Tag: France
20 Apr
Located on the ground floor of the glorious Payne Whitney mansion that houses the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Albertine is...
30 May
Countryside, Champagne-Ardenne region of France 13th c doors of Notre Dame de Villeneuve l’Archeveque classified as a Monument Historique As...
3 Dec
I think Cannes is the place to plonk down some dough. Far more beautiful out of season than in, it has one of the world’s most gorgeous...
3 Aug
“It is alpine meadows that I dream of….” “I’ll take you there.” “I am too old. I cannot manage. ...
18 May
There is a venerable factory in France that produces, to my taste, the perfect white ceramic plate, bowl, pitcher, vase. The glaze is imperfect,...
10 Sep
I have a bucket list of places that I want to see, and Huchet has been right up there since I first came across photos of it. It has that...
7 Sep
There is a classic in the Southwest of France, 1. 5 hours from the renewed city of Bordeaux, an hour from Pau at the foot of the Pyrenees and...
6 Feb
A glimpse of irresistible Paris, through the window, through the mind’s eye. Architecture first, then art, food, light next.It is often...
26 Dec
There is a Corsican saying: “If you live in Corsica, when you die and go to Paradise, you will be disappointed.” Black and green schist,...
15 Dec
Glancing at my neighbor’s newspaper, Corse Matin, on my flight from Nice to Calvi, I read the banner “Trois morts en Haut Corse” –...
13 Dec
The Greeks called it Kalliste, “the most beautiful.” The 400,000 who live on Corsica swell to 2 million in the summer season. But...
31 Oct
I don’t read magazines much anymore. I would prefer to use my reading time for books – a recent favorite being David Grossman’s...
13 Apr
Bayonne, the capital of the northern Basque country, sits at the confluence of the Adour and Nive rivers and has been, for centuries,...
9 Apr
There is a wonderful warm feeling arriving back in Provence and a jolt that reminds me how much I miss France’s countryside. The warmth...
3 Dec
Does Pascal smell snowcoming? No, no of course not. Then again I can’t help wondering if he mighthave some sixth sense for Alpine weather. After...
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