in-france monthly 0.5 2023-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1679411502003-ZA44N68CUTSXPKFRCKIO/St-Emilion-Terraced-Pathway.jpg Magazine - Places to Vacation (Other than Paris!) in France - Make it stand out Wear nonslip shoes for a visit to the town of Saint Emilion in the Bordeaux region—especially if you count on trying their famous wines while there! Saint Emilion, France. August 10, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-the-third-anniversary-edition monthly 0.5 2023-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1678817384821-I0X4H9ZBAYJKPKQ7GYOJ/Leslie-Transatlantic-Flight-Mask.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Third Anniversary Edition - Make it stand out All masked up and traveling home to Switzerland from Washington, DC. February 26, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-to-eat-in-lausanne monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1678208092735-WZZGX22XC6SK9HPLVGDG/Malakoff-Switzerland-Prizewinning.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Lausanne - Make it stand out Swiss Malakoff are considered a local delicacy, and these from the Auberge Communale du Mont-sur-Lausanne won the prize in 2022 for the best Malakoff in the country. Until I go back to eat something other than just Malakoff—albeit delicious!—I figured I couldn’t add the restaurant to my list. February 3, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-february-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1677660389837-W1ER0ZRELINSO736T3HK/February-La-Poste-Sign-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2023 - Make it stand out A quick snap of my post office’s sign to commemorate all the things I submitted in all formats, digital and traditional, in February. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 10, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/moving-cities-and-countries-on-being-a-restless-soul monthly 0.5 2023-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1676937208469-ADA9PQ2SD00XR38V2NMZ/unsplash-image-NqOInJ-ttqM.jpg Magazine - Moving Cities and Countries: On Being a Restless Soul - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/theme-authors-and-approach-authors monthly 0.5 2023-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1676204355120-I3TSAT2LMXJYWOXH6FA7/unsplash-image-qmlGWIaIgpo.jpg Magazine - Theme Authors and Approach Authors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/mosaics-in-rome monthly 0.5 2023-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1674755303274-JVHYMI7X5EHF2843P161/Vatican-Museums-Centaur-Warrior-Mosaic-Floor-Detail.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Mosaic floor in the Vatican Museums. The Vatican, Italy. April 26, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1674758432890-3E93BTMLHYCYSDNO3H3E/Vatican-Museums-Centaur-Warrior-Mosaic-Floor.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1674758434366-UVD0QF1O263UGY2DLS31/Vatican-Museums-Centaur-Warrior-Mosaic-Floor-Detail.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/fd8630db-1d28-48ac-b2c7-d3c83dd2ec98/Vatican-Museums-Athena-Mosaic-Floor.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Mosaic floor in the Vatican Museums with a central medallion featuring Athena, surrounded by phases of the moon. The Vatican, Italy. April 26, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/eccdc18a-be37-4266-b921-a7483b898a71/Cat-Bird-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Inset from the mosaic floor featuring a central image of a cat and two birds. Rome, Italy. April 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/c0c264b6-53f3-4775-bf2f-9120781bb8e0/Child-Fruit-Headdress-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Patterned mosaic with a central image of a child in a fruited headdress. Rome, Italy. April 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/cc35f9d1-f9e3-4e2a-ba00-b7d94814f2fd/Death-Corpse-BW-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Black and white mosaic of a dead body. Rome, Italy. April 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/abf1904d-f7fd-4a36-8652-641294caf0b7/Drinking-Birds-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Mosaic of birds drinking from a vase. Rome, Italy. April 25, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2d2e32f0-6a34-4959-bef3-1e1ef8ba181d/Gods-Humans-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Central image in a mosaic floor of gods and humans. Rome, Italy. April 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/4ba28f8d-49ed-41bc-8b3c-b6e3d265dd79/Head-Medallion-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Mosaic floor with geometric patterns and insets of faces. Rome, Italy. April 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/d216f71d-db1c-428d-892f-8beb004a4f83/Head-Serpent-Wings-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Geometrical mosaic with an inset of a head featuring wings and serpents. Rome, Italy. April 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/cf49f59c-d52d-4791-9d05-7d8ac8c1cc39/Motifs-Mosaic-Rome.jpg Magazine - Mosaics in Rome - Make it stand out Natural motifs in a black-and-white mosaic formerly decorating the wall of a public bathhouse. Rome, Italy. April 30, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-january-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1675189935668-8HPG70SSJ6LWETQ4PU72/January-Chocolate-Mayonnaise-Cake.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2023 - Make it stand out A chocolate cake made with mayonnaise that I made out of pure curiosity. Lausanne, Swizterland. January 22, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/where-to-take-a-winter-vacation-in-europe monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1674232809768-C0GC64C34XRSYLNKGPWF/Skyline-Florence-Italy.jpg Magazine - Where to Take a Winter Vacation in Europe - Make it stand out The skyline of Florence, Italy, including its magnificent Duomo. October 16, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/086b1eaf-7012-4a00-835b-5517c820dc27/Holiday-Market-Aix-en-Provence-France.jpg Magazine - Where to Take a Winter Vacation in Europe - Make it stand out A portion of the holiday market in Aix-en-Provence, France, featuring the region’s famed santon nativity figures. December 4, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/38ecc599-60a8-4027-adb2-eb644538983d/Downhill-Skiing-Verbier-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - Where to Take a Winter Vacation in Europe - Make it stand out A view from the exit of a ski lift atop a ski slope in Verbier, Switzerland. December 15, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/8d8c0dc5-8a97-4efb-86d9-189e78c25775/Duomo-Rooftop-Milan.jpg Magazine - Where to Take a Winter Vacation in Europe - Make it stand out Even in winter, your eyes will feast on the view of the endless spires of the Duomo in Milan, Italy—here seen at sunset. November 24, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-best-books-i-read-in-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1673876599622-4WHI0ZS322UDN58Q910J/unsplash-image-tv8PIPPY3rQ.jpg Magazine - The Best Books I Read in 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q4-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1670767948752-K4HVI6AA3YVS7DWRFARU/French-Xmas-novel-display.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q4 2022 - Make it stand out Every year, the francophone world goes nuts over Xmas novels. Bookstores fill with multi-table displays piled with Xmas "feel good" fiction. Lausanne, Switzerland. December 8, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-december-2022 monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1672762343734-IP3B8X57II5FXXNH0XAT/Lake-Geneva-New-Years-Eve-2022.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: December 2022 - Make it stand out A last walk along the lakefront to send off 2022. Lake Geneva, Lausanne, Switzerland. December 31, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/a-visit-to-milan-recommendations-for-what-to-see-and-do monthly 0.5 2023-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1671382797085-OEGD2RZV5C4HE7HZQ9DO/The-Duomo-Milan-Night-Winter.jpg Magazine - A Visit to Milan: Recommendations for What to See and Do - Make it stand out The Duomo in Milan, Italy, on a winter night. November 24, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/8d8c0dc5-8a97-4efb-86d9-189e78c25775/Duomo-Rooftop-Milan.jpg Magazine - A Visit to Milan: Recommendations for What to See and Do - Make it stand out A photo of the spires from the rooftop of the Duomo. (No filter, I swear!) Milan, Italy. November 24, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/07d3d87a-538b-429a-bd9d-311c1433acbd/Sforza-Castle-Milan-Interior-Courtyard.jpg Magazine - A Visit to Milan: Recommendations for What to See and Do - Make it stand out A view of the entrance tower of the Sforza Castle from the interior courtyard. Milan, Italy. November 25, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/d28687b9-da86-41d0-b558-f06abd82a5e0/Aqua-%26-Farina-Milan.jpg Magazine - A Visit to Milan: Recommendations for What to See and Do - Make it stand out The pizzaiolo hard at work at the beginning of the lunch rush at Aqua & Farina. Milan, Italy. November 26, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/fc88d1d6-e32c-45db-91ec-f5c9e724ebfa/Rivareno-Gelato-Milan-Italy.jpg Magazine - A Visit to Milan: Recommendations for What to See and Do - Make it stand out The RivaReno location in Milan’s Brera neighborhood, a can’t miss for gelato lovers. Milan, Italy. November 8, 2023. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/museums-worth-a-visit-in-lausanne-switzerland monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1671382575108-EILRY8ZQL7XW0ZZI1CZ7/Plateforme-10-MUDAC-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Museums Worth a Visit in Lausanne, Switzerland - Make it stand out MUDAC at Plateforme 10’s “A Chair and You” exhibit. Lausanne, Switzerland. December 3, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1659512033353-29AAJ32MZYOOT50GSZR7/Pilates-in-the-Park-Hermitage-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Museums Worth a Visit in Lausanne, Switzerland - Make it stand out The view over Lausanne’s cathedral and Lake Geneva from The Hermitage’s gardens. Lausanne, Switzerland. July 10, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/00afdd99-9be6-4f5b-bab7-43b4dcdf3c31/Lausanne-Typewriter-Museum.jpg Magazine - Museums Worth a Visit in Lausanne, Switzerland - Make it stand out Aren’t they beautiful? Only one tiny portion of the beautiful typewriters on display at the Musée de la Machine à Écrire. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 3, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/4bb5304b-69d1-497e-9572-ab23ae27ef6c/Taxidermied-Shark-Rumine-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Museums Worth a Visit in Lausanne, Switzerland - Make it stand out Somehow, I don’t think a great white shark would have this goofy a grin if I encountered it in the ocean somewhere. Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland. December 29, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/traveling-with-teens-to-europe-successful-vacation-planning-tips monthly 0.5 2023-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1670844433755-Q68CIKLXOOV5IC31IGF7/family-travel-teenagers-europe.jpg Magazine - Traveling with Teens to Europe: Successful Vacation Planning Tips - Make it stand out We saw so many families visiting Rome over the Easter holiday weekend! Rome, Italy. April 22, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-november-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1670254493573-FXX24O88DZ7ZAKFTHJ38/Lake-Geneva-Sunset-Winter-Clouds.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2022 - Make it stand out The setting sun beaming through the clouds over Lake Geneva on the last day of November 2022. