Guitar Hero

I had my first Paris guitar lesson today by a guy named Herman—so no he’s not French.
In this lull between finishing the record and thinking of all the promotion and touring involved once it is finished, I’d really like to get decent at guitar. As a bassist, I get lazy when it comes to practicing [...]

Woe Is Winehouse

I read something about Amy Winehouse almost everyday. Yesterday, she was hospitalized for a seizure of some sort and today she was released, with her publicist saying that she’d just had an “adverse reaction” to some medication.
It makes me sick to see what a mess she is and how because of her enormous talent (at [...]

Marriage = War, Says the Newlywed

I’m learning about marriage and cohabitation. Slowly.
It may be especially hard for Dman and me because we have the added pressure of my moving to a foreign country for him (and us.) It’s in italics because that phrase gets thrown around sometimes during a fight. “I moved to a foreign country for you! And you [...]

3G Blogging

So I can’t seem to get the native wordpress app working for my iPhone but I can still blog from the browser. Cool.
Not much today. It’s hot in Paris and I walked all across town with Dman as part of our new diet and exercise regime. So now I’m sweaty and grumpy.
But my 3G blogging [...]

VERY Petit Déjeuner

A friend asked me the other day what I miss most about America, food-wise. I had two answers: All the amazing ethnic food available everywhere in NYC. And of course, the American breakfast.
Breakfast in France is called le petit déjeuner (literally, “little lunch”) and it usually consists of the dry bread leftover from last night’s [...]

Embarrassed to Meet You

As anyone can tell you, I don’t embarrass easy. My boobs frequently pop out to say “hello”, I trip all the time, my lack of geographical knowledge is legendary and so on and so forth…
However, I was embarrassed recently (and continue to blush when I think about it) because of an occasion where I met [...]

Vacation, All I Ever Wanted

It’s July in France and what that means to Frenchies everywhere is VACATION. I’m not talking about the two weeks that most Americans get to stretch out over the course of a year; I’m talking about a minimum of FIVE WEEKS (usually up to TWO MONTHS) summer holiday for everyone in France.
Starting a couple weeks [...]

Say It Ain’t So, Christian

So much for my glowing tribute to Christian Bale. The Dark Knight was arrested in London today for assaulting his mom and sister Sunday night. That is definitely not cool. He’s currently cooling his heels in a London police station.
And there’s he goes… right off the top of my list.

Real Spaghetti Sauce from Scratch

Over Memorial Day weekend, I was at my good friend Tim’s country house in Pennsylvania and met a very sweet Italian girl who’s just moved to NYC. Aside from looking cute in a bikini, she cooked up an amazing pasta sauce and she told me the (very easy) recipe.
I’ve made it twice since and it [...]

Furs and Fireworks

It was Bastille Day on Monday (the French 4th of July), and they celebrate with this military parade that goes down the Champs-Elysees. We didn’t wake up in time to get there but watched on TV instead, which was pretty impressive. I think it’s funny that France, which isn’t exactly known for its modern military [...]