First, off, isn’t this a beautiful bouquet? I love it. We have set a wedding date and are moving forward with all of the planning. We are meeting with a florist next week, she is so terrific and I hope she works out so we can use her for our wedding flowers. This bouquet was… >> View Post
Archives for August 2012
Paris Day 4 – Musée d’Orsay, McD, Triumphal arch and Dinner at Joséphine Chez Dumonet
On our fourth day in Paris, we decided to see Musée d’Orsay, which holds many French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. We had our museum passes still that we got at the aiport, and walked right in without much of a wait. The museum is the former Gare d’Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between… >> View Post
Pont des Arts Bridge, dinner at La Ferrandaise and a walk through Luxembourg Gardens
After touring the Louvre, we decided to walk over to the Pont des Arts Bridge, which we saw during our glass boat dinner cruise. This is a bridge where couples write on a lock, lock it on the bridge and throw the key into the Seine river to show their commitment to each other. It… >> View Post
Paris Day 3 – Musée du Louvre
Before I start on the Louvre, here is a photo of the outside of our hotel, Victoria Palace. On our walk to the subway to see the Louvre, I felt like I had stepped into Mary Poppins, with this artist coloring the street. On the third day we were in Paris, we decided to use… >> View Post
Versailles and its Gardens
After the tour of Monet’s Garden and lunch at the mill, we took the bus over to Versailles. It was breathtaking, the outside is all encrusted gold leaf. It is the palace of Louis XIV (but four different Louis lived in this palace), the palace was a hunting lodge. This palace was built to impress,… >> View Post
Monet’s Garden – Flower Photos, and Lunch at the Moulin de Fourges
Here are some photos of flowers in Monet’s Garden. The gardens I saw in Paris (Monet’s Garden, Versailles and Jardin du Luxembourg) are the prettiest gardens I have ever, ever seen. I am not sure if its the climate there, or what… but, its just amazingly beautiful. These photos do not even do justice. But,… >> View Post
Second Day in Paris – Monet’s Garden
Our second day in Paris, we rose early because we had to be at the shuttle bus for our Tour to Monet’s Garden and Versailles by 8:15am. And, to get there, we had to walk, take the subway, and walk quite a bit more to get to the tour site. We were up so early,… >> View Post
The Paris Engagement (Finally!) :)
Sooo. Remember back to the tour at Monet’s Garden (we are still on day 2 in Paris, gosh I took too many photos, or maybe we did too many things! ha!)? Well, after the tour of Monet’s Garden and Versailles, we headed back to our hotel. What did I see when I opened the door?… >> View Post
Dinner on Glass Boat on Seine River
On our first day in Paris, we had dinner plans (I think they were at 8 or 8:30pm) on a glass boat on the Seine river. After our nap, and lunch at Le Nemrod, we took another nap and then headed over to the Seine River to look for our boat. This was the first… >> View Post
Paris – Traveling there, Hotel, and lunch at Le Nemrod
Before traveling to Paris, I had not flown since I was pregnant with Nathan (so, over 6 years ago!). So, I was pretty nervous about flying to Paris… since, it had been so long since I had flown and because its A LONG flight. 2.5 hours into Philadelphia and 7.5 hours from there to Paris…. >> View Post
Nathan and Autumn Complete Library Reading Program
Nathan and Autumn finished the library reading program almost over a month ago, but it took me awhile to find time to get a picture of them with their certificate of completion. Way to go! They each got a Sonic coupon for an ice cream cone, a book and a free night at the Magic… >> View Post
Lost and Found.
I lost Autumn last night. For almost 5 minutes. I think it was 5 minutes, I am not sure, it seemed like much longer. I did a trial class at the Little Gym, because I wanted to see how she would like their Gym/Ballet/Tap class. (I have actually already found her a ballet school, but… >> View Post