In France: 1) Daily baguette 2) Eiffel tower 3) You can wear colored socks with tennis shoes 4) Bonjour MADAME, Bonjour MONSIEUR 5) Do not mix sugary foods with salty foods, hence a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich, is an unacceptable…

Frenchhusband and I took the motorcycle out for a spin. The first act of spring! With our coats unbuttoned and scarves left aside, we headed towards the sea. Riding up the Route de Crete, with the blue sea lapping in…

I call out to Frenchhusband, "What should I write about today?"  From the other room he says, "Sex." "Coffee tea or me, that’s perfect!" He comes in and repeats, "Perfect?"

Frenchusband came home with a twinkle in his eye; handing me a note that had the name and phone number of someone I didn’t know. "A certain Monsieur wants you to decorate his home on the French Rivera, and possibly…

Anyone listening soon  hears the twang of English and the birds chirping. Everywhere we go it is the same type of chit-chat. Frenchhusband speaks in English to me though he parler French to the children. The children parler French to…

1989 Once upon a time–and one time only, did French husband Yann help deliver a wedding cake for Cynthia; our dear American friend, who had a bakery in Paris. Cynthia who introduced chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cheesecake, bear claws, and…