Tag: dipso
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nine days to go
// That jeep was sitting across the street from the restaurant where I had my birthday lunch. I was this close to hopping in it and driving straight to The LPV (when I say, ‘this close’, you have to picture me holding my thumb and forefinger barely a centimeter apart with my eyes all squinty… […]
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kismet
There’s this restaurant not too far from Le Petit Village called Lupin Blanc. We used to go there all the time (like this time, and this one, oh, and don’t forget this one), but then the couple that owned it sold it and it changed a bit. Not loads, the food was still good but […]
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recipe for a bbq
How to have a successful BBQ in The LPV in eight easy steps: Step 1: take one, shirtless Honey Jr. on a warm, sunny day Step 2: grill an assortment of meats like; Merguez, Andouillette, Chipolata, and Toulouse sausages Step 3: try not to gag when looking at or smelling the Andouillette Step 4: add lots of […]
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a blogapalooza & a goodbye
Hang in there kids… it’s a going to be a long one… On a very grey and wet Saturday in November, seven expat bloggers braved the rain to meet up for lunch in a tiny Corsican restaurant in Avignon for Blogapalooza, the second (the first one was in Aix last March). Some of the same faces were […]
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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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Provence Lampoons Family Vacation: Part 5
“He who has seen Paris and who hasn’t seen Cassis can say I have seen nothing” -Frederic Mistral {photo credit} Sitting outside our hotel in Cassis, sipping an apéritif and admiring the view, The Husband posed a question… If I won the euromillions, would I choose Cassis or Châteauneuf-du-Pape? That’s a tough question because you all know […]
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Provence Lampoons Family Vacation: Part 2
According to my laminated itinerary, after collecting my mother at Marseille Airport Saturday morning, we were to head to Aix-en-Provence for a stroll around Cours Mirabeau and lunch at this place that has all you can eat Beef Carpaccio (The Husband can never get enough raw meat). Unfortunately my mother brought Irish weather with her, actually, it was […]
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Happy In France
Scottish farm girl, Sarah Elizabeth (who lives in Italy and is about to marry her gorgeous Italian man) has kindly passed on the Happy 101 award to me. Grazie Signora! I’ve decided that instead of listing ten things that make me happy (like this time), I’m going to list things that make me happy about living in […]
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A Beautiful Break
I’m tired of all this The Sporting Event That Cannot Be Named nonsense and am taking a break today to share some blogger love… Sweet, Breakfast at Tiffany’s loving, Rochelle at Penmanship of a Teenage Writer passed on the Beautiful Blogger Award to me. Merci beaucoup Rochelle! It’s such a treat to be told that my […]
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