Month: March 2013
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Easter Sunday
Around the table they sat, my mother in law, French Husband, Sacha, Chelsea and Mr. Espresso. Weaving their stories into each others hearts. I listened as I prepared lunch. Between their chatter and stuffing the mushrooms I felt a…
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Saturday art Saves: Easter Decorations
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 to create. Those who…
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The Meaning of Cute Signs, or How Not to be French
The impasse that we live on does not have a street sign, though it is has a name that nobody in our village knows of. Instead they refer to it as, "Where Monsieur Dupont use to live." To complicate the…
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Antiquing for the Apartment in Paris
How can I stay true to three colors? Too many styles intice me, Napolean III, Louis 16th, rustic, romantic, brut, Gardenware…. And know to add to the fun, French Husband has an opinion, and I like it. He found the…
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The Cost of Shipping from France
Fourteen people waiting, only one line open. That was how the morning began at the post office. When it was my turn, the postal worker looked at me with a soured face, looked at the box said something under…