Busy Day, Busy Bed Beard

I should start off this post by telling you all that I woke up at 6am today and immediately spent the next 10 hours enduring some very frustrating French bureaucracy.  So suffice it to say,  I'm pretty tired and cranky right now. Since Michael leaves for another long trip to L.A. again tomorrow (wah!!) we really needed to begin the process of getting our carte de séjour, or French residency card, before our...

Just Like Home

Remember yesterday when I told you that the weather felt almost San Francisco-ish?  Well, scratch the "ish."   Today has been a full blown San Francisco day with temps in the low 60s and a light, steady rainfall since late last night - I'm loving it!  I busted out my rainboots and took a walk to market to buy ingredients for beef stew. The rain brought out all the snails which was really...

Hump Day: A Year in Provence

I'm happy to tell you that the last few days here have been much cooler than last week.  Almost San Francisco-y (awww!) so we feel right at home.  It's been the perfect weather to snuggle up on the couch with a great bottle of red wine, which has been a nice change from our rosés. Before we left for France, my friend Leslie gave me a copy of a book she read right before she moved to France:  A Year in...