Posts per category

Alsace

• Nuts, I say - Comments (6)
• Love, lust, and desire - Comments (2)
• Letting fate choose your wine - Comments (5)

Amsterdam

• Amsterdam is for lovers - Comments (4)

apartment hunting

• Coup de coeur – revisited - Comments (4)
• Coup de coeur - Comments (6)
• The search continues: Days 2 and 3 - Comments (0)
• Welcome to the Côte d’Azur! - Comments (0)
• Nice, watch out ’cause here we come! - Comments (0)
• House hunting is serious business - Comments (5)

apéro

• Picture this: Gabriel Boudier Saffron Gin - Comments (5)
• Have you seen the wind? - Comments (2)
• Saturday is market day - Comments (0)

Austria

• Schnitzels and beer in Innsbruck - Comments (2)
• Mountainous High in Innsbruck - Comments (2)

awards

• 7 Cs of Nice - Comments (5)
• Partner in crime - Comments (11)
• He’s no Keith Richards…and that’s a good thing! - Comments (4)
• I’d like to thank the Academy… - Comments (2)

Baden-Baden

• Good times in Baden-Baden - Comments (3)

beach

• Making waves - Comments (0)
• Picture this - Comments (2)
• Walking out to the Cap de Nice - Comments (0)
• Beach ready on the Côte d’Azur - Comments (9)

beer

• Schnitzels and beer in Innsbruck - Comments (2)

bellota/ham

• Ham it up - Comments (4)

bungee jumping

• Taking a risk: Gorges du Verdon - Comments (2)

burger joints

• Burger Wars: A Religious Experience? - Comments (2)
• My Latest Crave: Burger – Holy Chuck Burgers - Comments (2)

cabaret

• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)

Cagnes-sur-Mer

• A welcome break in Cagnes - Comments (2)

Canada

• It’s a red and white day - Comments (6)
• Canadians - Comments (7)

Carpentras

• Riding up Mont Ventoux - Comments (0)

Casino Rhul

• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)

celebrating

• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)
• Journey from here to 40 - Comments (15)
• I *heart* shopping - Comments (4)
• It’s a red and white day - Comments (6)
• Still celebrating the new year - Comments (6)

Champagne

• Nuts, I say - Comments (6)
• FFF – Champagne - Comments (4)

changes

• Help! - Comments (2)
• The wheels, the bus and washing my hair - Comments (4)
• Changing on the fly - Comments (4)
• Are they shooting at us? - Comments (6)
• You can reach me by mail - Comments (4)
• Of mice and men… - Comments (1)
• The girl is back in town… - Comments (6)
• The final countdown - Comments (1)
• How quickly things change - Comments (0)
• Ch-ch-changes - Comments (8)

chocolatier

• Sweet things: LAC Chocolatier - Comments (2)

Christmas

• Cheese’d off - Comments (0)

Cité de l'Automobile

• Love, lust, and desire - Comments (2)

coffee

• FFF – Coffee - Comments (3)

concerts

• Rocking it with Johnny Hallyday - Comments (8)

Contacts

• Parisian Pleasures: Merci - Comments (6)

cooking

• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (3)
• Trout, I know - Comments (2)

Corsica

• A Weekend in Corsica - Comments (7)

Cours Saleya

• Tomato - Comments (4)
• Picture This: Flowers - Comments (5)

day trip

• San Remo for lunch - Comments (8)

dégustations/tastings

• Buying Wine for Valentine’s Day - Comments (2)

decor

• Authentic style - Comments (2)

dessert

• Sweet things: LAC Chocolatier - Comments (2)
• Feeding my sweet tooth - Comments (9)
• Having my cake - Comments (10)
• My moment of zen - Comments (6)

digestif

• FFF – Digestifs - Comments (0)

dining in

• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (3)
• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (4)

