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The Clignancourt Flea Market in Paris

May 27, 2013
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 Marché aux Puces St-Ouen de Clignancourt, Paris’s most famous flea market, is a grouping of more than a dozen flea markets – a complex of 2,500 to 3,000 open stalls and shops on the northern fringe of the city.  Les Puces, as it is commonly called, is the largest flea market in the world.  If [...]

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Les Halles d’Avignon – A Traditional Food Market in Provence

May 20, 2013
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The Viking “Portraits of Southern France” river cruise I recently took was one of the most enjoyable vacation experiences I’ve ever had.  Our plane landed in Marseille and a one and a half hour coach ride took us to Avignon where we boarded our cruise ship. Our eight day cruise took us to Arles, Vivier, [...]

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Home From France!

May 14, 2013
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I have just returned home from one of the most wonderful travel experiences I have ever had.  It’s now 2:48 am and I’m suffering from a bad case of jet lag so I think this is a good opportunity to do a little writing about our adventure.  France is nine hours ahead of the Pacific [...]

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A Little Beach Therapy

January 5, 2013
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When I  need a break from my daily routine my favorite place to go is Oregon’s north coast beaches.  My grandparents on both sides of my family had homes there when I was young and it still feels like home to me when I drive by the places where we used to walk and go [...]

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A Trip to Bob’s Red Mill

May 10, 2012
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I took a drive out to Bob’s Red Mill last week to do a little shopping and thought you might like to come along to see this amazing place. They ship their huge product line all over the country and the headquarters of their operation is right here in Portland, Oregon.  Bob’s Red Mill has [...]

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Creme Brulee and Thoughts of April in Paris

April 2, 2012
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In my previous post I wrote about one of Ina Garten’s recipes, Chocolate Orange Mousse,  in her wonderful book,  Barefoot in Paris.   I didn’t give Ina’s recipe my usual rave reviews because it fell short of my expectations from reading the recipe and I was disappointed.  I have to be honest and confess that [...]

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Portland: What to do, Where to stay

February 25, 2012

Pin It I love where I live and have written about my city, Portland, Oregon, many times since I started my blog almost 4 years ago.  For me it is the perfect place.  An hour to an hour and a half in any direction will take you to snow capped mountains, a gorgeous coast line, [...]

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Travel Notes: Cannon Beach and Haystack Rock

February 17, 2012
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Pin It My daughter, granddaughter and great-grandson were here from Chicago last week to celebrate family birthdays and we spent a few days at the Oregon coast.  We are real beach lovers and head to Cannon Beach every chance we get. It isn’t unusual to get a couple of good weather weeks in February and [...]

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Portland Life ~ Cooking Classes

February 6, 2012
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Pin It     In Good Taste Cooking School – Lake Oswego, Oregon I love where I live and always look forward to writing about what’s going on here in Portland. In the next few months I’m planning posts about some of the great things to see and do here. I’m kicking off this series [...]

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Paris Shopping – What’s Up With That VAT Tax?

January 21, 2012

Pin It Have you ever heard of the VAT tax and wondered what it is? Several friends who are planning trips to Europe this spring and summer asked me about it and I thought the topic would make a good post. I hope this information will be useful and will give you confidence to claim [...]

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