Nice Photo Expo Jacques Henri Lartigue
‘Un Monde Flottant’ just opened in Nice focuses on the work of Jacques Henri Lartigue who was born in 1894 into a high-society French family. Given a camera as a child, he photographed everything and everyone around him, from early aviation and this photography exhibit at Theatre de la Photographie …
‘Un Monde Flottant’ just opened in Nice focuses on the work of Jacques Henri Lartigue who was born in 1894 into a high-society French family. Given a camera as a child, he photographed everything and everyone around him, from early aviation and this photography exhibit at Theatre de la Photographie …
Delhi Delice – Authentic Indian Cuisine in Aix
It’s three years since I visited Delhi Delice, so I was happy to find it still flourishing on a recent visit. It is a family-owned restaurant run by the couple Shahnawaz and Dominique. Chef Shahnawaz has previously worked in restaurants around the world, including the famous Bukhara restaurant in Aix …
It’s three years since I visited Delhi Delice, so I was happy to find it still flourishing on a recent visit. It is a family-owned restaurant run by the couple Shahnawaz and Dominique. Chef Shahnawaz has previously worked in restaurants around the world, including the famous Bukhara restaurant in Aix …
Delightful Gateau aux Marrons
For those learning French, Kristi Espinasse’s blog French Word A Day is a must. Our bloggeuse lives with her French husband and teenagers in a vineyard near Bandol and relates incidents from her daily life while introducing useful bits of vocabulary to her myriad followers. Kristi’s simple recipe for a …
For those learning French, Kristi Espinasse’s blog French Word A Day is a must. Our bloggeuse lives with her French husband and teenagers in a vineyard near Bandol and relates incidents from her daily life while introducing useful bits of vocabulary to her myriad followers. Kristi’s simple recipe for a …
Exploring the Vaucluse
If you do decide to follow Ester Laushway’s advice on eating out in Vaucluse (see post on le Guide Ganité), you may like to make a day of it. So here are details of a really good website dedicated to the département. Through it, you can subscribe to their newsletter, …
If you do decide to follow Ester Laushway’s advice on eating out in Vaucluse (see post on le Guide Ganité), you may like to make a day of it. So here are details of a really good website dedicated to the département. Through it, you can subscribe to their newsletter, …
Luma Foundation Changes to Arles’ Skyline
Just posting an image from the current Van Gogh exhibition in Arles reminded me that the town is undergoing big changes. Van Gogh’s view of Arles; it’s hardly changed in 125 years. The Luma Foundation is building a cultural complex on the site of the former railway sheds. This art-focused …
Just posting an image from the current Van Gogh exhibition in Arles reminded me that the town is undergoing big changes. Van Gogh’s view of Arles; it’s hardly changed in 125 years. The Luma Foundation is building a cultural complex on the site of the former railway sheds. This art-focused …
Guide Gantié How to Choose a Restaurant in Provence
Launched this month, the 2016 Guide Gantié How do you choose which restaurant to visit? This is a real question here in Provence with so many to choose from. So this week I talked to local writer Ester Laushway who is the Vaucluse correspondent for the Guide Gantié, the ‘little …
Launched this month, the 2016 Guide Gantié How do you choose which restaurant to visit? This is a real question here in Provence with so many to choose from. So this week I talked to local writer Ester Laushway who is the Vaucluse correspondent for the Guide Gantié, the ‘little …
Summer News from Avignon
On Saturday, we were surprised at how few tourists there were in Avignon. The Place de l’Horloge and the space in front of the Papal Palace are usually bustling with visitors, but all was quiet. Our waiter told us that it was ‘une catastrophe’. Hopefully, the forthcoming Avignon Festival will …
On Saturday, we were surprised at how few tourists there were in Avignon. The Place de l’Horloge and the space in front of the Papal Palace are usually bustling with visitors, but all was quiet. Our waiter told us that it was ‘une catastrophe’. Hopefully, the forthcoming Avignon Festival will …
News on France’s Fastest Selling Cookbook
This book, with an initial print run of 10,000 in September, sold out in two weeks. It would normally take three years to sell such a number. It sold like hotcakes at Christmas and Hachette have printed 300,000, a record. So what is this phenomenon? It’s Simplissime, the brain child …
This book, with an initial print run of 10,000 in September, sold out in two weeks. It would normally take three years to sell such a number. It sold like hotcakes at Christmas and Hachette have printed 300,000, a record. So what is this phenomenon? It’s Simplissime, the brain child …
Planning Your Summer in Aix en Provence
The tourist office in Aix has come up with a very good 32-page digital magazine ‘Le Mag’ to help visitors this coming summer: there are details of events, music, markets, lavender fields tours, where to play golf, the Cézanne map, where to picnic and key products to try.
The tourist office in Aix has come up with a very good 32-page digital magazine ‘Le Mag’ to help visitors this coming summer: there are details of events, music, markets, lavender fields tours, where to play golf, the Cézanne map, where to picnic and key products to try.
Van Gogh en Provence – on show in Arles
Van Gogh was so incredibly productive that, while in Arles and in Saint-Remy, he produced some 500 works; so it’s always seemed sad that there was, until recently, only one of his paintings in Provence (in Avignon). Two more have arrived (one in Aix and one loan in Arles), this …
Van Gogh was so incredibly productive that, while in Arles and in Saint-Remy, he produced some 500 works; so it’s always seemed sad that there was, until recently, only one of his paintings in Provence (in Avignon). Two more have arrived (one in Aix and one loan in Arles), this …
