Matchmaker’s Balcony

Angel above doorway

 

The Matchmaker is back in business.

Men and women please apply.

French and/or English language skills needed (To speak a little of one or the other, and a great deal more of the other.)

Must love France, baguettes, and dinners that last a few hours.

 

 

Hotel Nord Pinus, blue shutters

 

Pierre and Mimi….

in France when two people meet one another and share a moment in time together (i.e. two people who met: On a cruise, or summer holiday, for a short period of time in a place away from home.) Then go out, to dine, dance or whatever suits their fancy, knowing it is only for a short period of time, is called: A "Passage".

As Mimi was in France for a holiday, and Pierre was a friend of ours… I introduced them to each other, suggesting a "Passage".

 

Passage

A passage between one place to another.

A moment of time shared.

A step that leads to a memory, or maybe a journey.

The unknown territory: Beyond the door of tomorrow.

Following hope, I believe, is a good key to have in one's breast pocket.

 

Window opening

Mimi and Pierre took the first steps, which lead to a journey.

Pierre proposed last week.

Oh blogging, you are deliciously wonderful, and often a cyber hug of happiness ever after!

 

Balcony

 

Romeo?

Juliette?

Who is next to step onto the balcony?

 



Comments

66 responses to “Matchmaker’s Balcony”

  1. Beverly

    Yay! Well along with being the smart cookie of the sacred hunt of Brocante, you are a certified love match maker Cory!
    Well done!

  2. That is great news Corey. Can I officially put my name at the top of the list for the next match? 🙂

  3. meredith

    Yay!

  4. So happy for them both! 🙂

  5. Ohhhhhhhh~ You’re good! I hope their union is a long and happy one!

  6. Ahhhh, love! Congratulations to the happy couple (and the matchmaker)!!!

  7. christine

    You are amazing! Yay. Fabulous news. So exciting.

  8. How wonderful!

  9. Oh…my heart sings for them! Best wishes to the happy couple and props to the matchmaker! You’ve done well, Ms. Matchmaker!

  10. Vicki Bonne Amie

    What a wonderful, romantic love story!!! Your talents never end!!!

  11. Wonderful! I feel like singing “matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match”, only I already have a wonderful match.

  12. Stephanie M

    Details please. Details. I want to hear about their journey? Please…..

  13. OH Corey, are you ready for what is about to come your way?
    First of all, Congratulations to the happy couple. How wonderful to find love and happiness.
    Second, do you know a very devout Catholic man around 70 years old for my mother?
    She deserves a good man! Yes, she speaks French!

  14. Lovely achievement!!!! I wonder if they’ll stay at La Madone? Will you be posting pics of the the happy couple?

  15. Oh, Love it! What a sweet ending to a sweet beginning! Bless you!

  16. What fantastic news! Congratulations Mimi and Pierre, I hope you are very happy together, it seems the stars were working in your favor. In yours as well Corey, looks like you earned a new brocante partner, there are rewards for matchmakers, too. I look forward to the reading of the next lucky couple.

  17. :)))))))) congratulations! what a wonderful, wonderful story!
    thank you; and go on, make more people to become happy couples! you’re such an inspiration…
    thank you – merci beaucoup!

  18. How romantic. It is like a movie. Keep us posted on the engagement. Congratulations on your matchmaking skills and to the happy couple!

  19. Corey, how about a soupçon of Golden State trivia this morning?
    Do you know the title of adopted Californian (BHS ’15, ahem!) Thornton Wilder’s play on which the musical “Hello, Dolly!” was based? It’s “The Matchmaker” (because, yes, Yonkers widow Dolly Gallagher Levi arranged introductions).
    I feel like breaking into song right now, which is lucky because I have about the same vocal range as Carol Channing ;-)))

  20. Splendid

    I am so happy for you all!

  21. Dear Matchmaker,
    Now that you are back in business I would like to hire you for your match making services. I am very desirable, speak fluent English and so-so French. I cherish good friendships and am passionate about eating well. I love to travel, read, knit, bicycle, and run through the lavender fields of Provence. I love the ocean and the smell of salt air. But most of all I love to laugh. I am looking for a man who is kind and has a good sense of humor.
    Please advise as to the cost of your matchmaking services and please “look through your book” for me.
    Merci beaucoup,
    Terese
    LOL – you came in to my life for a reason. you know that don’t you? =)

  22. Ah, Amour….she is wonderful, isn’t she?
    You are hired, I have two single girlfriends in need of amour….the passage to a happy life.

  23. What great news. I suppose having Mimi live in France full time won’t be so bad either. Congrats to Pierre and Mimi. And Good job Corey. I hope you are enjoying our weather here in No. California.

  24. OMGosh! Your talents are endless, C!
    I am so happy for them, please more details.
    Thanks for another smile today, really needed it.
    There was a terrible tragic accident yesterday at my son’s sailing club yesterday and a sweet 15 yo girl drowned while sailing right in downtown Annapolis, MD. Everyone, please say a prayer for her and her family.
    Thank you.

  25. Yay! Hooray! Congratulations to all involved, including the Matchmaker!
    They WILL need a harpist at the wedding, won’t they? (I speak a lot of English and a little bit of French and even more German…)

  26. many,many congrats to the couple and to
    the matchmaker!!! I would
    love to have a ‘passage’!!!
    missy from the bayou

  27. dancing kitchen

    Ohhhh Corey…how wonderful!

  28. I love a happy ending! Felicitations, Mimi et Pierre :))
    (Hope you saw the deluge of matchmaking requests coming, Corey!)

  29. Hillary

    Oh how wonderful!!! Bought tears to my eyes. I’m so happy for them and for you. Can’t wait to hear your next tail of matchmaking…

  30. Patty G

    So much happiness for all!
    Congratulations!

