Paris

17 Jun

After a week of moving around to see family (from France to England to Scotland and back to France), we finally settled in for four days in Paris. I had it in my head that the honeymoon would not actually start until we were on the banks of the Seine with our feet dangling over the water.

We found a conveniently located bridge and got to work on our first morning.

Just to be safe, we adopted “Hamsterdam” rules for public drinking. Yes, that is a baguette wrap.

Though Katy and I were quite thorough in our efforts to name this bridge after ourselves, the city of Paris has been slow to adopt the change.

Thrashin’ out front of the Modern Art museum.

Parisian Theology.

This was kind of incredible. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but the angelic rays are actually reflecting up from the clouds and into the sky. Neither of us had ever seen this light effect before.

DJ Rocktopuss currently resides across the street from the Louvre. Please sign our petition to get him into the permanent collection where he belongs.

A sewer goblin in Marais.

Luxembourg Gardens. Awaiting macarons.

Requisite Eiffel Tower shot.

Requisite Arc d’ Triumph shot.

Trying to look as French as possible. Succeeding mightily.

It’s a little known fact that Charlemagne was actually a ravenous ice monster.

The Statue of Liberty taking a breather.

If you find yourself in Montparnasse, do yourself a favor and eat here. The menu is written on the wall in chalk, because it is different every day, but if they happen to be serving their escargot salad, you win.

Street art fist bump.

Whitby

16 Jun

This entry is a little bit of a saddie, so if you you aren’t up for it, not to worry, just come back tomorrow when we post good-time pics of our adventures in Paris!


As most of you know, my mom passed away a little less than a year ago. It was her wish that some of her ashes be spread at one of her favorite places, Whitby (a seaside town in the north of England). It’s a pretty neat place and below are some (mostly not sad) photos of our day there.

Establishing Shot

We own these streets.

Mister Chips – the best chippy in Whitby. From left to right: Aunt Karen, Katy, Aunt Denise, Meghan, cousin James, Olive, Robin, Uncles Paul and Tony.

This is the where we put Mom’s ashes in the sea

The famous 199 Steps to Whitby Abbey.

The Abbey. Spooky, no? Its’ claim to fame is that it inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

More gothic spookiness in the adjoining graveyard.

Mweoohahahah!

A pirate’s grave is a dork’s call to arms.

The family waits for Dan to finish being a tourist.

Meghan enjoying a treat.

Modelling the 99 Flake appendage.

So if you are still a little sad about the ashes or scared from the graveyard, and ice cream didn’t cheer you up, here is a shot of Wilma, Aunt Karen’s dog. Even Dan and I (the most animal agnostic people you will ever meet) agree she is pretty awesome and adorable.

Two American Jews go to France for their English cousin’s Hare Krishna wedding.

31 May

Here are some pictures from Bimala and Radhe’s wedding, as well as our short stay in rural France…

Bimala was kind enough to lend me the appropriate attire. Katy dresses like this all the time.

This is the central building for the local community of Hare Krishna Devotees.

Cousins Shayma and Trinad being offensively adorable.

Randy looks like either Ernest Hemingway or “the most interesting man in the world” from the Dos Equis commercials.

Katy’s henna.

Katy and Bims.

Radhe entered the wedding on a cart pulled by two cows (one of which is inexplicably wearing a sombrero).

This was an accident. Radhe’s veil was supposed to hide her until the appointed moment. It was only down for a split second, but I’m pretty sure I captured the exact moment when Bimala first saw her on their wedding day.

A happy day, a handsome groom and a beautiful bride. Definitely worth flying around the world for.