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Book sale: if you buy Intermediate French for Dummies between now and the end of April, you can get a $5 rebate – just download the rebate form and follow the instructions here: Dummies rebate
If you didn’t already know about it, my book includes intermediate-level grammar lessons, writing tips, and practice exercises, and is the [...]

I had to reinstall Windows a few days ago, and afterwards all of my fonts looked thin and pale, especially in FireFox. It took me a while to track down the solution, so I’m posting it here – both to help any of you in the same situation as well as to have a record [...]

Here are some links to help you celebrate with your beloved.
French love language
French terms of endearment
Spanish love language
Vegetarian aphrodisiacs

Freelance journalist Nadine Visagie of Suite101 recently tracked me down to answer some questions about The Importance of Learning French.

Just read a great article about one thing that all Americans can do that really will make a difference: take it out of the big banks (you know, the ones that got bailed out and then gave bonuses to the very people who caused the subprime mortgage disaster and the need for bailouts) and instead [...]

Good-bye 2009 and the unnamed first decade of the new millenium! Hello 2010 and another difficult to name decade! I spent nearly the entire year in France, other than my three weeks in Italy, and I’ll likely be in France for all of the new year as well. Best wishes to all!
Here’s some reading material [...]

I hope you and your families are happy, safe, and warm this holiday season. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
Vegetarian Christmas Menu
Christmas in France
French Christmas Vocabulary
Spanish Christmas Vocabulary

The Provençal Christmas season kicked off on Friday with the sowing of blé de la Sainte Barbe. We can’t plant ours until next week because we’re leaving today for Lyon (Fête des Lumières) followed by Strasbourg (marchés de Noël). More about all of that when we get home.
Christmas in Provence | Christmas in France

Update 4 Dec: Another kind reader has made three book wishes come true. The internet’s wonderousness never ceases to amaze me.
Update 7 July: I’ve received three books from one grateful reader who emailed me, and two others who didn’t. So to all three of you, anonymous and named, thank you! I appreciate the books. [...]

Grenoble is a city of superlatives. One of the largest cities in France, Grenoble is also one of the hottest in summer and coldest in winter, and had the world’s first urban cable-car.