At a fish restaurant
There is a restaurant in Paris that I like very much. Truth be told, there are a dozen or more restaurants in Paris…
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Remembering a special Good Friday
Three years ago I was living in Fitou in France during a period of decompression and introspection. The preceding autumn had been just…
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Dining alone
During one summer in the 80s I had a week’s vacation from my job selling shoes at Marshall Field’s, and after considering places…
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The first time I visited Toronto
I was 25 when I took my first vacation by myself. I lived in Chicago at the time and thought it would be…
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More travel rants
(Caution: contains coarse language.) In a previous edition we addressed situations in which travelers — aboard trains and airplanes, in cars and trucks,…
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Chicken fried steak and food in general
Food really gets me going. I enjoy eating it, cooking it, planning ways I will cook it, shopping for things I need to…
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My French movie
I stepped out onto the terrace last weekend and noticed two bees engaging in some coital flitting-about. Initially I thought it was the…
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French madness
Last year I felt obliged to share at least one criticism of the French, considering how much I wax lyrical about them and…
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Autumn around Fitou
When I left my village last spring the earth was just waking up and bursting from its winter shell. Shoots of bright green…
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