September 30, 2008
C&Z;'s 5th Anniversary Party!
Chocolate & Zucchini turned five yesterday, and because every five-year-old in the world deserves a birthday party, I would like to invite you to a celebratory get-together in Paris.
It will be held on Wednesday, October 8th, from 7pm till 9pm, at Bocata, a cosy tapas bar in my neighborhood, located at 31 rue Milton, Paris 9ème.
Drinks and homemade nibbles will be served, and the cost will be 21€ per person*.
Space is limited, so it will ...
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September 29, 2008
C&Z; turns 5!
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Chocolate & Zucchini -- and, I might add, the first anniversary of its French version. My first impulse was to comment on the fact that time flies, it seems like only yesterday, or something to that effect, but the truth is, I find it so extraordinarily difficult to remember what my life was like before I started C&Z;, it's almost embarrassing.
Creating this blog five years ago has undoubtedly been among the...
September 24, 2008
Twelve Hours in Paris
My friend Adam has just had what I think is a brilliant idea of a meme, named Twelve Hours in Dot Dot Dot: if you had only twelve hours left to spend in your home city/town/village/oasis, what would you do with them?
Because I lived abroad for a while, I have, on several occasions, spent twelve semi-final hours in Paris, and I admit they usually involved a combination of the following activities: 1) buying several months' worth of my then-favo...
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September 15, 2008
Croatia Highlights
My body has been back from our Croatian getaway for a few days, but my spirit is still very much there, on a deserted pebble beach, reading in the late afternoon light, twiddling my toes, and examining the possibility of going back in for one last dip.
My mind refuses to believe that, in the morning, we will not be feeding part of our breakfast to the wild kittens that roam everywhere; that our toughest decision today will not be whether to wa...
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