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Ten Eating Rules French Children Know and Most Americans Don’t
My daughter posted a link on her Facebook page. The article from Rebeca Plantier on Mind Body Green lists the Ten Eating Rules French Children Know and Most Americans Don’t. My beautiful, intelligent,...
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In My Son’s Vans
No, I’m not going to write in response to Leave Your Shoes at the Door and walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Even though the book Walk Two Moons by the great Sharon Creech jumps to my mind as soon...
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Valentine’s Day à la Française
Pour fêter ma naturalisation, mes copines américaines m’ont offert un panier contenant une bouteille de ketchup, un pot de peanut butter, un paquet de hotdogs, un pain de mie bien blanc et bien mou,...
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Mes Cloches sont un Lapin
On apprend beaucoup de ses enfants. Une maman immigrée ? Presque tout. Si l’école est un terrain d’apprentissage à la vie pour les enfants, c’est aussi là où les mamans immigrées découvrent la...
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May Day
Once in a while, I dig through my blog and retrieve a post. I find it interesting because our blog posts represent the state of our personal lives and the position of the world at a specific period of...
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Fête des Mères à l’Américaine
Aujourd’hui c’est la Fête des Mères aux Etats Unis. Avec Thanksgiving, je pense que la fête la plus célébrée ici c’est Mother’s Day. Il y a exactement vingt-trois ans je passais ma première Fête des...
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De la Diversité Dans la Littérature pour Enfants
Dès mon arrivée en Californie j’ai immédiatement remarqué à quel point les américains étaient tournés vers l’autre, attentifs à l’autre, et 100% à l’écoute de leurs enfants. Presque too much pour la...
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Happy Fourth of July!
Nous sommes le 3 juillet et il n’est que 14h, mais à la terrasse du American Bar sur la rue principale de la petite ville de Truckee, à quelques kilomètres du lac Tahoe, l’ambiance est déjà très...
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Montréal, mon Petit Paris en Amérique du Nord
L’un des avantages à ne plus avoir d’enfants à plein temps à la maison, même s’ils me manquent beaucoup, est de pouvoir accompagner mon mari en voyage d’affaires – une première depuis plus de...
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Franglais Halloween
Pour la première fois depuis que je suis arrivée aux USA, mon Halloween sera sans enfants. Toutes ces citrouilles, ces déguisements, ces bonbons… Beaucoup de souvenirs que je vous livre pour une fois...
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What Happened to Thanksgiving?
A few days ago I wrote that November has always been a special month for me. Yet since I live in the US, this is definitely Thanksgiving that makes November so special. France doesn’t have the...
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Christmas Truce
As we reach the end of 2014, we also reach the end of the ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of WWI. Being from Normandy I’m more familiar with WWII, but my husband’s family is from Alsace...
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A Galette des Rois and a Kings’ Cake
Traditionally a religious celebration commemorating the visit of the Three Wise Men to baby Jesus, Epiphany Day is thoroughly enjoyed in France beyond the official January 6th and beyond religious...
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Sans Travel Guide
I am currently traveling across California, from San Francisco’s towers skyscraping the winter fog to the marshy agricultural land of the delta, from Berkeley’s Bear territory to the highway maze of...
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I Have the Hen’s Bumps or a Month of French Idioms From A to Z
I love to read and listen to people even more than I like to write. Sentences stop me in my tracks when they flow, roll and dance in my head. Metaphors and similes take my breath away when they...
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To Have an Artichoke’s Heart or a Month of French Idioms From A to Z
As announced last week, from April 1st to April 30th and following the alphabetical order, I will post every day but Sundays a French idiomatic expression, its literal English translation, and its...
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To Switch Dairy Shop or a Month of French Idioms From A to Z
France is well-known for its cheese and dairy products. It is not surprising that there is a French expression using the national bounty. #484159297 / gettyimages.com CHANGER DE CRÉMERIE TO SWITCH...
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To Give One’s Tongue to the Cat or a Month of French Idioms from A to Z
In the series A Month of French Idioms From A to Z, here is letter D! DONNER SA LANGUE AU CHAT GIVE ONE’S TONGUE TO THE CAT TO GIVE UP #456901585 / gettyimages.com This is a French expression from...
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To Send to Pasture or a Month of French Idioms From A to Z
Hope you all spent a great weekend and are ready for a long week of French idioms. From Monday to Saturday, I will provide an expression, covering the alphabet from E to J. As always, thank you for...
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To Make a Whole Cheese or a Month of French Idioms From A to Z
One said that French President Charles de Gaulle once proclaimed that France was a difficult country to govern and that it was in fact not surprising coming from a place that had more cheese than days...
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