dining out

• Burger Wars: A Religious Experience? - Comments (2)
• My Latest Crave: Burger – Holy Chuck Burgers - Comments (2)
• Dining in the 14th: Restaurant Monteleone - Comments (4)
• Le Charlot - Comments (2)
• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)
• A welcome break in Cagnes - Comments (2)
• FFF – Dinner at Le Petit Champerret - Comments (0)

events

• Rocking it with Johnny Hallyday - Comments (8)
• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)

everyday stuff

• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (3)
• Help! - Comments (2)
• Picture This: Flowers - Comments (5)
• The Man - Comments (7)
• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (4)
• Pants down - Comments (10)
• Journey from here to 40 - Comments (15)
• I *heart* shopping - Comments (4)
• The It Factor - Comments (14)
• The wheels, the bus and washing my hair - Comments (4)

expats

• Accents and Americans in Aix - Comments (15)

faux pas

• Pants down - Comments (10)

Felicia S

• Parisian Pleasures: Merci - Comments (6)

FFF (Food Frenzy Fridays)

• Le Charlot - Comments (2)
• FFF – Champagne - Comments (4)
• FFF – Deal-icious at Brasserie L’Européen - Comments (4)
• FFF – Dinner at Le Petit Champerret - Comments (0)
• FFF – Wedding Reception - Comments (3)
• FFF – Dining in Strasbourg - Comments (2)
• FFF – Rosé wine - Comments (5)
• FFF – Coffee - Comments (3)
• FFF – Digestifs - Comments (0)
• FFF – Food Frenzy Fridays - Comments (6)

food

• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (3)
• Schnitzels and beer in Innsbruck - Comments (2)
• Ham it up - Comments (4)
• Tomato - Comments (4)
• Patience is a Lavender Macaron - Comments (2)
• Burger Wars: A Religious Experience? - Comments (2)
• Picture this: Gabriel Boudier Saffron Gin - Comments (5)
• My Latest Crave: Burger – Holy Chuck Burgers - Comments (2)
• Dining in the 14th: Restaurant Monteleone - Comments (4)
• Sweet things: LAC Chocolatier - Comments (2)

footwear

• My feet tingle - Comments (5)

Franc-Comtois

• Planning a dinner in Franche-Comté - Comments (6)
• “Comtois, surrender!” - Comments (2)
• Am I French yet? - Comments (2)

France

• An afternoon on the Cote d’Azur - Comments (0)
• Nuts, I say - Comments (6)
• A Weekend in Corsica - Comments (7)
• Love, lust, and desire - Comments (2)
• FFF – Champagne - Comments (4)
• Letting fate choose your wine - Comments (5)

Franche-Comté

• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (3)
• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (4)
• Nuts, I say - Comments (6)

French

• Picture this: Gabriel Boudier Saffron Gin - Comments (5)
• Get used to it - Comments (7)
• Paperwork à la française - Comments (10)
• The It Factor - Comments (14)
• Embracing French - Comments (24)
• I ken nut bee buzz erd - Comments (4)
• Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth? - Comments (2)

French bureaucracy

• Get used to it - Comments (7)
• Paperwork à la française - Comments (10)
• Getting organized: it’s visa time! - Comments (8)

French Riviera

• Spring fling in St Paul de Vence - Comments (5)
• It’s been a while - Comments (4)
• A welcome break in Cagnes - Comments (2)

Germany

• Good times in Baden-Baden - Comments (3)

getting away

• Miami Firsts - Comments (0)
• Journey from here to 40 - Comments (15)
• A Weekend in Corsica - Comments (7)
• Paris in the springtime - Comments (11)

getting married

• Vintage Rolls Royce and Johnny Depp on our Wedding Day - Comments (12)
• The search for the perfect dress - Comments (4)

getting out

• Spring fling in St Paul de Vence - Comments (5)
• Taking a risk: Gorges du Verdon - Comments (2)
• Riding up Mont Ventoux - Comments (0)
• Picture this: Pont du Gard - Comments (1)
• Miami Firsts - Comments (0)
• Desperately Seeking Summer - Comments (2)
• Two hours in Ménerbes - Comments (2)
• A Day of Discovery - Comments (2)
• A welcome break in Cagnes - Comments (2)
• The sweet life - Comments (3)

getting together

• One luxurious night in Paris and meeting new friends - Comments (16)
• Still celebrating the new year - Comments (6)
• New year but same ol’ me - Comments (2)
• It’s a (wo)man’s world - Comments (7)

gin

• Picture this: Gabriel Boudier Saffron Gin - Comments (5)

