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Blogging about adventures in Barcelona, London, Paris and Europe

Queenkv's Eurotrip Photoblog

Blogging about adventures in Barcelona, London, Paris and Europe

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News from the front…

by KrisSeptember 20, 2004February 3, 2008

I filed a report from the 11th arrondissement….it’s on l’Opï¿½ra Bastille…what do you think?

In addition to interviewing 19 people in my shoddy French, for this story….I also flagged down fifteen people for another survey:

“Si vous ï¿½tiez amï¿½rican, pour qui votierez-vous: Kerry ou Bush?

Kerry: 10
Bush: 3
Neither: 2

I wonder how people from the other arrondissements responded.

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#kvpinmybelly Date night at @buckandrider_gilbert.

#kvpinmybelly Date night at @buckandrider_gilbert. While we waited for our table, a server took our drink orders. I loved seeing my Old Fashion waiting for me at the table.

I went with the @hollanderanddekoning mussels. It’s served in a delicious white wine broth with delicious chunks of Spanish chorizo. It comes with sourdough slices, but I still needed more bread. I dipped pillow-soft dinner rolls into the broth.

NOM!

#seafood #shellfish #mussels #dinner #gilbert #arizona #food #foodstagram #kvpaz

#kvpinmybelly Throwback to a Bills watch party at

#kvpinmybelly Throwback to a Bills watch party at @toscanyscoalovenpizza.

Loved the Buffalo Chicken Pizza 🍕🦬🍗

NOM!

#food #foodie #pizza #buffalo #wings #buffalochicken #chandler #arizona #gameday

#kvpinmybelly Post-symphony dinner at @blancotacos

#kvpinmybelly Post-symphony dinner at @blancotacostequila in downtown Phoenix.

😋 Loved the chicken tinga cheese crisp with green chile and pico de gallo.

NOM!

#phoenix #arizona #food #foodie #chicken #chickentinga #cheese #cheesecrisp #kvpaz

#kvpinmybelly Pork Chile Verde Benny at @snoozeame

#kvpinmybelly Pork Chile Verde Benny at @snoozeameatery.

Loved slow-cooked pulled pork with poached eggs. And it’s covered in the house green chile hollandaise.

NOM!

#brunch #benedict #breakfast #eggs #chile #verde #pork #food #foodie #kvpaz #Arizona #phoenix

#kvpaz After dinner drinks and a show at @wickedra

#kvpaz After dinner drinks and a show at @wickedrainaz with @thewatersmusic.

🎶 I requested Galileo by Indigo Girls. It was a vibe.

🎤 Galileo’s head was on the block
The crime was lookin’ up the truth
And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
I try to trace them to my youth
And then you had to bring up reincarnation
Over a couple of beers the other night
And now I’m serving time for mistakes
Made by another in another life time
How long ‘til my soul gets it right
Can any human being ever reach that kind of light
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
King of night vision
King of insight 🎵

#livemusic #Gilbert #Arizona #guitars #IndigoGirls #music #show

#kvpkitchen Monday night dinner with roasted Medit

#kvpkitchen Monday night dinner with roasted Mediterranean-style chicken thighs. I used a recipe by @majasrecipes. I added sliced baby potatoes under the chicken, and they soaked up the tasty chicken marinade of lemon juice, tomato paste, parsley, garlic powder, and more.

It took me less than 45-minutes to put it all together. We served it over rice.

NOM!

#kvpinmybelly #chicken #potatoes #rice #homecooked #food #foodie #dinner #Phoenix #Arizona #kvpaz

#kvpinmybelly Dinner at @stellar66_gilbert. Delici

#kvpinmybelly Dinner at @stellar66_gilbert. Delicious Szechuan chili oil wontons made my tummy so happy! I couldn’t get enough of that firey broth. I took it home and added it toa pot of homestock, mushrooms and Shanxi knife-cut noodles.

NOM!

#food #wontons #dumplings #gilbert #arizona #dinner #Szechuan #chilioil #foodstagram

#kvpaz One of my favorite autumn traditions is wat

#kvpaz One of my favorite autumn traditions is watching Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. This year, we watched it with the @phoenixsymphony. It was a wonderful experience, watching the film with a live performance of Danny Elfman’s score. My kid bopped along in his seat as Jack Skellington celebrated Halloween and explore Christmas Town.

It was awesome to musicians dressing up for the show - we spotted unicorns, masquerade masks, astornauts, and Squid Game contestants in their green tracksuit uniforms.

#livemusic #concert #ThePhoenixSymphony #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #Christmas #Halloween #JackSkellington #symphony #Phoenix #Arizona

#kvpaz Our research team wanted to know: What does

#kvpaz Our research team wanted to know: What does it mean to be American? What does it mean to feel American?

🇺🇸 On @kjzztheshow - I chatted with Mark Brodie about our photovoice study for the AZ Youth Identity Project. We talked about our findings on participants’ definitions of identity and their perceptions of the American flag, especially in response to the 2020 elections and MAGA/alt-right demonstrations and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

🎧 Link in the bio.