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/terms-for-people-whove-moved-to-another-country monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1669824028065-11SY89LX6905REPROSFV/terms-for-foreigners-man-form-completion.jpg Magazine - Terms for People Who’ve Moved to another Country - Make it stand out Image credit: Ryutaro Tsukata https://observingleslie.com/magazine/successful-houseguest-hosting monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/f39d7313-d0f8-485d-b4c3-a357b96bdd88/houseguest-hosting-best-practices.jpg Magazine - Successful Houseguest Hosting - Make it stand out Image credit: Rodnae Productions https://observingleslie.com/magazine/best-practices-for-visiting-landmark-museums monthly 0.5 2023-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1668511690378-0VU6GSQQG4IA18O3H77K/Orsay-Clock-Detail-Paris.jpg Magazine - Best Practices for Visiting Landmark Museums - Make it stand out The gorgeous “small” clock on the interior of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France. Stunning. August 16, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/16d43ace-7f6c-4bc8-8576-b4bfc1524b22/Museum-Lobby-Map-Orientation.jpg Magazine - Best Practices for Visiting Landmark Museums - Make it stand out Though nowhere near as enticing as the art inside the museum, the Pinacoteca di Brera’s lobby has a map outlining where to find what categories of the collection, along with a text guide for how to approach the museum. Stopping at it before entering saved my energy for seeing the art I’d specifically gone there to see. Milan, Italy. November 26, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/avoiding-travel-drama-best-practices-for-traveling-together monthly 0.5 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1668001363174-58ERKBODLC010EW0ZXTU/Traveling-Together-Tour-Bus.jpg Magazine - Avoiding Travel Drama: Best Practices for Traveling Together - Make it stand out Some photos make it clear why I wear so many hats. Here’s me on a tour bus with traveling companions in Brussels, Belgium. August 11, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-october-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666944974091-EDLIMUCYV3OVAKH0269V/October-Teacup-Reward.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: October 2022 - Make it stand out A teacup I gave to myself as a reward for achieving a milestone along the way to a big 2022 goal. Lausanne, Switzerland. October 15, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/youre-a-tourist-be-a-tourist monthly 0.5 2023-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666776853370-GF59O7U5Z7TW55HDWJE8/Leslie-Tourist-Paris-Eiffel-Tower-Arc-de-Triomphe.jpg Magazine - You're a Tourist: Be a Tourist - Make it stand out Yep, that’s me, 100 percent owning my tourist role, in Paris on top of the Arc de Tromphe, taking a selfie with the Eiffel Tower. August 19, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/planning-a-trip-to-belgium monthly 0.5 2022-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192994231-LXOACVBULSRHY41HRU7D/Mannekin-Pis-Brussels.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium - Make it stand out The iconic Mannekin-Pis statue in Brussels, Belgium, which always has hordes of tourists massed around it. Brussels, Belgium. August 11, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192621111-HI3LSKE2DJIPO2XL22YQ/Antwerp-Belgium-Facade.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192621573-UBPKYIFRR3OZ2CPNK39V/Antwerp-Belgium-Square.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192696931-KFBLNX1S34OG071Y6S0G/Bruges-Belgium.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192697366-I4Q90J2OO38Q0SFP1FLX/Bruges-Belgium-Overview.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192764155-54TNSB1Y8H5RI0BBG0Y9/Atomium-Brussels.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192767381-WH5OJRDQ539761P0ZIKM/Bruges-Belgium-Overview.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666192767988-N1UG13IWU2RI22DOQAJP/Brussels-Cityscape.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1666337063150-RVMEGO8220EKANKPUWU9/European-Union-Campus-Brussels.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/bd1a3f5b-0628-4c42-a5d0-2269e838171e/Ghent-Mermaid.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Belgium - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1659612597363-AKDHFBYXLESEVW9ATE7K/Q3-2022-Books-Read.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q3 2022 - Make it stand out Morning reading at home. Lausanne, Switzerland. July 21, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-september-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1664383304774-0EGID87CJW5YRWD0BV5A/Leslie-Festival-America-Vincennes-France.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: September 2022 - Make it stand out Leslie in front of event posters at the Festival America in Vincennes, France. September 24, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/ideas-for-a-visit-to-basel-switzerland monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1664352060977-TUDX4O2CPPSO6MKCXDMO/Basel-Rhine-River-Promenade.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Visit to Basel, Switzerland - Make it stand out The lively promenade along the Rhine River in Basel, Switzerland. July 28, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/531cf76c-bd54-4e5f-b49d-ea400dae41b9/Basel-Rhine-River-Float.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Visit to Basel, Switzerland - Make it stand out People enjoying an after-work float on the Rhine River in Basel, Switzerland. Floaters need to stay on the coastal side of the orange buoy (their official “lane”). July 26, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/51b558d5-7173-47f7-aa47-7e6aa5d39a10/Roman-Ruins-Augst.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Visit to Basel, Switzerland - Make it stand out The amphitheater of the Augusta Raurica (or Roman Ruins of August) just outside Basel, Switzerland. July 28, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/3086c010-8ef1-4921-be57-05c127906eaf/Strasbourg-Canal-France.jpg Magazine - Ideas for a Visit to Basel, Switzerland - Make it stand out One of the picturesque canals in the Petit-France neighborhood of Strasbourg, France. August 1, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/reflections-on-the-first-summer-travel-season-post-covid-restrictions monthly 0.5 2022-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1663690604067-NJJ6W8DBPSZCJV1RQ5ZD/Brussels-Grand-Place-Flowers.jpg Magazine - Reflections on the First Summer Travel Season Post-COVID Restrictions - Make it stand out One of the least crowded moments we experienced—regardless of the time of day—in Brussels’s Grand Place. Brussels, Belgium. August 15, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-to-spend-a-day-in-freiburg-germany monthly 0.5 2022-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1663080859743-TXHXB39NQ9SEEQWRCIEN/Schlossbergterm-Freiburg-View-Germany.jpg Magazine - How to Spend a Day in Freiburg, Germany - Make it stand out A view over Freiburg and the Black Forest from the top of the Schlossbergterm. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. July 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/973cb2c9-83fc-441a-be5e-f3601066b52c/Freiburg-Germany-Old-Town.jpg Magazine - How to Spend a Day in Freiburg, Germany - Make it stand out Detail from a gorgeously maintained medieval building in the cathedral square in Freiburg. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. July 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/08b5acca-1f7e-4fc8-a7bd-a0d87289f898/Freiburg-Minster-View-Germany.jpg Magazine - How to Spend a Day in Freiburg, Germany - Make it stand out A view over the roof of the Freiburg Minster (and not even from the top!). Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. July 30, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/af97dba1-9282-4874-8dbc-f77342e83d0f/Schlossbergterm-Freiburg-Germany.jpg Magazine - How to Spend a Day in Freiburg, Germany - Make it stand out At the top of the Schlossberg , a view of the Schlossbergterm ahead of climbing to the top. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. July 30, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-august-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1661972255359-1EUZBTZ67184OVQKR3I8/Leslie-Paris-Palais-Royale-Candid.jpeg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: August 2022 - Make it stand out A surprise candid shot captured of me in the Cour d’Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris, France. August 17, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/our-favorite-bakeries-patisseries-and-restaurants-in-annecy-france monthly 0.5 2022-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1659885068465-X840ZUTBYP898T2BCIY2/Annecy-France-Restaurant-Food-Recommendations.jpg Magazine - Our Favorite Bakeries, Patisseries, and Restaurants in Annecy, France - Make it stand out The wide, shaded terrace at Brasserie Irma in Annecy, France. July 25, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/a-ride-on-the-cheese-train-in-switzerland monthly 0.5 2022-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1659884806423-RHVI3WHQRBMLFKQO2D7W/Chateau-d-Oex-Fondue.jpg Magazine - A Ride on the Cheese Train in Switzerland - Make it stand out The cheese demonstration portion of the fondue lunch, a part of The Cheese Train experience. Chateaux d’Oex, Switzerland. June 17, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/where-to-eat-in-basel-switzerland monthly 0.5 2022-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1659885421185-S9JSRZF94JIH3NORIOG1/Rhine-Riverfront-Basel-Swimmers.jpg Magazine - Where to Eat in Basel, Switzerland - Make it stand out A view of the Rhine (and weekday-evening swimmers!) from the terrace at Krafft Basel at dinnertime. Basel, Switzerland. July 26, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/visiting-rome-how-to-see-and-enjoy-the-best-of-the-city monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1658074448706-U9Z0ZP19WTCJKQP5NL5D/Roman-Forum-View.jpg Magazine - Visiting Rome: How to See and Enjoy the Best of the City - Make it stand out A view over part of the Roman Forum in Rome, Italy. April 25, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/10941bda-cb12-4914-b11f-f9755ffd4e81/Saint-Peters-Cathedral-Dome-Interior-Vatican.jpg Magazine - Visiting Rome: How to See and Enjoy the Best of the City - Make it stand out We might have had to get up much earlier than we would have liked, I’m glad we did: We otherwise would have missed seeing the inside Saint Peter’s Cathedral, including its astounding dome. Rome, Italy. April 28, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/d65350ff-7817-458b-be56-e28daceafd21/Rome-Pantheon-Front.jpg Magazine - Visiting Rome: How to See and Enjoy the Best of the City - Make it stand out You can see the Pantheon without a guided tour, but you’ll appreciate it so much more if you have someone walking you through it. Rome, Italy. April 22, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-july-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1659512033353-29AAJ32MZYOOT50GSZR7/Pilates-in-the-Park-Hermitage-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: July 2022 - Make it stand out Pilates and brunch at the park by the Hermitage in Lausanne, Switzerland. Part of the Lausanne à Table event series. July 10, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/does-the-mind-or-the-body-go-first monthly 0.5 2022-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1658423420656-HI5VA9FC06BIG6YFZ92R/body-mind-connection.jpg Magazine - Does the Mind or the Body Go First? - Make it stand out Image credit: Marcus Aurelius https://observingleslie.com/magazine/where-to-stay-how-long-to-stay-and-what-to-eat-in-rome monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1658073054407-C58JIKMADN96EWUAR5OQ/Rome-Spanish-Steps-Trinita-dei-Monti.jpg Magazine - Where to Stay, How Long to Stay, and What to Eat in Rome - Make it stand out What’s known as the Spanish Steps, which lead up to the Trinità dei Monti church in Rome, Italy. A great part of central Rome for seeing Baroque landmarks and finding luxury hotels and spacious rental apartments. April 22, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/fae501ef-9814-444a-9156-c46cf3612e46/Pizzolo-Buco-Rome-Pizza.jpg Magazine - Where to Stay, How Long to Stay, and What to Eat in Rome - Make it stand out Arnaud read to dig into our amazing Neapolitan-style pizzas from Piccolo Buco, where we ate several times during our visit to Rome. April 27, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/36c4b699-71cb-4c57-a923-1f28b719d548/Pizza-Re-Exterior-Trastevere-Rome.jpg Magazine - Where to Stay, How Long to Stay, and What to Eat in Rome - Make it stand out The exterior of Pizza Ré in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome, which became another go-to place for us to stop for lunch. April 25, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q2-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1648839743092-0SIDOY0LEETENFX2Z2I9/Books-Read-Q2-2022.