August 2011 Current Events

What's Happening with Sandy?

Join Sandy in Brussels and Paris as she visits friends and enjoys two of her favorite cities. Sandy flew to Brussels first and then did workshops in Ghent for a big American company, the Rogers Corporation, a first class Engineering firm with locations throughout the world.

  • Lunching with dear friends Ruth Etter and Irene Snyder in Brussels at the Brasserie Georges. I stayed in Ruth's lovely home on Avenue Moliere and she spoiled me with her fabulous cooking and Swiss hospitality. Irene lives two steets away from Ruth in a breath-taking penthouse apartment that overlooks a meandering park
  • The famous TGV bullet train that took me from downtown Brussels to downtown Paris in one hour twenty minutes. This is what we need in the States!
  • Having dinner in Brussels with Ruth Etter at Aux Beaumes de Venise restaurant - enjoying foie gras and Champagne
  • Celebrating the birthday of Chantal Botano in Paris at the exquisite cupola restaurant at the fabulous Printemps department store. Chantal is the daughter of my dear and longtime friend in Washington, DC, Janet Donovan
  • Paris truly is the City of Love, as you can see from this photo. Everywhere we went we saw lovers young and old expressing their affection for one another. Ahhh, Paris!
  • One of the many typical Parisian parks, with children playing and adults strolling
  • My dear Gemini friend and partner in crime Gillian Flochel, longtime Paris resident, and the only person who has more energy than me! Spent two non-stop days with Gillian and soaked up the beauty of this romantic and exquisitely beautiful city, and had foie gras with her three times. We spent Bastille Day celebrations that night at the foot of the Eiffel Tower watching the fireworks and glistening and twinkling Eiffel Tower
  • A typical street in Brussels, near my friend Ruth's house in Ixelles
  • Enjoying a wonderful lunch in Brussels with my dear friend Beatrice Vanbesien, who was an executive with Yves St. Laurent cosmetics for many years

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Sincerely,

Sandy Dumont, The Image Architect.