tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45757113386789059192024-02-19T16:56:34.089+01:00A (Parisian) Seattleite back in SeattleRandom thoughts and photos from a Seattleite who moved to France, and is now back in Seattle.A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-30575709626220269152015-08-15T00:05:00.001+02:002015-08-15T00:19:56.076+02:00La ville est toujours chez moi<div style="font-size: 11pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My first time back in Paris after four years and it felt like I'd been gone a few months rather than years. We rented an apartment in my old arrondissement. The covered market was snazzier. There were a few new stores and restaurants. But it still felt like home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This time the Brit and I experienced Paris (and travel) as parents. Cobbled streets took on a new feel when pushing a stroller. Dining out was no longer a leisurely, multi-course affair with an aperitif and a bottle of wine. Now it was taking turns eating while the other one tried to keep the little half-Brit entertained. But it still felt like home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Switching to speaking French was sometimes more of a conscious gear change rather than an automatic and fluid shift. But it still felt like home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'll try not to stay away so long next time... Paris still feels like home.</span></div>
A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-21558739191237681512012-11-11T08:10:00.002+01:002012-11-11T08:12:39.258+01:00Swarm of locusts<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">This
morning the Brit popped around the corner to pick up croissants and pain au
choc at our favorite neighborhood patisserie and it turned out the place had
been cleaned out because of <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019644315_sarah09m.html" target="_blank">this article</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">While
I’m glad that Nohra has received some much deserved publicity, it’s annoying
for us regular locals because nearly nothing was left. The Brit came back with
a few madeleines. Hopefully the patisserie increases production to keep up with
increased demand or demand gets back to a reasonable level. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-8733696083805260122012-10-24T04:03:00.003+02:002012-10-24T04:03:53.044+02:00In the news
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-20008687" target="_blank">Rest of world favours Obama</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/seattle-times-protest-campaign-ad_n_1986090.html" target="_blank">Seattle Times Reporters Protest GOP Endorsement</a> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2012/10/18/un-cadre-orange-employee-sncf-altercation-querelle-gare-viroflay_n_1976765.html" target="_blank">French jerk makes 70k euros</a></span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-13015779685547320242012-05-31T01:34:00.004+02:002012-05-31T01:34:57.440+02:00Wtf is going on in this city??<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/3-killed-2-wounded-in-N-Seattle-gunman-shot-3595992.php" target="_blank">3 killed, 2 wounded in N. Seattle; gunman shot</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Woman-shot-in-head-in-downtown-Seattle-3595954.php" target="_blank">Woman shot in head, killed outside Seattle's Town Hall</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Father-slain-in-Central-District-was-Zillow-3586434.php" target="_blank">Father slain in Central District</a> </span><br />
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<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2012/05/27/man-shot-in-north-seattle/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank" title="Permalink to Homeowner shot in North Seattle robbery"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Homeowner shot in North Seattle robbery</span></a>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-12021869432918062622012-04-12T08:09:00.000+02:002012-04-12T08:09:02.478+02:00French Klingon<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I was in a serious funk today for a combination of
reasons so the Brit decided that we should go out for a yummy dinner. We went
to Voila for some nom French food and it did cheer me up a bit. Somehow the
evening ended up with me speaking to the Brit in Klingon (via an online
translator). I guess the side trip to local Paris ended up in the Final
Frontier.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-23559243879473477092012-03-10T01:40:00.002+01:002012-03-10T01:40:48.923+01:00All foreigners must stay away, unless related to the Pres.<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In an attempt to appeal to France’s xenophobic right-wing
voters, President Sarkozy has said that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647" target="_blank">he wants to reduce the number of foreigners moving to France</a>. Does anyone else find it odd that he would take
this position considering his current wife was foreign (until after they
married) and his father was also foreign?</span></span></span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-61105689467053913182012-03-02T05:30:00.000+01:002012-03-02T05:30:30.407+01:00Things aren’t looking too good for Sarko<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17227438" target="_blank">Sarkozy hides in bar amid protest<o:p></o:p></a></span></span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-87924713384403530152012-02-09T01:46:00.000+01:002012-02-09T01:46:06.650+01:00It’s about time<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/02/08/house-approves-same-sex-marriage/" target="_blank">Washington state House approves same-sex marriage<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></span><br />A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-85563252663723809202012-01-18T02:02:00.002+01:002012-01-18T02:03:27.402+01:00Snow in Seattle<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there's supposed to be more on the way.</span><br />
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weekend, the Brit and I went to </span><a href="http://melrosemarketseattle.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melrose Market</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
which wasn’t around before we left Seattle. Afterwards we decided to pop up the
street for some coffee and on our way to the coffee shop we saw people marching
