Category: French la Vie Creative Journeys
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Isle sur la Sorgue Antiquing
I’ve been antiquing for over 35 years in France. People say, create a business from your passion. I was lucky. I did. Living here makes it easy, the feeling is the same every time. When we get close to a…
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When in France
France reveals itself in the small, everyday passages—pieces once used, once loved, still full of meaning. Step into France the way I love it most: through the objects that lived real lives. Touch, listen, imagine. A free museum of sorts.…
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Last Group of the Year ❤️
The last group of the year has come and gone, leaving echoes of laughter, clinking glasses, and friendships. Each group that joins me here in Provence brings its own rhythm, its own way of seeing — but there is something…
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The Last French la Vie Group of the Year… Starts Tomorrow
One More Group Coming One more group is on their way.And I have to say—it’s been an extraordinary year. I’ve met so many fun, delightful, slightly-obsessed people who love antiques.My kind of people.The kind who spot a 19th-century basket under…
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That Rich Faded Antique Texture-
The rich, faded texture of time.That’s what I see when I look at these things—the way facades softens,the way color fades,the way old text curls at the edge of paper, andink tells the stories. Photo Unknown Source I take photos…
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Brocante Bug Biting
Hallelujah, Our guest is feeling much better (merci), and she wasted no time making up for the lost day. Two club chairs later—yes, two—some pharmacy jars, antique dishes, and a collection of silverware that would make any brocante-lover weak in the knees,…