28 January 2011

Wines/ Vins

Found and tasted some very good wines.
J'ai reussi a boire de tres bons vins .... americains ou argentin ou italien, desolee mais ils ne sont pas francais!!

Red wine/ Vin rouge
-Pinot Noir, Pine Ridge ''Forefront'', 2008
-Chapellet, ''Mountain Cuvee'', Napa Valley 2007
-Malbec, ''The Show'', Argentina, 2009


White wine/ Vin blanc
-Pinot Gris, Solena, Oregon 2008
-Moscato, Oltrepo Pavese, La Montebello, 2009




I'll add some more when I taste another very good one.
Je rajouterai au fur et a mesure, cela me fera ma petite liste personnelle

20 January 2011

Travels/ Voyages

I'd love to see people again, below my traveling dates, if they coincide with yours, do let me know!

 
Si vous passez aux US, ci-dessous les dates de mes voyages

 
As of Jan 29, 2011 (subject to changes)
  •        6-10 feb, NY
  •       22-26 feb, Denver
  •        6 -11 march, Miami
  •        3-8 april, NY
  •        May or June, Montreal (2 different clients so 2 set of dates, contracts not signed yet)
  •        26-29 june, NY
  •        17-22 july, Miami
  •        2-5 Aug, Connecticut, near NY
  •              ??-?? Oct, NY
  •        2-4 nov, New Orleans or NY? 

17 January 2011

J'adore! I love it!

quel bonheur de se garer dans ce pays. Pays ou la voiture predomine dans tout. On emmene et depose ses enfants en voiture sans en sortir. On sort ses poubelles en voiture. On retire de l'argent depuis sa voiture. On depose son ordonnance et revient chercher ses medicaments en voiture. Voila quelques exemples qui m'ont bien surprises depuis que je suis arrivee.
Par contre, ce que j'adore, c'est me garer. Fini les parkings a la parisienne ou a l'Inseadienne, ici la place est roi, impossible de rayer la voiture voisine, trop d'espace! Impossible de rater, meme en essayant, on ne peut que rentrer sa voiture dans la place. Que du bonheur, merci !!
4 enfants (Hannah, Maya, leurs nouveaux copains Lilia et Joshua ) arrivent a peine a combler la longueur!

Such a delight to park your car in this country. Cars are everything here. You bring your kids to school and leave them there without even going out from the car. You bring your trash by car. You take money out by car. You leave the precription and pick up your medecine by car. Those are just a few examples of my experience here which have taken me by surprise.
But there is one thing I absolutely adore here it is to park. Forget about Parisian or Insead car parks, place has its values. Impossible to scratch the car next to you. Too much space for that. Impossible to miss the parking spot while manoeuvring your car, you can only put it in that space as it is so wide. So much joy, thank you!!
4 kids (Hannah, Maya, their new friends Lilia et Joshua) can barely cover the length!

04 January 2011

Uniform/ Uniforme

Venant de France ou il n'y a pas d'uniforme dans les ecoles publiques, c'etait quelque chose que j'ai du apprendre. L'image montre un document que l'ecole m'a donnee pour mieux comprendre.

Coming from France where we have no uniform in public schools, it was something I had to learn, here is a flyer we got explaining what to get.


Et le resultat donne cela:
And here is the result:


Photos


01 January 2011

Bonne Annee/ Happy New Year

all my warmest wishes! I miss you.


tous mes meilleurs voeux. Vous me manquez!