And The Oscar goes to…

And The Oscar goes to… i love to hear those words. i know it is rather silly, but i love to watch The Oscars. i am usually disappointed because the Academy gives out awards to films that do not deserve it. Last year was the worst. The Artist won for Best Picture, Best Actor and […]

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Galette des Rois

Galette des Rois (or King Cake in New Orleans where i grew up) is part of the French tradition for Epiphany. Epiphany is a Christian holiday on January 6 marking the epiphany of the infant Jesus to the Magi, but to many people in New Orleans it is the start of Mardi Gras. It was […]

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Shopping in Lyon

Today begins the three weeks of discount shopping in France. It takes place twice a year, the other time is in June or July, but i cannot remember which day. Sorry. All the shops in the country sell things at a discount, which varies from shop to shop and i guess that it gets cheaper […]

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Worst of 2012

Worst list are probably easier to write for most of us, since it seems to be human nature to dwell in the past on the things that make us sad or focus on those that have wronged us in some manner. i used to be one of those people, but then i was able to […]

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Best of 2012

i just realised that i had not made a best of/worst of list for 2012. So for today i will make a best list in no particular order. – Moving to France is a lifelong dream. – The Dark Knight – great finale to the trilogy. – Moving away from Hungary – The Avengers. i […]

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Thumb Sucking Dream

Originally posted on hey it's osh:
Last night i had the strangest dream or dreams. In one of my dreams i dreamt that thumb sucking is bad for your children. It went something like this: In the beginning the child sucks on his thumb. It seems harmless, but it is not good for the…

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Can’t We All Get Along

Okay, i was going to write a lot about how i went to my favourite pub last night and how the people do not eat at the pub, which is a restaurant and that they order pizza from the pizzeria next door and the waiter carries it over and no one seems to mind, but […]

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Words Of Love

  you ask me to give you words of love something as pure as the blood of a heavenly dove something to satisfy your desire within but my fire taints my words therein i give more than i have but i haven’t got anything but the song in my heart that i sing, i bring […]

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