Mobile Bed Beard

This is an exciting post because it's the first time I'm using the WordPress iPhone app! I'm so techy here in France. It's been a really fun few days with my girlfriend Melina in town. We walked all around Montpellier and celebrated Bastille Day with a rooftop party. Today went to St. Guilhem to go kayaking in the Hérault River.  The whole trip was 12 km and the last 4 or so were pretty brutal as we...

Party Bed Beard

Happy Friday friends!  The Hub and I have been really busy this week getting ready for our Crémaillère, which is French for Housewarming Party.  If there's one thing we know how to do, it's throw a party and we can't wait to show our French friends!  We bought a lot of booze and have been planning the menu for the last week or so. Speaking of our menu, another missing "creature comfort" that I forgot to...

Traveling Bed Beard

Hi Friends!  Sorry it's been a bit quiet on the blog this week.  You missed me, didn't you?  I've been doing my best to stay busy while the The Hub's spent the last 7 days in L.A.  Here's what I've been up to: Early morning snuggles with the Bunny Delicious breakfasts of fresh peaches, vanilla yogurt, and granola Drinking lots of wine with girlfriends Making homemade fajitas and guacamole...

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...

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...

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...

French Bed Beard: Fig’s Diary

Hi Everyone! Mom is putting the whole family to work this week. Yesterday she made Dad write about his new job and today she asked me to tell you all how I'm doing. I think she might be getting lazy, but I do have a few things to share with you since my last diary entry so I guess it's ok. First of all. I'm hot. Like, really hot. I grew up in San Francisco so I'm not used to all these blazing sun and...

Flashbacks and Friday Bed Beard

I've now gone two full weeks without a phone and it's equal parts liberating and frustrating.  I do plan on getting a cell phone here, but before you can buy a phone and purchase a plan, you have to have things like a home with an address.  Figures.  So in the meantime, I'm doing things the old fashioned way like using a map, wearing a watch, and actually planning out in detail the exact time and place I will...

French Bed Beard: Fig’s Diary

Hi Everyone, Figgy here!  Mom is getting ready to go to a Royal Wedding After Party at the French American Center, so she asked me to update you all on how I am adjusting to life in France.  All I know is, after we left San Francisco, we were in a car for a really long time.  Mom did her best to keep me comfortable by folding up my favorite UW Badger Snuggie for me to lay on.  Mom and Dad were drinking all...

Bon Anniversaire Mon Petit Chien!

Today is my darling Figaro Newton's 6th Birthday.  I can't believe he's getting so old.  In dog years, he is now officially older than me and The Hub! I had grown up with a dog my whole life (R.I.P. Shorty Oreo) and desperately wanted one of my own.  When I decided to move to San Francisco without knowing a single soul, I figured it was a great time to get a dog to keep me company. I started off looking...