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staycation {part.4}
Oh Cassis, I love you so. You’re quaint, charming, and just the right size. Plus you don’t attract all of that St.Tropez riff raff. The next stop on Staycation 2012 was Cassis. It was possibly also everyone’s next stop because boy oh boy was it crowded, but that’s OK, Cassis is worth the hassle. We were…
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un petit pause
Today I’m taking a break from tales of my staycation to regale you with tidbits of recent life here in The LPV. Enjoy. {CSI: Barbie} ++ Do you have any idea how creepy it is to find a Barbie that looks like it barely survived a zombie apocalypse right outside your front door? It’s effing…
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staycation {part.3}
{Cobblestones strewn with rose petals in Gordes} We awoke in Avignon to a perfect bright blue and sunny sky. But in the south of France, that beautiful, blue sky usually comes with a price, and that price is, the mistral. Ever heard of it? Dictionary.com defines it as; a strong, cold northwesterly wind that blows through…
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staycation {part. 2}
{Le Palais des Papes} It happened on Rue de la République. There I was, innocently standing at the back of the rented Volkswagen Touran, when I opened the door and was assaulted by a suitcase. The minivan was so overstuffed that as soon as the door opened, a twenty pound carry-on hurled itself at me, hitting me…
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staycation {part.1}
{12th century church from my bedroom window} Staycation 2012 began on Wednesday, 12th September when my mother (aka Eilo) and Godmother arrived at the TGV station in Aix-en-Provence, followed a couple days later by their cohorts; the two Texan sisters, Miss Vicki and JoDelle. You know what’s the best part about having Americans come…
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back in a flash
{where Ami is} I’m a bad girl. I’ve been cheating on you. While I’ve been giving you this whole sob story about being knee deep in housework, and so exhausted I may need to check myself into a hospital à la Lindsay Lohan, all the while neglecting you and this blog, I’ve written a post…
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we interrupt this regularly scheduled program
{Tory Burch} Well that’s that. I’m back home from the Aix TGV station where I’ve left my mother and Godmother on the 7:30am North to Paris where they’ll hop their flight to NYC. The staycation is offically over. I had great plans for today. Plans like beginning to tell you about what I’ve been up…
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guestpost: ifs ands & Butts
Bonjour mes amies! I have woken up this morning with two less visitors; my mother’s friends Miss Vicki and JoDelle have left Provence and headed North to Paris and have left my mother and Godmother here to keep me company for another week. As life begins to slow to a normal pace and my staycation…
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guest post: A Suitcase and Stilettos
I am tired. Or as The Husband would say it; tirwed. I feel like we have traipsed all over the earth but we haven’t really, only a few stops here and there around the South of France. But nonetheless, I have been worn down by my mother and her friends. The Golden Girls have got…
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guest post: Inspired Design
in·spi·ra·tion·al [in-spuh-rey-shuh-nl] 1. imparting inspiration. in·spi·ra·tion [in-spuh-rey-shuhn] 1. an inspiring or animating action or influence in·spire [in-spahyuhr] 1. to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence Today I am introducing you to the always inspiring (and very sweet) Debby from Inspired Design and her Inspirational Girls series which today, I’m chuffed to say, features me. (It’s all…
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