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#6 MIL was germophobic & wore shoes 100% of the time & abhorred bare feet. We’re all okay.

This would actually be an interesting research project. Maybe a helpful grading rubric. In this case, (X) axis = Project accuracy, (Y) axis = Accurately conveying results.

At that time, Mom realized she had left her camera (35mm at the time) hooked by her neck strap) over the back of her chair at a sidewalk cafe on the Champs D’Elysees. So we all hurried back to the cafe. That’s our memories on there after all. The camera was on the ground, under… Read More

In Paris in 1985, my mom was a target of Parisian street urchins. One boy stopped in front of her, holding open a big map and asking questions. His younger accomplice tried taking her wallet out of her purse, while she was wearing her purse cross-body. If you know my mom, you know… Read More

Heading out of Waverly Station in Edinburgh, wearing an open backpack-style purse with a digital camera inside (valuable back then), my son (11yo) says sharply, “Hey! What are you doing with my mom’s purse?” I whipped around, a young couple in sunglasses melted into the crowd.

Mom & Auntie stayed behind with their middle school boys (my brother & cousin).

We all went on a bus tour to Paris. I was “13yo” for a ticket to the top of the Eiffel Tower. I was “15yo” when my Grandma wanted to go to a show at The Moulin Rouge, so I went with her and we drank champagne together and watched topless dancers.

Hanging out with my mom and my aunt and my grandmother.

Settle down, I was 15yo in the 1980s. My experience happened over 30 years ago.

As a fifteen-year-old, the difference in drinking restrictions.