From CDG to SFO ...

I have spent most of my life between Paris and San Francisco. These are two fantastic cities, each in their own way, and I feel extremely lucky for having experienced them. I work in high tech (why else would you move to Silicon Valley?) and have a particular like for food and wine. Call me bon vivant or epicurian. My posts will reflect my taste because as Mark Twain said, "There are no standards of taste in wine, cigars, poetry, prose, etc. Each man’s own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard"

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A great culinary experience from Chef Frederic Barette at Les Orfevres in Amiens - http://www.lesorfevres.com/ - Highly recommend it!

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Summertime convertible :-)

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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Source: @vannina

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A modern look at popular iPhone applications by @vannina - this is a commissioned work she did for the Hotel Epik in San Francisco

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Drawings by Loui Jover

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If you don't do it this year, you'll be one year older when you do.

Warren Miller

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Beautiful shot of shot of Coit Tower taken during sunrise by Chris McCann - more of his shots at http://www.mccannatron.com/drone-photography/

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Great shot of San Francisco from Space by NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly on Twitter)

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Collage art by Vannina, “Her name is Paulette”. One of her largest pieces, 60x90 cm

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Vannina's latest commissioned artwork: a mix of two cities! Commissioned work. Acrylic painting and collage, 24x18.

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Really cool San Francisco posters

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France embodies everything religious zealots everywhere hate

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Corsica 2015, where else?

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Je ne peux vivre sans champagne, en cas de victoire, je le mérite ; en cas de défaite, j'en ai besoin.

Napoléon Bonaparte

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Beautiful shot of San Francisco and its bridges. Source: Tonly Cheng (https://www.facebook.com/tonlycheng)

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Vibrant colors and produce in the bazars in Iran