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FRENCH ESSENCE
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A BLOG THAT CELEBRATES THE MAGICAL MIX OF THE VISUAL, THE SOUNDS, THE SCENTS, THE TASTES AND THE TEXTURES THAT MAKE UP LIFE IN FRANCE.
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one day in avignon...

Avignon is an architectural gem... fortress walls, the Pont d Avignon across the mighty Rhone river and a Palace for the Popes... Whats not to love? Sometimes I drive into Avignon solely to soak...

2 tim sedan 1 person gillar detta

a great love story ... in avignon...

Writing a book is a great privilege because it enables the writer to consolidate thoughts and to preserve them for the future... Thoughts which turn into words on the keyboard are as good as any time...

23 tim sedan

stuff parisians like ...

If my Valentines Day romance writings were too much and a lighter more amusing read is more called for then Stuff Parisians Like could be just the thing for your Valentines gift... I am currently rea...

2 dygn sedan 1 person gillar detta

thoughts for valentines day...

Valentines Day... One side of me revels in the thought of the romance and celebrating with the one I love on the 14th and the other side of me doesnt feel that one day alone is the way to tackle...

3 dygn sedan 2 personer gillar detta

how to thaw out with a good provencal lunch...

Yesterday the mistral wind graciously decided to retreat and allow me to leave the house in search of company and good food. Although I am not French I have happily, too happily, acquired the taste f...

5 dygn sedan

staying inside and thinking about french olive farming...

Its cold down here... I mean really cold... like -14 with the wind chill cold... and that, for me, is cold. I have come to learn that Provence is cold in the winter, but this cold... I dont remember ...

09 feb 12 1 person gillar detta

parisian spring bulbs...

Postcards are ready to be sent to Donna Lee, Cecile, Barb, Patti, Dianne, Jenni from Bendigo, Jane from Planet Baby, Karen T, Corrina and Shane from Roses, Lace and Brocante...Thank you every one for...

07 feb 12 1 person gillar detta

letters to toulon... an inspiration

A couple of weeks back I passed a local depot vente...  a permanent flea market style shop for buying and selling all kinds of household paraphernalia... I came upon this bundle of letters in a ...

07 feb 12

french post script... paris postcards for you...

I want to practice my hand writing... loop those ls and curl those s letters like I used to... Looking at these calligraphy photographs has inspired me... Leave me a comment or an email if you would ...

06 feb 12

write like a parisian...

Have you ever entered a store and felt as if you have stepped back in time? That happened to me  at Melodies Graphiques, a stationary shop near Pont Louis Philippe in the Marais. I was imme...

05 feb 12 1 person gillar detta

films for a valentine mood...

I am a romantic... love a romance, love my romance. I am very, very lucky I have been having the same romance with the same guy for longer than I havent... Thats a long time. As it is the month of ro...

04 feb 12 1 person gillar detta

the french ballet slipper...

French girls love a ballet flat almost as much as they love their Converse or their pair of biker style boots. When not wearing talons they wear ballet pumps... and they are a fabulous look... Ballet...

02 feb 12 1 person gillar detta

the must have ingredients for a Parisian cafe...

Bistro chairs facing the street  Waiter in the classic black and white  Bicycles parked out front on cobblestone streetsGlowing ambience insideOld style bar with place to perchGoo...

01 feb 12 1 person gillar detta

paris girls...

Arent these papier mache girls heavenly?Im a little quiet today... under the weather with a massive flu or head cold... something unexciting and seriously unattractive... which means my creativeness ...

31 jan 12

ill always have paris...

Another one for you...After my Julia Child moment yesterday, one of my readers suggested this memoir by the American humorist Art Buchwald... I am embarrassed to say I havent read this but on all acc...

30 jan 12 1 person gillar detta

my life in france...

This is the weekend for My Life in France. Are you as fascinated by Julia Child as I am? I learnt of her long after she was Americas favourite and a personality in France. I imagine if you grew up in...

29 jan 12 1 person gillar detta

paris and a boulangerie...

How far would you go for the perfect baguette and a mouth watering eclair? Sometimes a girls got to do what a girls got to do... so I did... I took the train to Paris and feasted on some of the ...

28 jan 12 1 person gillar detta

overheard in the truffle market...

I get the fuss about truffles... the black diamonds of France... I declare to you all, with hand over heart, that I am a serious truffle lover. I can eat them for breakfast... Imagine... a big chunky...

27 jan 12 3 personer gillar detta

an 18th century french print for everyone...

The French are passionate about their dogs... I think I adore my dog... I know I do... but not quite in the same way as the French. Look at the baby in this print taking pride of place at the table a...

25 jan 12 1 person gillar detta

a chanel weekend...

see all the invitations hereLast years Spring-Summer haute couture invitation, beautifully graphic and immediately reminiscent of Chanel No 5, got me thinking about Chanel and in particular the perfu...

23 jan 12 2 personer gillar detta

thinking about springtime in provence...

image shot in our garden - carlacoulson vicki archer exclusively for living4mediaSpringtime in Provence is heavenly... and it is quite possibly my favourite season. Although I do say that about ...

21 jan 12

white in the french kitchen... and le trousseau...

my favourite pillivuyt creamerimage - carla coulson vicki archer exclusively for living4mediaSince writing about the conversation I overheard in the French restaurant and my recipe for magret de...

20 jan 12

cooking the just right magret de canard...

image - carla coulson and vicki archer exclusively for living4mediaI am not a great cook... but somehow living in France for a large part of the year has made me up my game. It has been a subtle chan...

19 jan 12

overheard in the french restaurant...

I do know that it is rude to eavesdrop... but sometimes it is impossible to resist...It went something like this... Mr FF and I were enjoying a quiet lunch in the village together... We sat down...

18 jan 12

what is it about the french and graffiti?...

Do the French love graffiti? Are they artists or are they just vandals in disguise?  As we sped along the autoroute on our way home from Switzerland, I started to notice that nearly every w...

17 jan 12

the luxury of being home...

image - carla coulson and vicki archerexclusively for living4mediaThere is nothing quite like home after a week away... it is the best isnt it? I cant wait... I have been thinking about all the simpl...

16 jan 12

the view from the top...

I didnt know that the Matterhorn has an elevation of 4478 metres  That the word matterhorn comes from the German words meaning meadow and peakThat the first ascent was on July14, 1865That t...

14 jan 12

whats happening off the ski slopes...

Snaps from my afternoon promenade... wish you were here... its a lot of fun...Zermatt, Switzerland xvmy daily click HERE follow me on twitter HERESHOP FRENCH ESSENCE - H...

12 jan 12

when chocolate is the only answer...

There is nothing like a petit reward at the end of a hard days skiing... If nothing else I felt it was so well deserved... Day 2 and still smiling... Superb weather, glorious views all day of the Mat...

12 jan 12 1 person gillar detta

dressed for style not for comfort... not exactly...

Some would say that I dont learn from my mistakes and others might say that I love a challenge... but for whatever reason I am back on those slippery white slopes again... Day 1 and I survived... no ...

11 jan 12

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