Stories Collected While Living in France

French la Vie

Tag: Brocante

Which Portrait Do you Relate Too? Which One Came Home with Me?

These are some of the portraits we saw today. If you are interested in any of them, let me know, and I will connect you to the antique dealer. (This one is not for sale.) This one belongs…

Brocante, French la Vie Creative Journeys

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11 April 2024
The Brocante Bug

Thé Brocante Bug can bite anyone, and when it does you are under its spell for life. There isn’t a cure. Yann spotted this old Harley. I waited to see if he was drooling. If he was biting at the…

Brocante, French la Vie Creative Journeys

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28 March 2024
Antique Guessing Game

Without looking these up on Google lens do you know what they are? Did you notice the first clue? I did not mention the word “French.” What I thought they were wasn't right. There is another use than what I…

Brocante

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03 February 2024
Photos From Normandy

Living in France

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28 January 2024
Where to Go Antiquing in France, How to Find the Brocantes

Where to go Antiquing in France (A Repeated Post because it is that time of year again…. when I start receiving many emails asking me, "Antiquing in France." 1. Where to go antiquing in France? If only I had a…

Brocante, French la Vie Creative Journeys, Living in France

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26 September 2023
The Unveiling of the Cassis Apartment, Part One

Last August I found a fisherman's house for sale on the port in Cassis. French Husband and I had dreamed of a place in Cassis for many years, but nothing came up that we could afford… and then by…

Brocante, Living in France, Our Apartment in Paris, Our Fisherman’s House on the port of Cassis

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24 March 2017