Gorges du Verdon

• Taking a risk: Gorges du Verdon - Comments (2)

groceries

• Living my (food) dream - Comments (6)

guests

• April in Paris - Comments (10)
• Meet les parents! - Comments (14)
• The sweet life - Comments (3)
• Water into wine - Comments (8)

harvest

• Harvest season in the south of France - Comments (9)

holidays

• Christmas Lights at Place Masséna - Comments (2)
• Journey from here to 40 - Comments (15)
• Cheese’d off - Comments (0)
• Picture this - Comments (5)

honeymoon

• Honeymoon in Jamaica: Half Moon Resort - Comments (19)

hospital visits

• Picture this: cherry blossoms - Comments (4)
• Breathing much easier - Comments (1)
• The waiting and learning game - Comments (4)

hotel

• Schnitzels and beer in Innsbruck - Comments (2)
• Picture this - Comments (0)

Innsbruck

• Schnitzels and beer in Innsbruck - Comments (2)
• Mountainous High in Innsbruck - Comments (2)

Johnny Hallyday

• Rocking it with Johnny Hallyday - Comments (8)

joy

• All fruits ripe - Comments (7)
• Overture, curtains, lights… - Comments (6)
• Here comes the sun… - Comments (2)
• In love with the now - Comments (0)

Key West

• Miami Firsts - Comments (0)

language

• I ken nut bee buzz erd - Comments (4)
• Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth? - Comments (2)

lavender

• Patience is a Lavender Macaron - Comments (2)

le retour

• Just a quick word - Comments (5)
• Let the games begin - Comments (0)
• Baby, you can drive my car - Comments (5)

life

• Help! - Comments (2)
• Picture this: cherry blossoms - Comments (4)
• Get used to it - Comments (7)
• Love and happiness - Comments (1)

Limoges

• Tea for 12 - Comments (2)

locked out

• The quick (but not so easy) way to meet your neighbours - Comments (13)

London

• Journey from here to 40 - Comments (15)

looking back

• One year later - Comments (9)

Lorraine

• Nuts, I say - Comments (6)

love

• I *heart* shopping - Comments (4)

Madrid

• Marvellous Madrid - Comments (4)

manchego

• Ham it up - Comments (4)

marché de Noël

• Christmas Lights at Place Masséna - Comments (2)
• Nuts, I say - Comments (6)

market

• Tomato - Comments (4)
• Cheese’d off - Comments (0)
• Colours of Provence - Comments (4)
• Saturday is market day - Comments (0)

markets

• Christmas Lights at Place Masséna - Comments (2)
• Picture This: Flowers - Comments (5)

Merci

• Parisian Pleasures: Merci - Comments (6)

Miami

• Miami Firsts - Comments (0)

Mont Alban

• It’s been a while - Comments (4)

Mont Boron

• It’s been a while - Comments (4)

Mont Ventoux

• Riding up Mont Ventoux - Comments (0)

Moulin Rouge

• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)

mountains

• Mountainous High in Innsbruck - Comments (2)

moving

• Are they shooting at us? - Comments (6)
• Signed, sealed, delivered…well, almost delivered! - Comments (8)
• Coup de coeur – revisited - Comments (4)
• Coup de coeur - Comments (6)
• The search continues: Days 2 and 3 - Comments (0)
• Welcome to the Côte d’Azur! - Comments (0)
• Nice, watch out ’cause here we come! - Comments (0)
• House hunting is serious business - Comments (5)
• Paris, here I come! - Comments (0)
• It’s moving day - Comments (1)

