This is a little orgasmic, I won’t lie.

Just learned you can bike from Montpellier to Geneva…

Fahrenheit > Celsius. True or false?

All the parks are closed today 😭

5€ of washi tape put to good use

Almost done wrapping. Ty @chrisunits.bsky.social!

Ok and now they just texted us to wish us merry Christmas 😭🥰

# of presents wrapped as of 1500 on Christmas Eve:

Was not prepared for how cute and festive the packaging of the bûché de Noël we ordered from our local boulangerie would be 🥹

Kids are getting bikes for Christmas. Brought them home on my Yuba Fastrack cargo bike! Still have yet to need a car.

For the record, the accusations of his victims are all the evidence we’ve ever needed

“You only have yourself to blame,” I whisper to myself as I accede to my children’s requests for parmesan grated tableside on their frozen grocery store brand pizza

Pouring rain bike ride to school! Nothing a poncho and some rain pants can’t solve

“The new line, the first of its kind in the French capital, has been designed to connect the city’s isolated outskirts, poorly served by trains and buses, to the Métro network.” So cool!

Butter sample at the grocery store #france

Can’t be said enough: hero

Honestly, I think I’m too narcissistic to be a bigot. Couldn’t fathom spending so much time obsessing over other people.

I sound insufferable, but every day that I get to bike around Montpellier, especially with my kids, brings me so much joy

Love this city

At a (semi?) pro women’s basketball game in France, and mais oui the concessions sells crepes

Just with our school commute, I cycle 14km/day

8yo: is this a plumber’s axe??

What in the world

Creepy Dubai-style chocolate Santa

Rainy afternoon running errands in Montpellier

Adding the gloves to this look is strangely ominous

Look at this garbage

Easy one: Black Swan

This is exactly what he said to seal the deal with Nuzzi

An extremely valuable lesson for both the child’s and parent’s sakes

Making beans from scratch today. Someone get me a cocotte for the holidays 🙏🏼

Kung Fu Panda 1-3 is on Netflix in the US and Kung Fu Panda 4 is on Netflix in France

Ok just used two entire loaves of brioche to make French toast for breakfast for my three kids

I just put together what Kalshi is, and I wish I still didn’t understand

MOAR PEGBOARD

Putting the cargo in cargo bike @chrisunits.bsky.social

The woman in front of me at the IKEA checkout is getting a bunch of bathroom organization stuff, and I'm so excited for her

I'm coordinating a play date with a mom of a girl in my daughter’s class over WhatsApp. The mom speaks Spanish and I speak English, but we're trying to do it in French 🙃

I think some of the hangover is denial of the fact that we've pretty conclusively been dragged into a friend-enemy political dynamic. Which sucks, it's a more zero sum and just worse for everyone. It should be mourned, and some in their mourning are hoping to restore it via maintaining old patterns.

Assumption of good faith is a solid heuristic. But also "assumptions" are guesses you make before you have the evidence. You are allowed to retract good faith once more evidence arises. But also, you shouldn't assume good faith from folks who are your avowed enemies.

Had two leboncoin offers accepted today 🚀🚀

Hitched a ride home this morning

Obligatory

No Lifeproof mafia in France = reasonably priced school pictures

Love living here

Bonjour

New content idea: I review every bûche de noël that my favorite pâtisserie in town is making this holiday season

Sorry kids, I spent your college funds on matching Christmas PJs from Hanna Andersson

Quick stop on the way home from the grocery store

Fuck that was a cold bike ride!