Ugh. It is a frustration here. I don’t like to go out to eat, as it turns into such a problem! Even when the meeting organizers warn the hotel and the meeting places that there are a number of vegetarians amongst our group, the serving staff still insist that they have nothing else. The first…
Author: GBK Gwyneth
Rainy Day
Unfortunately, the weather today was terrible. Every time I thought it was about to clear up, it would start to rain again. I ended up just going for a walk around Gentilly. I’ve decided that I really don’t like Gentilly very much. Too many broken windows and deserted streets. Tomorrow is back to work, but…
Springtime in Paris
Yesterday, I took some time off (hey, I am half-time and had spent three full days in meetings!) and went to l’Orangerie which has been closed for “renovations” since I first came to a French ILOG meeting(back in 2000). The museum reopened since my last trip, and I finally got to go see Monet’s masterpieces….
Photos at the Museum
After our meeting today at the Maison des Polytechniciens, we walked across the street to the Musee d’Orsay for a tour and then dinner in the dining room. Our very large group broke into three groups for guided tours. I enjoyed listening to our tour guide, who provided lots of insight and interesting history about…
Grey Paree
The direct flight with personal tvs was pleasant. Airplane movies have improved to now be on demand, so I could start and stop at will. I ended up watching 3.5 movies over the Atlantic. The flight ended an hour early on a sour note, with a terrible landing. Thump, thump, whoa! Everyone around me was…
It’s Cold Outside
Thin Mints are great frozen, but today it was the Girl Scouts that were frozen. Two years ago we got sunburned while selling cookies outside Borders. Today we could not stay warm. Snow and wind made for a very chilly experience!
Einy Meany Miney Mo
Easter is early this year. Very early. How early you ask? Just ask Gauss. Really! I admit I have not read the whole Wikipedia article Date of Easter but the graph was enough for me. Easter is abnormally early this year. But, from what I understand, Passover is next month, not during the same lunar…
Third Wheel
The girls and I wanted to rent bikes during our trip to Jekyll Island, but the logistics were a little complicated. Chloe can ride a bike with training wheels and Camille was saying she was worried about riding as she hasn’t done it much lately (and I don’t think I’ve been on a bike for…
J’aime La Plage
One of my favorite things to do at the beach is to watch the sun come up over the horizon. This morning, I woke with the sun. The clouds rolled in as the sun came up, making today’s sunrise very different from yesterday’s. A little later in the morning, the girls and I drove down…
Dining – Hotel Room Style
After we arrived here, I realized that our dinner choices were non-existant. Unforutunately, our room has no kitchen, no microwave. It does have a fridge and a coffeepot, however. At the little IGA, we stocked on bread, peanut butter, jelly, carrots, fruit, yogurt, milk and cereal. But what for dinner? There were no baguettes, no…
Spitfire the Turtle
These crazy girls; I wonder if they have ever seen Spanish moss before? It makes for great dress up I guess. Playing with it was one of the highlights of our morning walk through the historical district of Jekyll Island. The other was a trip to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Last year, a month…
Bad WiFi
Well, not so bad, but I can only get it in the lobby and by the pool. There don’t appear to be an outlets near the pool (that only makes sense), so with this bad battery, I can only get on for short bursts of time. So anything I need to do while online will…
Girl Scout Cookies
It’s that time. Rob went and picked up our cookies from the house of our “cookie mom”. Camille had presold 40 boxes, and I tacked on 100 boxes to her order, figuring we would sell them here in our village or at Rob’s work. That’s a big cash outlay, but I’m sure we’ll sell them….
Hey, I Know That Place
Heck, I could have taken it. Compare the photo at the left that I took in 2004 to the one in the Washington Post article Why Did the Tourists Cross the Channel? The Baths in Virgin Gorda is a magical place. One that I’ve been to four (I think) times now and one to which…
Headlines
Why, oh, why is the article Kenyan Rivals Sign Power-Sharing Agreement a minor headline in the Washington Post while the article A Pet Owner’s Final Choice is top news?? I go to the Washington Post for my “real world news” as opposed to the AJC, but maybe I need to find a better source?
Dedication A Go-Go
A couple of weeks ago, I headed over to Athens (Georgia, that is) to a kids’ music concert. By myself. Is this a sneak peak at my future? As the girls get older and I still enjoy the “kindie scene,” will I be taking more and more trips on my own? No matter, I enjoyed…
Home Sweet Home
The girls and I got home today. As it goes, we missed Rob who is headed back to DC for the third time in a little over a week. Maybe we should just get an apartment there! As from the very first time we entered Pine Lake a little over a year ago, my whole…
Sibling Rivalry
Chloe is green with envy. “It’s not fair” is her battle cry. Upon learning that I had put Camille’s Roman Villa (with flaps that lift to reveal the Latin words for the rooms of the house), she insisted that I dedicate a blog post to her masterpiece as well.
Mi Domus Est Tu Domus
How’s my Latin? Certainly not as good as Camille’s (or should we call her Camilla?). She’s in her third year of Latin and really enjoys it. In terms of her homeschooling, it strongly reinforces the grammar concepts that she has learned and has also deepened her love of history. In fact, Latin is what led…
Let It Snow
It started snowing last night … when I got up around 5am this morning, it was snowing again. The girls ran around in the snow soon after it stopped coming down. Of course, they feel getting cold in the snow is a great excuse to drink hot chocolate. Chloe prefers her hot chocolate lukewarm. But…