Category: Living in France
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Bûche de Noël
Never makes mistakes Never makes a cake! 1988 "Buche de Noel is my favorite cake!" Bright eyed and hopeful was the response eagerly given by my French husband, the newlywed! The flavor was a known fact; Spread chocolate on anything…
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Mama says OM
Cool is Blue Plastic 1997 The day my son stood in front of his bedroom door and said, "My room is not for sale!" I knew my buying and selling days at the flea market were coming to…
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Fainting chair and tablecloth
Finding the depot vente is where the true hunt begins! Directions are seldom straightforward, even though straight is what they say…”Go straight,” says the man I have asked at the side of the road, his left hand flat, like…
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French flea markets and other tales
Setting up When I arrived in France, to our three chambres de bonne* and hallway apartment, it was not a nest. It didn’t have bit of feather fluff in it. Located on the seventh floor, not close to heaven, though…