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An American's Search For London's 'Personal Bubble'

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Expat, American Expats, Expats, Expatriates, London, UK Travel, UK, London Travel, Travel News

You're having 'one of those days'. Soaking wet from a windy rain. You have an asthma attack whilst chasing a bus. Its doors close in your face, the driver grins wickedly and peels out.

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Learns To Express Herself

Katie Beck | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: France, American Expat, Travel, French, Learning a Language, Expats, Language School, Studying French, Expat, Travel Blogs, Pardon My French, Foreigner Living Abroad, Travel News

I also received some very confused looks from the women at the home furnishing shop when I accidentally asked them if "they go measuring cups?"

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Pardon My French: Filming A Departure...

Katie Beck | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: France, Travel France, Travel Europe, Katie-Beck, Abroad, Nice, Travel Tv, Expat, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Travel Blogs, Travel News

A cab ride, lots of excess baggage fees, a red eye, a few buses and 12 hours later, I arrived in Nice ready to start my new life.

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Starts to Panic

Katie Beck | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: France, Travel News, Washington, Starting Over, Nice, Expat, Anxiety, Travel Blogs, Pardon My French, Moving, Travel News

Each trip out of the apartment must include at least one errand -- shipping boxes, or donating books to the library, something that can be checked off the list.

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Makes an Impulsive Decision

Katie Beck | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Nice, Expat, Moving, Bbc, France, Starting Over, Washington DC, Travel Blogs, Travel News

"I'm sorry to bother you on a Saturday," I said. "I've decided to move to France."

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An American Woman Expat's View on Strauss-Kahn

Vivian Norris | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Italy Berlusconi, Clinton, World Bank, France, Sexual Harassment, Womne, Narcissism, Spitzer, Imf, Strauss Kahn, Expat, Roseanne Barr, Christine Lagarde, Feminism, Mid-Life Crisis, World News

A real man can control himself and a real woman knows her own power does not come from being seductive. But until adults start acting like adults and the Machiavellian nonsense behind the scenes stops, we are going to keep heading in the wrong direction.

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Letter From Paris: Books with French Twists

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Paris, Laurel Zuckerman, Sorbonne Confidential, French Milk, French Language, Expat, Francophile, Lucy Kinsley, Books, World News

Sorbonne Confidential is the fictionalized story of Laurel Zuckerman's actual experience working to become a teacher of English in the maddening French school system.

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Letter From Paris: Travels with My Daughter

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Marshall Store, Blair Graves, Marshall California, Sea Ranch Lodge, Tony's Seafood Restaurant, Expatriates, BBQ Oysters, Bodega BAy California, San Francisco, Expat, Pacific Ocean, Barabecued Oysters, Healthy Living News

What we've realized is that our home is wherever we are together, no matter where in the world that is. No matter where our lives take us. Those are the happiest mother's days for me.

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Proud in Paris!

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Swearing In, Dysfunctional Relationship, Democrats Abroad, Champagne, Obama, Expat, Inauguration, Bush, Americans Abroad Obama, International Voters, Americans Abroad, Obama Americans Abroad, Politics News

The reasons why I left the U.S. have now been replaced with reasons why I want to be back there. I did not recognize my government for eight years. Now it begins to make sense again.

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An Expat Thanksgiving

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kosher, New Braunsfels, Food, Texas, Expat, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Abroad, Orthodox, Expat Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes, Healthy Living News

As many pre-prepared Thanksgiving dishes are not readily available abroad, I have begun finding inventive ways to make stuffing, corn bread and a number of Thanksgiving dishes.

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"First We Take Manhattan...Democracy is Coming to the U.S.A."

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Expat, First We Take Manhattan, Democracy, Olympia, America, Paris, Leonard Cohen, Politics News

The Leonard Cohen concert at the Olympia in Paris last night was better than I could have imagined it to be...and it made so much more sense as I list...

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Expat No More? Proud to be an American Abroad

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African-American, Expat, Obama, Optimism, International, Abroad, Election, Bush, Presidential Election Results, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Election Results, US Foriegn Relations, US World Image, President Elect Obama, Politics News

This election was an international one, and we Americans have sent a strong message to the entire planet that we not only want change, but that we can and have taken back our country.

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The Last Supper on Wall Street: Sushi, Stocks, and Who is Picking Up the Check?

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bail Out, Stocks, Economy, Oversight, Aig, Bankers, Expat, US Treasury, Goldman Sachs, Paying Bills, Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Lehman, Sushi, Financial, Wall Street, Business News

Denial was overtly present during a three hour dinner at an expensive sushi restaurant. Bankers threw stock prices into the conversation between the dishes of sashimi and cucumber martinis.

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An Expat's View of the Conventions: End of Summer in America and Back "Home" to Europe

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Alaska, Democratic Convention, Gustav, Secede, Expat, Mccain, Obama, Billionaires, Republican Convention, Election, Biden, Mainstream Media, Michelle Shocked, Politics, Education, Summer, Hillary, Palin, Protests, Martial Law, Health Care, Democracy Now, John McCain, Expats, United States, Politics News

I am a Democrat but actually found the old McCain palatable once upon a time...where in the hell did the real John McCain go?

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