April 24, 2011 6 EASTER ON THE CANAL DU MIDI This was our Peniche – The “Ventenac” The Modern Trobadors ventured beyond Provence [...]
April 18, 2011 19 10 MARKETS IN PROVENCE: #1 IS LOURMARIN (OKAY, WE’RE BIASED!) This post will be the first in a series that will feature each of the ten markets that The Modern Trobadors [...]
April 10, 2011 14 THE SCENT OF A CRÊPE I have been known to follow the scent of a crêpe into the depths of an unfamiliar Parisian neighborhood [...]
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 [...]
January 16, 2011 3 MONTE DOLACK: RETRACING FAMOUS ARTISTS’ FOOTSTEPS IN PROVENCE If world-famous artists like Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh fell in love with Provence, Montana wildlife [...]
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 [...]
November 8, 2010 6 DON’T FORGET PROVENCE IN THE WINTER Chapelle St-Sixte As one drives toward Les Alpilles, along the D24 between the tiny villages of Orgon [...]
October 24, 2010 2 ALBERT CAMUS– A LOURMARIN ICON OF STILL-EMERGING IDENTITIES One of Lourmarin’s most celebrated residents was French writer-philosopher Albert Camus. But 50 years [...]
October 3, 2010 13 IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD: FRENCH IDIOMS INSPIRED BY FOOD “Elle travaille de la cafetière!” “Ah, occupe-toi de tes oignons.” “Mais, elle pédale dans la [...]
September 27, 2010 5 HERBES DE PROVENCE REVEALED “What are Herbes de Provence?” I was asked. Lori, who has had the unenviable task of cleaning chez [...]