We all have our own ideas about breakfast either inherited from our childhood, the product of teenage rebellion or what ever you feel like in the morning. I was brought up on the British breakfast in the days when not so many mothers worked and had time in the morning, before the school run. So […]

Pinterest

I’ve tried several times to add a Pinterest Follow Button with no success. I’ve been to forums, tried to follow WPress instructions and got really frustrated. Thanks to this site though I’ve just added it ! after an hour an a half of more attempts. BloggerSentral I hope you enjoy my boards :) at Chez […]

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I’m taking two photography workshops this month with professional photographer Meredith Mullins and ten fellow photographers, organised by the American cultural association WICE. This week for the ‘Exploring Paris Through the Lens’ workshop, we visited the Albert Kahn garden in Boulogne Billancourt, a suburb west of Paris. Albert Kahn was born in March 1860 in […]

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From The Guardian, Wednesday 29 May 2013 20.55 BST Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau during their marriage in Montpellier, France Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA The two grooms wore matching black suits, one in a tie, one in a bow tie, and walked up the aisle holding hands to the jazz chords of Nat King Cole’s L.O.V.E. […]

Mimolette

A tiny critter, the cheese mite, has caused the hard orange cheese Mimolette to be banned from the US. Since March hundreds of kilos of French Mimolette cheese is being stocked in New Jersey, blocked by the FDA, who fear an invasion of Mimolette cheese mites, which may cause allergic reactions. Handsome chap, n’est-ce pas? […]

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