up the street. It was Occupy Seattle protestors on their way to I don't know where. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those who don’t understand why sun in Seattle is such a big deal, click <a href="http://theoatmeal.com/blog/seattle_weather" target="_blank">here<o:p>.</o:p></a></span></span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-70918054746909185992011-07-31T01:24:00.000+02:002011-07-31T01:24:04.696+02:00You know you’re married to a Brit when…<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt;">…he spends a weekend morning listening to cricket on the radio rather than sleeping.</span></div>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-47978373634874714592011-06-18T01:45:00.001+02:002011-06-18T01:45:33.412+02:00Where’s the fire truck?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday early afternoon the lights flickered in our temp apartment and about a minute later they went out completely. While I was trying to figure out what was going on, the fire alarms started blaring. I immediately put on my shoes, grabbed my purse and headed outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were a few of us standing around and I chatted a bit with one of the other tenants. I mentioned that the fire trucks hadn’t arrived even though the alarms had been going for quite a few minutes. It turns out she works for an insurance company and said that the fire department not receiving the alarm signal happens much more often than people would think. It turns out, that’s exactly what occurred. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortunately, there was no fire in the building. But there was a <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Fire-at-PSE-Redmond-station-out-power-restored-1427608.php" target="_blank">fire at an energy substation</a> that cut power in Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond. I know this could have happened on the other side of the lake, but this gets added to my list of reasons not to live on the Eastside.</span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-74563990219708940422011-06-11T00:23:00.000+02:002011-06-11T00:23:58.156+02:00In the news<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13708765" target="_blank">Geese cause traffic chaos in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Seattle</place></city></a></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Lawyer-pleads-guilty-in-car-keying-case-1418056.php" target="_blank">Lawyer pleads guilty in car 'keying' case</a></span></span></div>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-4717032796753740422011-06-07T02:23:00.001+02:002011-06-18T01:49:10.540+02:00How’d that get missed?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found a house that we like and that’s within our budget. It’s a new build and has never been lived in, but even though it’s brand spanking new we decided to have it inspected. Everything was going well until the inspector came down from the attic area and announced…there is no insulation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Brit and I both had a wtf??!!! reaction. It turns out there’s no insulation in the crawlspace under the house either. We certainly weren’t expecting this.</span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-72938039559877235712011-05-28T21:35:00.000+02:002011-05-28T21:35:30.507+02:00One thing after another<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we arrived, we’ve been house hunting like mad. We made an offer on a huge new build house and while we wait to hear back from the seller, we need to start looking for a car. The Brit is unusually tall so the main issue is find something that he can fit into and drive comfortably but that isn’t so big I feel like I’m driving a tank. </span></span></div>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-6816566592945153892011-05-18T23:07:00.002+02:002011-05-18T23:07:55.645+02:00Back<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Brit and I are back in the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">US</place></country-region>. The good news is we were upgraded to business class for the LHR to SEA flight. The bad news is our temp housing is on the Eastside a.k.a. the darkside.</span></span></div>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-40688495595997308492011-05-04T17:50:00.000+02:002011-05-04T17:50:59.898+02:00Across the pond<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After nearly 8 years of living in France, I’m going home. The Brit and I have decided to move back to Seattle…</span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-42815211764913583432011-04-27T17:02:00.000+02:002011-04-27T17:02:58.595+02:00In the News<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13212343" target="_blank">France: Mulhouse airport traffic controller killed</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13156817" target="_blank">IQ tests measure motivation - not just intelligence</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13211911" target="_blank">French police arrest migrants in Paris</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13168354" target="_blank">France riot police face beer and wine meal ban</a></span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-13093824215297045522011-04-13T21:53:00.000+02:002018-05-31T23:41:00.435+02:00In-Laws<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-36229186564985598852011-04-13T11:48:00.000+02:002011-04-13T11:48:35.695+02:00The French Rs of education<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know the ones…<strong>R</strong>eading, w<strong>R</strong>iting, a<strong>R</strong>ithmetic and <strong>R</strong>ecognizing a “Tu” vs. a “Vous”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was on the bus when a little girl (she couldn’t have been more than 6 years old) starting talking to me. What surprised me was that she used Tu instead of Vous. I’ve been told I don’t look my age, but in relation to the girl I clearly fall into the adult category. In my mind this means I use Tu with her and she uses Vous with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve been tutoied by a stranger in Paris before – he was a retail clerk around my age and he tutoied all of his customers. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the little girl was a different situation, it would be like me walking up to an elderly stranger and using Tu as if we were friends or family. Perhaps I’m being a bit too old-fashioned. Is the singular Vous becoming passé?</span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-44952429640371860672011-04-11T17:20:00.000+02:002011-04-11T17:20:54.609+02:00In the News<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/france-burqa-ban-takes-ef_n_847366.html" target="_blank">France Burqa Ban Takes Effect</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73A01F20110411" target="_blank">Ivory Coast's Gbagbo held after French troops move in</a></span>A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4575711338678905919.post-59651868434546457502011-04-06T22:10:00.000+02:002011-04-06T22:10:22.807+02:00Not your normal brioche<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I passed by a bakery in the Marais and saw these “special” brioche. I had to take a photo…</span></span></div><br />
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