Soon after we moved to Paris, I responded to a Craiglist ad from a 30-something French woman looking to do a French-English language exchange. We met in a bubble-tea restaurant in the 9th arrondissement, and bonded over cat-ownership, love of asian food, and being only children.
So P really digs the theatre – plays, music, dance, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Dancing monks
Posted in Things to do beside eating, expat life, tagged Buddhist Shaolin Monks, paris, theatre on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Talkin’ ’bout Michael
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bizarre, Michael Jackson, news on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We spent the past week in hosting-mode, and hadn’t been watching the news. So today over breakfast we tuned into France24 to learn what’s going on with the world, see if Iranian students are still rioting, etc…
Hah. Today it’s all about the death of Michael Jackson. There was a brief mention of a Baghdad market [...]
Customer Service?
Posted in expat life, tagged French customer service, internet, rant on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Around the end of April, I received an unusual letter. Instead of the usual financial statement or request for additional paperwork to prove my existence/address in France/married state, this was from our cable company.
“Your satisfaction is our priority and we will do everything to retain your loyalty” was how it began. It went to on [...]
