If my Valentines Day romance writings were too much and a lighter more amusing read is more called for then ‘Stuff Parisians Like’ could be just the thing for your Valentines gift… I am currently reading it and loving Oliver Magny’s witty words… One of my readers bought it to my attention… Thank you Lola… ‘To … Continued
I don’t know about you but I am still feeling in the holiday mood… aka… I am feeling a little lazy… I can’t quite get myself back into the work mode and do those things that should and need to be done. Perhaps it is because life is still in ‘slow mo’ in my part … Continued
There is a new book on the block from Taschen for all of us who love Paris… Portrait of a City. This book brings together the past and the present, the monumental and the everyday, objects and people. Images captured by the most illustrious photographers – Daguerre, Marville, Atget, Lartigue, Brassaï, Kertész, Ronis, Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson and many … Continued
image – vicki archer Perhaps it is because I like food and I love to eat or maybe it is because I spend too much time in France… but whatever the reason I do have a thing for a French cookbook…. especially the illustrated ones…. Turning the pages, imagining the flavours, choosing the menu… planning where … Continued
Deborah Lawrenson’s gothic style novel, The Lantern, set in Provence is the perfect weekend read…..Her descriptions of Provence are so sensitive and heartfelt… it was as if I was discovering somewhere new and wonderful for the first time, not reading about an area that I know and love so well…Part mystery, part romance…part reality, part … Continued
Childhood memories are all the sweeter with time so perhaps that is why William Widmaier’s, A Feast at the Beach is such a delicious read. His recollection of summers spent in St Tropez, with his grandparents, paints a picture of a Provence that I wish I had known. In ten bite size chapters, accompanied with … Continued
It has seemed like an eternity to wait but I am very pleased to be able to say that my new book, French Essence: Ambience, Beauty and Style in Provence, with photographs by the superbly talented Carla Coulson, is available in the United States. It is an exciting moment for any author to have a … Continued