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q2 2022 - Make it stand out Morning reading on the couch at home with a nice pot of sencha. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 4, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-june-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1656607697208-CX2WWMXD6E9SWMNSRK78/sunflowers-lausanne-switzerland.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: June 2022 - Make it stand out Sunflowers bordering the walking path that follows a metro line in central Lausanne, Switzerland. June 30, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/integrating-into-a-new-country-how-long-does-it-take monthly 0.5 2022-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1653417578605-TT7BK7VGZ2WZBU2KV6JL/integration-assimilation-timelines.jpg Magazine - Integrating into a New Country: How Long Does it Take? - Make it stand out Image credit: Shinobu https://observingleslie.com/magazine/learn-a-language-more-easily-through-childhood-learning-preferences monthly 0.5 2022-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1653414589348-48LSNP8Z9R7HF4PGODXQ/language-learning-childhood-preferences.jpg Magazine - Learn a Language More Easily through Childhood Learning Preferences - Make it stand out Image credit: Thirdman https://observingleslie.com/magazine/where-to-see-the-roman-empire-in-the-south-of-france monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/9d1e97d5-9b7f-4aeb-a8d1-057bc2f2a96c/Marseilles_Port_Roman_Greek.jpg Magazine - Where to See the Roman Empire in the South of France - Make it stand out The port at Marseille, France, highly prized since (and perhaps before) the Greek empire. August 18, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/08333f1c-3bbd-4ee7-a305-e9e9a4e96312/Arles_Roman_Arena.jpg Magazine - Where to See the Roman Empire in the South of France - Make it stand out The gorgeously well preserved amphitheater in Arles, France. August 19, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/f1952b82-94c2-4214-a478-57fb0d424e9e/Leslie-Arnaud-Nimes-Arena.jpg Magazine - Where to See the Roman Empire in the South of France - Make it stand out Arnaud and me on the floor of the arena in Nîmes, France. March 1, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/8293d232-6765-4c41-be36-e479614772e7/Pont_du_Gard_France.jpg Magazine - Where to See the Roman Empire in the South of France - Make it stand out The Pont du Gard in France, a massive feat of ingenuity, audacity, and engineering. August 24, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-your-suitcase-probably-doesnt-contain-but-should monthly 0.5 2022-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1646079024559-XZDBPXZTRLM4M6H28VS7/Packing-Ideas-Hat-Jacket-Foulard.jpg Magazine - What Your Suitcase Probably Doesn’t Contain (but Should) - Make it stand out A few of my personal examples from the categories below (often packed)! Lausanne, Switzerland. February 25, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-may-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1653934807930-KRHWWU2QS7A8B9EH9W7O/Rome-Vatican-View.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: May 2022 - Make it stand out A view over Rome and the Vatican City from the top of Castel Sant’Angelo. Not a bad way to start off the month! Rome, Italy, May 1, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-to-see-and-where-to-eat-in-le-mans-france monthly 0.5 2024-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1652114177971-V8814I000E9MKH2Q7KH4/Le-Mans-France-Tourist-Office.jpg Magazine - What to See and Where to Eat in Le Mans, France - Make it stand out The tourist office in Le Mans, France. March 19, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-do-people-wear-hoodies monthly 0.5 2022-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1646079831580-RT84NZMOQFHP4351M63V/Why-Wear-Hoodies-Leslie-Yoga-Hoodie.jpg Magazine - Why Do People Wear Hoodies? - Make it stand out Me after a yoga workout in a light, t-shirt fabric hoodie, taking a moment to breathe. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 25, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/avignon-in-winter-what-to-see-do-and-expect monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649349139129-D7WF4JA0Y7YM3IEINXCZ/Avignon_Winter.jpg Magazine - Avignon in Winter: What to See, Do, and Expect - Make it stand out Avignon in winter, with a view from the Rhône River of the Pont Saint Benezet and the Palais des Papes. March 3, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649349347687-V7ANVHMXP4ZNDA2VTR1A/Avignon_Rue_des_Teinturiers.jpg Magazine - Avignon in Winter: What to See, Do, and Expect - Make it stand out A normally highly frequented tourist street in Avignon, tranquil in early March. Avignon, France. March 4, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2e9d3799-dff3-4b71-9289-5ea143c99737/Avignon_Blue_Sky_Provence.jpg Magazine - Avignon in Winter: What to See, Do, and Expect - Make it stand out Can you beat the Provençal blue skies? And this was in February! February 26, 2022. Avignon France. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-april-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/6fe70626-e2d8-46bd-80c8-5f607d8de633/Leslie-Rome-Ghetto-Ruins.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: April 2022 - Make it stand out Me amid preserved Roman-era ruins in the ghetto neighborhood of Rome, Italy. April 25, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-people-dont-learn-the-local-language monthly 0.5 2023-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1646080395226-08VLN0EGKP4XBPMU9W7X/local-language-leaning-difficulty.jpg Magazine - Why People Don’t Learn the Local Language - Make it stand out Image credit: Huy Phan https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-to-eat-in-avignon-our-top-food-recommendations monthly 0.5 2022-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649174137388-GD5AHHK47ZGBNP7XZGL8/LaMirande_Chocolate_Class_Avignon.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Avignon: Our Top Food Recommendations - Make it stand out A chocolate class with Aline Géhant at Le Mirande’s cooking school. Avignon, France. March 5, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/50d3f4f0-519f-4bf8-8f24-81d22f34ffa6/LAgape_Restaurant_Avignon.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Avignon: Our Top Food Recommendations - Make it stand out Choosing our lunch just before the rest of the tables filled at L‘Agape in Avignon, France. March 2, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2978d85b-6f93-4eb0-971f-b5a1b23e5f94/Violette_Boutique_Avignon.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Avignon: Our Top Food Recommendations - Make it stand out One of the Violette boutiques in Avignon, France. February 26, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649174827095-FRYBZ1O0J62H3VBFB1K8/Le_Saint_Chocolat_Avignon.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Avignon: Our Top Food Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649174827229-UZ9AF79U8U8LBNLOXVF3/Lisette_Avignon.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Avignon: Our Top Food Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649174919625-6IQQNLW41TBEEO1F5P58/Aline_Gehant_Boutique_Avignon.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Avignon: Our Top Food Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1649174920163-57K49RY7WQIVZOAWLTH6/Puyricard_Boutique_Avignon.jpg Magazine - What to Eat in Avignon: Our Top Food Recommendations https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q1-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/a066c59c-5f47-4999-bd5a-e9fb38f682a9/Observing-Leslie-Books-I%27ve-Read-Q1-2022-Graphic.png Magazine - Books I've Read: Q1 2022 - Make it stand out The English-language bookstore Books in a Bar in Aix-en-Provence, France. December 1, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-march-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1648661833786-LIKWWSFM03V5I71SQGZS/Leslie-Arnaud-Nimes-Arena.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2022 - Make it stand out This photo has nothing to do with my review of progress against goals for August, but it is a photo from the month! A snapshot taken from the Roman arena in Nimes, France. March 1, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-i-learned-french-resources-for-french-language-learners monthly 0.5 2022-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1644251003756-RZDMQHCNIGXWI5Y2WS89/French-Language-Learning-Resources.jpg Magazine - How I Learned French: Resources for French Language Learners - Make it stand out Me with a few of my tried-and-true French grammar textbooks. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 7, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/disappointing-french-delicacies-regional-food-you-can-skip monthly 0.5 2022-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1644250902856-GO9C5QW3MCYFTJO3DNSG/Disappointing-French-Delicacies-Leslie.jpg Magazine - Disappointing French Delicacies: Regional Food You Can Skip - Make it stand out Me saying sorry to the French, who otherwise have truly delicious food. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 7, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/3fa993e5-d4ee-419d-9aca-8406fa2567e5/Calissons-Aix-en-Provence.jpg Magazine - Disappointing French Delicacies: Regional Food You Can Skip - Make it stand out One of the several types of Calisonns d’Aix we tried on our trips to Aix-en-Provence. All disappointed. Pass. August 17, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/6e1c6e05-ba93-4fbd-b28a-8e182856bff6/Rose-Biscuit-Reims.jpg Magazine - Disappointing French Delicacies: Regional Food You Can Skip - Make it stand out One of the several varieties of Reims rose biscuits we tried. None of which were good. August 16, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/df374474-2d20-40a7-b15e-3383c5086d4a/Pralines-Lyon.jpg Magazine - Disappointing French Delicacies: Regional Food You Can Skip - Make it stand out Lyonnaise pralines all packaged up and ready for buying (and giving) as gifts or for using in your own special praline-enhanced concoctions. March 20, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-the-second-anniversary-edition monthly 0.5 2022-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1647275335328-AUPNIA6HR7A7DI2MLA9J/Coronavirus-Diaries-Second-Anniversary-Leslie-Mask.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Second Anniversary Edition - Make it stand out Me commemorating the second anniversary of COVID-19 in Europe in the park… with my mask. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 14, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/trip-planning-tips-and-tricks-how-i-plan-my-travel monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1644250361531-8CAK53BGX3ENIO4Q68JS/Trip-Planning-Leslie.jpg Magazine - Trip Planning Tips and Tricks: How I Plan My Travel - Make it stand out Me, in a common trip-planning setting. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 7, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-february-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1645979491496-TSOSXUF1UHK730EXMGKQ/Figurine-Desk-Falling-February.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2022 - Make it stand out A gift from a friend posed and photographed on my desk while thinking through next steps in a project. