Weekend Snippet

So how about a real update? Not some pictures from what we did .... say .... 2 months ago? Yes, I'm behind on blogging. I dislike complainers and those who constantly refer to the fact that they're behind. But, well ..... I'm behind on blogging. I'm not going to keep mentioning that. I promise. Anyway, life since Paris has actually kept marching right along.

This past weekend my brilliant hubby presented a paper at Cambridge on 18th Century Scottish stuff. This Scottish stuff included: Whigs & Torries, Patronage, Enthusiasm, & a lot of other brilliant stuff. He was also elected the post-graduate convener of the Society of Ethics for Great Britain. He's a go-getter I tell you! I'm very proud of his accomplishments!

I spent the weekend in Edinburgh hating the weather enjoying time well-spent with friends. Rebecca and I cooked up a storm Friday night. (Hat tip to my cousin Christina for some yummy Greek recipes!). I also brunched with Trudy on Saturday -- and when Trudy and I get to together, we have three hour teas, four hour brunches, etc. There's no such thing as a quick chat between the two of us! We brunched at Urban Angel which was nice but a bit too hyped up for what it delivers. Then to finish off a delightful weekend, Sunday night was spent at Inverleith Park with friends watching fireworks over the Edinburgh Castle. It was picturesque perfect!

Then, MBA returned super late Sunday night and yesterday we pretended we were actually participating in Labor Day by picking up grilled hamburgers on our way home from work. I hope your weekend was equally fun and delightful!

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Paris: Luxembourg Gardens

 

  

 
 

 

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My dear friend Rebecca just started a cooking blog: My Eastern Adventure. She's a fabulous cook. I'm sure you'll enjoy following her culinary adventures!

Did You Know?

Did you know that most* states require by law health care personnel to treat people in emergency situations regardless of their ability to pay?

For example, one Florida statute provides:

..... a person may not be denied needed prehospital treatment or transport from any licensee for an emergency medical condition.....

and

.... A person may not be denied treatment for any emergency medical condition that will deteriorate from a failure to provide such treatment at any general hospital.... (Fla. Stat. § 401.45)

Furthermore, when a physician treats someone in these situations, the doctor and related personnel are usually protected from liability.


* I am not aware of any state that does not require health care personnel to treat emergency-related health care maladies.

"Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King--indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history--were not only motivated by faith but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. To say that men and women should not inject their "personal morality" into public policy debates is a practical absurdity. Our law is by definition a codification of morality, much of it grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition."

--Barack Obama, "Call to Renewal Keynote Address," June 28, 2006

Paris: I Spy ..... the Musee D'Orsay Version

The famous Musee d'Orsay clock!


This spectacular museum was originally a train station on the left bank of the Seine.

I spy ............ Fern!

(She loved it when I hacked into her Facebook account and made the above photo her profile pic. Ha!)

V.G. - couldn't you recognize his stuff anywhere?

A few Rodin's and other sculptures.

View from the Top Floor Terrace.

Not bad -eh?? Just the Louvre for some extra eye candy!

A painting of a painting. Whoah!

Always and forever will I love Degas and his ballerinas.

And who could fault Monet?

Aren't these all so lovely?

A taste of Van Gogh's Magic!

Rue Montorgueil during the Revolution as depicted by Monet.

Recognize this? Just a little Cezanne.

I could look at photos from Orsay all the live-long day. I love them! It's such a beautiful place!