John CarpenterOct 28, 20223 minStop the presses! Paris is beautiful!I didn’t notice until I’d passed her three or four times, looming over the small square near our temporary home base like a guardian...
John CarpenterOct 26, 20223 minHemingway punched me in the mouthOne of the hallmarks of the good vacation is finding a hole-in-the-wall restaurant that turns out to be delightful, then walking out with...
John CarpenterOct 25, 20222 minGood morning from Paris, where the trip beginsWe have landed in Le Marais, our neighborhood in Paris for the next week. It’s an Airbnb apartment three floors up from a street which,...