Category: French la Vie Creative Journeys
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Sharing the Brocante Experience with You
Here we go again—another week of antiquing adventures and soaking up France one brocante at a time, this time in collaboration with Red Shed Tours. While The French la Vie journeys officially kick off in May, I’ve teamed up with Red Shed…
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Let’s Go Antiquing
Where I have connected to wonder-filled friends, and have been invited to take you who have joined me on a French la Vie to visit, and experience what I have come to know and love. Let’s go antiquing. You know,…
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A Few Things I Saw at the Brocante
You never know what you’ll find or what might spark your curiosity. What did I buy? Strangely, with 800 dealers, not much. I was looking for certain items but didn’t find them. And worse, the few things I wanted were…
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Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence
Hôtel Chaumont in Aix en Provence (a museum , restaurant, café, garden, and gift shop.) Most of all a delight. Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence was originally a private hôtel particulier (a grand townhouse) built in the 18th century. Construction began in…
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Deliciousness Overload
Years ago, I stumbled upon a charming antiques shop, filled to the brim with floral and landscape paintings and delightful tabletop décor. While chatting with the owner, I learned that his wife, Isabelle, was a chef with a nearby restaurant.…
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Pottery Dreams
Each piece of pottery Monique shapes is a stanza in clay—her fingers the pen, the wheel/molds her rhythm. Monique doesn’t just make vessels, she write quiet poems that can hold water and time. Harvested from ancient volcanic deposits, this rich…