For those of you who have never experienced the joy of a 3 month old, they are kind of like turtles or drunk people. Jake, 3 months November 25th, can not hold up his head. In fact, can not really control any part of his very small body, save his tongue perhaps. Even then, sometimes I wonder if he actually knows he is sticking it out all the tim...

Friday, I went skiing for the first time since arriving in France. Sebastien, one of the three servers at Hotel Le Lac Bleu (where I work), came with me. Sebastien is new at the hotel. He arrived last week on my first full day off since arriving in Méribel, France. Laurent, his roommate and fellow server invited me to go out to a bar for a drin...

The first day of spring came and with it 10 days of snow. We had about two months of spring weather and well now we are making up for it. In February I wore sandals a couple times, unfortunately they have been returned to the very back of the top shelf in my closet. My days at L'Hotel Le Lac Bleu are coming to an end. With a week and a half lef...