I ate lunch out today as I feel the need to eat at Le Panache once a week and there are two reasons that I cannot eat there as usual on Friday night. The first reason is I am going to Andorra for the weekend and leaving on Friday morning so dinner Friday night will… Read More Slight Change of Routine
The last two Sundays have been off my regular routine. The first was because it was pouring down rain and I did not want to walk the 20 minutes to the St. Aubin market. last week was the Toulouse Urban Trail so no shopping at St. Aubin’s or the Victor Hugo market. This week the… Read More Back to the usual routine on Sunday
I woke up to a consistent rain. The weather had returned to an early Spring day. It was cool, overcast and raining. Life in the city gets slower on days like today. Sunday mornings are usually somewhat slow and the city does not get moving until later but with the rain it was even quieter… Read More Rainy but nice day
It was a lovely day for Easter. It was around 75 (25 Celsius) degrees and beautifully sunny. A perfect spring day for Easter. I got up fairly early and headed off to the St. Aubin’s market. I have been trying to buy olive oil from my olive purveyor but they have not had a the… Read More Easter Day
It was a cloudy and rainy day today. I did head out this morning and went to the market to get food for dinner. I decided on sardines, asparagus with fried potatoes. I was trying to recreate a memory meal from Portugal. The asparagus was not part of the meal in Portugal but it is… Read More Cloudy and Rainy Day so back to food blogging
I returned to the normal of life after a fun birthday weekend but it is not a bad thing. I cleaned the apartment, did laundry and ran the dishwasher. The three activities basically take the entire day. Not that I have to do anything why the dishwasher takes 3 hours to run but it is… Read More Back to normal after birthday weekend
I decided that I would go out to dinner on Sunday night instead of Saturday so I had to change up the routine a little. I needed to go to the market and get something for dinner. I am definitely in the buying fresh and for the day. I enjoy going to the Marché Victor… Read More Change of routine
I decided to get outside my comfort zone and cook rabbit for dinner. Rabbit is not something that one finds or eats often in the United States. Sometimes you will find it on the menu in a traditional French restaurant. I had seen the rabbit in the displays at the Marché Victor Hugo often when… Read More Back to food blogging
Sunday has always been one of the busier days in my Toulouse life. It starts with going to the St. Aubin’s market to buy vegetables, fruits, olives and other fresh items for the week. The St. Aubin’s market is open from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm on Sundays. I have to go early if I… Read More Back to my Sunday routine
Monday is normally clean the apartment and do laundry day. Since that was still required, I slept a little later than normal and then got to work with the weekly chores. As I have mentioned before, I basically have a week’s worth of clothes so if I want to wear clean clothes I have to… Read More Recovery Day
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