Yesterday, thirty seven years ago, we got married at the Ronald Methodist Church in Shoreline, Washington. For many years we have spent our anniversaries at the Oyster Bar on Chuckanut Drive in Bow, Washington. Last year was no exception since we were back in the US for a visit. But this year, now that we…
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TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
There is no magic pencil – or pen, or marker, or brush – art is a process of repeated iterations. My name is theTravelsketcher and I am a Niffler when it comes to shiny new art stuff. Unpacking my art things from storage and from France makes it clear that I have more unused, or…
Settling into the Pearl
We are settling into our apartment in the Pearl quite nicely and the sense I had early on of a bit of a Parisian feel has only grown. We can walk to most anything we need, we already discovered The Fields Bar & Grill which has a casual neighborhood feel – not the same as…
The Pearl, a world away from La Thebauderie
Tuesday we got the fobs, they don’t use keys these days, to our apartment in the Pearl District of Portland, a world and two centuries away from La Thebauderie in Normandie. Tricia’s view today, and her views two years ago. We like the Pearl, it has a bit of a Paris feel. The streets are…
Active in Avignon and beyond
Next week I will be posting from Germany; on Tuesday our time in Avignon comes to an end all too soon. With that in mind we have been quite active – a bit of travel, art, and eating. Sunday we took the SNCF train from Avignon Central to L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue for their market day, it is…
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