Formerly known as The Non Dairy Diary
Tapet means wallpaper in Swedish
Kotori (ことり) means Little bird in Japanese
And Delphine means イルカ in Japanese, I know it's quite a shock, but it's a very cute name in France.
Tapet ca veut dire papier peint en suedois ( une bonne recherche google ceci-dit)
Kotori ca veut dire petit oiseau en Japonais
Et Delphine ca veut dire イルカ en Japonais, ce qui fait bien marrer mes potines, mais c'est un tres joli nom quand meme.
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
La pluie c'est bon pour les champignons.
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
Few people ask about the name of my blog. Of course, it's a bad pun, but there is more about it!
Non dairy products are not common in France. There is less dairy intolerance there. There, if you can't drink milk, you go without, that's it. Few replacements, no non dairy creamers.
We go for plain milk, and some people like me drink a lot of milk.
So when I took the plane to come here in California, I was quite surprised : there wasn't a drop of milk in the plane. Only non dairy creamers. It was really a surprise. The flight attendant had to explain me this brand new concept. Because some people were allergic to dairies, everybody had to go with some weird non dairy stuff. It sounded a bit paranoiac to me. I could have had the "may contain traces of nuts" cultural shock, but the non dairy thing struck me before. A complete new world in a nutshell.
So I tried this brand new thing : non dairy creamer in regular coffee. I only had real milk in expresso before. It was quite an experience!
To me, non dairy creamer in regular coffee will always stay my first taste of America. I switched to mocha very quickly, with delight. But somehow it's a precious memory, the first of a lot of good ones, about adapting myself to a new world and a new culture. So far, so good, I enjoyed every moment of the 3 years I spent here. And I remembered this moment when I choose my weblog's name : Non dairy Diary.
So that's what the Non Dairy Diary is about : serendipty, joyfull moments, sweet memories. Enjoy!
Sometimes I work too quickly and I end up making mistakes.Some are good, here's a bird coming from ⌘shiftC instead of ⌘C...I liked it and kept it.
Parfois je vais trop vite sur le clavier, je derape et ca pedale tout seul...Cette fois ci hop, un cul de lampe oiseau sans le faire expres. Tant mieux!
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
Comme quoi on peut bloguer a propos de rien.
I neeeded more bunnies to feel at home, so I changed the spreadsheet. I feel better now!
This sketch came from a discussion with sweet Sam about English idioms and expressions. Of course she had to teach me a culinary one. She didn't insist much on the meaning of the expression, and spoke more about the difference between mutton and lamb meat. At this point, remembering conversations with Sam, I have a craving for good food...meet me in the kitchen!
Sam's nosh and more culinary blog : Becks & Posh.
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
L'espression "mutton dressed as a lamb" est une expression cockney des annes 1860 se moquant des femmes habillees plus jeune ou plus innocement que leur age. L'espression m'a ete enseignee par Sam, qui en bon critique culinaire et en jeune femme bien elevee, a plus insiste sur les merites gustatifs de l'agneau par rapport au mouton. A ce point, me rappellant de la conversation, il faut absolument que j'aille manger quelque chose de bon!!
le blog de Sam, Becks & Posh, dont je parle quelquefois, est un blog de fine bouche a propos de notre region, la Bay Area, comme quoi il n'est pas de bon bec que de Paris!
My favourite ones are the bad ones. I love bad puns too.
Actually I wonder if there's any good one.
Often I'm the only one to laugh.
Here:" This band never had any success : the bottles." And they sing their own version of "Paperback writer":"Paper bag writer".
There must be someone who writes those silly things on Trader's Joe's bags, isn't it?
When you've made such a bad joke, it's useless to try to look clever.
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
Mon amoureux appelle ca mes "vagues de c*nnerie". Un coup de stress et paf je jubile a l'idee de raconter portnawak. Ca vous arrive aussi?
Who needs water?
Me.
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
35 days before the birth of my baby, time fly like the wind.
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
I know , it's not really sunny these days...but it will be soon! I can't wait for the gorgeous Californian Spring!
Flower girl n'aime pas qu'on cueille ses potines. Les bouquets fanes la font pleurer....Etes-vous un heureux lapin?
Cette annee le printemps se fait attendre, les cerisiers sont en retard. Je suis impatiente!
Une "flower girl" en anglais, c'est une demoiselle d'honneur, c'est mignon non?
Ⓒdel4yo-Delphine Doreau 2007
Sometimes it just doesn't work and I need a rest. Would you like a pattern while you wait with me for a little well deserved leisure time?
Parfois ca ne marche pas comme je voudrais...Vous prendrez bien un petit chiyo en attendant avec moi que le temps devienne elastique?
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