Behind the Eiffel Tower, Paris | Photo by Lauren Girardin Claude Wainstain is a sneaky man. He not only captivated me and Todd with his passionate storytelling, he had his wife Jacqueline hold us captive with a homemade dinner followed…

Postcard: Eiffel Tower sunset from St. Mande, Paris | Art by Todd Berman We spend our first day in Paris brain dead in the spectacular St. Mande home of Claude and Jacqueline, long-time friends of Todd’s parents, grazing on a…

Street art in Lisbon, Portugal | Photo by Lauren Girardin Spray paint sales are doing well on the Iberian peninsula. At night, artists and hooligans make their marks all over the walls of Spain and Portugal. Our guidebooks told us…

Voting for Obama from overseas | Photo by Todd Berman The California ballot for the November 2008 election is a doozie – seven pages long. As we mentioned a few months ago, we downloaded our ballots from the San Francisco…