January 1, 2012 33 ADAM GOPNIK IS RIGHT: THE TABLE COMES FIRST As I write this week’s post, 2011 is about to roll into 2012 and I am reflecting on all the wonderful times [...]
December 18, 2011 4 LA POSTE: MEDIEVAL PRACTICES STILL LURK IN THE FRENCH POSTAL SYSTEM By Louis J. Salome Author of “Violence, Veils, and Bloodlines: Reporting from War Zones.” As Christmas [...]
December 11, 2011 9 ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR VERRINES DE NOËL! Having entered the season in which we all eat, drink and endeavor to be merry, I would like to introduce you [...]
December 5, 2011 8 4 DECEMBER STARTS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN PROVENCE: PLANT YOUR WHEAT SEEDS AND GET OUT YOUR SANTONS! Department stores in the United States ring in the Christmas season the day after Halloween—with the [...]
November 28, 2011 8 MEET ME AT LES DEUX GARÇONS: A SEQUEL TO “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS”? Should Woody Allen and Owen Wilson decide to follow Picasso to the South of France, surely Les Deux Garçons [...]
October 16, 2011 16 JACQUELINE BRICARD WELCOMES NAÏF ARTISTS TO LOURMARIN Naïf art is that which takes inspiration from the soul. The artists who produce this style of work are [...]
July 10, 2011 6 14th OF JULY — LE QUARTORZE JUILLET — LET’S CELEBRATE WITH A BASTILLE DAY DINNER PARTY We are grateful to David Scott Allen of Cocoa & Lavender for developing an original menu and to Win [...]
June 17, 2011 7 WHEN IN PROVENCE, DO AS THE ROMANS DID: ATTEND A PERFORMANCE IN ORANGE’S ROMAN THEATRE On June 17th, some 2,000 years after its construction, the Theatre Antique in Orange, will lift the curtain [...]
March 13, 2011 24 FRANCE PREPARES TO BAN THE BURQA AS CONSTRUCTION OF NATION’S BIGGEST MOSQUE IS LAUDED France is poised to implement its controversial yet very popular law that bans the full Islamic veil in all [...]
November 29, 2010 8 OUR BRIEF FORAY INTO THE WORLD OF TRUFFLE HUNTING This week’s posting is written conjunction with David Scott Allen, Editor of Cocoa & Lavender, who is [...]