Culture Bitch

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now, ever since Book Bastard and I returned from Morocco, really. But there’s so many details to it and every time I start, I get interrupted and, well, you know how it is. As a co-blogger noted recently, the day job really interferes with getting [...]

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*DISCLAIMER* I started this post way back in 2008 (when the world was a different place) but somehow got side-tracked with work and other such nonsense.  Sorry for the delay…like I’m sure you were all waiting for this. *end disclaimer*
I was so inspired by The Food Bastard’s Top 10 that I decided to do my [...]

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A highlight of our recent vacation in Paris was lunch at Restaurant Georges, at the top of the Centre Pompidou.  If you’re not familiar with the Pompidou, it houses France’s National Modern Art collection, and is a spectacular place to visit. Some of the art inside is very contemporary, of course, but “modern” includes early [...]

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The first sip of a cafe noisette.

The way every meal is served with a basket of baguette slices, even if you ordered a sandwich.

The way a waiter (who is always a man) will speak only French to you, if you speak very poor but earnest French to him.

The plastic-bag public trash receptacles on every street, [...]

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The Beer Bastard and I spent a long weekend in Camden, Maine and indulged ourselves in the tastiest crustacean of them all…the lobster.
We stayed at the Camden Harbour Inn which sits atop a small hill overlooking Camden harbor.  The harbor is quite scenic and the town is quintessential New England.  The inn was newly renovated [...]

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I find myself in Grapevine, Texas for a conference. Was I looking forward to this trip…no. Was I right to be so negative…yes. This place sucks! First of all, we are in the middle of nowhere - which equates to about 20 minutes from the Dallas-Fortworth Airport. Secondly, this place [...]

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