French la Vie

                                 Musee d'Orsay in Paris has Monet, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Degas, Corot, Van Gogh… to name a few. The paintings are breathtaking and I never tire standing in awe by…

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                             Our friend's first baby, a few hours old… Bonjour Mila! Oh there is nothing like the beauty of a newborn baby. Note: The day before her birth, her…

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                         Snapshots of the last two weeks. Today I said goodbye to my cousins in Paris as they journeyed home. My cousin Chris found the least amount of steps from the hotel to…

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   Judy and Chris   As you can see Chris (my cousin's husband) is not wearing an orange beret. He opted to French kiss through Paris with Judy (his wife and my…

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                                    Did you know that if you hop on the TGV (bullet train) in Marseille, three hours later you are in the heart of Paris. Three hours! Why don't I just…

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  Flowers on every window sill and they seem to be nearly always red.   Old buildings with facades that speak of a past.   Brocantes as plentiful as the stars in…

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Walking along a street in Arles I saw an older woman sitting by a window. If it hadn't been for the brown worn shutters, and the white sheer curtain that framed her…

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              The reason my cousin is dumping out her suitcase is because of the French brocante. It was a simple plan: Buy only that which was small, non-breakable, not…

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