Bartlett Lodge -Perfect Canadian Cottage Experience

September 3, 2016

Having spent much of my adolescence in Canada, I’m particularly attached to the Canadian ritual of “going to the cottage”, …

Festival d’Avignon (Theater…everywhere)

July 19, 2016

I’d heard about the Festival d’Avignon for years – three weeks of theater in the south of France. Theater in …

June 13, 2016

I’m not a sports fan, but the sheer number of jerseys I saw today and the huge road parties made …

May 2, 2016

Or is it Sant Jordi… Last weekend I was down in Perpignan, way down in the south-west of France …

April 20, 2016

I knew going into this adventure that the eating habits I was used to back home in North America were …

April 9, 2016

Some exciting news: Becoming Madame is Becoming Maman (!!), and that explains, along with the full time job, much of …

April 2, 2016

Twice a year, one of the prettiest streets in Paris – winding its way toward Montmartre – hosts an enormous …

March 14, 2016

I have just put down Provence 1970, the book I found in the free book mail box in Chinon …

February 26, 2016

We have wanted to explore this area for a long time. We’ve both been to the grand chateaux before – …

February 7, 2016

UPDATE: A reader wrote to me recently asking for that list I promised – far too long ago now – …