James McCrea
@jamesmccrea
Wonk, migrating from Sens Twitter (McC_1848). he/him | il/lui
Our old B&D Toaster Oven died, so we have this new addition to the summer kitchen kit. So far it’s pretty amazing
Jennifer brought this back from a work trip a decade+ give or take ago. It doesn’t fit me anymore (sad) but one of the most fun days of my life was when I wore it wandering around Paris Plage on a hot day and met a bunch of folks of Ivorian extraction, perplexed by this grizzled white dude.
Shame friend CVII’s post landed between these two in my timeline, because they belong together.
Good example: I just pulled out my dad’s and my granddad’s Black and Decker work mates for a job
Real estate agent on rue Jeanne d’Arc (the main drag) had a mannequin in the window sporting the colours of le Rouen hockey élite 76 (surnommé les Dragons de Rouen), apparently one of the longest continuous teams in the top French League.
Alt text: Very short video showing a grassy tramway line in the middle of a mid-rise-lined boulevard, then quickly panning 180-degrees to show the line diving into a tunnel on the other side of
While our rental apartment had been a big disappointment, one very cool thing about staying in Rouen’s Left Bank is learning that the stereotype that it was completely levelled in WWII and rebuilt after isn’t entirely true. There are still moments like this
This staircase from the Pont Jeanne d’Arc down to the riverside park along the Seine on the Left Bank of Rouen has two slides coming off the side of it!