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 7, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-and-how-to-treat-your-employees-like-your-clients-or-better monthly 0.5 2022-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1643906902264-GBXK1IWOSDONHO0WLLHQ/employee-employer-relationship.jpg Magazine - Why and How to Treat Your Employees like Your Clients (or Better!) - Make it stand out Image credit: Pavel Danilyuk https://observingleslie.com/magazine/best-podcasts-for-french-language-learners-by-cefrl-level monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/6c88c7ce-e38c-4367-8d20-5d5cae0291fe/podcasts-language-learning-French.jpg Magazine - Best Podcasts for French Language Learners by CEFRL Level - Make it stand out Image credit: Karolina Grabowska https://observingleslie.com/magazine/aix-en-provence-the-best-bakeries-and-patisseries monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/dbb5b23e-6e1d-4b29-9ec5-4d618ac89db1/Monsieur-Chou-Aix-en-Provence.jpg Magazine - Aix-en-Provence: The Best Bakeries and Patisseries - Make it stand out A selection of the amazing sweet chou from Monsieur Chou in Aix-en-Provence, France. December 1, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/a1861804-2627-4f92-9bb4-68461b32a7d1/Farinoman-Fou-Bread-Aix-en-Provence.jpg Magazine - Aix-en-Provence: The Best Bakeries and Patisseries - Make it stand out Two of the several breads we tried from Farinoman Fou in Aix-en-Provence, France. December 1, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-january-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1643565847844-T4C0Z39WI8K7TVOLAHIK/New-Years-Cake-Attempt.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2022 - Make it stand out I took this photo the day before January 1, yet let’s pretend I took it in January. After all, this second attempt at baking this cake from scratch took place on New Year’s Eve as a celebration for the year to come. The good news: After one cake too dry and one cake too moist, I feel solid that cake attempt #3 will come out perfectly. Lausanne, Switzerland. December 31, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-best-books-i-read-in-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1652549906328-KKDQR9DPGDR5QU5B4WWI/Best+Books+of+2021.png Magazine - The Best Books I Read in 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-to-expect-on-a-winter-trip-to-aix-en-provence monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1641830124441-F58QVROYW0ECFZ43RU0H/Aix-en-Provence-Cafe-Square-Night.jpg Magazine - What to Expect on a Winter Trip to Aix-en-Provence - Make it stand out A square in central Aix-en-Provence in winter, with cafes in full swing and holiday lights hung. December 2, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/093e1d06-a050-46e6-9bd2-672329ebfd6f/Aix-en-Provence-Winter-Sunshine.jpg Magazine - What to Expect on a Winter Trip to Aix-en-Provence - Make it stand out A quiet street in Aix-en-Provence on a sunny winter day. November 30, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/fbe0823e-1763-478f-ae60-e0f052e10b93/Aix-en-Provence-Cafe-Square.jpg Magazine - What to Expect on a Winter Trip to Aix-en-Provence - Make it stand out The square near the clock tower in Aix-en-Provence. November 28, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/afa6ddb1-e207-4335-915f-3a194b583da5/Aix-en-Provence-Winter-Market.jpg Magazine - What to Expect on a Winter Trip to Aix-en-Provence - Make it stand out One of the regular weekly markets in Aix-en-Provence in winter. December 1, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/16b873cd-067a-4cae-895c-cbd305b0ba14/Aix-en-Provence-Santons-Market.jpg Magazine - What to Expect on a Winter Trip to Aix-en-Provence - Make it stand out The holiday market at Aix-en-Provence features a special section with santon merchants of all varieties. December 4, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q4-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632923876849-PKH1A7U1WS1F4ISLO38T/Used-Books-Sale-Lausanne-Bookstore.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q4 2021 - Make it stand out Books for sale at a used bookstore in central Lausanne, Switzerland. September 29, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-december-2021 monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/3f966686-74b1-4f88-a395-fddb571fcb07/Leslie-Christmas-Hike-Villars.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: December 2021 - Make it stand out Me sliding down a hill in Villars, Switzerland, on my rear end. Turns out we needed snowshoes and poles for our Christmas Day hike. Lesson learned. December 25, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/weird-things-that-happen-to-foreigners-that-shouldnt monthly 0.5 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1640350439828-YPS404N7Y7SWS3HUZGOU/language-learning-foreigners.jpg Magazine - Weird Things that Happen to Foreigners (that Shouldn’t) - Make it stand out Image credit: Olya Kobruseva https://observingleslie.com/magazine/taking-the-delf-b2-examination-what-to-know-and-expect monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/ddd8387b-aaf0-4270-be35-6b0f7c7782c0/Leslie-DELF-B2-Day-One.jpg Magazine - Taking the DELF B2 Examination: What to Know and Expect - Make it stand out Me, headed into my first day of testing for the DELF B2. I felt even more nervous than I looked. December 14, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/addressing-the-challenges-of-active-mobility-or-mobilite-douce monthly 0.5 2022-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1638545751998-E2AURSXMRYSPKTEDL6B1/mobilite-douce-active-mobility-challenges.jpg Magazine - Addressing the Challenges of Active Mobility or Mobilité Douce - Make it stand out Photo credit: Brett Sayles https://observingleslie.com/magazine/day-trips-from-toulouse monthly 0.5 2022-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1635953889104-T1BWE2WCT9RJD867KJSZ/Montauban-Castle-Gardens-2.jpg Magazine - Day Trips from Toulouse - Make it stand out An image of the walled castle gardens in Montauban and the Tarn River flowing alongside it. 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Including multiple places in the cemetery, it seems. November 28, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/visiting-toulouse-what-to-expect-see-and-do monthly 0.5 2022-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636049978919-J5PVYCGGG0SQ93PFAKE5/Garonne-River-Toulouse.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do - Make it stand out An image of the Garonne River in Toulouse, France. August 19, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050319217-USH52DY2A50C4W9P3UAT/Toulouse-Statue-of-Liberty-Facade.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050319749-OYKM7YLKM83W7BQUFQJK/Toulouse-Street.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050102008-FEV3KL42L52SNMSP20C4/Toulouse-Saint-Sernin-Exterior.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050100849-UASDJUHGN938FF0SK80W/Toulouse-Saint-Sernin-Interior.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050134809-ZLSH0ZK2SBWV450AQDR0/Les-Jacobins-Sanctuary-Toulouse.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050131439-EALHRTK5ACAM43R0G114/Les-Jacobins-Aquinas-Tomb-Toulouse.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050133166-ND0U9UCQUXHHASWTGW0G/Les-Jacobins-Palmier-Toulouse.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1636050136810-WLSRENYCFZO3U9L3MT88/Les-Jacobins-Toulouse.jpg Magazine - Visiting Toulouse: What to Expect, See, and Do https://observingleslie.com/magazine/gift-ideas-my-favorite-products-and-services-in-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1635952173373-X1N5FTOU5FS6SHRLLTYX/Baabuk-Shoe-Unboxing.jpg Magazine - Gift Ideas: My Favorite Products and Services in 2021 - Make it stand out Unboxing my Baabuk Everyday Sneakers, one of my favorite finds of 2021. June 18, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/fdc89fee-c3cb-42fd-8e62-e64536649643/Saint-Gingolph-Hike-France-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - Gift Ideas: My Favorite Products and Services in 2021 - Make it stand out If this image doesn’t spur you to get out in nature, I don’t know what will. A hike across the Swiss-French border through the town of Saint Gingolph. (Photo 100 percent unedited!) October 28, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1635952172444-4181WOTON987DA3L7ZO0/Baabuk-Shoe-Box.jpg Magazine - Gift Ideas: My Favorite Products and Services in 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1635952171910-M4SGSDZJFZR1LDS37KC0/Baabuk-Everyday-Sneakers.jpg Magazine - Gift Ideas: My Favorite Products and Services in 2021 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/experiencing-aviation-and-aerospace-in-toulouse monthly 0.5 2021-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1635864706233-5BC1MCDJVGCFLCMWZTT0/Aeroscopia-Toulouse-Interior.jpg Magazine - Experiencing Aviation and Aerospace in Toulouse - Make it stand out An interior photo of the massive Aeroscopia hangar filled with multiple floors of aircraft and aviation history. Toulouse, France. August 18, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/56d3897b-4aba-40cc-b73f-f9ed3b192e10/Cite-de-l-Espace-Interior-Toulouse.jpg Magazine - Experiencing Aviation and Aerospace in Toulouse - Make it stand out A view on one of the exhibition spaces in the Cité de l’Espace. August 16. 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/42abd052-1a7e-4738-9f42-5d2ded8bec8f/Aeroscopia-Toulouse-Exterior.jpg Magazine - Experiencing Aviation and Aerospace in Toulouse - Make it stand out Heading into Aeroscopia in Toulouse, France. August 18, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/dd02a351-5725-4337-9863-8ec469581af3/L-Envol-des-Pionniers-Toulouse-Exterior.jpg Magazine - Experiencing Aviation and Aerospace in Toulouse - Make it stand out Starting our visit to L’Envol des Pionniers in Toulouse, France. August 18, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/47d0c161-a96c-4465-888f-2699472b967c/L-Envol-des-Pionniers-Toulouse-Interior.jpg Magazine - Experiencing Aviation and Aerospace in Toulouse - Make it stand out A view of the interior of L’Envol des Pionniers in Toulouse, France. August 18, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-october-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1635521991680-BOZO9UGIPWOLCM7FUADV/Annecy-River-Flowers.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: October 2021 - Make it stand out A snapshot from our weekend trip across the border to utterly gorgeous Annecy, France. October 23, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/planning-a-trip-to-bordeaux-what-to-expect-and-what-to-do monthly 0.5 2021-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634308923099-7ZYUQ36NXRL7T62SXJX1/Fleche-Saint-Michel-Bordeaux-View-1.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Bordeaux: What to Expect and What to Do - Make it stand out An overlook on the city of Bordeaux and the Garonne River from the Fleche Saint Michel. August 7, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/b58d746c-fade-416e-b10f-eaeaa1da9c3b/Bordeaux-Garonne-River-Porte-Cailhau-View.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Bordeaux: What to Expect and What to Do - Make it stand out This photo of the Garonne River in Bordeaux and its riverfront (including the problematic access to its riverfront) from the top of the Porte Cailhau. August 7, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632922546546-YCXXVEKF12YCYW884LOD/La-Diplomate-Bordeaux-Tea-Shop.jpg Magazine - Planning a Trip to Bordeaux: What to Expect and What to Do - Make it stand out We stopped for delicious tea and treats—and a rest break—several times during our stay in Bordeaux. Highly recommended! August 6, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/tourist-attractions-in-bordeaux-reviews-and-recommendations monthly 0.5 2022-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634308518434-OBTG1SJZLR1EBFXC68SK/Bassins-Lumieres-Bordeaux-3.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out Bordeaux’s Bassins Lumières. August 9, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/35ee4801-4f6a-45d7-9c5e-36b952165f7e/Porte-Grosse-Cloche-Bordeaux.