I put out a request for suggestions for a hotel and base of operations to explore the Basque region of France – bien sur, pleine de charme – and the drums responded loud and clear: La Deviniere in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. La Deviniere also happens to be the...
[caption id="attachment_23662" align="alignright" width="300"] On top of a bluff where everyone hangs out[/caption] Sunday, September 15, Allen, Clement, Nicolas, Camille and I went to a big paragliding festival. There were at least 10,000 people there. Folks were paragliding for four days and hanging out at the...
[caption id="attachment_23658" align="alignright" width="180"] Zach in front of a glacier[/caption] On the weekend of September 7th and 8th, my family and I went camping in the mountains with some friends and some other families. There were a few girls my age who were Camille's friends and...
"His ideal society has crystallized round him and learned to love his entropy,” Robert Hughes [caption id="attachment_23556" align="alignright" width="300"] Koons relief juxtaposed to Warhol self-portrait[/caption] Jeff Koons had a mother. His name was Andy Warhol. I know. Hold the drumroll. No big reveal – except for the legions...
More about life and school in Megeve. Life here is more formal, including school. For example, I have to call my teachers "madame" or "monsieur." We don't even include their last names when we address them, which is way different from back home, where I have...
[caption id="attachment_23461" align="alignright" width="261"] Megeve, my school[/caption] So far I have not said much about school, but obviously it is a big part of my life in Megeve. Here in France we have school about eight hours a day. I leave my home in the morning at...
[caption id="attachment_23359" align="alignright" width="300"] Urban Stages, How to Make a Rope Swing[/caption] Shawn Fisher is not just a pretty face. Though Fisher earns milk money designing sets, he is also a playwright, producer and director, who runs the MFA program at Utah State University. Fisher's most recent play,...
