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French Vintage Buying Tour Day 5

Day 5 was glorious.  As glorious as the sun streaming through these plane tree branches in the main "place" (plaza) of the fishing village of Cassis. Our official shopping term (aka boot camp) ended on Sunday, leaving Monday (Day 5) and Tuesday for us to take in some of the other pleasures of Provence. ....but how [...]

Salvage Studio Artiste Spotted in Le Train Bleu

Actually I wish I could spot her.  Beth Evans-Ramos artiste de junk extraordinaire has intentions to visit Le Train Bleu in Paris at the gare de Lyon this morning.  I won't know if she actually made it until this afternoon.  (This is one of my tips for when visiting Paris - you can have coffee [...]

Sailing in Marseille and A Dump Update

Last Friday afternoon a bunch of us played hookey on board an old sail boat. It was terrific.   More pix on the Facebook page. Hey, update. My dreams of frolicking in the local dump rose to a peak last week when I saw an enormous gilded 18th century mirror lying sideways on the ground there, and my [...]

Going on Vacation

It's Friday already!  And we're leaving early early tomorrow morning to get started on the holiday making.  I'll have to update you on the latest dump news and post those baby bonnet pix when I get back. We're going to leave Provence for the southeast of France to do something I've always wanted to do: [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:53-08:00August 13th, 2010|Life in France, Traveling In & Around France|3 Comments

Join Me in Provence on the 4th of July!

You're expecting a post about shutters in Provence and here I write a post that has nothing to do with shutters, except you could be looking at them in person as you are feasting with 5 thousand other Provançal folks! Take a look at this video to get a flavor of the event: http://www.montelimar.fr/vdm/banquet-2010.php I'm in the middle [...]

Lake Como

About ten minutes after driving past George Clooney's house we arrived at Menaggio.  Menaggio is one of the several darling, charming villages that dot the coastline of Lake Como.  And yes, it is so lovely that George Clooney decided to buy a house there.  In fact, I heard he bought two houses there.  Our Italian friend [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:57-08:00April 14th, 2010|Italy, Uncategorized|3 Comments

Nice Brunch

Framing the flower market is a cute place called Le Pain Quotidien (The Daily Bread).  I had been to Nice a few times before this trip and always noticed this cute restaurant. So I was happy when our Niçois friend Laurent suggested we have brunch here. These guys had dogs with them, of course.  Perfect. [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:57-08:00April 3rd, 2010|Traveling In & Around France, Uncategorized|2 Comments

When It Rains in Nice

La pluie tombe comme nous tombons amoureux : en déjouant les prévisions. -Martin Page The rain falls like we fall in love: refuting all predictions. -Martin Page Il y a des pluies de printemps délicieuses où le ciel a l'air de pleurer de joie. -Paul-Jean TouletExtrait de Les Trois Impostures There are delicious spring rains where [...]

By |2016-11-12T09:49:57-08:00March 30th, 2010|Traveling In & Around France, Uncategorized, Vintage|1 Comment