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out The Porte de la Grosse Cloche in Bordeaux, France. August 4, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/2aba4f31-b4dd-4dfc-948b-cfcf7cecba3a/Porte-Cailhau-Bordeaux.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out The Porte Cailhau in Bordeaux, France. August 7, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634308923099-7ZYUQ36NXRL7T62SXJX1/Fleche-Saint-Michel-Bordeaux-View-1.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out A view of Bordeaux, France, from the Flèche Saint-Michel. August 7, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634308944643-MV4CR26G3XS7HD6CMX2Y/Fleche-Saint-Michel-Bordeaux-View-2.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out A view of Bordeaux, France, from the Flèche Saint-Michel. August 7, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634309035883-JVUTR7B2GU07EHTQ50H3/Saint-Andre-Bordeaux-Stained-Glass-Vaults.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out A view of the magnificent stained glass and restored painted vaults in the Cathédrale Saint-André in Bordeaux, France. August 4, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634309266697-Q20Y1EKCL2YYB14RZ8RM/Bassins-Lumieres-Bordeaux-1.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out A snapshot from Bordeaux’s Bassins Lumières. August 9, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634309299732-R5QYHDV69FFZZ1GEHN48/Bassins-Lumieres-Bordeaux-4.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out A snapshot from Bordeaux’s Bassins Lumières. August 9, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1634309320823-UN2OBVQOV43XOOD5W1UZ/Bassins-Lumieres-Bordeaux-2.jpg Magazine - Tourist Attractions in Bordeaux: Reviews and Recommendations - Make it stand out A snapshot from Bordeaux’s Bassins Lumières. August 9, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q3-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632923601296-YRYXLSN8BOCPJDXTSZZL/Lausanne-Librarie-Occasion.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q3 2021 - Make it stand out Used bookstore in central Lausanne, Switzerland. September 29, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-september-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632923977437-ODMPQ6XNM6UD5TXEKJG0/Circus-Knie-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: September 2021 - Make it stand out The entrance to the Circus Knie in Lausanne. Yes, the circus is back in town! September 29, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/great-restaurants-and-sweet-treats-in-bordeaux-france monthly 0.5 2022-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632922429999-DJ0Y581UL1ON7PU8JJWS/La-Diplomate-Bordeaux-Anne-Arnaud.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants and Sweet Treats in Bordeaux, France - Make it stand out Our little group enjoying an afternoon tea break on the terrace at La Diplomate. Bordeaux, France. August 8, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632922544252-WUIS8VSOUUUI4SJSW61R/Be-My-Cookie-Box.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants and Sweet Treats in Bordeaux, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632922544084-ZC150BTQSCPWZ6PWEKSK/Dunes-Blanches-Box.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants and Sweet Treats in Bordeaux, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632922546546-YCXXVEKF12YCYW884LOD/La-Diplomate-Bordeaux-Tea-Shop.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants and Sweet Treats in Bordeaux, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632922548680-X1K7ZRK463MZ3GDIL9S9/St-Emilion-Macarons.jpg Magazine - Great Restaurants and Sweet Treats in Bordeaux, France https://observingleslie.com/magazine/day-trips-around-bordeaux-france monthly 0.5 2022-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1632329779865-EZG2BFUP30S6H7RXGJ1W/Dune-du-Pilat-Staircase-Leslie-Climb.jpg Magazine - Day Trips around Bordeaux, France - Make it stand out Me climbing the staircase at the Dune du Pilat in the Bassin d’Arcachon near Bordeaux, France. 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July 5, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1631725648036-IX7U8H90CNJVSPF55ZXE/La-Rochelle-France-Harbor.jpg Magazine - Bad Vacations: Three Factors that Can Negatively Influence Your Experience (and How to Avoid Them) - Make it stand out A harbor in La Rochelle, France. Don’t see any people? Look kind of depressing? No wonder. For our entire visit the weather stayed cold, rainy, and windy. July 5, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1631725746116-C3QO7M6QYR87NFWLMKE1/Menerbes-Apartment-View.jpg Magazine - Bad Vacations: Three Factors that Can Negatively Influence Your Experience (and How to Avoid Them) - Make it stand out The view from the dirt outside the place we stayed in Menerbes, in the Luberon, France. A nice landscape, but we would have had to sit in the dirt to look at it. August 25, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/finding-new-friends-in-a-new-place monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1631286381288-8LSLNYUQFF09H509NOEH/Swiss-Hiking-Friends.jpg Magazine - Finding New Friends in a New Place - Make it stand out Hiking in Switzerland near Montreux with friends I’ve made since my move to Lausanne. I wouldn’t have known about this route or the wonderful restaurant we enjoyed without a new friend organizing the day for us. July 20, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-august-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1630578214372-5HW8369SOBDNQ3Z4VKTX/Adult-and-Baby-Swans-Lausanne-Lac-Leman.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: August 2021 - Make it stand out Beyond the two ducks in the foreground, you can see a mature white swan surrounded by grayish-brown and slightly fuzzy-featured baby or adolescent swans floating on Lake Geneva near Lausanne. August 30, 2021. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/tips-for-driving-in-france-as-a-tourist monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1628060669451-OCQV88V0SELD5JYEGJT9/Aire-Rest-Stop-Leslie.jpg Magazine - Tips for Driving in France as a Tourist - Make it stand out Me posing at the sign to the entrance of the building at a rest stop, or péage, on an autoroute in France. You can tell which one by the name of the rest stop: This one was the Aire du Chavanon. August 3, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1627832611442-YIO0YT7LGILV96S4VG7V/French-Speed-Limit-Sign.jpg Magazine - Tips for Driving in France as a Tourist - Make it stand out Speed limit sign in France. 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July 25, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1591552746862-74WBKLL0C5DG4Y5KQW2K/Wedding-Translator-Erwan.jpg Magazine - Three Ideas for Multicultural and Destination Weddings Arnaud’s cousin, Erwan (in black), speaking during our wedding ceremony with one of the two translators we had in attendance. The translator did an amazing job translating off-the-cuff a highly inventive, dramatic, and also comic short tale Erwan had written for the occasion. Normady, France. July 25, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1591552680530-CMH6R0TLGW0EKCBE9DTI/Croquembouche-Wedding-Cake.jpg Magazine - Three Ideas for Multicultural and Destination Weddings Our classic French croquembouche, traditional at French weddings, and our American-style wedding cake, a standard at American weddings. (Confession: The croquembouche may not look as lovely, but it sure tastes better.) Normandy, France. July 25, 2018. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/will-crisis-driven-authenticity-last monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1591192770672-F6MDCOXQW3JAW5VZDLK0/Coronavirus-Webinar-Creative-Mornings.png Magazine - Will Crisis-Driven Authenticity Last? Me and well over a hundred other people joining an online seminar hosted by Creative Mornings Montreal via Zoom during the COVID-19 crisis. April 24, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/second-languages-in-a-time-of-face-masks monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1591123839264-VYICNTXAJKZVJA263I0G/Leslie-Face-Mask-Lausanne.jpg Magazine - Second Languages in a Time of Face Masks Me in central Lausanne wearing a face mask I bought from a local clothier. May 20, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-may-2020 monthly 0.5 2021-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1591193173077-Y0EBO7G1Z8M23RKKY6PV/Lake-Geneva-Rainbow.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: May 2020 A glimmer of a rainbow on the French side of Lake Geneva from our terrace in Lausanne, Switzerland, so far away and so hidden in the murk, you could easily miss it entirely. May 23, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-is-observing-leslie monthly 0.5 2022-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1648224427953-0MFPM6EHY5O1BBZQFXKQ/Observing-Leslie-Central-Main-Image.jpg Magazine - What’s Observing Leslie? Me out exploring the old town in Le Mans, France. March 19, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-i-chose-my-e-reader monthly 0.5 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1589273994514-AAAF4FYZ9GDKUV99CS68/Arnaud-Reading-Terrace-E-Reader.jpg Magazine - How I Chose My E-Reader Arnaud reading with his Kobo Forma on our terrace in Lausanne, Switzerland. May 10, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1589274170747-I2ZEO8EVTOW2ZZ3S5TVA/Kobo-Forma-Cover-Closed.jpg Magazine - How I Chose My E-Reader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1589274162360-7SXGKRM8KJ3QYT8M15DR/Kobo-Forma-Active.jpg Magazine - How I Chose My E-Reader https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-april-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588612942384-3IV4FIT3SWMWDV9Y4D7V/Medecin-dans-la-Poche.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: April 2020 A creative advertising tactic dropped in our mailbox during the month: A pocket-packet of tissues wrapped with a promotion for a company doing digital medical consultations. April 19, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-the-beginning-of-the-end monthly 0.5 2020-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588528659094-O6Y2YH1V83E753QT6237/Ouchy-Compass-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End A compass painted along the lakefront near the Ouchy neighborhood of Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537050611-BEAJ9TLP2BREIOE8GDKA/Lake-Geneva-Stormy-Evening-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End A stormy evening on Lake Geneva. Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537121072-JI9AP8IPYENEAS9S26OL/Lake-Geneva-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End A stormy evening along the Lake Geneva lakefront in Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537225746-NDR0SXPM5C2TRS3WAC8A/Ouchy-Blue-Door-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End A rustic blue door and poppies along a residential street in Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537342988-P80XI7UCTHKUUWW1901E/Ouchy-Garden-Statue-Mountains-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End A backyard garden and sculpture in Lausanne, Switzerland, on a stormy spring day. May 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537440725-75NHNJ1KMZXLJEF2PI9Z/Ouchy-Garden-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End A side garden on a residential street in Lausanne, Switzerland. March 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537535350-W72T66JSQ6CVX2YM7FFT/Cows-Mountains-Summer-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End Each late spring, Swiss farmers take their cows by foot into the mountains to graze. They come back down in the fall during a big festival. The spring trip upward does not draw crowds; Arnaud caught the cattle drive by surprise on his Saturday morning long bike ride. Note the large traditional cowbells and, if you look closely, the farmer in a traditional jacket at left. May 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1588537692085-WXJ3BF7MKMLFNUH0DRHU/Ouchy-House-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning of the End A residential street in Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-possibly-the-penultimate monthly 0.5 2020-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587930769588-0ESBQ0TP1UG3C22193YB/Flowers-Tree-Saint-Sulpice-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Possibly the Penultimate A flowering tree in Saint Sulpice, Switzerland. April 22, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587931422507-D49H34ZG5H99AAWZ2KDG/Merci-Window-Saint-Sulpice-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Possibly the Penultimate A Swiss flag with the word “Merci” written under it in the upper window of a building in Saint Sulpice, Switzerland. April 22, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587931531290-VTEVBGR6B2E03Y1DHXGE/Coronavirus-Webinar-Creative-Mornings.png Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Possibly the Penultimate A screenshot from the first minutes of The Creative Mornings Montreal webinar I attended (with minimal comprehension on my part). April 24, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587931345569-U8IA5HNMOD7PEG9CPQZC/Leslie-Arnaud-Masks-Lausanne-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Possibly the Penultimate Arnaud and me in our flimsy paper masks on the way into the supermarket. April 25, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587931616409-VI5JO683LOBJ005V64BD/Hay-Bale-Nurse.