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Breakfast with Chocolate
Breakfast with chocolate is equivalent to "Breakfast at Tiffany's" fore-go the beautiful gown and the hair that is. I won't show you what I wore this morning… Breakfast with my…
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French Antique Details, stories of another time.
French antique details: Transfer-ware ribbon design on a soup tureen. A bundle of lavender ribbon in its original packaging. A hand painted china plate… the small details of someone's…
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French Wine Tasting for Beginners
There are many things that say French: The Eiffel Tower, the black beret, a baguette, Edith Piaf's music in the background, cheese, the words Oh La La… and if you…
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Talking, Kissing, Brocanting and the whole Apple Strudel
It is a given that I have a thing for antiques, the brocante, the marche aux puces (flea market), the peeling, scratched, tarnish left over from another time. It is…
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How to Make Vegetable Soup
How to make vegetable soup. For four servings: Take whatever *vegetable you fancy, preferably one in season. Wash it, cut it into large pieces. Peel an onion, chop it in…
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Annie, and The Fact of Life
Annie and I drank tea. She asked me what was new since I saw her last.I told her that Chelsea had come home for the weekend, that our roof was…
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The Gift of Choice: Between Rain and Cold Sores
Feelings.The whole slug of them: The juicy, the stinky, sometimes tasteless, never boring, often challenging divine mixture that makes for an adventurous thing called life.And when they are stirred, whether…
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In Loving Memory of Aunt Sara
How do we say goodbye to someone who has been a part of our lives…
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Up on the Roof Top Neighbors Paused….
Red tiles adorn the top of homes in the south of France.Red clay roof tiles are called, "tuiles" in French. (There is also a cookie called a tuile, it represents…
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Cafe de Flore: The French Waiter.
Cafe de Flore. The French waiter in his long white apron, with a tray poised perfectly on his hand. Swished around, seriously, attentively, listening to the customer's wants, fulfilling their…
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