Jake Dear

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Government
Location	Marin County, California
Introduction	We live in Marin County, just north of San Francisco, and travel to France as often as possible (sometimes with our teenage son) for change of culture and pace.
Interests	Travel, Paris, France, Italy, Switzerland, law, wine, reading, reading iht.com (International Herald Tribune on line -- but it's not the same now that NYTimes has fully taken over), npr/ "This American Life, " history, dining, brasseries, restaurants
Favorite Movies	On Golden Pond, L'Auberge Espagnole, My Best Friend, Once, Paris je t'aime, Apres Vous, La Vie en Rose, Rape of Europa, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Man on a Train, Mr. Marin (The Class)
Favorite Books	Crossing to Safety, Paris Paris, Between Meals, Is Paris Burning?, The Road from the Past, Paris to the Moon, A Movable Feast, From Here You Can’t See Paris, Paris in the Fifties, At Home in France