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Possibly the Penultimate A nurse made from hay bales with the word “Merci” on her hat seen on Arnaud’s Saturday morning long bike ride. Vaud, Switzerland. April 25, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587931704608-AAQRTK2WT8JY0B7I4JCL/Black-Tulips-Ouchy-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Possibly the Penultimate This is the second year that The Chateau d’Ouchy has had black tulips in its side garden. I love them. Also, they seem particularly fitting during the crisis. April 26, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-all-of-us-were-mistaken monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587322670910-M2C3B2KMZL7LX3FRS54K/Ouchy-Lakefront-Sculpture-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: All of Us Were Mistaken A sculpture along the lakefront in the Ouchy neighborhood of Lausanne, Switzerland. April 15, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587323337638-DFMKHFCV52IGVVI83TP8/St-Sulpice-Switzerland-Lakefront.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: All of Us Were Mistaken Closing in on sundown on my walk to Saint Sulpice, Switzerland. April 13, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1587323911832-RDBSURFDH74FOOX02DTE/Vidy-Switzerland-Lakefront-Walkers.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: All of Us Were Mistaken This worries me a bit about Berlin. Vidy lakefront, Lausanne, Switzerland. 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Ghent, Belgium. 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Ghent, Belgium. 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Ghent, Belgium. August 12, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/b3fdf51a-9cc3-453f-80b3-9b89fc89507d/Ghent-Belgium-Medieval-Center.jpg Magazine - How to Spend Two Days in Ghent - Make it stand out A view of the old town in Ghent from the perspective of a fountain designed for horses (upper basin) and dogs (lower basin—not visible). Ghent, Belgium. August 12, 2022. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-each-week-something-new monthly 0.5 2020-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586724312101-TUKM0S3H5JX6QOM1QCQF/Vidy-Lakefront-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Each Week, Something New The Lake Geneva lakefront near the Vidy neighborhood of Lausanne, Switzerland. April 11, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586725529849-YMA0AQZ00K9TSJFSAQOF/Vidy-Switzerland-Lakefront.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Each Week, Something New The Vidy woods next to Lake Geneva. Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland. April 6, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586725891240-LOI71NW4MLNNUQN86WIY/Lakefront-Pully-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Each Week, Something New https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586725932822-4MZK07VKPR1EMZD42ZPH/Tulips-Lausanne-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Each Week, Something New https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586725918418-EVOX2BE77U7CMBCHJGI8/Tulips-Ouchy-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Each Week, Something New https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586725638398-Z2VFF6ITHR8QGWK36IXU/Police-Lakefront-Vidy-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Each Week, Something New A temporary police station placed along the lakefront in the Vidy area of Lausanne, Switzerland. April 10, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586725747399-EGO6VYF2QZDGTOV6E7IF/Satin-Sulpice-Fountain-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Each Week, Something New I think this should be a fountain, but the park hasn’t turned it on yet for the season. On second glance, it’s a young man pulling a net out of the water. On first glance, it looks like something else entirely. Saint Sulpice, Switzerland. April 11, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-march-2020 monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586371801951-3AX7AP8WW2ZYIVLB7VY4/Saas-Fee-Switzerland-March-2020.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: March 2020 A view from our room in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. March 1, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-far-from-finished monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586118001954-XYMQAR0SEHK3ZMV54IXU/Saint-Sulpice-Pier.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Far from Finished The Saint-Sulpice pier. Switzerland. April 4, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586118175258-H9IONBL315CGT16EC1OC/Ouchy-Pinecones.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Far from Finished Fascinated by this windblown arrangement of pinecone-y things around a drain along the Ouchy lakefront sidewalk. They are not social distancing, note. March 30, 2020. Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586118332382-O445EKB5S3VQQATGWDAA/Ouchy-Swans.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Far from Finished Swans along the Ouchy lakefront. I’ve seen plentiful activity among all the birds along the lakefront these past few weeks. Switzerland. March 30, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586118679676-8QEWNEGD2RMYNER9T15D/Nesting-Swans-Lake-Geneva.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Far from Finished Swans busily building a nest near the Saint Sulpice pier. Switzerland. April 4, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1586118525389-PGVYF6KHXH8TNP9SD9IM/Saint-Sulpice-Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Far from Finished The view back to Saint Sulpice from the Saint Sulpice pier. Switzerland. April 4, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-ive-read-q1-2020 monthly 0.5 2021-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1585517260950-UOEJAPPFLCQ15U5OWCW4/Books-Read-Q1-2020.jpg Magazine - Books I've Read: Q1 2020 Green tea and a book. The perfect way to start a morning. Lausanne, Switzerland. March 28, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-the-stress-corrodes monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1585514893725-V8PL7JM2IG46LN09542T/Saint-Sulpice-Pelican.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Stress Corrodes Another sculpture along the lakefront near Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland. March 27, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1585516292879-DH0T1UXVBKCL3L9TD7HI/Vidy-Egret.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Stress Corrodes A friend tells me this is a heron out in the sunshine near the lake on my daily walk. I think the birds have loved this time of reduced traffic, pollution, and noise—and right in the bloom of spring, too. Vidy, Switzerland. March 27, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1585516512267-OXLQ0I0SP6NKALUHKZ61/Saint-Sulpice-Picnic.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Stress Corrodes People eating lunch in a small lakefront park while social distancing (I think). Let’s assume the two duos of picnickers live together and just decided to have lunch outdoors on a sunny day. Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland. March 27, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/crisis-resources-for-business-leaders monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1585074229133-IRPPQXPD5YZUQ0G67BC9/Crisis-Resources-Dinosaur-Leslie-Rumine.jpg Magazine - Crisis Resources for Business Leaders Tell me one person in a leadership role who doesn’t feel like this from time to time. Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland. January 5, 2019 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-battening-down-the-hatches monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584908521422-H44XWG39RVBXODIJXBVP/Le-Cri-Du-Poete-Weibel-St-Sulpice.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Battening Down the Hatches From my walk along the lakefront on Sunday; a sculpture by Weibel named “Le Cri du Poete.” March 22, 2020. St. Sulpice, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584908879386-OWS563PFMWMLM7F3DJZH/Lakefront-MaskedWoman-FloweringTrees.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Battening Down the Hatches Trees in full spring bloom along Lake Geneva. This woman, enjoying her paper in the sun, is wearing a mask. March 19, 2020. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584908986777-6B2MJP8NF5UYLU1LFFL9/Lakefront-Social-Distancing.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Battening Down the Hatches People practicing social distancing while getting some sun and fresh air along the Lake Geneva lakefront. March 21, 2020. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584909176345-4P7WOO4RMYU9KKM5S6OZ/St-Sulpice-Spring.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: Battening Down the Hatches A garden in full spring bloom on a cloudy, blustery midday walk. St. Sulpice, Switzerland. March 22, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/a-grown-up-gap-year monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584394132958-PA91WZN93HV583FYWMW3/Riana-Colin-Teaspoon-of-Adventure.jpg Magazine - A Grown-Up Gap Year Colin, Riana, and Ellie during their gap year in Prague. Aren’t they gosh-darn adorable? Czech Republic, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584558176917-WSDYQ9SMK4ZCAQB0AUQK/Prague+Astronomical+Clock.jpg Magazine - A Grown-Up Gap Year Colin, Ellie, and Riana in front of Prague’s famed astronomical clock. According to Riana, the clock is a bit… underwhelming in actuality. Czech Republic, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584558333401-S0FIRJTC076H46DGUZME/Colin+and+Riana+with+a+view+over+Prague.jpg Magazine - A Grown-Up Gap Year Riana and Colin with a view over central Prague on a gorgeous sunny day. Czech Republic, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-coronavirus-diaries-the-beginning monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584301799468-KGOMUIP78SHB0WSPVF3A/Saint-Sulpice.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning A tiny house in the Saint-Sulpice area of Lausanne, Switzerland, on a beautiful, sunny, coronavirus-panicked day. Looks like a good place to socially distance, no? March 15, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584302244507-LKWJETNQVS26PDGQM2UA/St.+Gallen.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning A view of the countryside in St. Gallen, Switzerland. March 7, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584302282401-ILDWZPA5K5GQ2WJHIBVD/Appenzeller%2C+Switzerland.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning The tiny town center in Appenzeller, Switzerland. March 7, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584302372437-8LF2LTOPIULJRVQRN9VQ/LausanneLakefrontRelaxation.