Month: September 2015
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French La Vie: An Old Silk Stocking Factory… Turned into a Private Antique Textile Warehouse
Imagine driving to an obscure Provencal village where only a handful of people live, to go to an old silk stocking factory turned into a warehouse FULL of antique textiles. Having a friend comes in handy,…
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The French Muse: The Old Fashion Way Indigo
Indigo wow is all I should say. But I cannot. The wow started first by making the natural dye. Then the dipping the old white linen into the not-at-all-photogenic plastic garbage tubs. Dipping and squeezing, dipping and squeezing,…
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The First Day of the Second French Muse Experience
The antique dealers know each other, each has their own style and a few of them have their own shop. "Whew," I said when I heard that, it will make it easier when we go somewhere, at least there…
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Last Minute Details Before the French Muse
Last minute details of a well planned journey. Ruth and I are giddy as the group coming are antique dealers, they want to buy for their shops and homes. How perfect is that! Of course we have other activities…
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A Weekend with Friends: What do you Love? All Good Things
There are so many things that I love about being in France that I will simply begin by saying zinc top bars. Not that I am a big drinker, but I cannot get enough of the bar atmosphere, the…