Travel

Aix-en-Provence Revisited

4 November 2009

I visited Aix-en-Provence once, 11 years ago, when Ann and I backpacked around Europe after we graduated from high school. We came here because I had seen the town in a movie and wanted to experience it firsthand, though now, I don’t remember what the movie was, or why Aix had seemed so charming. Aix […]

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The Bastille Market

29 October 2009

I didn’t realize that markets could have character until I stumbled onto the one at Place de la Bastille last Sunday. I went back again this Sunday because once just wasn’t enough. The Bastille Market is my favorite one in Paris, bursting with life and flavor and color. The market takes place every Sunday morning […]

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Exciting London

20 October 2009

London–what an exciting town! In four days, I witnessed a protest at Parliament, watched dignitaries enter Buckingham Palace, saw others leave Kensington Palace in a helicopter, walked into the middle of a police chase that included a dog and a bike thief, and had a lucky future predicted (unsolicited) by a holy man. Add to […]

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My Paris Apartment

5 October 2009

My apartment is a little quirky. It’s centrally located, so I can walk everywhere, but it is fairly expensive—for me, not for Paris—so it’ll work for a couple of months, but not for much longer. It’s a fairly large studio in an older building, though not a historic one. I can see one of those […]

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Wrote My First Book!

30 September 2009

That’s right, I am a published author. I guess I already was, but with only a few bylines thus far, each new publication is a major accomplishment. The Little LIP Guide to Alaska is available on the Location Independent website. I’ve become a fan of the site since deciding to become location independent myself—the site […]

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