Month: May 2011
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The Good Luck Shoes
My shoes and clothes were shattered outside my closet as I tried to reorganize it. I was trying things on, putting the summer clothes in front and the winter clothes in back, and deciding what to "keep or let…
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Roman Treasures Found in Provence
(Photo: A Roman ring seen at the French brocante last weekend.) The French brocante offers more than disregarded dusty old things from someone's attic, and it offers more than hopeful boxes of disheveled, could-be treasures. The French brocante is not…
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Antique Guessing Game
You know how I dig the French brocante. You know how my brother Mat (with one "t") gives me a bad time about writing about the brocante here on my blog. You know how if any of you ever…
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French Patisserie: Where to go in Paris
French Patisseries… who can resist the delicate texture, intricate details of deliciousness, the cream filled, chocolate, almond paste, raspberry spell, let alone the cherry on top? Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! Why not a box of plenty… petit fours or as…
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Eye Candy on the Streets of Paris
Eye candy on the streets of Paris. A jar full of chocolate, cafe, and carmel macarons starred back at me as I walked passed Angelina's. My cousins and I were in Paris for a few…
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Love Foundation
Family. I am lucky, To have one that loves me, and that I love. With my whole heart. One where I do not have to be anything but myself, and one where they…