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Seeing as how I saw/meet about 90% of my reading public in the last couple of weeks, I didn't feel very motivated to keep the blog updated. I mean, if you guys wanted to know what was up, you probably had a good opportunity to ask me in person. At any rate, I do hope to keep updating this thing, at least sporadically, and before I left for vacation I actually started an update before things got too hectic and it got shelved and now seem like as good a time as any to get back to business. Sometime ago (almost a month, I think), I headed off to beautiful Grenoble, France to visit my good friend Loren. Although Grenoble is always rocking, I chose this weekend in particular for two reasons: first, I heard that the most popular Romanian folkloric dance group in the city would be giving a performance; and second, the Fête des Lumières was taking place in nearby Lyon. Many of you, dear readers, probably do not know about my interest in Romanian folkloric dancing. Admittedly, even I d...

Tuesday afternoon, I cut out of work early to catch the train to Lyon, France. Waiting for me in Lyon was a veritable posse of former Bay Area All Stars: Loren, Jess, Dan and Jen. Loren lives in Grenoble, Jess was visiting him, and Dan and Jen are on their honeymoon and were in Lyon to visit some friends of the family. Since the train was late (those darn Swiss trains!), by the time I arrived, there was already an empty wine bottle on the table. Things pretty much progressed from there. I spent about 7 waking hours in the city, and it was raining and/or dark for a lot of those, so I didn't exactly see the sights. We did have a nice meal, and we did have a great time hanging out afterward, so it was an awesome mini vacation. And, of course, I found something stupid to photograph. Fig. 1: This is what Europeans think of us. If you take the time to read this sign, you'll notice some awesomely French things about it. First, it's called "American Sandwich," whic...