Paris Bloggers Meet-up!

by Andi on September 2, 2010

Calling all my Parisian blogging buds…I want to meet you in person!

As you know (I know, I haven’t stop whining about it for weeks) I am going to be in YOUR hometown in October and I would love the opportunity to meet you.

Erica and Maggie, the fabulous ladies of HiP Paris blog are helping me organize an apero where we can get together and meet each other in person. I know that a lot of you have met each other already, but I haven’t met ANY of you and I would just love it.

The date is Friday night, October 15th.  Time and place to be determined, need to work with Erica and Maggie to finalize.

I have created a RSVP form so that I know who all is interested.

Can’t wait to meet you!

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Sweet anticipation

by Andi on September 2, 2010

It’s weeks away. The plane ticket is purchased. The hotels booked. The only item remaining is the sweet anticipation of waiting for “the” day to arrive.

Easy part right?

Not really. The anticipation can kill you.

There is that far-off stare. I am victim of it daily.

You can try to fill in the gap with other trips, other moments, but nothing replaces the one. They are meaningless affairs which only distract you momentarily.

My problem is I have travel fever.  I need a nice long trip to scratch the itch.  It has been far too long since my last trip of that nature, something that I will make sure to remedy the remainder of this year and into the next.

In the meantime, the anticipation is killing me!

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Open Call for Guest-posters

by Andi on September 1, 2010

With all my whining in the last weeks about my impatience for my October trip to France, this post should come as no surprise.

With the exception of a handful of days over the past few years, Misadventures with Andi has had a post every single day. It’s the whole notion of Blogging with Discipline, that’s what the little blue-sparkly badge in my sidebar promotes. As Beth states in her post describing this concept, “I write more good stuff by writing daily than I would by writing less frequently.”

Believing whole-heartedly in this concept, over the last two years whenever I have gone on an extended vacation I have invited people to guest post. I am always thankful for all the wonderful bloggers who step forward to volunteer, it means not only writing content for their own blog or blogs, but also writing extra for me!

So here it is. My open call for guest posters for October.  I need posts to cover 15 days.  It’s a lot, but I know that I have plenty of friends out there!

If you are interested, please email me at MisadventuresWithAndi AT gmail DOT com or contact me on Twitter at @andi_fisher, I’d love to hear from you!

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(Not quite) Wordless Wednesday #76

by Andi on September 1, 2010


After two years at work, I am quite frankly sick of my lunch options.  I have started exploring the outer realms of my normal geographical circumference and this week have traveled to two new lunch spots thanks to colleagues who have been my guide.

Monday was Chinese, very spicy, very tasty, but very greasy, so not some place I would eat too often. Yesterday was a tiny Mediterranean cafe where I had a lamb sandwich that was quite good.  I topped off my lunch by venturing a little further and trying out the newish cupcake shop about a half block further down.

The photo is one of the mini cupcakes I picked up, the flavors change daily and this one was a strawberry cream.

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August Five

August 31, 2010

I love this time of the month.  I don’t look at my stats on a weekly basis, so it is always fun to see where people traveled and visited in my little corner of the world.  It’s a guide that tells me what types posts resonate with you.  I aim to please! [1] This past [...]

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Cheating

August 30, 2010

There is no substitute for your one true love You may be apart for years, but time does not diminish the strength of the hold they have on your heart. It may be dormant, but you are faithful, dutiful in your loyalty and your passion. In a sense, this is your “home.” You may be [...]

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Sunday Sixteen

August 29, 2010

I took a little break yesterday. It had been a long week and I spent time at my best friend’s house catching up during an end-of-the-summer barbecue. We were actually mourning summer. We had three days of ninety degrees this week and then it dropped thirty degrees in one day back to the cold sixties. [...]

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French Friday – Carte du jour

August 27, 2010

The exchange rate between the dollar and the Euro means that everything you buy while in Europe is more expensive than “back at home.” When traveling anywhere in the world eating in restaurants for all your meals can cost you quite a bit from your vacation budget. Some of the things that my husband and [...]

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J’adore #3

August 26, 2010

Gosh this series fun to do!  I now have a dumping ground for things that I love and want to share, it’s awesome. One of the key things when you are traveling with things like laptops, cell phones, etc is to keep them protected.  But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with your protection!  [...]

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(Not quite) Wordless Wednesday #75

August 25, 2010

Today is my 75th Wordless Wednesday!  75 is the number for the department of Paris, my favorite of course! I love black and white photography and adore all things red…only wish I could wear it.  I’ll just have to stick with my three pairs of red glasses!

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