16.34.a - I Don't Want to Give You More to Read +++
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—what I'm really asking myself this week, a carsick ride into Annot, the pulse of the 12th arrondissement, and the department stores history forgot
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MyFrenchLife™ – MaVieFrançaise®: Gain a deeper understanding of France beyond the cliché.
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16.34 - Switchbacks, Stalls and Sidewalks
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—Three Doors into France today: Debra's bus ride into Annot, Elisabeth's Paris mornings, and Jenn's 19th-century boulevards.
The Paris department stores you didn’t know about
J’adore 19th-century Paris
The Pulse of the Twelfth: Finding the Real Paris at Marché d’Aligre
Beyond the manicured gardens and limestone facades lies an untamed sanctuary, populated by raucous street vendors, dusty treasures, and the timeless ritual of the French morning.
A Day in Annot
The bus had slowed coming into the square, and I opened my eyes.
16.33.a - Two Roses, a Kiss, and a Very Late Bedtime
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—The strange history of Grasse, a Yorkshireman's first bise, and the bedtime rules nobody warned you about
Two Roses, One Flower
Let me tell you something I think is very odd, but at the same time kind of wonderful.
16.33 - The Little Things France Does Differently
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—Three everyday moments that reveal a lot about French people, customs and culture.
The Soft Tyranny of Faire la Bise
by Richard Holdsworth
Why French Kids Don’t Go to Bed at 7pm — Raising Kids the French Way
France cured me of my American bedtime anxiety, and my kids are just fine
I Thought I Understood the French Menu
It turns out I was just… participating in it — by Jenny Becker
16.32.a - What Generosity Bought Me
FRANCE AS IT MEANS— ten days away, a costume festival in Arles, a museum built on a mine shaft, and a knitter who hates to knit
The Grandmother’s Yarn
How a French designer who hated knitting found her way back to it, by way of a Cold War fashion magazine she had no business knowing about.
16.32 - Arguing Over Socca
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—a costume festival in Arles, a museum built over a mine shaft, and the knitter who hates to knit
La Fête du Costume in Arles
An Arlésienne tradition
Louvre Lens Museum, Hauts de France
How to set a Fire; Emile Zola’s Germinal; a history of Coal Mining in Lens; a view of the RC Lens Football Stadium and the Louvre Lens museum
La cuisine nissarde: 9 best places to try in Nice
Here we’re getting a taste of la cuisine nissarde, and I’m sharing where to find the best socca, pissaladière and daube de boeuf in Nice.
16.31.a - Where Things Come From
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—a lazy assumption that turned out wrong, a word that used to just mean cheese, a road named for an abbot, a river shaped by saints.
16.31 - Small Words, Long French Histories
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS— Fourme, before it was fromage, a village Paris swallowed whole, and a valley shaped by faith and wine.