The Franco-American Flophouse has moved

Oh, what we do to please our children.  The Frenchlings shanghaied their mother into taking them to a Cat Cafe.  Damn it,  I have cats and t...

Last night I met the younger Frenchling at work and we walked for a time with the gods. Yesterday was the Osaka Tenjin Matsuri festival. ...

Osaka is flat and I mean FLAT.  It's great for walking or bike riding.  As I mentioned in an earlier post it's hard to get lost if y...

I was awake at 5 AM this morning thanks to the crows.  One bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios in me and a cuppa coffee in front of me, I am easing i...

"Osaka is notorious for its lack of green, quiet spaces." Osaka’s west side story by Eric Johnston, Japan Times, 2004 Indeed...

And I have been a very busy woman these past few months.  Graduate school is taking up most of my time.  I wrote and submitted my papers for...

This very strange video was passed along to me by Arun over at Arun with a View  .  And I thank him for thinking of me and saving me from re...

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan What a delight to find the websi...

My Finnish neighbor here in Osaka has a most interesting blog which I follow and read daily. This morning she wrote a post about how we me...

In an hour or two Mr. Clement (our trusted taxi driver) will pick us up and take us back to the Worst Airport in the World (CDG). Our time...

For many many years my life was lived between two countries:  the United States and France.  All other places lived at the periphery of my v...

Sunday morning the other residents of the Flophouse in Osaka wheedled me into a trip to Izumisano Fisheries Cooperative Open-Air Fish Mar...

When we were visiting Nara the other day, we stopped for a picnic lunch in a local park.  As I was chatting with one of my spouse's Japa...

About an hour ago as my daughter and I sat in the blue chairs reading and my spouse was watching his evening action movie, our 28-floor apar...

This weekend one of my spouse's colleagues took us on a tour of her hometown:  the city of Nara. Nara is located in the Kansai region ...

Apart from my personal (un)dress fiasco, Sunday was another wonderful day at what I think is Osaka's most beautiful park. Last time I ...