Thanksgiving for 60

03/12/201909/05/2023 Fooood, Le Tanksgeeving, Life in France, Music, Socialising, Work

We’re slowly recovering from Thanksgiving weekend. We changed the format slightly and instead of hosting 10 people at the house, we had 60+ people at the Salle des Fetes in ... Read more

A Social Start to October

14/10/201909/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

October started with a bang. The 1st is Virginie’s birthday, and they were having a party for her at the weekend, which we couldn’t attend. So Benoit called us on ... Read more

Heat Wave and Eva’s Birthday Weekend

01/07/201907/06/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Gigs, Music, Socialising

Summer finally arrived last week with a vengenance. Records were broken in the south of France in the Gard, the department where Nadine and JC moved to, where it reached ... Read more

La Fête de La Musique (Sans Musique)

24/06/201921/12/2023 Fooood, Gigs, Music, Socialising, Visits

I’m sure all our dear readers have spent all last week dying to know how our dinner went at Françoise’s last Monday, so I shall keep you waiting no longer. ... Read more

Provence and Weekend of Concerts

17/06/201906/08/2025 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Gigs, Music, Our Travels, Photos, Red Wine, Socialising, The Garden, Visits

On Tuesday, we carried on exploring Nice on foot. First we visited the apartment where Mom stayed when she was an exchange student in 1958. There is a Russian Orthodox ... Read more

R.I.P Brantome Spring Fair

06/05/201911/06/2023 Brantôme Spring Fair, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

I had a bit of a stressful week, with work, the garden and socialising all competing for my time. I got a new project for a client that already had ... Read more

The Brexit That Wasn’t (Yet)

01/04/201904/06/2023 Fooood, Gigs, Music, Our Travels, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Brexit was meant to happen on 29 March and so far, it hasn’t. I won’t even try to explain what’s going on, not that anyone really knows. The latest is ... Read more

I Really Should Be Working

19/03/201921/12/2023 Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

First off, a very happy bday to Tante Mimi, who occasionally stops by this here blog. I’ve got a lot of work I should be doing, but equally, don’t want ... Read more

Will’s 38th Birthday

04/03/201917/05/2023 Birthdays, Fooood, Music, Socialising, The Garden, Work

Not much happened early in the week so I’ll skip to the main event. Will’s birthday was Thursday and Anne and Andrew stopped by for an apero after conversation group. ... Read more

Winter is Elsewhere

04/02/201923/12/2023 Fooood, Life in France, Music, Socialising, Work

Continuing with the seasonal titles, we did get some more wintery weather last week, including some snow that didn’t stick. This was mainly on Monday of last week, the day ... Read more