It's difficult to believe I was in Paris three months ago. This is what we arrived to: a garbage and recyclers' strike. At first I thought there'd been a big party in the neighborhood the night before and the recycling couldn't all fit into the bin! … [Read more...]
French Cheese Box
On an Air France flight to Paris a few months ago, I got talking to our flight attendant as the plane was landing. When he learned we were staying at the Hotel Beaumarchais, he raved about a restaurant on the same street.I think we found that restaurant! It was run by two … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Fear of Flying
I'd heard of Erica Jong's Fear of Flying for decades. It's known of course as a racy novel about a married woman who is in search of the "zipless f*&^"--an affair without any emotional attachments. But what I didn't know was that Fear of Flying is an AMWF novel … [Read more...]
Hey Hey Canteen
I took Jake to college last week on a whirlwind trip to New York. We left on a 6am flight and I returned on the last flight of the evening. It was sunny and warm and a perfect day for settling into his dorm and doing some last minute shopping.Since Jake had to be at a 4pm … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Earlier this year I had the great honor to write an introduction for Camphor Press's re-release of Ban Zhao's Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls. I used excerpts of this ancient classic in my memoir, Good Chinese Wife.This week I guest blogged for Camphor Press, writing … [Read more...]
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