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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;We're almost there and nowhere near it. All that matters is, we're going&quot; - errements culinaires et pseudo-artistiques d'une dilletante &agrave; DC. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Impatriation]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:16:16 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mathieu, de Mensetsu, demande qu'est-ce qui est dur quand on rentre en France après une expatriation. J'ai commencé à écrire une réponse sur le site, mais ça s'est tellement allongé qu'il m'a paru finalement plus simple d'en faire un post. J'avais déjà... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Journey]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:53:15 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In the plane on my way back from Japan, I had the opportunity to watch a couple of Japanese movies that I don't think have made it to theaters in France. One of them was a highly entertaning romantic comedy called "Mixed Doubles". I want to talk about... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[I went to Japan and I loved it]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:46:43 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[This blog has been on a long hiatus for almost four years. I am coming back to it after reading the blogs of French expats in Japan (mostly, Béné and Amélie Marie) and listening to a wonderful postcast series called mensetsu. I find these stories of travel... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chestnut muffins]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ingredients: - 500 g chestnut puree - 1 Tb rum (optional) - 85 g flour - 1 tb baking powder - 50 g butter (melted) - 3 egg yolks - 3 egg whites - 1 pinch of salt Preparation: - heat oven to 350F 200°C (thermostat 6-7). - Mix chestnut puree, egg yolks,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Where online grocery shopping does not deliver]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Number of times praise was heard for online grocery shopping: 67 Number of hours spent online filling grocery baskets: 5 Number of attempts to validate online basket: 2 Number of times online groceries delivered to door: 0 * I heard the ultimate time... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[French Manicure &amp; Pedicure]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Nail polish is for people who think it's fun. That's what I tell my son whenever the topic comes up. However, I'm not sure many people share my opinion, including professionals in spas and other nails salons in France. My first experience with a salon... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Survival of the batrachians]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In the words of a colleague, a career in academia is a long string of failures sometimes, and sometimes only, interrupted by success. I had one such success two years ago when I received my coveted job offer. Since then... I wouldn't say it's been downhill... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Irony]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Every time I go to the grocery store, I cringe when I drive by this add in the parking garage: If this cookie were a car, it would be impossible to park. Because frankly, forget about the cookie, this statement is true of pretty much any car here - bar... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[A. ]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Need time to procrastinate]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2014 11:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I recently came accross this essay about procrastination. I found it quite interresting in general, and in particular it helped me articulate the main issue with my professional situation: I lack much needed time to procrastinate. I think I view procrastination... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Consommation d'alcool pendant la grossesse]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ce post fait suite à deux autres, qui évoquaient la consommation de cafféine et l'utilisation du jacuzzi et du sauna. Dans ces deux cas, une étude rapide de la littérature montrait que les interdictions fortes associées à ces activités pendant la grossesse... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[A. ]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Customer service in France - or rather: lack thereof]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The title of this post is actually very misleading, as it may imply that there *is* such a thing as customer service in this country. My recent bitter experience at Mariage Frères is bringing back fond memories of the U.S. In the first few weeks after... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A cup of tea, Santa?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Around the holidays, I like to play ambiance music and I have a couple of classic holiday song CDs that usually take the lion share of the house playlist between Thanksgiving and the New Year. But this year, my son masters the CD player and all he's enclined... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Passive agressive]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I thought that passive agressive notes were essentially an art practised in North America were I have seen my share of specimen from roomates and office mates. I have also laughed and sympathized with folks who publicly display these bouts of everyday... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Knee jerk reaction]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I read a few blogs written by academics with great interest as they address issues related to research, student supervision, grant writing, publication, work-life balance and much more. One topic of particular interest is that of women in science, which... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[A. ]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[No right way to do wrong thing]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One thing that I just love here is the roadside spirituality offered by local churches... Although the service announcements seem to superseed at rush hour :) [Sunday 11:00 AM Traditionnal Service] ETA: ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Holiday shopping]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Christmas gift ideas, live from Dupont Circle... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A year ago today...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[...we landed at Charles de Gaule, exhausted and excited in anticipation. New jobs, new home, a new country for my son. A year later, we're just about catching our breath, but overall I believe this was the right choice for our family. Here is my assessment... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Good Vacations, King of Wood!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Right now, we are in the middle of the "summer sale" period in France. My step mother found some great deals on children clothes and came by with gifts for my son. Including a T-shirt with a surf board and a map of California that reads "Good Vacations".... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Financiers au thé vert]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[En cherchant une recette de financiers, je me suis rendu compte qu'il en existait une infinité de variantes; du coup, j'ai pris celle-ci comme base et adapté a ma sauce... Le résultat est plutot satisfaisant, quoiqu'un peu sucré, je trouve. La prochaine... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[A. ]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lighten up. Look around you. Enjoy!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Last week, I attended the new employee day at my institute. It was quite a contrast from the last shindig of the sort that I had the privilege of attending two years ago. No flags, no pledging. What they told us was, in essence: "Congratulations. You... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Scallops with Jerusalem artichoke puree]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://almostthere.over-blog.com/article-scallops-with-jerusalem-artichoke-puree-116391762.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A long time ago, I had this lovely meal at a restaurant, involving scallops and Jerusalem artichoke bits. I can't remember much of it, except that it was really delicious. So, with that in mind, I tried to improvise something the other day. It is not... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We have been back for over 6 months now, and yet I still feel completely overwhelmed by... life itself, it seems. At this point, it is hard to pinpoint the problem: is it adapting to a different country, a different position at work, being a parent? Was... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mini-cheesecakes]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I have been looking for this mini-cheesecake recipe all over the place, until I finally realized I had it in the draft section of the blog, waiting for a long overdue post to be written. What I like about this recipe is the use of vanilla extract. From... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Voice of America]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I was at the park with my son this week-end, guiding him with slide etiquette and safety (wait for your turn, don't stand at the bottom of the slide where you can get knocked off your feet by kids coming down...) when someone said: "Do I hear an American... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Refreshing Gaspacho]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Winter cold has been motivating me to try a bunch of soup recipes, so I've been rediscovering the copy of Soup of the day that waited these six+ years in my grandmother's attic for someone to come around and use it again. One of my favorite recipes is... ]]></description>
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