adventures of an american housewife in the south of france

Oh Boy!

It's a boy!!! Not for me, sillies, for my sister and her husband!  Today Tori found out the sex of the baby and IT. IS. A. BOY.  This is pretty big news for my family.  We've never really "had boys."  Growing up, it was always me, my sister, and my Mom with my poor Dad cowering in the corner asking if he could please, just please switch over from Entertainment Tonight for one quick second to check the...

An Eggy, Woody, Winey Weekend

Things we did this weekend: Finished unpacking (we are so close to being done!) Set up our music station (currently listening to some Parliament as I type) Cleaned our balcony windows after getting egged. (are we still in middle school?) Saw Minuit à Paris in VO (super cute and we loved, but as far as modern day Woody Allen, I prefer Melinda and Melinda or Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Drank way...

French Bed Beard: Fig’s Diary

Hi Everyone! Are you as happy as I am that it's Friday?  I know I should probably tell you all about how I'm adjusting to my new home.  I should tell you how much I love my terrace and windows and blah, blah, blah.  That is all true, but I have other things on my mind.  You see, I've met someone. Her name is Teti and she's young, beautiful and Italian.  Her father is a surgeon and her mother...

The Hot Housewife

Oooohhhweee it's HOT here in the south of France.  For the entire last week the temperatures have been in the 90s, so each time I step outside, the blazing sun beats down on my bare shoulders causing me to sweat immediately.  It's the kind of heat I could only dream about in San Francisco and the fact that already happening in May makes me a little bit nervous for the summer.   We do not have air conditioning in...

Hump Day: Date Night

With the move about halfway to completion, I really felt that last night was time for a night off.  Everything's gone pretty smoothly (with the exception of a small snafu in the bed building process) but I was reaching my breaking point of unpacking and building.  Disorganization makes me absolutely crazy.  Even crazier than I already am.  When I was in college, I couldn't study in my room unless it was neat and...

Building our Home

Last night, after 39 days of homelessness, we spent the first night in our new apartment.  We have a long way to go before we're fully unpacked and settled in, but it felt really good to be in a bed that's our own.  We've been hard at work over the last few days shopping for all our furniture, packing up our belongings at the hotel and bringing everything over to the new apartment. Every single...

Moving Weekend, Moving Bed Beard

Well it's finally here - Moving Weekend!  This afternoon while Michael was on a train from Paris to Montpellier, I went to the apartment, signed the lease and picked up the keys.  And I have to be honest, I'm really overwhelmed.  Before this new place becomes our home, the whole apartment needs to be cleaned, every single piece of furniture needs to be purchased and assembled, we need to learn how to work all the...

My French Indulgence

I just want to take moment to tell you all what I've been stuffing my face with here in France.  Not cheese, not baguettes, not pastries.  It's another treat that France does oh so well...yogurt. Yep, I can't stop eating it.  Our friends Nate and Jess (who also lived in France via Ubisoft) told us all about the amazing yogurts of France, and - to be honest - I sort of brushed it off.  I've never been a huge...

Hump Day: Belgian Beer

Last Sunday, The Hub and I took a lovely stroll through the city.  It was warm and sunny and there was only one thing was missing:  commerce.  On Sundays in France, almost everything shuts down - the shops, many of the restaurants and bus routes, museums, grocery stores, you name it.   As we walked around past all the closed shop we realized that we had no choice.  It was time to go to the bar. The Hub has had...

Almost Home

Today we took one step closer to making Montpellier our home - we signed a lease on an apartment!  We decided on the apartment in the Antigone and we couldn't be more excited.  The location will give us easy access to both tram lines, the city's Olympic pool and gymnasium, the city center, Parc Richter, and The Hub's office.  Parfait!  I don't have pictures to share with you yet, but it's a 3-bedroom apartment...

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