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The Swiss Family Carlson goes to Dijon!!
As the States have been whittling away at different “day off” holidays, Switzerland has been staunchly celebrating them. Easter is just such a holiday and, accordingly, Mark had Good Friday and Easter Monday off. The boys are on spring break right now as well and with two free days off bracketing a weekend we decided…
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Oh Sh*t. When Our Kids Start Learning “Those” Words.
We have hit new chapter in child-rearing. E is 9. When you are 9 and go to school on a bus or tram you find yourself surrounded by full-fledged teenagers. And those teenagers tend to let some curse words fly. It makes me cringe every time I hear a high schooler drop some “colorful metaphors”…
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Looking Cool in Paris while Tossing Fish
When I was 24 I guilted my mom into going to Paris with me. It was my second international trip. (My first being a trip right after college graduation with Shaun and this poor schnook who life’s ambition was to become Amish.) I had been living in Berkeley for 3 years by then and I…
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