Part III – The French Dinner Party

I love a good dinner party. The food, the wine and the conversation, whether silly or serious, always gives me a buzzing energy that helps me feel connected to people. With everybody sitting around talking, eating, drinking and having a good time – it’s such a simple and enjoyable way to spend an evening.
Unfortunately, that buzz is quite literally [...]

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PART II – Fine Wine Followed by some Light Tchaikovsky

Standing around gazing at all of the brown cardboard boxes, I was feeling a sense of exhausted accomplishment. Everything from the container seemed to have made it in one piece and all the way from America. It was pretty amazing to think that my great-grandmother’s china had made such a long journey. I hadn’t seen [...]

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