How often do you get to see a city with the locals? I have colleagues in Toulouse, but no friends, at least before I started the trip. MM are two sisters, who grew up in Toulouse. They are 5-6 years apart, so I will refer to them as older M and younger M. I ...
Thinking of running low on breakfast supplies, I purchased some whole-wheat bread and a jar of marmalade. The marmalade jar reminded me of a sweet South Korean female student. She visited us for a few mon ...
My plumber is very good at his job, and tries to save me money. When I wanted to replace my stainless kitchen sink, he said: "Why don't you just clean it." I asked him HOW. He told me to get "Diamond Magic." Well, I was too busy until today. It really works! http://www.diamondmagic.com/ ...
Like YC, I started to plan for this trip in April 2011. (Luckily, I don't need to worry about visa problem. Sorry, YC, but I really think the Chinese government lets its citizen down.) I was in Toulouse many, many years ago, for a workshop that was housed at a university, in the middle of nowher ...