Food For Thought
I’ve often talked about an Italian bistro I go to for lunch where I’m always served by the same waiter and busboy. It had come to my attention that these 2 men, who work a double shift 5 days a week,...
View ArticleA Love Story
In yesterday’s post, Food For Thought, I briefly mentioned the Marquise and Marquis de Lafayette in order to make an elaborate point. I started to tell their whole story to my friend Bill who said...
View ArticleFrench Love
I was musing about great loves which reminded me of a story particularly poignant that took place in 1795. The Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, was thrown into the worst jail in...
View ArticleStand By Your Man
I was perusing through a book about the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), and the page I opened to, was about his wife, Adrienne. During France’s revolution, called the Reign of Terror (1793-1794),...
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