Monthly Archives: December 2011

Dining at a Two-Star Restaurant

Posted on December 31, 2011 by skinsphins

I went with the most self-explanatory title, but I had so many other ideas for titles for this entry: “Never has so little led to being so full.” “The Stepford Kids.” “Live to eat, not eat to live.” “Nope. This … Continue reading →

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O’ Little Town of Leguevin

Posted on December 24, 2011 by skinsphins

Our little town hosted a Christmas market today. What better day than the day before Christmas to host a Christmas market. Pere Noel was there: Since tomorrow, Sunday, is the Big Day, the usual Sunday market was also held today, albeit with … Continue reading →

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More Fun French Facts in the News

Posted on December 23, 2011 by skinsphins

Yesterday, I brought to your attention some current events. But we’ll start off today’s entry with a two-part story from 75 years ago. “Where was TSA?” We subscribe to the International Herald Tribune, the so-called ‘global edition’ of the NY … Continue reading →

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Fun French Facts in the News

Posted on December 22, 2011 by skinsphins

Here’s a roundup of news – real news – making headlines in France. The articles come from the Connexion, France’s English-Language Newspaper. “One Bad Apple.” FR has more than 60 million people. In the 12 months ended October 31, some 3,980 … Continue reading →

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The In(door)s and Out(door)s of Noel

Posted on December 21, 2011 by skinsphins

Every year – or so it seems – I take the camera to the mall in Blagnac to get pix of how they’ve decorated the place. And every year I take the camera to the marche de Noel down in … Continue reading →

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Papa Noel? That Was Easy.

Posted on December 19, 2011 by skinsphins

In my story last year about being Santa’s helper, I said how I learned that the German name for Santa Claus is ‘Weihnachtsmann.’ This year, thanks to an influx of Spanish kids at the IST, I learned that the Spanish … Continue reading →

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…Thanksgiving

Posted on December 18, 2011 by skinsphins

“Someday you’ll be able to laugh about this and blog about it.” So said the lovely missus mere moments after a near-disaster of epic or at least comedy movie proportions. Sure, it’s been more than three weeks since that fateful day but … Continue reading →

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One Wedding and a Funeral

Posted on December 15, 2011 by skinsphins

We were back in the US for a whirlwind few days. We had planned to go to a wedding – the first of the lovely missus’ nieces to get hitched -but then her last remaining uncle died, so we ended up … Continue reading →

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