  31. Wonderful news! You should prepare yourself, I think you might be getting more matchmaking requests than you can possibly handle 🙂

  32. FABULOUS! Many questions….when will they marry (I am assuming Mimi said “oui!”) and where will they live??

  33. Dear Corey…
    I’m so happy to hear the news! I wish them a most blissful journey and many, many years of joy!
    You are a most excellent matchmaker! Had I not been in a most blissful relationship myself, I’d reach out to you for your matchmaking skills. After a year and a half together, I’m hoping my fella will one day propose. Send some of that magic my way, will ya?
    xoxo
    Sandra

  34. so happy for the both of them. please tell her hello and send my congrats! sending the biggest cyber hug!

  35. How lovely. Romance endures. Congratulations to them for their engagement, and also for having such a kind hearted and wise friend to link them together. I feel quite encouraged by this tale!

  36. Nice work, Mme. Matchmaker! I’m so happy to hear this! I am desirous of your service, dear Corey! Fills me with hope! Perhaps there is lovely French man out there for me…it would be a dream to find lasting love with a kindred spirit…not to mention to live in France (or California). Where do I sign up?
    ((hugs))
    Amylia Grace
    (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

  37. I want to be there for the wedding!

  38. Ohhh yay!!!! That is SO wonderful!! I love it, I love it, I love it. I don’t even know them (except vicariously through you) and I am overjoyed for them! Because don’t we all need to focus on LOVE and happy things, in this crazy topsy turvy world?!
    Now…is she moving to France? I suppose she is!! THAT is truly exciting and what an adventure…wow! Thank you for telling us, Corey, and congratulations on your successful hook-up. Now, I have a single and rather dashing father-in-law…

  39. Theresa

    Ooooohhh….I just love a happing ending or should I say a happy start. Congratulations to your friends, when will they marry?

  40. Franca Bollo

    But what about your previous couple … the younger pairing that included a family member?
    I’m trying to be discrete, here.

  41. Hey, are you back in France with the four of you together again? I hope you will be soon if you aren’t already, it will be a nice family reunion. bet FH can’t wait to see Sacha.

  42. Oh, Congratulations to the couple and the matchmaker!!

  43. Kimberly

    Yay! And 3 cheers for the matchmaker! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Blessings, Kimberly

  44. Victoria

    I couldn’t be happier for them, although I am a teensy bit jealous. What a romantic story.

  45. Cathy J.

    That’s good news. Congratulations to your friends, may they live an extraordinary life together! Here’s to love!

  46. How great is that? Are we invited to the wedding – we should have a cyber wedding shower for Mimi.

  47. Congrats mimi!

  48. Bramble

    Many wonderful wishes for the betrothed couple! YOu must be smiling like the Cheshire Cat!!!

  49. Great news all round….matchmaking can clearly be added to your extensive CV!
    Hearty congrats to the happy couple from all your cyber readers!
    Cheers

  50. mary blanchard

    matchmaker. matchmaker, match me a match, catch me a catch
    congratulations to Mimi and Pierre…it takes a special person to be a matchmaker….I think you have done a fine job Corey :o)

  51. mary blanchard

    PS a passage would be wonderful someday :o)

  52. I love this story!

  53. Way to go Matchmaker!

  54. Hi Corey, I hope on one steps on to that last balcony as it’s a window guard, not a balcony!

  55. Well done!!!!!!!
    My daughter or my best friend next!!!!!!!!
    Daughter is pretty, 34, college professor, marathon runner, sports enthusiast!!
    Best friend, also pretty, 49, knows the business end of a bagette and the best friend as person could have.
    Either of these two are up for adventure and highly deserving of classic romance!!!!!
    Neither speak French, but neither did you. And your’s is the story that sparks romantic ‘sighs’ everyday!!!!

  56. How lucky these two star crossed newly weds are to have you as their friend!
    Felicitations!
    I love your way with words…
    Bravo!

  57. Yay!!!! God bless them both and you for being the loving noseybritches that your are.

  58. ah, si seulement j’allais passer un bout de temps en france, j’aimerais bien profiter de tes talents de matchmaker…helas, je suis un peu piegee a philadelphie, au moins pour le moment. bien fait pour mimi et son grand amour !

  59. Cy Todd

    Sign me up Corey! I’m a musician (singer, jazz/classical) already living in the south of France! Ooo-la-la! I could use a good match! 🙂

  60. Sue Morris

    Please Corey, what is the story of Mim’s brother’s comment of two days ago?
    Congratulations on your matchmaking and to the Happy Couple though…….I do pray that all will work out for Mimi and Pierre.

  61. Massilianana

    You know what ? I’ve had doubts for some time on your true identity and now I know : you are a fairy godmother or, even better, Cupidette herself ! Pierre and Mimi are so lucky to have you around , congrats to the happy couple ! As for who’d be next, well, I think it could very well be me. For that, I’d have to accidentally bump into a nice and handsome American man (I really want to keep up with my English, you see, and I am totally willing to teach French as a foreign language in return !)who’d happen to be lost in the streets of Marseille city centre, between 08h30 and 08h50, just like in those Hollywood romantic comedies between the 30s and the 50s….and we’d both notice a few white feathers mixed with tiny glittery hearts falling down from the sky ! Hee hee !!!!

  62. I was wondering this too. More a question of how fully do we know the integrity of our “Juliettes”.
    I fixed up mutual friends last year and it never occurred to me to question the honest intentions of either party. But some people, men or women, can be extremely skillful at romancing a match-maker and their mark for their own financial benefit.
    I’m cynical by nature but hoping your couple are both fully sincere and will be happy always from now on.

  63. Have I missed the boat?
    Yes please Corey .. Can you make me a match? Frenchman must, however, be happy to relocate to a very big island in a southern ocean 🙂

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