October 13, 2014 5 SERENDIPITOUS CONVERSATIONS WHILE TRAVELING: YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY MAY LEAD It’s not a short walk from Charles de Gaulle’s Terminal 2E, where Air France parks its planes from [...]
September 20, 2014 15 TO MARKET, TO MARKET… WHAT TO BUY WHEN YOU DON’T WANT TO BUY A FAT PIG? The long lazy days of summer in this part of the world officially come to an end this weekend. Already the [...]
August 31, 2014 4 VANILLA ICE CREAM À LA CHÂTEAU DE BRIGUE: TOP WITH A SPLASH OF OLIVE OIL I recently visited Château de Brigue, one of largest estates owned by a single family in Provence. Located [...]
August 23, 2014 3 THE PERTUIS MARKET Conversations in Provence inevitably turn to local markets (and food and wine, of course). Did you see the [...]
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 [...]
August 11, 2014 15 TWO NEW PUBLIC TOILETTES IN LOURMARIN: UN GRAND SOULAGEMENT It’s August and, as tourist season moves into full throttle in little Lourmarin—crowds bulging at the [...]
August 2, 2014 9 LOU PÉBRE D’AÏ IS A GREAT REASON TO MAKE A DETOUR TO LAURIS Aside from watching my daughter play soccer in Lauris, I never had a reason to get out of my car in this [...]
July 27, 2014 7 LA TOUR-D’AIGUES’ MARKET: A SMALL MARKET WITH A BIG BACKDROP For a small market, La Tour-d’Aigues’ market certainly has a dramatic backdrop. Every Tuesday, the open [...]
July 20, 2014 9 24 HOURS AT ALAIN DUCASSE‘S HOSTELLERIE DE L’ABBAYE DE LA CELLE—I ONLY WISH WE COULD HAVE STAYED LONGER “It’s breathing history and serenity…and then there’s the food.” Tancrède Barale, Managing [...]
July 13, 2014 3 EYGALIÉRES IS AMONG MY TEN FAVORITE PROVENCE MARKETS The sleepy village of Eygalières awakes with a roar on Friday mornings in the summer. Trucks, vans, station [...]