Category: Living in France
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Surviving Valentine’s and dreaming of a man in a Red Overalls
There use to be a time that depression would kick in around Valentine's. All that talk about romance, roses, candlelight dinners and the slew of images of beautiful people, happy together plastered on billboards and on TV… Yes Valentine's got…
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Where to Stay in France: Part One
You know the saying, “If I had a penny for every time someone askedme…. I would be a very rich person.” Well if I had a penny for every time someone asked me information aboutFrance: The best Brocante, Where to…
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Creating an Office and Giving a Mouse a Cookie
My calm little life has gone into overdrive, I must get organized. I am not complaining just contemplating how to manage myself. The first step was to move into my daughter's bedroom, transforming it into an office. I closed my…
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Brocante Online. Girl gets Busy
A month or so ago I opened a Brocante Shop online. Never in my wildest dreams, and I do have wild dreams, did I think it would be as well received…
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When Your Child Goes Away to College
Chelsea came home this weekend. I met her at the train station we talked in the car about how things were going, and what was new, and about that boy she likes. Right before we got home I asked her…
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Pied-a-Terre in Aix en Provence
My friend Lisa, another California who lives in France, invited me to her pied-à-terre for lunch. I had not been to her bird's nest apartment and I knew I was in for a treat. Lisa is full of surprises… she…