Last post of 2007
I hope everyone has a fun filled New Year’s Eve tonight. In whatever part of the world you are please think of us. We’ll do the same. Our plans have changed a bit. We are no longer going to Bordeaux and we are going to the Moulin a Cresse. It should be a big party [...]
La Belle Helene, Opera du Capitole, Toulouse
We went to our first Opera in Toulouse. We saw La Belle Helene by Offenbach. Now I’m not a huge opera fan but once a year I like going to the opera. It is very theatrical, grande, and over the top. See an Offenbach opera and multiply that by 10. For the non-opera afficionado seeing [...]
A visit to Albi
We have a friend visiting for a few days. We decided to go to Albi for the day. It is about a 45 minute drive from Toulouse. Many of you know the big attraction in Albi, the Henry Toulouse Lautrec Museum.
Galvani, 45 ans d’avant-garde, Espace Croix Baragnon
We went to our first gallery opening in Toulouse. Many of you know that Jean-Jacques and I had a gallery for 4 years in Philadelphia, Jean-Jacques Gallery. We had openings every month on First Friday. It was such a relief to go to a big premier and not have to do a single thing in [...]
Simpleviewer picture viewer added
I added this plug in to make adding multiple pictures to a post more visually appealing. I hope you like it. A little animation, not too much, is good. There are supposed to be captions but I cannot get them to appear. Use the arrows to go forward and backward, I think there are 28 [...]
Carte de Sejour
After the horrible experience I had getting my student VISA in DC, read about it here, I was dreading applying for my carte de sejour. A carte de sejour is a residency permit in France. Basically you have to get a VISA that allows you to stay in France for a period of time. Then [...]
Recent Comments