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Nectar of the gods & home-cooking a la francaise

November 3rd, 2009 by Olivia · No Comments

Cote du Rhone

Cote du Rhone

Food & Wine Edition, Part I

More than likely, I will […]

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Untitled

October 18th, 2009 by Benjamin · No Comments

 

Alice calls me.  We met last weekend at an Anglo/francophone soirée held by the multi-cultural department of my university.  She said she would facebook me, though I assumed she wouldn’t; […]

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Buckman Scholar in Japan: Taifuu

October 8th, 2009 by Joy-Katherine · No Comments

Hello!

I experienced my first taifuu (typhoon) yesterday! Many Japanese houses (or at least the most recently built ones) have metal shutters which roll down to cover the window, which I […]

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Buckman Scholar in Japan

October 2nd, 2009 by Joy-Katherine · No Comments

Hello again!

So, last week I talked about OLs and how they used gossip to make office work more enjoyable and to create a better working environment for themselves. Just to […]

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France for Free : Weekend Patrimoine

September 28th, 2009 by Olivia · No Comments

Salut à tous!

Back-tracking a bit, I want to recount the highlights from the weekend patrimoine.  To encourage cultural exploration, the French government opens official buildings for touring and offers free […]

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Buckman Scholar in Japan

September 25th, 2009 by Joy-Katherine · No Comments

Hello again,

Today’s topic is Office Ladies, more commonly referred to as OLs. The duties of the OLs in Japanese companies are not specified, but they normally fetch coffee and do […]

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Quirks

September 22nd, 2009 by Daniel · 2 Comments

Fac de Droit

Fac de Droit

I am spending the year in Poitiers, a small city in Midwestern […]

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Exercise in Deconstruction from Paris (you know, deconstruction, that thing French philosophers came up with)

September 22nd, 2009 by Benjamin · 1 Comment

Past Readers

            I’m writing from the ever-distant present to inform you that someone has made an incalculably colossal mistake and given me, what seems to be at first glance, complete […]

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Up for a dip in the Mediterranean?

September 21st, 2009 by Olivia · 1 Comment

Rebonjour, or simply “re,” as the French students say,

A bit of business first : I’m becoming increasingly aware of sounds, as oftentimes I have no notion of what they indicate […]

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Bises from Provence

September 20th, 2009 by Olivia · 8 Comments

Bonjour à tous from Aix-en-Provence!

I am a Rhodes senior & Buckman Fellow studying at the American University Center of Provence (AUCP) in Southern France for the fall semester.  Fondly referred […]

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