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning People kind of, sort of socially distancing while enjoying the sunlight and the spring temperatures along Lake Geneva. March 15, 2020. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1584302398616-K0IFSHF7LVVVFO6XVTHK/Hammock.jpg Magazine - The Coronavirus Diaries: The Beginning Arnaud and I in our new hammock on the terrace at home. At least we can socially distance together. March 15, 2020. Lausanne, Switzerland. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-february-2020 monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1583862891185-KCOI84AXI880DRS7ZM9O/Leslie-Wyatt-Brooke-Wrestling-Miami.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: February 2020 Do small humans get any more adorable than my niece and nephew? No, they do not. Wrestling the babies. Miami, Florida. February 23, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-january-2020 monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1581008521936-X90GE1G81JQM0IQNA5GE/French-King-Cake.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: January 2020 Actual French king’s cakes look nothing like the New Orleans concoctions. Lausanne, Switzerland. January 6, 2020. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-to-find-good-walking-tours monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1580323660282-NV4QUIZYZX5IYKU0MZNZ/Lyon-December.jpg Magazine - How to Find Good Walking Tours Lyon in December, during my birthday trip. We walked all over this city, again and again. Lyon, France. December 15, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/planning-a-wedding-in-france-infographic monthly 0.5 2021-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1579711936249-2LXGLLLSRJ4SOWD4AXJM/Planning+a+Wedding+in+France+Infographic.png Magazine - Infographic: 5 Keys to Planning a Wedding in France https://observingleslie.com/magazine/history-of-the-hoodie-timeline-infographic monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1579814146057-54FBLHLO84G62K3DR1YU/History+of+the+Hoodie+Infographic.png Magazine - Infographic: The History of the Hoodie https://observingleslie.com/magazine/food-and-walking-tours-lyon monthly 0.5 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1579550006257-Q3SNF5G2H99YQT4QVUBZ/Cannelle-Bite-Lyon-Food-Tour.jpg Magazine - A Long Weekend of Food and Walking Tours in Lyon Sampling the iconic Lyonnaise quenelle on a walking food tour of the city. Lyon, France. 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Panda bear fuzzy socks, anyone? Lausanne, Switzerland. December 18, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-changed-about-me-in-the-2010s monthly 0.5 2020-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1578487036739-UR83EBZ0SWX3Q6MW6QEG/Will-Pora-Tweet-Image.jpg Magazine - What Changed about Me in the 2010s The tweet that prompted the writing challenge. December 20, 2019. The World Wide Web. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/best-books-i-read-in-2019 monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1578131313567-2UX460PHA6AYZP9O9VX2/Best-Books-2019-Reading-Photo.jpg Magazine - The Best Books I Read in 2019 Reading on the terrace in the spring sunshine. Lausanne, Switzerland. May 19, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-we-spent-the-2019-holidays monthly 0.5 2020-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1578069923386-NEDJKXKHILFWCGWXBUL5/Holiday-Decorations-2019.jpg Magazine - How We Spent the 2019 Holidays Our holiday decorations for 2019. Modest and just right. Lausanne, Switzerland, December 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1578079004314-GQ6SC6NRHLWNB02KYVTL/Montreux-Xmas-Market-2019.JPG Magazine - How We Spent the 2019 Holidays The two of us at the Montreux lakefront, enjoying the Christmas markets. Montreux, Switzerland. Saturday, December 21, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1578079148700-9U3JNX16UK93POU3OPX1/Xmas-PJs-2019.JPG Magazine - How We Spent the 2019 Holidays Rocking our personalized holiday pajamas, as one does. Lausanne, Switzerland. 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Lausanne, Switzerland. December 27, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/month-in-review-highlights-november-2019 monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1575473117253-M4IP8VAD7QQJY46M43R4/Voted2019.jpg Magazine - Month-in-Review Highlights: November 2019 I managed to vote in the U.S. elections all the way from Switzerland this November, which counts for something. Even local elections matter, folks. November 5, 2019. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/on-experiencing-us-holidays-in-foreign-countries monthly 0.5 2020-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1575472129085-HF7QHGCCFBSYH051L6OM/Thanksgiving-Dinner-2019.jpg Magazine - On Experiencing U.S. Holidays in Foreign Countries We had a late American-style dinner for Thanksgiving 2019 at La Brasserie de Montbenon in Lausanne, Switzerland. Not a bad try for the Swiss, eh? 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September 29, 2014. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/analysis-paralysis-how-to-avoid-overthinking-business-decisions monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1551997776600-VZAEV2NB3V5CK7GGOMLY/adult-analysis-banking-1549000.jpg Magazine - Analysis Paralysis: How to Avoid Overthinking Business Decisions Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@rawpixel https://observingleslie.com/magazine/i-have-no-clue-about-beach-gear-and-you-probably-dont-either monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1551909823878-0F0I0UH7BRYDBFEOGAI7/GalvestonBeach.jpg Magazine - I Have No Clue about Beach Gear and You Probably Don’t, Either Surfside Beach, Texas. September 27, 2014. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/why-i-advocate-for-the-irish-goodbye monthly 0.5 2021-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1618494613125-BL6MJPIV69FA74A8YJBE/field-clover-irish-goodbye.jpg Magazine - Why I Advocate for the Irish Goodbye Image credit: Pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/bad-advice monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1553337760814-A7ZYBJYJPXMTZXDDH8QJ/advise-answer-sign.jpg Magazine - Bad Advice Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/a-woman-is-not-her-marital-statushtml monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1553338160240-XUPKJWCAJ2BF2EGNVT81/lesliearnaud0149.jpg Magazine - A Woman is Not Her Marital Status Leslie and Arnaud’s wedding rings and invitation. 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September 7, 2014. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/human-nature-and-intolerance monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1553337919997-1118HCQ24HJ4XT2F607A/anger-angry-annoyed-phone.jpg Magazine - Human Nature and Intolerance Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@freestocks https://observingleslie.com/magazine/when-the-pitch-goes-awry-losing-a-deal monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1551994680075-7GWPHMOO701JHO4NY630/achievement-adult-agreement-327540.jpg Magazine - When the Pitch Goes Awry: “Losing” a Deal Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/friday-links-reading-to-get-you-thinking monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1551912927491-69L6RZQO8RK763JXI5MS/ReadingThinking.jpg Magazine - Friday Links: Reading to Get You Thinking Assorted reading materials on my coffee table. 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March 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/am-i-a-feminist monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561224836881-42PK0DVXFOCJHSFLC6O1/WomensMarch2017.JPG Magazine - Am I a Feminist? Friends and me at the 2017 Women’s March in Houston, Texas. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/team-sports monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561223958000-JJZ1U7OL6URWN18GGA44/TexansGame.jpg Magazine - Team Sports Houston Texans playoff game. January 5, 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/sunny-attitudes-in-dark-times monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561223757519-98CQZBKKOWQWTBN8RP44/ColorfulFabrics.jpg Magazine - Sunny Attitudes in Dark Times From my quilting stash: Reproductions of cotton fabrics from the Great Depression. 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February 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/houses-and-homes monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561220852576-9VQ4FBCAL1UBAZPOHTH6/architecture-buildings-homes-2187605.jpg Magazine - Houses and Homes Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@evgeny-tchebotarev-1058775 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/a-new-media-salute-to-old-media monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561219932031-WB60U4VCRWII7XI9TZ6G/AssortedLetters.jpg Magazine - A New Media Salute to Old Media Some of the personal mail I've received—and kept—over the past year. February 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/places-of-quiet monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561219622058-Z2RS7Y51P84DDP4TZ2PY/MFAH.jpg Magazine - Places of Quiet The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. March 3, 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-quest-for-healthy-living monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561219351496-0DCQJ8BV7RTQBYPGUW45/VictoryMealsBag.jpg Magazine - The Quest for Healthy Living Victory Meals waiting for me on my front porch. January 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/pets-as-property monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561218979087-SYCCBVOU389YOG7HXFOR/KissingRamona.jpg Magazine - Pets as Property Ramona and me dancing in the kitchen to The Cure. We're cool like that. A making-dinner interlude. January 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/closed-rooms-and-ndas monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561218709739-NVDANQSLFAFZTQTUVC76/ConfidentialityAgreement.jpg Magazine - Closed Rooms and NDAs Confidentiality agreement for FrogDog. January 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/trading-places-with-the-pope monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561218623291-3EL4NA0CRWRE53JNGC0D/VaticanFacade.jpg Magazine - Trading Places with the Pope Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@kaip https://observingleslie.com/magazine/food-and-judgment monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561218286528-YO1TSHTVFFJE1N8W9Z1L/ChristmasEveDinner.jpg Magazine - Food and Judgment Christmas Eve dinner at my brother's house. He cooked the entire meal. December 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/women-dont-ask monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561217442417-EJ7VXCYVC5Q5P1E6CQ19/ask-blackboard-356079.jpg Magazine - Women Don't Ask Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/bad-customers monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561217049413-0YB5JDTSQ9SB0YK0CCZ4/adult-angry-communication-1587014.jpg Magazine - Bad Customers Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@moose-photos-170195 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/celebrities monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561216340988-4ICS4LLLL4DWHPIGRMK4/TableTopicsCelebrities.jpg Magazine - Celebrities Table Topics on my dining room table. January 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/fantasy-fiction monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://observingleslie.com/magazine/making-the-most-of-speaking-engagements monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561214458210-3RA8CSSIO5JRJBB90YVU/LesliePresenting.jpg Magazine - Making the Most of Speaking Engagements Me speaking at an IABC conference. October 23, 2009. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/its-not-about-you monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1561214254230-Y0KPO0PEW92S1W8GKQ1Q/FingerPointing.jpg Magazine - It's Not about You Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@didsss https://observingleslie.com/magazine/commissioned-art monthly 0.5 2020-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1594981690659-SMXCBTSNZ4SLYMJI2E6S/20200717_101646296_iOS.jpg Magazine - Commissioned Art An original painting of a skull purchased in Houston, Texas, and brought to Lausanne, Switzerland. Painting circa 2006. 