Category: Living in France
-
Let’s Go Antiquing
Where I have connected to wonder-filled friends, and have been invited to take you who have joined me on a French la Vie to visit, and experience what I have come to know and love. Let’s go antiquing. You know,…
-
A Few Things I Saw at the Brocante
You never know what you’ll find or what might spark your curiosity. What did I buy? Strangely, with 800 dealers, not much. I was looking for certain items but didn’t find them. And worse, the few things I wanted were…
-
Easter Monday is a Holiday in France
In France, there’s no Easter Bunny. Instead, there’s a story I love—one that still feels wrapped in a bit of mystery and childhood wonder. On Good Friday, the church bells across France fall silent. The story goes that they’ve flown…
-
One Bunny, One Bird, and Paw Patrol
« One Easter photo please? » I asked the Pickles. Sometimes—no, often—the photo I have in mind to take of my grandchildren is not at all what they have in mind, and nothing I say is going to make it happen. Which, in the…
-
Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence
Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence (a museum , restaurant, café, garden, and gift shop.) Most of all a delight. Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence was originally a private hôtel particulier (a grand townhouse) built in the 18th century. Construction began in…
-
Baciccio in Aix en Provence
In the heart of Aix-en-Provence, where the shutters are often half-closed and the bustle of daily life is in the air, there’s a place that feels like opening a secret passage to the past, where one can find history tucked…