The third Thursday in November of every year is a very special day for wine tasters all over the world – but especially for those of us living here in France!
Why? Because it marks the launch of the Beaujolais Nouveau.
What is the Beaujolais Nouveau you ask?
It’s a celebration of the official release [...]
Saturday night I had one of the biggest shocks of my life – I discovered my husband has been sneaking around behind my back – making plans, going places and doing things – while I was left completely in the dark!
In fact, one of my best friends was in on it…and so were several other [...]
Alain and I watched “The Notebook” earlier tonight. Have you seen it? It’s got James Garner and Gena Rowlands. The screenplay is an adaptation of a novel by James Sparks.
If you haven’t seen it, I won’t spoil it for you, other than to say that it’s the story of an elderly man who reads a [...]
First of all, I’d like to thanks Frances of the fun and funky “France and the Unknown” blog for tagging me! (It’s my first tag and I actually had to go look on Frances’ blog to see what that meant!)
If you, like me, aren’t sure, it’s a way of spotlighting other blogs – and in [...]
Halloween in France is definitely different than in the states, Ireland and other places where it is celebrated with Gusto! Of course, in our house, we continue to mix and max holidays and celebrations, and Halloween is one that remains at the top of the list. And as such, we are a curiosity and getting [...]
Sadly the first thing on our schedule this morning was a funeral. Friends of ours’ father passed away at age 96. He went quietly in his sleep, and he had a good life, so I guess you can’t ask for more than that. Alain had been asked to play the organ during the funeral, which [...]
Okay, I just read an article in the Connection that I’m not so happy about. It appears that there is a disease attacking our Chestnut trees here in France.
Fall is normally the time when the leaves on trees start turning brown – well, at least the grape vines do. (A lot of our trees here [...]
Okay, I’ll admit that I’m probably one of the few people left in the world who doesn’t have a cellphone. I don’t like them. I don’t like the way that they constantly interrupt real life – or the way people feel compelled to leave them “on” all the time, and answer them wherever they’re at [...]
During the summer we took a family vacation and rented a little villa in the center of Auvergne in a tiny village. Then we spent another week in the heart of Basque country – between the French and Spanish borders. For me, one of the highlights of the trip was getting to drive down into [...]
Mushroom hunting here in France (and in Italy, I’m told) is a serious hobby. In fact, there are (depending on who you ask) between 120 and 3000 different varieties of mushrooms here in France and since the season starts in Autumn, it’s a favorite pastime of many people, young and old alike.
Does it surprise you [...]
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