Tag Archives: Travel

Betty: A Love Story Or Three

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Jill Foer Hirsch

Our dinner with Olivier and family in Paris may have been my most awkward, but there have been some other odd meals.  Let’s see, there was an interesting turn of events last fall while attending a conference in Atlanta.  Some of … Continue reading →

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Oui! L’Awkward

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Jill Foer Hirsch

You know how sometimes dinner parties can be awkward because no one is talking?  I’m not terribly familiar because I never stop yapping, but I did once sit through the most awkward of awkward dinners. We took each of the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Sean!

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Jill Foer Hirsch

My nephew Sean turns 20 today. He is the youngest of the children and has suffered some abuse at the hands of his older siblings. No one understands that better than I do with two older brothers and no younger … Continue reading →

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The Really, Really Long Way Home

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Jill Foer Hirsch

Where were we?  Ah yes, a packed train filled with hungry, thirsty beasts.  I was breathing easy because we’d been going for a while without incident.  Oh, the cruel winds of fate.  (Was that too dramatic?)  We were in the … Continue reading →

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Take The Long Way Home

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Jill Foer Hirsch

In general Dan and I have been blessed with good travel karma.  Other than the lost luggage in Moscow and one or two other mishaps, things tend to go well for us.  It was nice while it lasted, but one … Continue reading →

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The Day Before The Night

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Jill Foer Hirsch

Sandra Bernhard was certainly the highlight of our visit to NY, but we had an action-packed day before we got to the show. Being NY, there was no shortage of strange agents.  We went to the theatre for a matinée; … Continue reading →

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A Night To Remember

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Jill Foer Hirsch

What a night!  We arrived way too early because we intended to get a bite to eat before the show (of course I intend to get a bite to eat before and after anything I do) but it was freezing … Continue reading →

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Denim For The People!

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Jill Foer Hirsch

Normally jeans are strictly prohibited in my office, but we’ve declared the week between Christmas and New Year’s jeans week.  We get ridiculously excited about it; the anticipation of it alone gets everyone jazzed.  I don’t know what it is … Continue reading →

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Meet Me At Le Club

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Jill Foer Hirsch

As some of you know, Dan and I really love to travel, particularly to Europe.  For many years our preferred carrier was Air France.  As always, my first priority is food, and Air France serves some really decent chow.  Almost … Continue reading →

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Southern Comfort

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Jill Foer Hirsch

Now that we’ve covered just a bit of Yiddish, it’s time to delve into a language called Southern.  I live in Northern Virginia, where we speak English, but if you go just 90 miles south to Richmond, you are in … Continue reading →

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