http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/Life as it unfolds in (and out!) of a little kitchen in the south of France.ennoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:25:45 PSTBloggertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655312125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/LaFourchettehttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/atZpgy9561Q/cards-of-month-february-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:21:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-80525754934654146182012-02-01T13:21:27.415+01:00...or I should say, "Les cartes du mois sont arrivés!*"  This month is a celebration of loooooove...capital L. capital U. capital V! Here's one of the images of the five in the set... Order now so you can fill someone's boîte aux lettres on that special day...or any other day of the year ahead! Yes, you are correct.  This is very similar to yesterday's image...I just couldn't decide which0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=atZpgy9561Q:APemdZJlKVA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=atZpgy9561Q:APemdZJlKVA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=atZpgy9561Q:APemdZJlKVA:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/atZpgy9561Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/02/cards-of-month-february-2012.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/fLFImE-bfyI/little-world-views_31.htmlmailboxesboites des lettresblack and whitemarseillenoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:24:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-59107689473346874052012-01-31T18:25:39.969+01:00Here's the original post for today, the delivery having been delayed due to snow...or more like 'due to my wonder of snow'! You're going to need one of these... ...for next month! Cards of the Month are out tomorrow!  Stop in to see what's in store for February. Yours in postal anticipation, leslie4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=fLFImE-bfyI:4wM0AZWtUCo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=fLFImE-bfyI:4wM0AZWtUCo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=fLFImE-bfyI:4wM0AZWtUCo:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/fLFImE-bfyI" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-world-views_31.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/xyU2cJX2EJo/mardi-meteo_31.htmlout the kitchen windowaix en provencesnow in provencenoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:02:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-28497587254849888172012-01-31T09:02:48.819+01:00I know I've been a bit inconsistent about posting the Mardi Meteo.  The winter has been so mild that nothing notable here has really struck my fancy.  But today, my fancy got gobsmacked...as my British friends would say.  We have snow! What's that you say?  "That's not very much snow!"  (Is that you, little-sister-in-Minnesota?!) Let me tell you, for a California girl, snow is snow.  And 2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=xyU2cJX2EJo:5BZKyeuXa-M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=xyU2cJX2EJo:5BZKyeuXa-M:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=xyU2cJX2EJo:5BZKyeuXa-M:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/xyU2cJX2EJo" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/mardi-meteo_31.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/iyEvKQgRVh8/to-market-to-market-deuxieme-partie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:52:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-4719968067050149622012-01-30T15:52:48.719+01:00...continued from an earlier post... ...Although the Grand Marché has a greater selection of organic produce, it's only up and running three days a week.  So the other days, you'll find my in the petite marché buying my vegetables here... ...and they have the best eggs!  With deep golden-orange yolks - and they actually taste like eggs! Always friendly and keeping with the seasons, you're 4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=iyEvKQgRVh8:WSlJpPxSPmw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=iyEvKQgRVh8:WSlJpPxSPmw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=iyEvKQgRVh8:WSlJpPxSPmw:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/iyEvKQgRVh8" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/to-market-to-market-deuxieme-partie.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/0R4Gt9I8A-s/to-market-to-market-premiere-partie.htmliPhoneaix en provenceblack and whiteprovenceprovence photosnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:07:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-5982267713640491132012-01-30T09:07:11.400+01:00Anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely adore the outdoor markets here.  We have two of them and I live smack-dab between them!  Step out my doorstep in either direction and I'm in one or the other of our lovely marchés in under two minutes....make that one minute when I'm shaking my tail feathers to tick things off of my to-do list! Here's an example of why I love the markets.  Even 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=0R4Gt9I8A-s:XRPjK4-1qNA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=0R4Gt9I8A-s:XRPjK4-1qNA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=0R4Gt9I8A-s:XRPjK4-1qNA:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/0R4Gt9I8A-s" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/to-market-to-market-premiere-partie.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/7na8NscDgJs/bon-dimanche.htmlalcolytes at st. saveur cathedralaix en provenceblack and whiteyay for sundaynoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:50:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-17818754443048783762012-01-29T10:50:56.629+01:00This is the last one I'll share of this collection...promise.  I just liked it too much to hold it back. Enjoy the rest of your weekend - wherever you may be... Yours in rockin' the cathedral windows, leslie6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=7na8NscDgJs:rQdvhWIQv7k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=7na8NscDgJs:rQdvhWIQv7k:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=7na8NscDgJs:rQdvhWIQv7k:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/7na8NscDgJs" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/bon-dimanche.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/QfbgOm6HWRw/woooohooooo-its-saturday.htmlthe wohooaix en provenceblack and whitefrancenoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:21:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-343718389588817552012-01-28T10:21:07.444+01:00Put your playclothes on and get out there! Yours in celebration of the weekend, leslie2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=QfbgOm6HWRw:KmwNiFOiB98:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=QfbgOm6HWRw:KmwNiFOiB98:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=QfbgOm6HWRw:KmwNiFOiB98:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/QfbgOm6HWRw" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/woooohooooo-its-saturday.