tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post5384949933676086238..comments2023-11-03T11:16:10.038+01:00Comments on The Late Bloomer: Trip down Ten YearsThe Late Bloomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08337578942279132688noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-63429734246469192532007-09-07T20:27:00.000+00:002007-09-07T20:27:00.000+00:00there's any easy way to keep in touch with your fa...there's any easy way to keep in touch with your family in between vists. i just discovered tokbox.com, which is esentially free video chat. makes the distances between family seem less when you get to chat face-to-face, at least for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-75665102541520340162007-08-07T19:54:00.000+00:002007-08-07T19:54:00.000+00:00What an awesome post! I think Ally is lucky to hav...What an awesome post! I think Ally is lucky to have you for an aunt! I am sure she will enjoy any gift you send to her from France - as it will be from you!<BR/><BR/>Welcome to The Foodie Blogroll!Thistlemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898600488153652504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-71733822409199192922007-08-06T08:03:00.000+00:002007-08-06T08:03:00.000+00:00Farfallina, thanks for the thoughtful comment -- a...Farfallina, thanks for the thoughtful comment -- and you're right, I imagine there might be some good last-minute fares out there, but I just don't think it's in the cards for this year... Like I said, maybe one day really soon! If I'm lucky...<BR/><BR/>I love everyone's stationery ideas -- thanks Little Fugitive, Aralena, Leah and L! I was crazy about those kinds of things when I was a little girl, too, and I bet she would get a kick out of a French trousse and some fun pens, including a snazzy fountain pen -- especially since they're not as easy to find back home. And Clairefontaine notebooks, of course! I remember how much I loved them when I first discovered them as a student. I especially like the smoothness of the paper.<BR/><BR/>Amy, I think I'm more into Hello Kitty than my niece is, so I'm not sure about Barbapapa -- but I could give it a try!<BR/><BR/>Scribbit -- yes, I think it's the water that definitely does it. I cropped out some things that disturbed the image too. And she definitely seems to look like a dancer here.<BR/><BR/>Aralena -- I'll definitely drop you an e-mail really soon, and we'll have to set a date for drinks during la rentrée... We can discuss all our summer reads -- and then some! Lauren blows me away with the breadth of her literary knowledge; I feel like there's no way I would ever catch up... (and you do too, for that matter!) But that's the beauty of life, isn't it? How much we can learn from each other... I'm actually really grateful for the time I spent working in a bookshop, because of how much it immersed me in literature again, even if the job itself was exhausting.<BR/><BR/>A très bientôt !The Late Bloomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08337578942279132688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-6034283665549676782007-08-06T07:40:00.000+00:002007-08-06T07:40:00.000+00:00Alice, your comment on maîtresse's blog was hilari...Alice, your comment on maîtresse's blog was hilarious and right-on -- so when ARE we going to meet and share our book-sister bond?? Shall we say la rentrée? Until then, I hope you have a fabulous time in Noirmoutier! (And get lots of reading in.) :)Aralenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599813866995083156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-82707084268362348542007-08-05T17:00:00.000+00:002007-08-05T17:00:00.000+00:00Oh, l'horreur! I need to re-read my post before s...Oh, l'horreur! I need to re-read my post before sending. I meant:<BR/>*right on the markerLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698816373406087611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-57508526528344818172007-08-05T08:55:00.000+00:002007-08-05T08:55:00.000+00:00I miss my nieces and nephews back in America, too....I miss my nieces and nephews back in America, too. I try and choose t-shirts with french expressions on them as gifts. And soccer stuff for the boys. My oldest is only nine, but I am thinking by age twelve, she could fly back by herself to stay with her american cousins.deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278468497564430383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-1818674718136713182007-08-04T12:27:00.000+00:002007-08-04T12:27:00.000+00:00Great post, made me miss my family from home for s...Great post, made me miss my family from home for sure! I can't think of any good ideas myself, but I agree with giving french school materials as a gift. Maybe make a little basket with the trousse, pencils, pens, etc. And maybe add some scented markers that have the scent written in french and english write on the marker? Anything written in French, really.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698816373406087611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-51658534398851451702007-08-03T17:00:00.000+00:002007-08-03T17:00:00.000+00:00aww, she looks so cute like a ballerina in water!aww, she looks so cute like a ballerina in water!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700188628709124335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-50952348207544253422007-08-03T15:50:00.000+00:002007-08-03T15:50:00.000+00:00Yes, that picture is fun. What is it about water?...Yes, that picture is fun. What is it about water?Scribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-13699371660577691682007-08-03T08:59:00.000+00:002007-08-03T08:59:00.000+00:00Try finding something Chipie or Diedl. All the kid...Try finding something Chipie or Diedl. All the kids I worked with loved those.<BR/><BR/>The fountain pens with little cartridges and the eraser markers that go with to correct your mistakes are 100% French, and inexistent in the states. I'm sure a Chipie trousse with an erasable ink fountain pen would be well received. French paper with all the grid lines shocked me when I saw it for the first time at 16, so that could be a possibility. Or one of the rectangular cartables! That'd make a great this-is-what-you'd-use-if-you-lived-in-France gift. I used to be fascinated with familiar things, like cereal boxes, that were all in French. It was part of the realization that while a cereal box in French was exotic to me, it was normal for French people. I kept metro ticket stubs and napkins with French written on them back then because they were so exotic!Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100259488053106803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-45333355041165441212007-08-03T07:21:00.000+00:002007-08-03T07:21:00.000+00:00Alice, this wonderful post brought a nostalgic smi...Alice, this wonderful post brought a nostalgic smile to my face. It's true that young girls, before they hit that insane teenage time, are so full of juxtapositions and yet seem to carry off the whimsy and joy of it all so naturally and beautifully. A state of mind definitely worth recultivating...<BR/><BR/>She seems to have an artistic inclination - what about an oil pastel kit and a sketchbook? (I've seen these very cool hue-themed pastel kits at an art store in the 11th whose name I can't remember for the life of me, but they're probably everywhere one finds arts supplies?)Aralenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599813866995083156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-83638556856645627352007-08-02T23:08:00.000+00:002007-08-02T23:08:00.000+00:00What about the barbapapa toys, or something simila...What about the barbapapa toys, or something similar? They're so colorful and cute, I would have loved them at that age.<BR/><BR/>(Actually, when I was ten I was much too mature for such nonsense, and probably would have prefered a 19th century novel. But now I love them!)amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889050035917132503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-84386409704818878192007-08-02T19:15:00.000+00:002007-08-02T19:15:00.000+00:00Ten is a magical age! And how wonderful to have a...Ten is a magical age! And how wonderful to have a doting, worldly sophisticated aunt like you. <BR/><BR/>Claire Fontaine brand notebooks are great - cheap, and lots of lovely colors. And little girls love notebooks. I think they have them at Monoprix...amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330763519601938989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6105245460932184204.post-44321361996618746862007-08-02T19:03:00.000+00:002007-08-02T19:03:00.000+00:00Well... I didn't know the name of the cities, but ...Well... I didn't know the name of the cities, but the round trip ticket from New York to Paris costs $567 dollars...plus tax.<BR/><BR/>That's 414 euro for a ROUND trip CHRISTMAS ticket for a student her age on Student Travel :) Which comes up to 582 with tax. Not bad!<BR/><BR/>(www.statravel.com)<BR/><BR/>I love my nieces and nephews dearly too, and once I'm in Rome, I hope they'll come visit me too...Roam2Romehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401312681510618547noreply@blogger.com