All Posts Tagged With: "treasures of france"
French Pawn Shop Bank
In my last post, I took you on a video tour of Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny. As you’re well aware, in addition to his fame after death, ‘ole Claude was famous while he was alive! A happy condition not shared by the majority of his Impressionist pals. (Sisley comes particularly to mind.) Fame, of […]
27Feb2012 | Bicycle Gourmet | 37 comments | Continued
Claude Monet and Friends
OK – it IS a hokey title. But, to paraphrase Woody Allen on another subject “as hokey titles go, it’s one of the best.” The reason I can say that with a straight face is that Claude Monet and Friends, is a visual reminder that although Cher Claude is unquestionably the most famous French artist, […]
21Feb2012 | Bicycle Gourmet | 15 comments | Continued
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