Onion Johnnies from Brittany, an Endangered Specy in the UK?

Where was I all these years, utterly ignorant of the Onion Johnnies? Shouldn't I have known about them since they hail from Brittany (where I was born)... Elizabeth Day in Only 15 of Brittany's Onion Johnnies survive (Guardian, December 21, 2008) seems to conclude that they...

Wilders and his film worry Dutch expats

"Wilders and his film worry Dutch expats by Perro de Jong 23-01-2008 Dutch people living abroad are worried about the effects of right-wing politician Geert Wilders' anti-Qu'ran film. In recent weeks Dutch embassies have been busy making emergency plans, a move which many...

Croatian Meatballs (Cevapcici) recipe anyone? For 'Meatballs for Seth'

Stan Bilic, a Croatian Expat, builder and soccer fan living in Melbourne was profiled in Money won't make you rich inside (Expat Lives)... He mentions Cevapcici (Croatian meatballs) in the last few lines.  Since I asked for tasty recipes for Meatballs for Seth, I thought...

Living Large as an Expat, 'Putting Privilege into Perspective' (Alan Paul)

Can our sense of reality get skewed when we join the Expat crowd and land in countries where we suddenly can afford domestic help (cook, chauffeur, gardener) that would be out of reach in our native or adopted land? Alan Paul tackles these issues in Putting Privilege Into...

Thought of Living (and Working) in Japan...Check Gaijinpot...

For those of you toying with the idea or seriously planning to live and work in Tokyo or other areas of Japan, I decided to serve a second helping of Tokyo Thursdays.

Lost in Guangzhou, Find your way around with...'Best of Guangzhou'

A visit to 'Photomatt', home of Matt Mullenweg put me on the road to China. I first made a stop at 'Urban Giraffe' (no relation to the local zoo or Toys' r' Us mind you). What interested me more than 'Urban Giraffe' is actually John Godley side...

All For What?

Remember the first gulf war? how kuwait was invaded by iraq? But then liberated by coalition forces. But lets take a look at kuwait now.  Kuwait was once a promising nation with the start of the oil boom an kuwait making billions from it kuwait was once a promising...

Roots, May, Muguet...Traditions in Transition

Because of my slight French accent, I often get asked the question, where are you from. Most of the times my answer is Montclair, which is where I live. I realized today that after many years in the US, I am loosing my French connection and I am 'The French Guy from New...

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