girl at large

I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

Category: inter-world

  • anyone know where i can get a bumper sticker made?

  • woo-hoo! Liz is back! and is as always, a force to be reckoned with..we were treated to a bottle of champagne from a table of Miss Liz-fixated fellows (in town for a conference, the number one factor for bravery on their part and rejection on ours) across the way in the restaurant last night. i…

  • it's so elusive, so simple in concept and yet can become so complicated in practice. it's a logistical nightmare, a colossal headache, an 'asking for trouble' situation. a burden to our friends and family. and yet when we need one, as most of us will do at least once in our lifetime, we beg, cajole,…

  • the digital camera is staying with Mom in Antibes for the moment, so the blog will be a little image-light for awhile. sorry. it's rainy and gray here now anyway if that's any consolation.

  • Erin's "Flying Chicago to Nice via Brussels (who goes thru Brussels??) Alone with Two Year Old Toddler and The Giant Misplaced Jogging Stroller" story is getting a run for its money from Thomas' "40 Hours Each Way to LA via Amtrak" saga. read about it and have a good laugh here.

  • ok, this tyke gets more action than i've seen in years! first the little frenchie girl at the cafe, now a frenchie water nymph. he's a trooper..that water was COLD. must be his hearty Minnesota/Wisconsin upbringing. Daddy Doug will be so proud…his little guy gettin' wid da ladies!

  • another Regatta today…so many sailboats, so little time.

  • walking through Safranier (also known as 'the postcard street'), watching the regatta, discovering raisin brioche.

  • after nearly a full day of airplanes followed by a bus ride from hell, little 2 year old Sam is a trooper..even enough energy left to make a little French girlfriend. and run around a play park in Italy the next day…what a life!

  • my brother Thomas, or the Tomster, is in LA today, Hollywood specifically. and i'm certain he's as sick of hearing about Arnold as we are. (keep in mind we live half way round the world from that damn recall vote and it's still on the tv endlessly). but if Affable Dan is anything like i…