Sandy's France
... a personal guide and font of information
Saturday, September 23, 2023
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It’s been a long while since I wrote something here. Why? Because covid happened. And then an illness that had nothing to do with covi...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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LE LAPIN DE PAQUES Moving to a new continent with a new language definitely broadens your horizons. Things are done a different way with wo...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
La Chandeleur... and crêpes
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Well, yes, I’m a bit late. The Fête de la Chandeleur - Candlemas, in English - was yesterday, January 2nd, forty days after Christmas. ...
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Le fête des rois = galette
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If you're a Christian, you know that Jesus was born in a manger, in a stable behind an inn. There was no publicity, no arc lights (ex...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Recipe: Moules marinières
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I spent all the summers of my childhood on or near the Atlantic coast in the (then-)pretty part of central New Jersey (yes, there was one, o...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Out & About: Museums - Van Dongen and the Bateau-Lavoir
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I’ve lived in Montmartre since 1970. That’s longer than most of my neighbors have been on this Earth. Back in those days, the Musée d...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II, in Fontevrault Abbey FRANCE 101 "But I know nothing about French history," you might sa...
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