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The Other Eighth Wonder of the World

My brother Brandon and his girlfriend Amanda are spending the summer in Peru, where they are living in a hut atop a mountain and saving the lives of hundreds of Peruvian llama farmers (or something equally noble and selfless. I’m not even sure if they have running water or heat or STARBUCKS.) The other day, [...]

Posted 26 July 2008 † Bethany § Photography § Restaurants ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , ,

Chicago, in fashion, the soft drinks, expansion

Guess where I am this week?

Chicago!
I spent the weekend in the city with my mom, grandma and aunt, where we ate delicious food and saw Wicked on Saturday afternoon. Wicked was awesome–and I did not even fall asleep. Usually when I see a musical I get drowsy and my head bobs at least once. I [...]

Posted 22 October 2007 † Bethany § Photography ‡ Comments (3) °

A Letter in Three Parts, Part Three: What I missed about home

Even when I was having a fabulous time living in France, eating baguettes and camembert with an earthy cote du rhone in a cafe in Aix-en-Provence, or jetting around Europe, there were plenty of things I missed about home. I even missed the little things, the kind of stuff you don’t really think about until [...]

Posted 25 July 2007 † Bethany § France § Personal ‡ Comments (0) °

A Letter in Three Parts, Part Two: Things I Hate About France

Living in France wasn’t always creme anglais, pain au chocolat and wine. Just like living anywhere, you have to take the good with the bad. (Right? RIGHT?? I think about this a lot lately.) As a follow-up to my post a few weeks ago about why I loved France (from a letter to my best [...]

Posted 12 July 2007 † Bethany § France § Personal ‡ Comments (0) °

A Letter in Three Parts, Part One: Why I Loved France

When I lived in Aix-en-Provence, France, during my senior year of college, I wrote my friend Aubrey a letter. In this letter I included a list of everything I loved about France. To make it fair, I also included things I missed about the United States and things that I hated about France.
I think about [...]

Posted 21 June 2007 † Bethany § France § Personal ‡ Comments (2) °