While I was languishing in misery at the hotel yesterday (strep on vacation sucks, did I mention), Aaron took Z back up to Montmartre to visit the Salvadore Dali museum. Z is familiar with the work of the "floppy watch guy" from prints we have at home, so he enjoyed seeing more of it. In fact, he told Aaron, "I am inspired by Salvidor Dali's art ( Read more... )

After two months in Metz, Paris a bit overwhelming. Our hotel is in a neighborhood near Montmartre, dominated by fabric stores and formal wear. Seriously, if I was in the market for a wedding gown, either Western-style, Indian, or African, I'd be in the right place ( Read more... )

Sillegny is, quite literally, a wide place in the road. The D5 auto-route runs through the middle of what must generously be called "town;" there are two side streets and a cross-street. Population, according to the 2011 census, is less than 500 ( Read more... )

Z and I had a lovely afternoon adventure yesterday, even if none of us are quite sure what we saw. School gets out early on Wednesdays, so I took him home for lunch, then took the bus downtown to visit le Fonds régional d'art contemporaine de Lorraine, which is to say, the Lorraine Regional Foundation for Contemporary Art. Ironically, the ( Read more... )

The Centre Pompidou de Paris has opened a satellite branch here in Metz. It's a major city landmark, shaped like a cross between a sailing ship and a circus tent--or as Z put it, "it looks like an automatic rollerskate-spaceship ( Read more... )

Camille has been with us for two weeks, and so far I would count the experiment a success. Of course, she's in classes every morning, and bring run around to tourist sites every afternoon, so we aren't seeing much of her during the week! But it's funny, her being here has forced us to live like a normal family, and eat dinner more or less ( Read more... )

I took Z to the Decatur Arts Festival this weekend. The weather was just about perfect--warm and sunny, but not humid and with just enough breeze to make the heat pleasant ( Read more... )

Despite mild colds all around, I took Z to the Little Five Points Halloween Parade yesterday. This is usually where I walk with the giant skeletons, but instead, this year I did something very special with Z ( Read more... )

October is the month when everything finally cools off enough to make outdoor events feasible. In the past two weekends, we've been to the GA Tech Maker Faire, Flux, Atlanta Streets Alive, Z's school picnic, and Pride. Coming up are the Brookhaven Arts Festival, three Halloween parades, trick-or-treating at Towne Brookhaven (the mixed-use ( Read more... )

Took Z downtown today for a free glass blowing demo in the courtyard at the High Museum. I wasn't sure he'd be interested, but though he was wiggly, he sat in my lap for the whole thing, and even wanted to go over and say hi to the glass blowers after. I let him run around in the courtyard and see the weird sculptures, and just as I was telling ( Read more... )