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My travel buddy (on the left) helped police me from working too much. 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January 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/fiction-harder-to-write-than-nonfiction monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559201258490-G0XOHHMWNRY475CT4WKV/book-bindings-book-series-books-1560093.jpg Magazine - Fiction: Harder to Write than Nonfiction Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@suzyhazelwood https://observingleslie.com/magazine/empathy-requires-practice monthly 0.5 2023-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559200868175-QILKTFW85HIPA17JPF5E/clamp-clips-close-up-160824.jpg Magazine - Empathy Requires Practice Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/nanowrimo monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559200534669-93SZFCTFWCPQ358CFT1K/NaNoWriMo.jpg Magazine - NaNoWriMo Stealing a few moments to write over a snack at Cafe Brasil on weekend afternoon. 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Where peace should reign (and usually does). September 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/harmonica-lessons monthly 0.5 2019-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559146517853-2V8BUFZZAWEVUXBPGGBD/Harmonica.jpg Magazine - Harmonica Lessons My harmonica. Travaasa Austin. September 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/teambuilding monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1553848448624-5J88N2FQZ4TX1RMFE220/ObstacleCourse.jpg Magazine - Teambuilding A segment of the challenge course at Travaasa Austin, the site of occasional corporate teambuilding events. September 2012. 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Houston, Texas, September 2011. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/ode-to-houston monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1556101577990-N5H7HB66QJBM8FKH4QE9/HoustonBikeRide.jpg Magazine - Ode to Houston View of downtown Houston's skyline from a nearby bike trail. August 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-of-adulthood monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559069418019-YB3WCUJ0G0R4XBGSUGJW/FavoriteBooks.jpg Magazine - Books of Adulthood My copies of a few of the books on this list. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/launching monthly 0.5 2020-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559069248725-ZA9J4MZP0Q2PDBAUV6GS/LeavingHSParty.jpg Magazine - Launching With my mother and one of my best friends at a going-away-to-college party for me. Summer 1992. Houston, Texas. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/howm-i-doing monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558645664479-T68VIH03RDMHP1WRTCPD/abandoned-antique-architecture-263532.jpg Magazine - How'm I Doing? Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-forgotten-art-of-dinner-parties monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1557318288797-JFCQCGOCX60VJL9NDUL3/LambPeachesStew.jpg Magazine - The Forgotten Art of Dinner Parties A dish of braised and browned lamb with peaches that I cooked at home in Houston and, yes, tweeted. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/ask-for-help monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559069155560-L84U1X7WERRQDT7570EI/care-caregiver-deal-45842.jpg Magazine - Ask for Help Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-process monthly 0.5 2021-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559068781963-04TE27WPFNWPJIG55PH5/ProcessPostSpreadsheet.JPG Magazine - The Process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559068813788-90T9KWQ2347SMI213YRP/ProcessPostOutline.JPG Magazine - The Process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559068861486-KEPU2ATFI2P472IFU5S8/ProcessPostArticle.JPG Magazine - The Process The first draft of an earlier post on this site. Again, if interested, you can compare the first draft to the finished post. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/confidence-introversion-and-leadership monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559068586190-TGUPQX81QVWZIIOTCG4U/chess-pieces-color-conceptual-1679618.jpg Magazine - Confidence, Introversion, and Leadership Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@markusspiske https://observingleslie.com/magazine/exit-with-aplomb monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559067988874-22X34Q6ZL79QI1KFKA6R/collaboration-cooperation-corporate-1645693.jpg Magazine - Exit with Aplomb Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@rawpixel https://observingleslie.com/magazine/friendships-that-go-the-distance monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559062765187-S57WAFHNV639UAQO2QVM/AdrianLeslieSAHalfMarathon.jpeg Magazine - Friendships that Go the Distance One of my closest friends and I looking like a complete disaster after I paced her to a personal best in the 2010 San Antonio Half Marathon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559062818636-0KCDGP4WK20RVWCKE0R0/TIR2011007.JPG Magazine - Friendships that Go the Distance My Texas Independence Relay team, WTF?!, ready to start the race in early March 2011. Gonzalez, Texas. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/twitter-vs-facebook monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559062536205-3PBNL4OWHES1P1LJ54ZQ/HootsuiteScreenshot.PNG Magazine - Twitter vs. Facebook A screen capture of one of my Hootsuite dashboards. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/domesticity monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559062192919-XLRZIH46OYG0IWXH0FUR/HazelRevisMapleLeafQuilt.jpg Magazine - Domesticity A maple-leaf-pattern quilt hand pieced and hand quilted by my great-grandmother, Hazel Revis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559062247468-Q1T80UMAQVKHNRBH38CX/HazelFarnsworthWeddingQuilt.jpg Magazine - Domesticity The double-wedding-ring pattern quilt hand pieced and hand quilted for my someday wedding by my great-aunt, Hazel Farnsworth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559062295456-Z875OZ5BQUZ2EZC3KQNA/GreenQuilt.jpg Magazine - Domesticity My first completed quilt, a partially hand pieced, all hand quilted log-cabin pattern variation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1559062342394-ZCEPR0I826XFZZ42N5VR/Skirtmaking.jpg Magazine - Domesticity Cutting out patterns for a simple skirt. September 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/i-want-you monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558644989842-CQJF4Q65UB2MFQBCZ1O6/finger-gesturing-hand-1259327.jpg Magazine - I Want YOU Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@rodolphozanardo https://observingleslie.com/magazine/its-about-the-people-stupid monthly 0.5 2019-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1554576352983-8FHKA97S0FF9XQS0TWDD/adult-beautiful-brunette-1549280.jpg Magazine - It's about the People, Stupid Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@elletakesphotos https://observingleslie.com/magazine/books-from-childhood monthly 0.5 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558644677466-LC2R7L5F8ONP5W3KFZZ1/PhantomTollbooth.jpg Magazine - Books from Childhood My original childhood copy of Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558644727717-DKQCWGFK58ZS86QH2IUT/TheOnceandFutureKing.jpg Magazine - Books from Childhood My original, 7th grade personal copy of T. H. White's The Once and Future King. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/my-rules-for-meetings monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558644389755-QO4L11XYG8PJREO372I3/company-conference-room-contemporary-1181406.jpg Magazine - My Rules for Meetings Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@divinetechygirl https://observingleslie.com/magazine/single-on-sunday-morning monthly 0.5 2019-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558643950582-65YR0GWZB00NLC0CLAJW/SundayReading.jpg Magazine - Single on Sunday Morning Me reading The New York Times and sipping tea. July 14, 2013. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/where-actual-networking-happens monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558512076748-7AHA67JWSI9DYV5LY31C/CafeBrasil.jpg Magazine - Where Actual Networking Happens Tea and Topo Chico waiting on a meeting at Cafe Brasil in Houston, Texas. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/loyalty monthly 0.5 2019-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558643703551-DKBW4N76TASEWIR0GVTD/RamonaLapPorch.jpg Magazine - Loyalty Ramona and me on the Houston front porch, watching the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558643606305-RLB237OP63485LFRHJIT/Ramona%252Band%252BCedric.jpg Magazine - Loyalty Ramona and Cedric, a best friend from the Houston 'hood. July 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/share-your-goals-with-your-team monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558643457289-UVN9FDMYFH8ITIHVCSCD/action-adventure-backlit-209209.jpg Magazine - Share Your Goals with Your Team Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay https://observingleslie.com/magazine/tell-me-the-moral-of-this-story monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558643174697-89Z7I9QHAHUVUGL0UJZH/bar-cafeteria-chairs-6971.jpg Magazine - Tell Me the Moral of this Story Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@snapwire https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-other-is-my-brother monthly 0.5 2019-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1556695464959-BWZ7UZ1LXRFM1T3PD604/TJLeslie40Under40.JPG Magazine - How “Other” is My Brother My brother at I at the Houston Business Journal's "40 under 40" event at the House of Blues. 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March 2010. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-quiet-teaches monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558596294055-KZFHBDVI78IH85MMIEQ6/adventure-backlit-clouds-772665.jpg Magazine - What Quiet Teaches Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/@victorfreitas https://observingleslie.com/magazine/cold-call-dos-and-donts monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558595860192-915ENPMP73LZY8LY9M5K/WorkPhone.jpg Magazine - Cold Call Dos and Don'ts Phone in a FrogDog conference room. September 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/looking-forward-to-something monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558547186454-IPTXTOPU9720WE8018VC/BelizeBooks.jpg Magazine - Looking Forward to Something https://observingleslie.com/magazine/sunglasses monthly 0.5 2019-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558594170499-2CJOVH964KBIUU9EJHE7/SunglassesFriends.jpg Magazine - Sunglasses A couple friends and me, all in our sunglasses. Houston, Texas. March 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/kids-and-camp monthly 0.5 2019-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558593988006-EX44DIB6PCUR8S5Q0ODH/LeslieHorseTraining.JPG Magazine - Kids and Camp Working with horses at "camp" for grown-ups. (A resort in Austin.) January 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/what-i-tell-job-hunters monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558593685586-VAT89V9F803GS6FMM7BQ/NewspaperLawn.jpg Magazine - What I Tell Job Hunters https://observingleslie.com/magazine/the-gala-and-the-single-girl monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1551903527299-945WLNHN6J3BVO6HE3JU/Gala.jpg Magazine - The Gala and the Single Girl Me, solo, at a gala in June 2012. https://observingleslie.com/magazine/how-do-you-like-them-apples monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7ef5cdfd67936779e10508/1558593444411-FS7XRQ0OK2OYM48LRVY9/apples-close-up-delicious-1510392.jpg Magazine - How Do You Like Them Apples? 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