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COLORS & PATTERNS - INSPIRATION, IDEAS, CHOICES
I can fall in love with moody and mysterious interiors, and the rooms full of pattern and saturated color, but I know that although
May 9, 2024


SO WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?
It seems that for every thing we gave up when we moved away from Lyon, we gained a few. Life has a different rhythm à la campagne
Apr 18, 2024


FOR THE LOVE OF OLD HOUSES
Over the months we've been here the house "told" us what it wants. It is over 200 years old, and evolved over the years, but retaining many
Mar 21, 2024


THE LONGEST SUMMER
Summer of 2023 was a busy one. While the skies of Lyon were oozing heat at historic heights, I was arranging for movers estimates...
Mar 8, 2024


Decisions Decisions... (Head and Heart)
The same evening I told my husband "you have to see this house"
Feb 28, 2024


LIKE COMING HOME
It has been over five years for us already in beautiful France, and it took five years to find a place to call our own.
Feb 20, 2024


LYON, JE TE QUITTE!
It has been in the plans since we arrived in France - to find a place of our own. Then the pandemic came, and then we faced a changed...
Sep 29, 2023


BRINGING A PIECE OF FRANCE HOME
Before we settled in beautiful France a few years ago, we traveled here almost every year. And of course every time I had to do a little...
May 19, 2023


TIME OF MAGNOLIAS
When is the best time to visit Lyon? If you can make it happen, it would be the time when magnolias are in bloom. Place des Celestins in...
Mar 18, 2023


EATING LOCAL AT FRENCH FARMERS MARKETS
I could write about the farmers markets a lot! I think it was my first stop right after we moved to France...
May 11, 2022


FRENCH BISTRO - A QUICK HISTORY
Where did it all begin? The popular story on how the name "bistro" originated says it came from the Russian word "bistro" or "quick"...
Apr 1, 2022
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