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 [...]
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 [...]
June 2, 2014 3 LOOKING FOR LAVENDER IN THE LUBERON The Luberon’s lavender season usually begins around the end of June and extends into August when harvesting [...]
May 18, 2014 5 OUR FORAY INTO PROVENCE REAL ESTATE CONTINUES WITH A SHEEPFOLD, A PARKING SPACE, A COURTYARD, AND A CAVE This is the second in a series of posts about buying, renting, and selling our property in Provence. [...]
May 4, 2014 11 FALLING IN LOVE WITH A VILLAGE IN PROVENCE AND TAKING THE LEAP TO BUY A HOME This is the first in a series of posts about buying, renting, and selling our property in Provence. It [...]
November 18, 2013 4 PROVENCE CHRISTMAS MARKETS: LOURMARIN’S MARCHÉ DE NOËL IS DELIGHTFUL Although lavender, poppies, and leisurely lunches with rosé at poolside tables are the typical draw to [...]
September 30, 2013 9 VAUGINES MAY NOT BE IN TOUR BOOKS BUT IT RATES HIGH WITH ME…AND PETER MAYLE I never met Peter Mayle when he was living in Lourmarin—despite sharing a few friends, an affinity for [...]
August 11, 2013 7 FIGS IN PROVENCE: A CAUSE FOR SLEUTHING, CELEBRATION, AND A LINGERIE SHOW The luscious fig—its sweet flesh accented by crunchy seeds and enveloped by a deep purple skin—will soon [...]
July 21, 2013 8 A NICE TIME TO BE IN NICE: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MUSÉE MATISSE! Nice was where we first touched down in the South of France. We were on our way to Aix-en-Provence and then, [...]
July 14, 2013 21 A DOG’S REFLECTIONS ON PROVENCE I had a village house in Lourmarin, at the foot of the Luberon Mountains. Okay, I took some liberties with [...]