TRAVEL
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Sugar Mountain, NC
Are you a mountains or a beach kinda guy? Personally I am a *tiny* bit partial towards the mountains. A few weeks ago over Veterans Day, we took a weekend road trip to Sugar Mountain in North Carolina. The hurricane made it a rainy, and then snowy weekend, but we were cocooned in a lovely…
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{ Midnight in Paris }
As I write this, the time is 12:23pm in the afternoon on Sunday October 30, and I am at CDG airport in Paris waiting to board my flight back home to Raleigh. These last 6 days of traveling in Paris – alone, doing things that I enjoy, without any other responsibilities – have been magical…
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Call Me Chef { Paris Diaries }
For someone who was determined to do as little as possible while in Paris, I did pre-commit to three things. Spread out over two days (Thursday & Friday), I had booked a spot for all three about 4-6 weeks before I arrived and would recommend the same to anyone who may want to try one…
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Fleux + Janet
On my third day in Paris, I checked out from my hotel in Place Vendome and made my way into a new hotel in the 3rd arrondissement neighborhood of Le Marais. The metro ride between the two hotels took less than 10-minutes, but the vibe of the neighborhoods are so different that I might as…
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Self Reflections + Art of Doing Nothing { Paris Diaries }
I was better prepared to have fun on my second day partly because I was able to catch-up on sleep. I didn’t get out of bed until about 2:00pm. After coffee and a long video chat with the kids who were getting ready for their day at school, I finally showered and made my way…
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Lay of the land { Paris Diaries }
I am staying at the Sofitel hotel on the right bank, sandwiched between the 1st and the 8th arrondissement. There is a high concentration of top shopping temptations around me, but more importantly I am also just a stone through away from the gardens and sights, including the Eiffel Tower, which I see every time…
The Antibland Chronicles 