Category: Brocante
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We Are One
We are one, all of us. No matter where we live, what we think, the color of our skin or what faith we hold true. We are one even if we are chipped, bruised, shackled, silent, rude, marching or…
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Purely Brocante
Purely brocante. Things I found at the brocante (Porte Vanves) for our apartment in Paris when we set it up three years ago. Most the items I found were within the first three months of being there. Porte Vanves…
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Mari is Coming Back to Town
Yesterday Typepad the server I use to create my blog was down which did not let my blog post download properly. Finally this early morning it appeared, I am sorry if I worried any of you. While creating yesterday’s blog…
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Provencal Santons
One of the most cherished French traditions for Christmas is putting up the creche, the nativity set. The Provencal creche is similar to North America's nativity scene, except it includes the entire village not just a handful of shepherds, drummers,…
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The Winners of the French Antique Guessing Game
Your witty, funny, outrageous, delicious, sentimental, down right naughty responses to the French Antique Guessing Game amuse me so much so that I have a hard time just picking one creative guess. If you haven't read yesterday's comment section please…
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At the French Brocante
Mercury glass candlesticks, seashells, leather chairs, zinc fragments, grain sacks, silver cups, confit pots, confiture jars, chairs, wooden cutting boards, birdhouses, monograms, toys, clothing, lamps, mirrors, tapestries, crystals, frames, carved wood, Louis this, Louis that, Napoleon for good…
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