French Culture
French Christmas Pot Pouri
This French Christmas Pot Pouri, while perhaps not sufficently memorable to print out and immortalize on your refigerator, will, I hope give you an unvarnished view(and isn’t that the best kind?) of “La Belle France” as it prepares to celebrate the death/rebirth gig of the Son of the invisible super being. THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT [...]
17Dec2011 | Bicycle Gourmet | 0 comments | Continued
French Country Life Confidental – Part Three
(Reading Part One and/or Part Two will bring you up to speed) Recognize This Guy? If you remember Ichabod Crane, You’d recognize Rene. Hawk nose. Deep set piercing eyes. High cheekbones. Angular face. And a frame more “fashionably lean” than even da BG! When I tried to visualize him at school, I first thought [...]
2Dec2011 | Bicycle Gourmet | 11 comments | Continued
French Country Life Confidental – Part Two
(Author’s Note : reading Part One – could be instructive.) All My Children The cast o’ characters at Chez Rene was as unique as the building they inhabited. (Think French soap opera.) First up – Rene. A gentleman (like his Sister) “of a certain age”, with Adult children from his first marriage. [...]
18Nov2011 | Bicycle Gourmet | 4 comments | Continued
really put me in the mood to visit some of those cave co-operatives....hey..who knows!