August 17, 2014 6 CHÂTEAU LA COSTE: THERE’S SOMETHING FOR ALL AGES There is no shortage of places to go, people to see, or things to do in Provence, especially in August when [...]
June 22, 2014 2 LA FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE IN LOURMARIN The great part of staying in a maison village–home in the village–is that you are in the thick of [...]
November 24, 2013 10 NO ENCORE FOR FRANCE’S PLEYEL PIANO I read with some sadness that Ateliers Pleyel—the last remaining piano maker in France and one of the [...]
September 22, 2013 6 50 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ÉDITH PIAF, A TRIBUTE TO HER PACKS NEW YORK’S BEACON THEATRE Throughout the concert, there were film clips of Piaf in concert, including on the Ed Sullivan Show [...]
March 3, 2013 11 ÉDITH PIAF DIED 50 YEARS AGO BUT HER ICONIC SONGS LIVE ON Last weekend brought another snowy Sunday to New England….and to parts of Provence. It snowed unusually [...]
January 9, 2012 8 NINE NEW BELLS TO BE INSTALLED IN NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS: WHAT WOULD QUASIMODO SAY? Paris’ famous Cathedral of Notre-Dame is about to celebrate its 850th anniversary. In anticipation of this [...]