We usually visit Vancouver once a year. The city has many interesting attractions, not to mention great restaurants. This year we started our British Columbia trip in Pemberton, a village north of Whistler. Our neighbors suggested visiting Pemberton, as they’d been there the month before. We visited Whistler for a day our first year living …
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May 19
Tunes for Menial Tasks
After I took the picture of the steamboats (see A Serendipitous Sight), I put the phone on the dining room table. Somehow Neli managed to get Siri to play my iTunes. She sat next to the phone and listened intently. This cat is WAY too smart for our own good,
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May 17
Rolling the Dice
A Monte Carlo simulation is a statistical technique to determine the probability of an event. The analysis is done by computer, because it would be far too tedious to make 500 or more runs of the simulation by hand. It’s commonly used to predict how long your assets will last in retirement. I’ve discovered two …
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May 07
The Symbol of Bothell
Paris has the Eiffel Tower. London has Big Ben. New York has the Statue of Liberty. Saint Louis has the Arch. Bothell has the Chicken. This proud monument to poultry towers (about 15 ft) over the entrance to Country Village, an old-timey-themed collection of shops on a landscaped site just north of downtown Bothell. …
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Feb 03
Mid-Winter on the Sammamish
You would think that the rain and cool weather would keep folks off the river. You would think wrong. Despite the area reverting to rainforest, someone’s always on the river. This morning I saw two stand-up paddle boarders and a kayak in a short time. There’s a rowing school that routinely has students paddling up …
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Dec 25
Bad Taxidermy
This critter was seen in a store in one of the passages in Paris last week. For some reason, Paris has several shops that specialize in taxidermy. One of these shops is on the chichi Boulevard de Saint-Germain. I may not have made it to veterinary school, but I think this animal is along the …
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Dec 19
Dressing for Paris
This is a guest post from Julian. Here in Paris, women generally choose modest but stylish outfits for their appearances in public. Black is the preferred color, although pastels and earth-tones are acceptable. Bright splashes are reserved for accessories. But when it’s time to party down, they may choose bizarre and outrageous creations with sequins, …
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Dec 14
For the Cute Shoes Clan
We couldn’t resist taking these pictures of figurines in the window of a furniture store in Colmar.
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Dec 13
French Fluff Fixation
What is it with the French and Marshmallow Fluff? Two years ago we saw this at the Galeries Lafayette food hall: Our hotel in Lyon overlooked a bagel restaurant. Along with the oversized bagel models, there was a large model jar of Marshmallow Fluff. We found a candy store called Lolly’s down the street from …
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