Day Trip To Sète

With our friend Melina in town this past weekend, we wanted to take a day trip on Saturday to somewhere we'd never been.  We weren't sure where to go:  Aix?  Carcassone?  Avignon?  Nimes?  These are what I like to call "champagne problems."  Since Melina and I had spent the previous day traveling by several buses to get to St. Guilhem only to discover when we got there that we'd have to hitchhike to the river...

A Typical Weekend – No Matter Where You Are

Is there anything better than friends, sunshine, sangria, and lawn games?  I think not.  So that's how we spent our Saturday.  We could have been in San Francisco, we could have been in Madison, we could have been in Montpellier.  Anytime you combine friends, sunshine, sangria, and lawn games, it feels like home to me. The Hub and I made a big batch of sangria on Saturday morning and we headed out with...

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...

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...

Weekend Update: Sweet Victory!

Man oh man!  I am beyond exhausted after this epic weekend and can hardly believe I made it to work still standing, but the feeling is worth it.  I am still processing all the emotions of the past few days and I'm not yet fully functional, so for now I will leave you with some of my favorite pictures from the...