This week marks the end of the summer and the beginning of the French school year, and, had things gone as planned, our own return to the alliance francaise to continue our respective courses. As it currently stands, the Purrito is currently in class, while I am at home in our flat. When last we …
Tomorrow evening we will be returning to Amsterdam (yes, that is trip number three) for SAIL 2015, which seemed like a perfect excuse to pick up the zoom lens that I’ve had my eye on. Sadly, FNAC doesn’t stock the lenses; as I managed to keep putting off going to the store and asking the …
We currently have a leak; the drainage pipe that descends from the upstairs neighbor’s shower (our best guess, anyway) is currently dripping water into a large bucket that we hurriedly purchased a couple of hours ago. After calls to our rental agency and then the insurance company’s help line, the only thing we’ve been told …
What were, to this point, true chip-and-PIN (PIN-priority EMV-equipped) credit cards were replaced yesterday with the farcical, ridiculous, chip-and-signature style cards that are apparently going to be the interim card standard in the States. Thus while Europe has been on chip-and-PIN for the past 15 years and is working on phasing out swiping (and only …
Yesterday marked the last day of our classes at the alliance francaise, at least for now; while most of their offerings (read: those during the day) continue on, the evening classes that we attend are spun down through the months of July and August, as historically, effectively nobody shows up. In true poindexter-like fashion, however, …
The Purrito and her crew went to Giverny yesterday. Seeing as it was a holiday, Victoire 1945, under normal circumtances, this would be free license for me to camp out on the kitchen table and play video games all day, something that, in retrospect, I should have done. Instead, I decided to (try to) be …
As stated on this very blog just over a year ago, I bought an iPhone 5c shortly after arriving in Paris. Amongst the things that the Purrito brought me when she came on the apartment hunting expedition was a case for said phone, which featured this image. The case was passed to the Purrito when I passed the phone …
Dumb idea of the week: retaining the anger at the taxi driver that drove me there earlier (after he bellyached at being asked if he was available and then sighed when I told him the destination, despite the fact that he was the lead vehicle in the cab stand line) and instead of just taking …
Yesterday proved to be a bit much for our lungs (mine in particular, seeing as I seem to be unable to rid myself of a cold). While we did end up doing what we planned to do, making a few stops for the sole purpose of hanging out in seemingly fresher air certainly helped us …
Fezzik In Paris 