When my mother was a teenager in the late 1960s, she wanted to be an interpreter for the United Nations. She loved learning languages and, from…
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About a year ago, my mother decided it was time to finally visit Paris. She’s wanted to go…
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Almost exactly a month before a fire damaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Mr. Pretty and I sat…
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So what does one do when you land in Paris without a real plan? I mean, we flew…
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I occasionally have super dumb ideas. Like that time I decided I could totally make it to Isla…
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Let it be known that I’m not very good at beach vacations. Despite many summers spent on the…
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Not to boast, but I’m lucky. Not in that great “I’m a lucky charm” kind of a way–hell,…
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I won’t lie: the first time I went to Paris, seeing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre was…
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