#phdlife #research #Americanflag #momademia #identity #representation #flag

Today - Channeling the words and wisdom of Toni Mo

Today - Channeling the words and wisdom of Toni Morrison, from her 2015 column:

“No place for self-pity, No room for fear.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/no-place-self-pity-no-room-fear/

Hello Election Day! 🗳️ From San Diego to Phoe

Hello Election Day!
🗳️ From San Diego to Phoenix, my kid has joined me for nearly every single Election Day since he was a baby.

#vote #ElectionDay #ballot #voting

#kvpinmybelly Game night dinner at @thearrogantbut

#kvpinmybelly Game night dinner at @thearrogantbutcher. It’s across the street from Footprint Center, making it an ideal spot to fuel up before a Suns game.

🥑🍞 I adored the toasted ciabattas. We went with smashed avocado, drizzled with lemon olive oil and topped with shaved Grana Padano. We also ordered the apple and dates with whipped brie.

NOM!

#food #foodie #ciabata #avocado #brie #apples #dates #GameNight #dinner #Phoenix #Arizona

#kvpinmybelly Still hungry tonight. @papachevos to

#kvpinmybelly Still hungry tonight. @papachevos to the rescue.

🌮 Carne asada tacos for about $7. Add salsa and a squeeze of lime. YUMMY!

🌯 Also picked up a bean burrito for my husband. I waited less than 5 minutes for dinner.

Total cost for second dinner: under $15.

NOM!

#carneasada #tacos #dinner #burrito #carneasadatacos #beanburrito #food #foodie #kvpaz #phoenix #arizona

#kvpaz We loved visiting @phxart for #FirstFriday.

#kvpaz We loved visiting @phxart for #FirstFriday. Last night, the celebrated Día de los Muertos.

💀 🏵️ @craftychica and @cecilycanophotography created a beautiful ofrenda in the courtyard. I really appreciated their talk about the Christian and Indigenous traditions that end up in this tribute to loved ones. They pointed out that this is a 3,000 tradition, so the Coco movie didn’t have to make such a big deal of placing a loved one’s photograph on the altar. But we still love the Coco movie.

🎨 Our docent gave us a tour of Latin art in the museum. There’s something sad about the Our Lady of Guadalupe paintings, which have no record of the Indigenous artist or the production date. Even though the art lives on - beyond the 18th century - the memory of the artist is forgotten.

💀 💃🏽 Also enjoyed dancing with the larger-than-life puppets by @culturalcoaz.

#dayofthedead #DíadelosMuertos #ofrenda #skulls #phoenix #phoenixart #arizona

#kvpaz Strike up the band! Drumline rocking out be

#kvpaz Strike up the band! Drumline rocking out before the @suns game on Monday.

#livemusic #basketball #drums #drumline #phoenix #arizona #game

#kvpaz We made it back to @mothernaturesfarm_offic

#kvpaz We made it back to @mothernaturesfarm_official for a pumpkin patch adventure.

And there’s so much to do here! My kid enjoyed riding pedal cars around hay bales and exploring the empty cottages. There were goats, donkeys, and other farm animals waiting for food and available for petting.

The weather was a little warm, up in the 90s. Still, this is a fantastic place for an autumn tradition.

#pumpkins #pumpkinpatch #Gilbert #Arizona #farm #fall #Halloween

#kvpaz Every vote counts! 🗳️✨ I skipped the

#kvpaz Every vote counts! 🗳️✨ I skipped the lines and voted early. It is always a pleasure to review the voter’s guide and ballot measure descriptions from the comfort of my home, in my pajamas.

Maricopa County confirmed it counted my ballot.

💪 #IVoted #VoteEarly #YourVoteMatters #IVoted #YourVoteMatters #ElectionDay

#kvpinmybelly Hello meat and cheese plate. We orde

#kvpinmybelly Hello meat and cheese plate. We ordered this tasty Brewer’s Board at @pedalhausbrewery in Chandler with this huge pretzel.

🧀🍖 Loved the prosciutto de parma, sausage, and soppressata. Also loved dipping pretzel pieces into the beer cheese. You can never have too much beer cheese.

NOM!

#chandler #arizona #meat #cheese #brewersboard #prosciutto #sausage #food #foodie #kvpaz

#kvpinmybelly Cheers! Abri-ca-lav-ra Mimosa at @sn

#kvpinmybelly Cheers! Abri-ca-lav-ra Mimosa at @snoozeameatery in Ahwatukee.

They mix sparkling wine with apricot liqueur, honey, lemon and lavender.

NOM!

#cocktails #mimosa #bar #mixology #booze #brunch

Back in the classroom, thanks to Zoom. Thank you

Back in the classroom, thanks to Zoom.

Thank you to @indah_2me for inviting me to lead guest lectures on Asian American and Pacific Islander Representation in films and television shows at @butlerccom. Always a pleasure to talk about kickass films like Everything Everywhere All At Once and Mary Rivera’s Lola in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

#phdlife #teaching #momademia #classroom #butler #campus #school #representationmatters

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