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 [...]
September 22, 2013 6 50 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ÉDITH PIAF, A TRIBUTE TO HER PACKS NEW YORK’S BEACON THEATRE Throughout the concert, there were film clips of Piaf in concert, including on the Ed Sullivan Show [...]
September 16, 2013 8 THE PONT DU GARD, A MUST-SEE SITE, IS MY PICK FOR A SUMMER’S LAST HURRAH! Over the valley, from side to side, and ever so high in the air, stretch the three tiers of the tremendous [...]
September 2, 2013 48 CHÂTEAU D’ESCLANS’ GARRUS ROSÉ BEDAZZLES "It's a big wine....it's a long story." I bemoaned in my last post that I am not in Provence right now (as I often am this time of year). But, our recent tasting of four rosés from [...]
August 18, 2013 4 AUGUST IN PROVENCE: TOO HOT AND CROWDED? August in Provence. It is hot and crowded. The line of cars inching their way along, hoping [...]
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 [...]
July 6, 2013 2 LE QUARTORZE JUILLET: CELEBRATING BASTILLE DAY Le Quartorze Juillet, also known as La Fête Nationale or, especially in English-speaking countries, simply [...]
June 23, 2013 7 TUESDAYS IN PROVENCE : OH THE STRESS OF WHICH MARKET TO VISIT It’s Tuesday morning in Lourmarin and, as I drink my grand crème at Café Gaby, soaking up the morning sun [...]