Mulhouse

• Love, lust, and desire - Comments (2)

neighbourhood sights

• An afternoon on the Cote d’Azur - Comments (0)
• Carnaval de Nice: Corso Illuminé - Comments (6)
• Sundays are good days for strolling - Comments (3)

Nice

• Christmas Lights at Place Masséna - Comments (2)
• It’s been a while - Comments (4)
• Authentic style - Comments (2)
• Making waves - Comments (0)
• Rocking it with Johnny Hallyday - Comments (8)
• Tomato - Comments (4)
• Picture this: Place Garibaldi - Comments (4)
• Picture This: Flowers - Comments (5)
• Sweet things: LAC Chocolatier - Comments (2)
• 7 Cs of Nice - Comments (5)

olives

• Colours of Provence - Comments (4)
• Harvest season in the south of France - Comments (9)

packing

• Go west young man… - Comments (4)
• My empire - Comments (4)
• Have tape gun — will travel - Comments (2)
• Looking back and looking forward - Comments (6)
• This way to progress - Comments (0)
• T-minus 11 - Comments (2)

Palais Nikaia

• Rocking it with Johnny Hallyday - Comments (8)

Paris

• Parisian Pleasures: Merci - Comments (6)
• Ham it up - Comments (4)
• Dining in the 14th: Restaurant Monteleone - Comments (4)
• Le Charlot - Comments (2)
• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)
• The It Factor - Comments (14)
• FFF – Dinner at Le Petit Champerret - Comments (0)
• April in Paris - Comments (10)
• Tip #82: How to avoid rude Parisians - Comments (6)
• Having my cake - Comments (10)

PiC

• Partner in crime - Comments (11)

Picture this

• Picture this: Place Garibaldi - Comments (4)
• Picture this: Pont du Gard - Comments (1)
• Picture this: cherry blossoms - Comments (4)
• Picture this: Naked in the park - Comments (6)
• Picture this: Le Negresco - Comments (2)
• Picture this: revisited - Comments (8)
• Picture this - Comments (5)
• Picture this - Comments (2)
• Picture this - Comments (5)
• Picture this - Comments (0)

Place Garibaldi

• Picture this: Place Garibaldi - Comments (4)

Place Masséna

• Christmas Lights at Place Masséna - Comments (2)

Pont de L'Artuby

• Taking a risk: Gorges du Verdon - Comments (2)

porcelain

• Tea for 12 - Comments (2)

Promenade des Anglais

• Making waves - Comments (0)

Provence

• Taking a risk: Gorges du Verdon - Comments (2)
• Riding up Mont Ventoux - Comments (0)
• Patience is a Lavender Macaron - Comments (2)
• Two hours in Ménerbes - Comments (2)
• Colours of Provence - Comments (4)

recipe

• Comfort Food – Endive Gratin - Comments (3)

recipes

• Patience is a Lavender Macaron - Comments (2)

resorts

• Honeymoon in Jamaica: Half Moon Resort - Comments (19)

restaurant

• Ham it up - Comments (4)
• San Remo for lunch - Comments (8)

restos

• Dining in the 14th: Restaurant Monteleone - Comments (4)
• Le Charlot - Comments (2)
• FFF – Food Frenzy Fridays - Comments (6)

revue

• Lights. Sequins. Action! - Comments (2)

Riviera

• An afternoon on the Cote d’Azur - Comments (0)

road sign

• Picture this: revisited - Comments (8)
• Picture this - Comments (5)

road trip

• Spring fling in St Paul de Vence - Comments (5)
• Picture this: Pont du Gard - Comments (1)
• Miami Firsts - Comments (0)
• Three places in three nights, a Christmas market, and counting down to Christmas - Comments (6)
• France, Germany, and the Holy Grêle - Comments (3)
• Quick road trip to Marseille - Comments (8)
• Welcome to the Côte d’Azur! - Comments (0)

