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MEET ME AT LES DEUX GARÇONS: A SEQUEL TO “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS”?
By Susan Manfull
/ November 28, 2011
Should Woody Allen and Owen Wilson decide to follow Picasso to the South of France, surely Les Deux Garçons would...
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“JE NE TE FAIT PAS DES BISES CAR JE SUIS ENRHUMÉ” * and other reasons to visit a French pharmacy
By Susan Manfull
/ November 19, 2011
Ah, two weeks in Provence. Heavenly. I arrived in Marseille, feeling bushy-tailed if not quite bright-eyed. My delightful seat mates,...
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NEED SOMETHING FOR MONDAY NIGHT’S DINNER? GO TO THE MARKET AT CADENET…AND, WHILE YOU’RE THERE, POKE AROUND!
By Susan Manfull
/ November 7, 2011
Mondays are the best day to visit Cadenet. Okay, some people will say that Monday is the only day to...
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MAYOR BLAISE DIAGNE WANTS LOURMARIN TO BE AN “OPEN VILLAGE” THAT “WELCOMES ALL”…. We think he’s been successful!
By Susan Manfull
/ October 30, 2011
Sometimes I wonder what draws people to Lourmarin. I have visited many villages now, some completely devoid of appeal—even in...
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JACQUELINE BRICARD WELCOMES NAÏF ARTISTS TO LOURMARIN
By Susan Manfull
/ October 16, 2011
Naïf art is that which takes inspiration from the soul. The artists who produce this style of work are generally...
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SATURDAY MORNINGS IN PROVENCE: WE’RE APT TO BE IN APT
By Susan Manfull
/ October 9, 2011
The heart of Apt, where the market unfolds every Saturday, is a labyrinth of narrow streets dating back to its...
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LA FERME DE CHEVRE – RESERVATIONS FOR FIVE….AND A FEW GOATS
By Susan Manfull
/ July 31, 2011
Note: This is not an experience for everyone--those with an aversion to narrow winding roads, a preference for vegetarian meals,...
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14th OF JULY — LE QUARTORZE JUILLET — LET’S CELEBRATE WITH A BASTILLE DAY DINNER PARTY
By Susan Manfull
/ July 10, 2011
We are grateful to David Scott Allen of Cocoa & Lavender for developing an original menu and to Win Rhoades (proprietor...
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10 MARKETS IN PROVENCE: PLAN TO SPEND THE DAY AT L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE
By Susan Manfull
/ July 4, 2011
This post is the third in a series that will feature each of the ten markets that The Modern Trobadors always...
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10 MARKETS IN PROVENCE: LITTLE CUCURON IS ONE OF OUR VERY FAVORITES!
By Susan Manfull
/ June 27, 2011
This post is the second in a series that will feature each of the ten markets that The Modern Trobadors always...
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WHEN IN PROVENCE, DO AS THE ROMANS DID: ATTEND A PERFORMANCE IN ORANGE’S ROMAN THEATRE
By Susan Manfull
/ June 17, 2011
On June 17th, some 2,000 years after its construction, the Theatre Antique in Orange, will lift the curtain for its...
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EASTER ON THE CANAL DU MIDI
By Susan Manfull
/ April 24, 2011
This was our Peniche - The "Ventenac" The Modern Trobadors ventured beyond Provence for this story. The Canal du...
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10 MARKETS IN PROVENCE: #1 IS LOURMARIN (OKAY, WE’RE BIASED!)
By Susan Manfull
/ April 18, 2011
This post will be the first in a series that will feature each of the ten markets that The Modern...
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THE SCENT OF A CRÊPE
By Susan Manfull
/ April 10, 2011
I have been known to follow the scent of a crêpe into the depths of an unfamiliar Parisian neighborhood thereby...
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FRANCE PREPARES TO BAN THE BURQA AS CONSTRUCTION OF NATION’S BIGGEST MOSQUE IS LAUDED
By Susan Manfull
/ March 13, 2011
France is poised to implement its controversial yet very popular law that bans the full Islamic veil in all public...
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MONTE DOLACK: RETRACING FAMOUS ARTISTS’ FOOTSTEPS IN PROVENCE
By Susan Manfull
/ January 16, 2011
If world-famous artists like Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh fell in love with Provence, Montana wildlife painter Monte Dolack...
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OUR BRIEF FORAY INTO THE WORLD OF TRUFFLE HUNTING
By Susan Manfull
/ November 29, 2010
This week’s posting is written conjunction with David Scott Allen, Editor of Cocoa & Lavender, who is posting a two-part...
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DON’T FORGET PROVENCE IN THE WINTER
By Susan Manfull
/ November 8, 2010
Chapelle St-Sixte As one drives toward Les Alpilles, along the D24 between the tiny villages of Orgon and Eygalières,...
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ALBERT CAMUS– A LOURMARIN ICON OF STILL-EMERGING IDENTITIES
By Susan Manfull
/ October 24, 2010
One of Lourmarin's most celebrated residents was French writer-philosopher Albert Camus. But 50 years after his tragic death in a...
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