richard
@testastretta.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Paris 16è 🇫🇷
When a dog barks and wags its tail : which end do you believe ?
Relocated Yank. No interest to return.
When a dog barks and wags its tail : which end do you believe ?
Relocated Yank. No interest to return.
Dinner with an old friend here in #Paris. Crêpes ! With poiré !
And, as the Brits would say, "flamin' pancakes" for dessert.
Lovely evening.
And, as the Brits would say, "flamin' pancakes" for dessert.
Lovely evening.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Dinner with an old friend here in #Paris. Crêpes ! With poiré !
And, as the Brits would say, "flamin' pancakes" for dessert.
Lovely evening.
And, as the Brits would say, "flamin' pancakes" for dessert.
Lovely evening.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
December 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Encore la belle France.
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Encore la belle France.
Tiebétan dumplings : bombs ass.
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tiebétan dumplings : bombs ass.
Current view from my kitchen window : seems to be two dead corvids on the roof of the garage.
I’m headed out to pharmacy in about two hours. Will let the gardienne about it, as tomorrow starts five days of rain.
I’m headed out to pharmacy in about two hours. Will let the gardienne about it, as tomorrow starts five days of rain.
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Current view from my kitchen window : seems to be two dead corvids on the roof of the garage.
I’m headed out to pharmacy in about two hours. Will let the gardienne about it, as tomorrow starts five days of rain.
I’m headed out to pharmacy in about two hours. Will let the gardienne about it, as tomorrow starts five days of rain.
Earlier today : Little Italy, San Diego.
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Earlier today : Little Italy, San Diego.
November afternoon, Manhattan Beach. Catalina Island in the distance.
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
November afternoon, Manhattan Beach. Catalina Island in the distance.
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Bien installé 1A, Af084.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Bien installé 1A, Af084.
Flight an hour late. Switching to pink bubbles.
If only Captain Bubbles were at my side 😢
If only Captain Bubbles were at my side 😢
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Flight an hour late. Switching to pink bubbles.
If only Captain Bubbles were at my side 😢
If only Captain Bubbles were at my side 😢
Obligatory starter.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Obligatory starter.
Last meal across the street from chez moi before tomorrow’s twelve hour bus ride to SFO.
I still have about an hour to finish preparing. Will be lucky if four hours of sleep before 07h00 taxi.
Back in eight days.
I still have about an hour to finish preparing. Will be lucky if four hours of sleep before 07h00 taxi.
Back in eight days.
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Last meal across the street from chez moi before tomorrow’s twelve hour bus ride to SFO.
I still have about an hour to finish preparing. Will be lucky if four hours of sleep before 07h00 taxi.
Back in eight days.
I still have about an hour to finish preparing. Will be lucky if four hours of sleep before 07h00 taxi.
Back in eight days.
Fifteen years ago, "the brown dog" was fetched up to avoid being returned for adoption. So many years of love, shenanigans, and the bestest boi ever.
Miss you, even if you were annoying at times. Epic counter surfer.
Miss you, even if you were annoying at times. Epic counter surfer.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Fifteen years ago, "the brown dog" was fetched up to avoid being returned for adoption. So many years of love, shenanigans, and the bestest boi ever.
Miss you, even if you were annoying at times. Epic counter surfer.
Miss you, even if you were annoying at times. Epic counter surfer.
Chilling after a lovely evening with @lorifontanes.bsky.social
Taxi home soonish. Enjoying a glass of Bordeaux in the middle of the Seine is so décontracté. #Paris
Taxi home soonish. Enjoying a glass of Bordeaux in the middle of the Seine is so décontracté. #Paris
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Chilling after a lovely evening with @lorifontanes.bsky.social
Taxi home soonish. Enjoying a glass of Bordeaux in the middle of the Seine is so décontracté. #Paris
Taxi home soonish. Enjoying a glass of Bordeaux in the middle of the Seine is so décontracté. #Paris
Making up time, due to arrive CDG on schedule.
After a sumptuous lunch of primarily northern Chinese food i.e. hot, I eschewed the in flight meal and am subsisting on 2020 Médoc.
No baseball tonight. Just chillin’ like a villain after a a hot shower following a hot lunch.
After a sumptuous lunch of primarily northern Chinese food i.e. hot, I eschewed the in flight meal and am subsisting on 2020 Médoc.
No baseball tonight. Just chillin’ like a villain after a a hot shower following a hot lunch.
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Making up time, due to arrive CDG on schedule.
After a sumptuous lunch of primarily northern Chinese food i.e. hot, I eschewed the in flight meal and am subsisting on 2020 Médoc.
No baseball tonight. Just chillin’ like a villain after a a hot shower following a hot lunch.
After a sumptuous lunch of primarily northern Chinese food i.e. hot, I eschewed the in flight meal and am subsisting on 2020 Médoc.
No baseball tonight. Just chillin’ like a villain after a a hot shower following a hot lunch.
Not the most luxurious airport, but it’s taking me home just the same.
Lovely, chill weekend with dear friends from Oz who settled here. Being two hours away is a luxury.
Lovely, chill weekend with dear friends from Oz who settled here. Being two hours away is a luxury.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Not the most luxurious airport, but it’s taking me home just the same.
Lovely, chill weekend with dear friends from Oz who settled here. Being two hours away is a luxury.
Lovely, chill weekend with dear friends from Oz who settled here. Being two hours away is a luxury.
El gato. Terrorized over ten years ago by the Labs when our friends needed temporary lodging after relocating to SF from south of the equator in the land of Chunder. Living a purring existence with a littermate near the ocean south of Lisbon.
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
El gato. Terrorized over ten years ago by the Labs when our friends needed temporary lodging after relocating to SF from south of the equator in the land of Chunder. Living a purring existence with a littermate near the ocean south of Lisbon.
When it’s chilly, eat warm food.
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When it’s chilly, eat warm food.
The luxury of living in the EU.
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The luxury of living in the EU.
I indulged in Tibetan dumplings tonight at a place tucked in the 10è (merci encore @namakosan415.bsky.social).
The R/T taxi is about twice the expense of the meal. Going by métro takes almost an hour from where I live. Great meal just the same. #Paris
And now, time for TOR @ SEA #MLB
The R/T taxi is about twice the expense of the meal. Going by métro takes almost an hour from where I live. Great meal just the same. #Paris
And now, time for TOR @ SEA #MLB
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I indulged in Tibetan dumplings tonight at a place tucked in the 10è (merci encore @namakosan415.bsky.social).
The R/T taxi is about twice the expense of the meal. Going by métro takes almost an hour from where I live. Great meal just the same. #Paris
And now, time for TOR @ SEA #MLB
The R/T taxi is about twice the expense of the meal. Going by métro takes almost an hour from where I live. Great meal just the same. #Paris
And now, time for TOR @ SEA #MLB
Browsing saved images. This one turned up.
I believe we'd had him for 2-3 weeks. He was such a clever clown. My heart aches, 15 years after this photo was captured.
I believe we'd had him for 2-3 weeks. He was such a clever clown. My heart aches, 15 years after this photo was captured.
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Browsing saved images. This one turned up.
I believe we'd had him for 2-3 weeks. He was such a clever clown. My heart aches, 15 years after this photo was captured.
I believe we'd had him for 2-3 weeks. He was such a clever clown. My heart aches, 15 years after this photo was captured.