Tag: Banon
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there and back again
{sugary sweetness} I suppose I can blame Brother-in-Law. After all, it was his fault that we ended up spending the night in Toulon when he told Mr. London that there was no rush in us bringing his car back (and I missed a night of desperately needed beauty sleep) and it was his Halloween party […]
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la fête du fromage
{from Billy, with love} I like cheese. I feel blessed to have ended up in France, home of about 400 different types of cheese (St. Nectaire, and Roquefort, and Cantal, oh my!). And, I’m lucky enough to live only a few miles down the road from Banon. Besides being the name of the village, Banon is […]
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Kitchen Closed, Bar Open
How hard is it to get a meal on a Friday night? Friday nights, I don’t really like to cook. Not sure why, just don’t. The Husband usually takes pity on me and we go out. But last Friday, France was playing Uruguay in the World Cup, and even though The Husband is a rugby […]
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I Rescued The Boyfriend
Thursday evening, The Boyfriend arrived home from work sick. And I mean, sick. This wasn’t the man flu. There was no shuffling around the house and woe is me cries with a baby pout planted on his puss. This was real. The Boyfriend was as pasty as wall paint and burning up. I put him […]
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He Makes Me Happy
It’s been 24 days since moving to Le Petit Village. For the most part, I have been very happy. At times ridiculously overwhelmed, emotional, confused, and homesick, but still happy. While I’m trying to settle in, get my bearings, and struggling to learn French, my happiness can mostly be attributed to one thing, the sweet, […]