Category: travel
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Summer in Switzerland: A day on Lac Léman
With friends in town, we decided to splurge by renting a motor boat yesterday to take advantage of the summery weather we’re having around around Lac Léman, a.k.a. Lake Geneva. The lake is a big part of the Genevoise lifestyle. We see the lake every day from different vantage points around town since Geneva is split in…
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Restaurants on the Road: Do you play favorites?
When we were in Cannes this past weekend we did a lot of things differently from how we usually travel–due mostly to the fact that I simply did not want to plan anything. I usually love planning, but for my birthday I wanted to relax and kind of see where the weekend took us. The…
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Two Days in Cannes, France
Three days before our trip to Cannes I looked up the weather forecast and found “100% thunderstorms” predicted for the whole weekend. Not just rain symbols, not just lightning, but red exclamation points indicating “severe, dangerous weather.” Floods. Hurricanes. Apocalypse. To say the least, I was bummed. The French Riviera/Cote d’Azur/South of France/whatever you want…
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This week I am…
…booking a ticket to any one of these cooler-than-cool swimming pools (#25–wow!) …learning a lot from these uber-British travel etiquette rules. …laughing over this hilarious dog grooming trend. Only in Japan. …applauding San Francisco on being the #1 city for … (answer). …wearing this as much as possible and pretending I’m French. …mulling over this thoughtful letter from…
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One Week in Jamaica: Jake’s Treasure Beach
Last week I found nirvana at Jake’s Treasure Beach on Jamaica. I do not throw around that word lightly. Within an hour of checking into this quirky boutique hotel on the south side of the island I had already reached a level of relaxation I’ve been trying to achieve for months in yoga class. As…
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Paris: Faire une pique-nique
Pique-nique (picnic) is one of my favorite French words because it is spelled phonetically as if someone with a heavy French accent is trying to say picnic: peek-neek. It is also one of my favorite things to do in Paris because it is easy on the wallet and there is no open container law. It’s a win-win,…
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Paris: Cafe culture
Spending a few hours lolling around a Parisian cafe is the very essence of la vie française, but I think many Americans find the task somewhat daunting. Our cultural differences become very apparent at the cafe. Let me explain. Despite my secret longing to be reincarnated as a French woman, it still took me a few…
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Paris museums: Beyond the Louvre
On visiting the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Drouot Auction House and Museé Marmottan. I love the Louvre, I really do. And I’ve been. I’ve seen the Mona Lisa. I’ve battled the crowds. I held my camera in the air, over their heads, trying to take a photo. If it is your first time in Paris, go…
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This week I am…
…turning 30! Apparently I’m supposed to know all these things by now (or maybe not). …donating to this Kickstarter campaign for spill-proof wine glasses. …daydreaming of Paris through this uber-hip blog on women in their Parisian apartments. …walking more. Yikes. …reading this article on how a kiss at Cannes Film Festival put a U.S. journalist in an Irani…
Paige Langton 