lack of updates

sickness, work and a lack of snow have conspired to prevent me from posting. The kids both had colds, Alex was teething, then chloe got a bad cold (which she has had for almost two weeks now), then Alex got conjunctivitis, then Zoe did.

Grenoble itself has been cold, but without snow, which everyone in Grenoble (including myself) has been griping about. I still have only been boarding once, and I am acheing to go. I spoke to a co-worker today whose daughter started skiing at one and a half year old (Zoe was not even walking at that stage) and can now go down green slopes unassisted.... so as soon as it snows I'm going to rent skis for her and take her skiing. I'm undecided about whether I should go on foot, rent skis myself, or board. I'm leaning towards renting skis so I can show her the motions. The only issue with this plan is that I haven't strapped on the loser planks in eighteen years, so it might be ugly.

Thanks to a former co-worker, we now know of a really great restaurant in the St. Bruno area, which we have been two twice. It's called La Frise. We have been twice now, and it is highly, highly recommended. I had the escalope de porc, which comes with potatoes that must have been fried in duck fat, and one of the best tarte tatins that I have ever had. It is served with ice cream, and the top (bottom while being cooked) is a delicious slightly cripsy layer of crisp caramelized sugar and apple. I would provide a picture, but our new camera turned out to have a defect, which the retailer has refused to do anything about, so we have been without it for four weeks. Never buy anything from PIXMANIA. ever!