It’s All Maya!

 
Maya Muses:  Patrick and I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
Bonne et Heureuse Année 2009 à vous tous!
Un Gran y Próspero Año Nuevo 2009 a todos!
Gott Nytt År Mia och alla!

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2008 was a really great year!  When I look back on it, it’s basically for the same reasons that part of 2007 was a great year!  My Mom fell in love with Paris in 2007 and Katia in 2008!  How could they not?!  (Okay, I won’t go into the fact that my mom did not […]

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Ten years ago two e-mails were circulating around the internet that I thought was funny yet profound.  One of them went like this:
The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? […]

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No, I’m not talking about what we had for dinner Christmas Eve.  Patrick as usual out did himself!  We started off with Foie Gras, then Smoked Salmon, an Almond Crusted Rack of Lamb cooked to perfection with Patrick’s wonderful Champagne Sauce, Candied Roasted Tomatoes and Twice Roasted Brussel Sprouts (Much better than once roasted I guess!) […]

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Patrick and I want to wish a Merry Christmas to our families, friends and all my readers around the world!!!
 Joyeux Noël à nos familles, à nos amis et à mes lecteurs partout dans le monde!!!  
 Feliz Navidad a nuestras familias, amigos y lectores en todo el mundo!!!
Maya Muses:  ( God Jul, Mia!)  (Joyeux Noël Petit Chou!!!  Tu me manques énormément!)  (Merry […]

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A young girl, who was dying in a hospital with pneumonia, made a miraculous recovery.  Chelsea Banton was born on Christmas Day 15 years ago and has had health problems her entire life.  She was born prematurely with developmental disabilities and her mother, Colleen Banton, thought this time, her daughter was at death’s door.   Doctors told her that there was […]

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Patrick was talking to a Russian friend of his about the holidays and we got to talking about Winter Holidays outside the norm.  The norm of course depends on where you’re from. It goes without saying, Paris is not exotic to Parisians, nor is New York to New Yorkers.
One of the many exotic places I […]

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It was announced today that Canada will be giving about $3.3 billion dollars to the American Automobile Industry to help in America’s struggling economy!  Who would have thought that big, rich, powerful USA (who has sent help, financial and otherwise, to so many countries around the world) would come to the point of needing help […]

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Sketches by Leonardo Da Vinci, were found on the back of one of the master’s paintings that has been hanging in the Louvre for years.  A curator at the Louvre Museum in Paris found the sketches when one of Da Vinci’s paintings was taken down as part of a restoration and study program.  The Virgin […]

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A sad day today. It has been official announced that the body found on December 11th is indeed that of Caylee Anthony. This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been following this case, however, hearing the official word brings sadness all the same. Any glimmer of hope that perhaps she could have […]

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