February 2011

From my iPod: Algerian R&B Zaho

27 February 2011

There is healing in the simple act of getting together with an old friend and after three years of talking about visiting each other, I was finally able to meet up with my #1 Paris Pal from studying abroad back in ’08 while in Chicago earlier this week. Of course two francophiles (Ashley is now [...]

Far from France

24 February 2011

I’ve arrived back in the US – only for a two week trip to visit friends and family during which time I’ll venture from the East (Philadelphia) to the West (Portland, OR) with a pitstop in Chicago (where I am now). How I have missed the rustle and bustle of busy city life. The wide-open [...]

From my iPod: French Reggae

20 February 2011

I had never even thought of the possibility of French reggae, that is until I was introduced to Kana. Of course it makes since – French is after all the official language of many Caribbean islands. And since reggae was once my genre of choice (the little islander in me growing up in Hawaii), I [...]

Meandering in Menton

18 February 2011

With the desire to explore neatly packed in my little black suitcase, I boarded the train headed to the far southeastern corner of France. Menton is within walking distance to Italy and I eventually wandered over to Garavan, the last French village before the border. I’d forgotten just how good it felt to be in [...]

Guest Post: Strolling through Saignon

15 February 2011

Sometimes a move to France calls for a lot of creativity and hard work. Sometimes it calls for luck. And the lucky ones, according to me, are the ones that are swept off their feet by a charming French prince. Or anyone already under the gleaming halo of French Nationality. Such is the story in [...]

Romance with Rimbaud

14 February 2011

Arthur Rimbaud is by far one of my favorite French poets. I’m not only drawn to his poetry, but also by my own desire to understand how someone so young and so talented could abandon poetry all together after less than five years writing. I’m sure he spoke little of his life as a poet, [...]

From my iPod: French Duets

13 February 2011

Valentine’s Day is here so in honor of companionship, friendship, love and every other form of relationship, I thought I’d share with you some of my favorite French duets. First up is Keren Ann with Benjamin Boilay, the writer of many of the songs on Keren’s 2002 album, La Biographie de Luka Philipsen. Keren Ann [...]

Skiing in Provence

11 February 2011

Ok, so it wasn’t exactly skiing in Provence, I was in Haute-Provence (basically Upper or Northern Provence) but with Provence in the title, it’s Provence all the same. When I was invited to spend the weekend skiing at Val d’Allos, a large ski resort in the valley of the Southern French Alps, I didn’t hesitate [...]

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February 2011

From my iPod: Algerian R&B Zaho

Far from France

From my iPod: French Reggae

Meandering in Menton

Guest Post: Strolling through Saignon

Romance with Rimbaud

From my iPod: French Duets

Skiing in Provence

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