English-speaking countries/lands call the French National Day "Bastille Day", which is celebrated on July 14 of each year. In France, it is formally called la Fête nationale (The National Celebration) and commonly and legally "le 14 juillet" (the fourteenth of July). The French National Day marks France’s...
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Almost every time I visit family members, they ask me to prepare crêpes for them, or ask me for the recipe. I actually got the latter from my mom, who got it from a top chef in Paris while on a getaway with my dad...
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My biggest pet peeve strikes again: another ad campaign featuring unforgivable grammar mistakes. L'Oréal Professionnel has a sponsored post on IG (Instagram Ad): a teasing video, probably about a new hair product (my guess). The caption of the video reads as follows: Why repair something if it...
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I started my 2016 pretty unconditionally by planning a quick 2-day getaway with my hubby to Las Vegas, which was the highlight of my family Christmas vacation in the States back in December. We packed lightly, left the kids at my sister-in-law's and headed to the...
I started my 2016 pretty uncon...
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Depuis que j’étais petite, je m’amusais avec mon frère et ma sœur à traduire mot à mot des expressions et des proverbes libanais. Le résultat était toujours hilarant. Avec le temps, j’ai appris quelques autres expressions traduites mot à mot de différentes personnes. Le suivant est...
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July 14 is known worldwide as Bastille Day, and celebrated by the French as “La fête nationale”. It marks France’s independence day as well as the storming of the Bastille, which is a medieval fortress. I have been meaning to write this blog post for many...
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