Month: June 2012
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Cassis, The Mediterranean Boat Tour
The blue Mediterranean it never fails to please, an enticing kaleidoscope of magical blues, one shade more prettier than another, and if you follow them out to the sea… well you won't be disappointed. Come along with me, let's hop a small boat…
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The French Bakery
The French bakery around the corner from our house is like most French bakeries in France: Opens early, closes at lunch, reopens right before school is let out and then closes around seven thirty. French bakeries serve the staples: Croissants,…
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Where the Green Grass Grows
Rusty and worn, though young at heart, the two chairs sat side by side. Weathering seasons of sun and storm. They wiggled their toes in the mud, leaned on each other when their steps are uneven, Their friendship stayed true…
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A Pea Green Soup to be Jealous About
Have you ever had pea soup? Green pea soup? Yumilious. French Husband and I went to see our friend Michel who has an organic fruit and vegetable stand in his fields. Whatever fruit or vegetable is in season and ripe,…
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Saturday Art Saves: Marina Astafyeva
Photos Source Marina Asta Each Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart on fire…
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What is it about the France?
What is it about France? The colors, the taste, the style that tempts people to come and experience the French way of life? Sure the food is delicious, the markets lively, the streets crawling with daily life that… France seems…