I promise this is the last thing I will say about French Husband's mushroom picking adventure…. Check out his video clip  …. Grown men carrying Red Riding Hood style baskets.

  My eyes barely opened and I knew that I had over slept by the amount of light flooding into my bedroom. One of my favorite brocante fairs, which is an hour away, is today. Oversleeping just adds to the…

           1991 Once upon a time on Christmas Eve, when Chelsea was just a wee one, French Husband took great care to dress up as Santa Claus. He sported a red costume, stuffed pillows under his belt…

                                                In France every French country home had handmade linens. I daresay that their armoires, placards, chest of drawers and kitchen counters had stacks of them ready to use. When at the brocantes the linens are either displayed in neat…

1. Thanksgiving, like the fourth of July, and Halloween are not a French thing.2. Sacha is sad.3. Thanksgiving without a turkey is like Christmas without a Charley Brown Christmas tree, or Halloween without a pumpkin.3 and a half. We are…

Colors of Provence… that stir up the sound of cigalles, red wine, brocantes, the soul of the artist, the smell of bread, the sounds of the blue seaside… the colors of Provence, what color defines you? What symbol of color…