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Speaking French with a Handful of Words
French words. When learning to speak French the first words I learned were basic: Hello – Bonjour. Goodbye – Aurevoir. How Much? Combien? How to count to ten…. and…
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Scenic Route Away She Goes
It was a typical Saturday… up early, no make up, croissant in hand, money in pocket, driving the back roads towards a village in Provence… Except Sacha was…
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Cassis Strolling Along
Walking the back streets, the only uncrowded spot in Cassis. The view from most of the backstreets. A shoe in an antique souvenir glass box on…
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Just Another Day in Provence
For every rock on the beach, for it is not a sandy beach, there is a person to go along with it. Summer in Cassis is like a box…
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A Little Day in Aix en Provence
The streets were full, music played, the market-wares tempted, aroma of summer filled the air. Children splashed, lovers held hands, basil-lavender infused the Provencal air, Saint Victoire…
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Melon for Breakfast
Melon sliced on the breakfast counter. It set the stage. Ripe and ready. Generous and lush. Do you ever have those moments where out of the blue something…
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How to Roll Silverware in a Paper Napkin
Put the napkin as a diamond shape on the table, with the silverware in the middle with the tips towards the folded corner, and as close together as two peas…
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Paella with Phillippe
Photographs and Text by Corey Amaro. First, you take a salsa loving man, put him in a tango style apron, and give him an enormous paella pan and turn up…
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501s, Pasta, Twenty Years Ago
Our old house, as we called the house we use to live in, considering the one we live in now is older. Summer lunch outside on a makeshift garden…
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