Traveling from home - New York

Family and friends have been asking me for years to create this blog, because of all the different countries I've traveled to, the fascinating people and cultures, enticing foods and inspiring lifestyles, trends and discoveries.

Ma famille et mes amis me demandent depuis des années de créer ce blog, en raison de tous les différents pays dans lesquels je me suis rendue, des personnes et des cultures fascinantes, des cuisines alléchantes et des modes de vie inspirants.

On my bucket list, to walk on the Brooklyn Bridge, and lo and behold,
to see the Statue of Liberty in the distance.

This blog isn’t meant to be a  « top 10 blogs of the world » or a cooking instruction blog, or a photography competition blog, or a how to or lifestyle or selling blog, it’s mostly for fun and to share so many years of travel, pictures and different flavors and tastes.

Ce blog n'est pas censé être un «top 10 des blogs du monde» ou un blog d'instruction culinaire, ou de concours de photographie, ni mode d’emploi ni site commercial. C'est surtout pour le plaisir et pour partager tant d'années de voyage, d’images et de différentes saveurs et goûts.

I’m no master chef, but we have always loved to cook and experiment and have get togethers in our home, or out, and our children and friends often call or text us for  «how do you make that? »

Je ne suis évidemment pas un master chef, mais nous avons toujours aimé cuisiner, expérimenter et recevoir et nos enfants et amis nous appellent ou nous envoient souvent des SMS pour «comment faites-vous cela?»


With the lockdown, I’ve finally had a chance to think this through and put this together, in an entirely amateurish way and that’s OK! It isn’t meant for anything else than sharing.

Maintenant, avec le confinement, j'ai enfin eu la chance de réfléchir et de mettre cela en place, de manière entièrement amateur et c'est OK! Il n'est pas destiné à autre chose que le partage.

I don’t really know where to start with travel pictures. With these uncertain times, we obviously aren’t traveling right now, but even I, who was becoming somewhat jaded with airplanes, airports, hotels, jet lag, languages, cultural challenges, have now understood that traveling and seeing the world is an important part of me.

Je ne savais pas vraiment par où commencer notamment avec les photos de voyage. Avec ces temps incertains, nous ne voyageons évidemment pas, mais même moi, qui devenais un peu blasé par les avions, les aéroports, les hôtels, le décalage horaire, les langues, les différences culturelles, j'ai compris que voyager et voir le monde est une partie intégrale de moi.

Since there’s no rhyme or reason to this, I think it will be by kind of food we’re craving = country = food inspiration.

Puisqu'il n'y a pas d’etude scientifique là-dedans, je pense que ce sera par type de nourriture dont nous rêverons = pays = inspiration alimentaire.

And since New York was one of the last places I traveled to, this past January, over a weekend during Chinese New Year, I thought I could dedicate today’s post to this vibrant, multicultural, inspiring, heart wrenching, absolutely mind-blowing city.

Donc ça serait New York! Cette ville a été l'un des derniers endroits où j'ai voyagé, lors d'un weekend en janvier dernier, alors j'ai pensé que je pouvais consacrer le récit de ce jour à cette ville dynamique, multiculturelle, inspirante, déchirante, absolument époustouflante.

It was an very interesting rainy day, Chinese New Year this year.  Here I was, just before the coronavirus outbreak, walking around in the heavy downpour, trying to catch a glimpse of the dragon and following the parades and cheer and firecrackers nonetheless.

"This Callery pear tree was discovered amidst the wreckage of  the 9/11 attacks.  Recovery workers transported the tree and its burned and gnarled stumps and replanted it.  It was replanted at the Memorial in 2010 and the survivor tree bursts into blossom each spring."

At the Memorial. No words.

I took this picture for loved ones who love to play in the stock market.  This being in January, no one could have imagined the events that would play out only a few weeks later.

This pic is for all my nieces and all girls who could face a bull (statue was placed initially in front of one).

On our first night in Manhattan, friends asked what should we eat?! It was near midnight, we tried several restaurants and none would have us.  My craving was street food and a real flat crispy crust with pepperoni and sausage !  So we found greasy, dollar pizzas and I was in heaven !

Yes, that is the Apollo theater in Harlem, where the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, who made her singing debut here, Billie Holiday, and in later years Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey would perform, a landmark

This is Alexander Hamilton's house, originally from 1802.  In 2008, they lifted it and moved it from it's initial grounds to restore and protect it. 

One of my favorite songs is "Imagine." This is the memorial in Central Park to John Lennon, only a few feet from his former apartment building across the street.

Thank you, dear custodian, for this picture, and to the gospel singers inside, for the uplifting tribute.