Happee Monkee

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Posts Tagged ‘Paris’

July July

By • Jul 26th, 2011 • Category: Travels

Wow, is it almost the end of July already? This month has been a little crazy (in a happy way, of course). First, my bestie and I met up in Paris for a weekend and then traveled to visit the Queen in London. It was an amazing one week of adventure and it couldn’t be [...]



In the Mood for Paris

By • Apr 13th, 2011 • Category: Travels

When I was a little girl, I found a crusty old English – French dictionary that belong to my mother. I was fascinated with it. I studied it. I wrote notes. I was intrigued by France. Many years forward, the country still holds a spell over me. I found some old photos of my too-brief [...]



Macaron Class with the Big Boys

By • Aug 9th, 2010 • Category: Baking Projects

I’ve been curious of macarons for a long, long time. Long before MasterChef. Long before I visited Paris. I first spied it on Tastespotting – these curious, delightful, adorable, colourful little things – and liked what I saw (I’m so visual that I first eat my food by sight). Years passed and I had read [...]



Paris – The City of Lights (Final)

By • Feb 20th, 2009 • Category: Travels

Boy, after three months worth of traveling, I’m finally sitting down at my favourite spot typing this post. The place I call home. There’s a sad layer of dust on my muffin tray. So now that I’m back, it’ll be lovely to whip up some cakes and spoil my friends again (they’re waving their empty [...]



Paris – The City of Lights (Part I)

By • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Travels

Mr. G and I did whirlwind tour of Paris last December because RyanAir was having a $0 airfare promotion. No one can resist a free ticket (oh alright, with fuel charges and airport tax, it wasn’t free but it was cheap). I’ve dreamed of going to Paris since I was a little girl. At nine, [...]