À la plage … to the beach!

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Pour yourself a favourite summertime beverage and cool off with a visit to a few of my favourite beaches in the south of France . Going to the beach on the Côte D’Azur is as much about the setting and scenery as anything else … and …bien

A Gold Medal Winner!

It it’s Friday, it must be France … During the next two weeks there will be many gold medals awarded at the Olympic Games in London, England. As I was making my favourite dessert for a dinner party the other evening, I was watching  previews about the Games. It occurred to me that the crème

Sur le pont D’Avignon ….

If it’s Friday, it must be France … I’ve been treating myself to a mini-break this week spending time with our adorable grandchildren, golfing, going out to dinner with friends and later today we are going to a family wedding. My manuscript for novel #2 is with an editor and when I hear back from

Nice Jazz Festival 2012

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Excusez-moi, I’m slacking a little today and watching the men’s semi-final tennis matches at Wimbledon. SO good! And then my DH and I are slipping out to an afternoon movie. After reading all the fabulous posts author Barbara Conelli left on my blog this week and last,

Ten guilty pleasures … in France …

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Bonjour! I’ve been having such a fabulous time at Jess Witkins’s HAPPINESS PROJECT that I simply haven’t been able to leave. Today she has my Friday “France” post featured on her “Guilty Pleasures” page so click here and take a blog hop over to join us for

World Oceans Day … oops, I forgot to click publish!

I was caught up in a wonderful graduation day yesterday (Friday) for the daughter of dear friends. She received combined MBA/Law degrees plus an award for top marks in both. It was indeed a day to celebrate! Beginning with a beautiful ceremony at Convocation Hall, in the magnificent grounds of the University of Toronto, we

A slightly different slant today …

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Lucky me! Author and well-known choc-o-holic, work-o-holic, mom-o-holic, Stephanie Keyes invited me to be part of her fabulous Spring Author Series and I’m over there talking about … yes, what else … France! Well, she asked me about vacations and travel so what was I to do?

La Grande Nomade …

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Yes … I’m still hard at the WIP … so since I can’t get away from it, I thought I would bring you into the story with me for a moment. Oh come on! No eye rolls! It’s just for a moment … By way of introduction

How sweet is this?

If it’s Friday, it must be France … May 1st is celebrated in many different ways around the world. France has a particularly sweet custom and my friend,  book reviewer and blogger Claire McAlpine, wrote a lovely post about that very topic. I’m happy to share it with you today. Le Muguet – Becoming French May

To market, to market …

If it’s Friday, it must be France… Bonjour mes amis! Let’s go to the daily market in Nice. Whatever you want, they have! If you are a photo junkie like me, go crazy!  We can hang out and browse, conduct a little retail therapy, and then chill with a beverage of choice at one of