Adjusting to Life in Montpellier

After nearly 4 days in Montpellier, we’re starting to create our life here.  The biggest challenge for me right now is that I hate the hotel where we’re staying.  The location is fine (although it would be nice to be a bit closer to the main part of town) and the staff is super friendly and nice, but the hotel itself is somewhere between a Motel 6 and a youth hostel.  And if you know me at all, you know that...

The Long, Sometimes Frustrating, But Definitely Exciting Journey to Montpellier

Like our Road Trip, our journey over to Montpellier was smooth sailing until the last leg of the trip…and a little bit beyond.  We started off at Cleveland International Airport.  My parents had to rent an SUV to hold the 4 of us, our 10 bags + a dog, but we arrived in record time and checked in with no problems.  The woman at the counter looked at us like we were crazy when we handed her 7 bags to check, but...

The End Of The Road

We made it.  We are in Montpellier!  Although it was not without its challenges, most of the trip went smoothly.  But before I get into how we got to France, I want to tell you a little bit about the rest of our road trip across the good old U.S. of A. First, we spent 2 days in Wisconsin visiting with our adorable nephew, Dylan, eating my father-in-law’s incredible homemade pizza, and visiting with family and...

The Almost End of an Epic Road Trip

After four straight days of driving, we finally made it to our first extended stop in Wisconsin.  The road trip was looooong and at times, painful, but we really lucked out with weather and traffic.  No problems!  We got a late start leaving San Francisco on Thursday and didn't get to our hotel in Salt Lake City until 6am.  Ouch.  Lots of 5 hour energy was consumed and I did my best to stay up all night with...

Leaving (a piece of) My Heart in San Francisco

Dear San Francisco, How did six years go by in the blink of an eye?  It seems like only yesterday I arrived - hardened and slightly bitter from my two years on the east coast.  It was my second time moving to a city sight unseen and, unlike my first attempt, I instantly fell madly, head over heels, hopelessly in love with you.  With your majestic cliff sides, sparkling bay, countless parks…you were like...

The Road Trip

Our time in San Francisco is coming to a close.  Tomorrow we pick up the truck to pack up and then Thursday morning we are hitting the road!  After much debate, we decided that it just isn't safe to tow a big U-Haul trailer through the mountains in my Camry, so we are renting a 16 foot truck (whoa!) and attaching the Camry in a car carrier.  So, I will not be driving.  At all. After spending some time in...

Git ‘er Done

Thank God for friends.  The Hub and I have been working like dogs this week to try to accomplish all we need to do before the Garage Sale this weekend and last night Shawn and Kate came over to help us out.  Kate made a delicious dinner and the four of us took down our famous "Fillmore Wall."  You see, The Fillmore and The Warfield give away free posters at a lot of shows and The Hub and I have been to, well a...

Pack It Up, Pack It In

Moving sucks anyway you slice it, but I think I've been putting off packing because I was dreading the moment our house went from "our home" to "the place we're leaving behind."  We've lived in our house for 3.5 years and it truly was our home.  I remember being so excited about moving into this place back in 2007.  It was the first time I'd ever moved in with a boyfriend and it was the easiest move I'd ever done...

2 Weeks From Today….

It's been a quiet week over here on the blog.  Between struggling to shake this nasty cold, finishing up my last week of work, and making preparations for our move, I haven't had a lot of time for cooking or blogging.  It's hard to believe that in just 2 short weeks from today, we'll be packing up our U-haul trailer and making the long drive back to the Midwest.  We have lots to do before then, including selling...

Hump Day: Côtes du Rhône

I think by now you know how The Hub and I feel about California wines.  We love them.  We're going to miss their accessibility here in San Francisco.  I probably shouldn't be saying this....but we struggle with French wines.  I just never can seem to find one that I love as much as a bold, spicy California red.  I think the hardest part for me, is that picking out a French wine is a completely different...