Romantik Hotel Schwarzer Adler

• Schnitzels and beer in Innsbruck - Comments (2)

rosé

• Slowing Down - Comments (0)
• FFF – Rosé wine - Comments (5)

Saint-Paul-de-Vence

• Spring fling in St Paul de Vence - Comments (5)

salon des vins

• Buying Wine for Valentine’s Day - Comments (2)

San Remo

• San Remo for lunch - Comments (8)

sanity/insanity

• Sometimes it takes three - Comments (0)
• One week - Comments (7)
• The name of the game is Progress! - Comments (1)
• Tanya – fighting crime in Nice…Seriously! - Comments (1)
• Let’s get moving - Comments (0)

settling in

• Cowboys, cardboard boxes, and beach bozos - Comments (3)

shopping

• Authentic style - Comments (2)

sightseeing

• Taking a risk: Gorges du Verdon - Comments (2)
• Picture this: Place Garibaldi - Comments (4)
• Picture this: Pont du Gard - Comments (1)
• Two hours in Ménerbes - Comments (2)
• Marvellous Madrid - Comments (4)

Sospel

• A Day of Discovery - Comments (2)

sparkling wine

• FFF – Champagne - Comments (4)

speaking French

• The It Factor - Comments (14)
• Embracing French - Comments (24)

staying in

• I’ve got a secret - Comments (4)
• Cultivating jet lag, staying up late, and eating lettuce at 2 am ET - Comments (4)

strike

• You know you’re in France when… - Comments (8)
• Nice: blue skies and money trees - Comments (7)

stuff

• Answer these questions - Comments (6)

tapas

• Ham it up - Comments (4)

tea set

• Tea for 12 - Comments (2)

tips

• Beach ready on the Côte d’Azur - Comments (9)

Toronto

• Burger Wars: A Religious Experience? - Comments (2)
• My Latest Crave: Burger – Holy Chuck Burgers - Comments (2)
• Desperately Seeking Summer - Comments (2)

tourists

• Tip #82: How to avoid rude Parisians - Comments (6)

train travel

• Championship running in Avignon - Comments (3)

travel

• Mountainous High in Innsbruck - Comments (2)
• San Remo for lunch - Comments (8)
• Amsterdam is for lovers - Comments (4)
• My 7 Travelling Truths - Comments (4)
• Sometimes it takes three - Comments (0)
• Paris in the springtime - Comments (11)

Uncategorized

• Tag, I’m it! - Comments (10)

vanity

• Pants down - Comments (10)

Vaucluse

• Riding up Mont Ventoux - Comments (0)

visa

• Getting organized: it’s visa time! - Comments (8)

weather

• Making waves - Comments (0)
• Desperately Seeking Summer - Comments (2)

wedding plans

• Vintage Rolls Royce and Johnny Depp on our Wedding Day - Comments (12)
• From CDG to YYZ…and some other stuff too! - Comments (8)

weekend

• An afternoon on the Cote d’Azur - Comments (0)
• A Weekend in Corsica - Comments (7)

wine

• Two hours in Ménerbes - Comments (2)
• Buying Wine for Valentine’s Day - Comments (2)
• Slowing Down - Comments (0)
• FFF – Champagne - Comments (4)
• Letting fate choose your wine - Comments (5)
• FFF – Rosé wine - Comments (5)

wine producers

• Buying Wine for Valentine’s Day - Comments (2)

winery

• Slowing Down - Comments (0)
• Letting fate choose your wine - Comments (5)

winter

• Mountainous High in Innsbruck - Comments (2)

working

• The Man - Comments (7)

year in review

• One year later - Comments (9)

zen

• Having my cake - Comments (10)
• My moment of zen - Comments (6)