Category: Brocante
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Our Cassis Home: Part Two
Thank you for the generous, encouraging comments yesterday. I appreciate your following and admiring our effort in creating a home in Cassis. The floors in the fisherman's house were a hodge podge of different tiles and cement, plus most…
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The Unveiling of the Cassis Apartment, Part One
Last August I found a fisherman's house for sale on the port in Cassis. French Husband and I had dreamed of a place in Cassis for many years, but nothing came up that we could afford… and then by…
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Any Day at the French Brocante
Last weekend when I was in Paris I begged Sacha to come with me to the brocante and take photos of me doing my thing. He obliged. One of my conditions was that I did not want to know…
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French Postcards Advertising Petrol Hahn
The French postcards from the turn of the century, which were advertisements for Petrol Hahn a hair line product for men and women. Scenes of Paris. The…
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The Life of an Antique Dealer
Some of my favorite moments at the brocante are found while looking at the bottom of a box, or digging inside of a trunk, or peering into a soup tureen, often in the least expected place one can find…