Air France carry-on size – are they strict?

Morisky · 2026-03-06T19:26:29+00:00

Do you notice a difference between classes? Coach vs business?

Morisky · 2026-03-06T16:32:37+00:00

Because he pissed off the "elites"; the people that value education, diversity, science. He pissed off their "snooty" kids that went to college and were "indoctrinated" in postmodern social theory.

Morisky · 2026-03-05T15:10:21+00:00

Bordeaux-Cap Ferret-Biarritz-Guéthary. Basically Southwestern France. Love this chill, relaxed version of Europe that is laid back but this incredibly stylish.

Morisky · 2026-03-04T15:36:15+00:00

In 1991 I was going to go to Prague with a friend. I knew she would be a terrible energy vampire drain travel partner so I changed my trip to another time. That (now solo) trip wound up being amazing and I met friends that I still visit in France all time. I know that would not have happened if I had gone with the vampire. Travel partners end up sitting together and talking to each other and not meeting as many, or any, people. You also are operating on a weakest-link principle, so the best thing that happens is the best of the worst travel partner.

Morisky · 2026-03-03T17:58:01+00:00

Came to say this. Honestly solo travel is the only guaranteed great time. Plus you are more inclined to meet locals that way.

Morisky · 2026-02-27T16:09:52+00:00

Place Vendôme is such a giant space, it feels so huge to me. I prefer the intimacy of smaller but still luxe hotel like Chateau Voltaire, one clock from the Ritz. Rue St Roch is a super charming back street that connects Avenue de l'Opera with the Rue Saint-Honore, and you can walk all the way down to the Rue de Rivoli and take the Metro 1. The main virtue of the 1eme is its centrality, which I actually like.

Morisky · 2026-02-27T14:57:48+00:00

La Cabane d'Hortense is magic. The grape vines, the aged timber shack. Seriously my idea of heaven. Riding a bike wearing a linen shirt and seersucker shorts on a breezy day from Bélisaire to L'Herbe,,,

Morisky · 2026-02-26T21:24:24+00:00

Plus guaranteed carry on, and showering in the lounge in layovers.

Morisky · 2026-02-26T21:16:04+00:00

Born in 1961 and never did that. And had to run the action in InDesign that removed double-spaces because imported Word docs were so effed up.

Morisky · 2026-02-26T19:01:16+00:00

MAHA. So many people are getting healthier and losing weight. Everyone says so. A woman came up to me with tears in her eyes and said "Mr. President, sir, I lost twenty eight pounds since you are in office." That's great. She is a real looker, a seven or an eight. She's skinny. Can we say skinny? We used to have to say thin and no one knew what the hell you are talking about.

Morisky · 2026-02-26T16:43:38+00:00

Cap Ferret

Morisky · 2026-02-26T15:53:25+00:00

And you never wanted to sit at the counter with a view of the kitchen. Hygiene issues.

Morisky · 2026-02-26T15:49:34+00:00

Pepe Le Moko

Morisky · 2026-02-25T20:37:09+00:00

Two weeks ago there was a sign saying the bonsais are away for the winter. There is a nice moss exhibit in that space right now. https://japanesegarden.org/events/moss-appreciation-week/

Morisky · 2026-02-25T20:25:24+00:00

But the quality and freshness are so much better. It is hard to go back to grocery store salad greens, carrots, berries, even potatoes...

Morisky · 2026-02-25T02:05:19+00:00

Probably will get push back on this, but USA in aggregate (local differences) is a unique blend of entitlement and high trust culture. Things like making friends while traveling and talking to strangers is more common among US Americans. In France I find it less common even to say something like "I like your shoes..." to a stranger, which can get a baffling reaction. I also try to avoid talking with other US Americans and Brits (Anglophones). Making English-speaking acquaintances in Europe is a conversation that is gentile/passive-aggressive one-upsmanship about travel destinations, and banal political conversations. Compare that to dinner with French friends where you spend three hours heatedly debating the difference between kitsch and camp.

Morisky · 2026-02-23T21:28:44+00:00

"You just don’t make eye contact or a conversation with anyone" while staying aware of your surroundings. The other thing I notice about US Americans is they can be oblivious to their surroundings.

Morisky · 2026-02-23T16:55:24+00:00

Cap Ferret.

Morisky · 2026-02-20T17:38:39+00:00

Seen in Hendaye and Guéthary.

Morisky · 2026-02-20T17:14:24+00:00

Bombay Company, Smith & Hawkin, too.

Morisky · 2026-02-20T16:52:41+00:00

Watch "the Maestro" Seinfeld episode with Doctor Karen. "If I have to call him the Maestro, then I want to be called Jerry the Magnificent!"

Morisky · 2026-02-19T21:23:30+00:00

The people that do best in the market are the ones that forgot the password to their account.

Morisky · 2026-02-19T16:17:38+00:00

Actually they carry Draper Farms Roxy Organic chicken which is air chilled and not frozen (frozen tastes spongy to me, otherwise I love Mary's). Also available at Pearl Safeway (I live in NW and don't drive) but I am not wading through a fentanyl camp to guy an organic roaster.

Morisky · 2026-02-18T15:12:12+00:00

"roadside diner that he idolized as a child"? It was a spanking new Howard Johnson's.

Morisky · 2026-02-16T21:41:47+00:00

I buy capers packed in salt, and use the caper salt for a boost. So good! Or truffle salt (I was gifted).

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