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Driving up the California Coast
Hordes of people have asked for the blog to restart, so here it is… First we’ll catch up on September, yes September! Remember the blue moon? We saw ours in Palm Springs. This was part of a second annual trip … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Hearst Castle, moon, Palm Springs, San Simeon, seals, Sunnylands, surfing
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Utah’s Red Rocks and Missing Mountains
The rocks of Utah are as red as the Golden Gate Bridge and hundreds of millions of years old (or 6,000 depending on your point of view). The large concentration of iron oxide colors the rocks red and the lack of … Continue reading
The mighty Colorado River, complete with dogs on paddleboards
The Colorado River starts as a small stream in northern Colorado, grows wider and grander through several states and ends up small once more, with not enough water for all its users’ demands when it reaches California and Mexico. We’ve followed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Aspen, Colorado, Colorado River, Glen Canyon Dam, Glenwood Springs, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Utah
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Tour de France
The elite Tour de France is over for the year, 21 stages and more than 2,000 miles only a memory. We have memories of our own of our shorter, smaller Tour de France. Some of the same hills, but tackled by … Continue reading
It takes a village…to host a Keuka Lake wedding
A year ago we didn’t think about what would happen when our quest for lavender fields brought us back to the very lavender field we started from, less than a half-mile from our home on Keuka Lake. But a lot of things change in one year. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon Brewing Company, Around the Corner Catering, Bedient Farms, Bride's Head Revisited, Bully Hill Vineyards, Crescent Moon Restrooms, Dejan Studio Jewelry, Dr. Konstantin Frank, Erich Camping, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Beer Company, Garrett Memorial Chapel, Hoover Farms, Italy Hill Farms, Jim Bedient's Blueberry Patch, Keuka Lake, Keuka Lake Coffee Roasters, Keuka Lake wedding, lavender, Lavender French 75, Lovely Bride, Manor House, Marvin Anani, New York Times, Ravines, Revolution Music Shop, Sandy Pietropaoli, SBBS, St. James' Episcopal Church, Stonehouse, Tailored Events, Tropic Salon, Waterfront, wedding, wedding planning, Wegmans
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Like snowflakes, no two mistral bells are alike
The mistral is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows around the south of France through Provence and the Rhone Valley. Winds can reach 60 miles an hour or more and last for days at a time. To protect their beloved … Continue reading
Eygalieres – Leaving Saint-Remy
We stayed in our pied-a-terre in Saint-Remy again for a few days. Great airbnb hosts and a convenient spot next to a fantastic boulanger for morning croissants. Where Saint-Remy-de-Provence ends in the east, Eygalieres begins. The hilltop village has just over … Continue reading
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Tagged bulls, church, Eygalieres, France, irises, lilacs, waterfall
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Celebs have arrived in Saint-Tropez!
We heard that two famous people were coming to Saint-Tropez for just one day so we returned to our first home in France to be their official paparazzi team. Then it’s on to “le shopping.” Au revoir! All of Saint-Tropez misses … Continue reading
Gorges du Verdon, a very grand canyon in France
Les Gorges du Verdon is France’s version of the Grand Canyon. There are a number of similarities. In both cases, a relatively small river has etched its way through several thousand feet of limestone, leaving a wide gorge with walls of … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Gorges du Verdon, Isidore Blanc, Lac de Sainte-Croix, mountains, river, Rougon
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MAMAC, a very NICE modern art museum
New York has MoMA and Nice has MAMAC, Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain. Although it’s just plain azure at the moment, the facade often features brilliant light installations turning the entire entrance into a work of art. The French artist … Continue reading
