How do the same people that invented pastries & french fries manage to always slip into skinny jeans? — From Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Bourdain, Americans have been obsessed with the French diet for centuries. There are plenty of reasons for the fascination: French food is always delicious, minus the occasional poorly-herbed snail or frog leg. French food is always luxurious, especially when compared to America’s big box, fast…

Why are the best things in life are… so… French — Living in France completely ruined my life. Like a great love affair in my rear-view mirror, I find myself constantly looking back… wondering what it is about France that made my life so… “magnifique.” What hurts most is knowing that “it’s me, not France,” that’s the problem. …

I’m tired of people assuming I’m allergic to nail polish — Public service announcement (or intriguing literary hook for my kids): I’ll be saying the word “penis” once or twice in this article. As a penis owner, 85% of the time that I walk into a nail salon it’s assumed I’ve got an allergy to nail polish. …

When life gives you lemons, just chuck them in the toilet — It’s a sunny fall afternoon and I’m fortunate to be walking my four boys home from school. Ahead of us, the rolling hills of the Beaujolais cascade into the distance, topped with a medieval church steeple. Three of the four boys bound around me like hopped-up gazelles just freed from…

We don’t have it figured out but it’s definitely worth keeping at it — Our family of seven recently made the jump into an amazing and terrifying adventure: a trip around the world, spanning five continents in twelve months. We might have traded out our zip code temporarily, but that doesn’t mean life has suddenly become idyllic. …

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is about SO much more than sex — I’ve never written a movie review. Nor do I ever plan on writing one. So be assured that this 3-minute read does not intend to reveal plotlines, character development, or any of the other staples of a quality review. Instead, it will just be about sex. More specifically, why anyone…

Blue for boys and pink for girls is as old as legwarmers and Teddy Ruxpin — Every day, roughly 385,000 babies are delivered in hospitals and homes scattered across the world.

3 continents, 3 unforgettable moments, 1 big broad application — Lesson #1: The Power of a Simple Smile Location: Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda is most famously known for the horrific genocide that started in April 1994. In less than 100 days, over 800,000 people were slaughtered.

*except for… no… never mind. — Years before moving abroad, I’d heard mythical tales about how lazy the French are: “Oh those French… they’re always on strike” “You only worked 35 hours this week?! What are you French?” “The French are famous for taking coffee breaks every 15 minutes, for at least 30 minutes at a…