François de Mélogue · Inspire · Shopping & Gifts This Holiday Season, Give A Sensory Story from Provence, not a Thing November 27, 2025In a time when so much of life lives on a screen, I have been drawn to making photographs you can actually feel. My series, “Stories You Feel,” began in a lavender field in Valensole on a hot afternoon when the sun turned the air to honey, and the rows of purple seemed to hum. …Continue Reading
Julie Whitmarsh · Markets in Provence and Cote d'Azur · Taste Saturday is market day in Apt and I love it! November 25, 2016I always think it’s a shame that we don’t have the same approach to markets in England as they do in France. As I sit with my first coffee of the day and a ‘pain au chocolat’ in a cafe in Apt, the whole town is bustling, full of people and chatter. Continue reading here …Continue Reading
Inspire · Julie Whitmarsh · Shopping & Gifts Visiting a Potter in Montpellier February 17, 2016Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: Anyone who really knows me will say I’m not really a city person. I’ve always lived in small villages or on the edge of small market towns and although I enjoy spending the odd day in a large town or city – I usually can’t wait to escape & head …Continue Reading
Explore · Julie Whitmarsh · Villages Towns and Cities Apt was once Apta Julia the Roman City November 4, 2021Did you know that Apt, France, was once an important Roman centre? In her introduction below, Julie touches on some of Apt’s fascinating history. A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to do a pop-up event with my jewellery in the cellar of our friends’ newly restored townhouse and apartments in the centre …Continue Reading
