There is something I love about early mornings, and experiencing the first few hours of the world as it is waking up. I remember the days when I’d be the cafe opener, and arrive ready for work at 5:45 am, getting everything ready for the customers who would begin streaming […]
The Loire Valley is full of magnificent towns, and hundreds of vineyards strung along the sides of its rivers, the Loire, Cher and Vienne. We asked the folks who promote wine travel here to tell us what they thought was the most beautiful town to represent the region in the […]
Where better to learn new cooking techniques than in Paris? Yesterday I learned quite a few new tricks when I spent the better part of a whole day cooking an elaborate meal with chef Fred Poulliot, at Le Foodist, a cooking school in Paris’ left bank. There were quite a […]
To some travelers, spending 1700 euros on a night is pocket change. For them, there is only one choice in the City of LIght–The Four Seasons George V Paris, on the swanky Champs Elysees. The bloggers on our trip met for the first time in this over the top luxurious […]
Today I set out on a mission, I”m part of a team of American bloggers who are fanning out all over France’s wine regions to share their photos, videos, blogs and experiences. The people who promote these areas chose an interesting range of writers and photographers. One of them is […]
The best way to get to know people is over a meal–and it’s even better when you’re dining in someone’s home, not in a restaurant. That’s what VizEat is all about. Last night I joined a group of six travel writers at a dinner with Christiane and Renaud Lestage in […]
In a few days I’ll get on a plane to Paris and then spend a week touring through many of the famous vineyards of the Loire Valley. As with all of my trips, as the day comes nearer I get more and more excited, anticipating that wonderful feeling of walking […]
We went to the French King Restaurant in Erving on Friday night, where a band was playing that Mary and her friends used to enjoy listening to at Deja Bru a few years ago. I ran into Les, a guy who helps organize a basketball game at the Greenfield Middle […]
Hadley is indeed the world’s asparagus capital. We drove past this truck while passing through the town of Hadley right across from where the annual WGBY Asparagus Festival will take place in about three weeks. Last year we enjoyed walking through the many arts and crafts booths right here, and […]
Life has evolved, we move along and we follow the highs and the lows. Sadly, a pattern from my younger days is repeated as my daughter got separated from her husband, and now another set of kids gets used to living with one parent, and visiting the other. Into this […]