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/KvvcjoELr_s/little-world-views-part-2.htmlsushi bardejeunerfish on fridaysakemarseillenoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:02:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-90954696802240102452012-01-27T18:02:06.393+01:00Will you be having sake with that order? Yours wrapped in seaweed { and soaking in sake ;} as we bring this week to a close, leslie3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=KvvcjoELr_s:fSaD58G4P-I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=KvvcjoELr_s:fSaD58G4P-I:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=KvvcjoELr_s:fSaD58G4P-I:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/KvvcjoELr_s" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-world-views-part-2.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/c7OakwOBBfQ/little-world-views-part-1.htmlsushi baryoji'sfish on fridaymiammarseillenoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:28:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-8731893056238081612012-01-27T09:28:58.215+01:00As a child, my school cafeteria served fish on Friday. As an adult, that 'fish on Friday' thing took on a whole new meaning! What's your favorite sushi? Today's post is a two-parter...stop back in for la deuxième partie later today! to be continued.....0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=c7OakwOBBfQ:9w6W_9-jgH0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=c7OakwOBBfQ:9w6W_9-jgH0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=c7OakwOBBfQ:9w6W_9-jgH0:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/c7OakwOBBfQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-world-views-part-1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/8lZOjwF8DPU/little-world-views_26.htmlmusic dans les ruesthe streets are alive with the sound of musicaix en provenceconservatoire darius milhaudnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:14:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-24481814621292105312012-01-26T09:14:41.271+01:00La Conservatoire Darius Milhaud...  (pronounced "meee-ooooh".  Hey, you in the green chair!  No!  It's not "meeee-owwww."  Settle down over there!) ...is named after the 20th Century composer who was born in Marseille - to parents who lived in Aix en Provence.   He went on to study in Paris and later taught in the United States at Mills College in Oakland, California.  He brought a jazz  and 6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=8lZOjwF8DPU:KNbN2UvWNYU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=8lZOjwF8DPU:KNbN2UvWNYU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=8lZOjwF8DPU:KNbN2UvWNYU:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/8lZOjwF8DPU" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-world-views_26.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/de-LRbaEZZI/wednesday-window-on-provence_25.htmlsushi barpatisserieiphone camerafrench dessertsnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:33:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-42060614750149149332012-01-25T08:33:08.936+01:00A delectable selection of French patisserie... ...in a sushi bar... ...in Marseille.  What's not to love about this place?! A splash of color for your Wednesday. Yours in pastry paradise, leslie5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=de-LRbaEZZI:MicMJAZGQdE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=de-LRbaEZZI:MicMJAZGQdE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=de-LRbaEZZI:MicMJAZGQdE:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/de-LRbaEZZI" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-window-on-provence_25.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/EelEd3n-Jug/les-pyjamas-du-chat.htmlnon-allergic catsfrench flower shopcatschairsaix en provencepink rosescat's pajamasnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:47:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-30417619865631963832012-01-24T08:47:48.227+01:00* The cat's pajamas These two cuties are exactly that:  the cat's pajamas!"Why?" you may ask?Because they are the only cats to which I'm not allergic! Pajamas aside, they're no ordinary cats. As the French author, Colette, said  "Il n'y a pas de chat ordinaire**." (I wonder if she was allergic?)    Yours on the mend - and still in my pajamas, leslie **There are no ordinary cats. 5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=EelEd3n-Jug:lgl5NtVvQOk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=EelEd3n-Jug:lgl5NtVvQOk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=EelEd3n-Jug:lgl5NtVvQOk:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/EelEd3n-Jug" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/les-pyjamas-du-chat.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/U4Y6e2npJAM/lundi-lundi.htmliphone cameraroseschairsaix en provencehipstamaticflower shopnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:22:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-60232343809046472052012-01-23T11:25:45.561+01:00*Easily sung to the Mama's and Papa's classic tune, by the way. In spite of a cold that, after chasing me for a couple of weeks, finally blew by my homeopathic defensive guards left and right, caught up, tackled me and tossed me on the couch where I spent that aforementioned sun-day (a little curtsy, by the way, to the upcoming Super Bowl...about which I have little to no knowledge, but there 5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=U4Y6e2npJAM:lCPfIOe8UgE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=U4Y6e2npJAM:lCPfIOe8UgE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=U4Y6e2npJAM:lCPfIOe8UgE:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/U4Y6e2npJAM" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/lundi-lundi.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/iKxvJI-kfXs/soaking-up-sun-day.htmlcappuccinocafé sitting in the south of franceaix en provenceles deux garçonsnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:24:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-14123013091467329752012-01-22T08:24:38.549+01:00Bon dimanche! Morning coffee at Les Deux Garçons Yours in cappuccino comfort, leslie6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=iKxvJI-kfXs:sMU__et_ZTs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=iKxvJI-kfXs:sMU__et_ZTs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=iKxvJI-kfXs:sMU__et_ZTs:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/iKxvJI-kfXs" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/soaking-up-sun-day.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/jWJOQbp5oyI/ahhhhhh.htmlahhhhhhhhbrasserie forbinaix en provenceburgers and red winenoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:01:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-12552709749905475652012-01-21T14:01:49.386+01:00...dinner with a friend at a local haunt.   We caught up over burgers and red wine, and at the end of the meal, I was feeling like I might just manage to face another week... ...of course, the weekend holding Monday at bay will help! Yours in discovering renewable energy, leslie4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=jWJOQbp5oyI:eitEXqiVRdE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=jWJOQbp5oyI:eitEXqiVRdE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=jWJOQbp5oyI:eitEXqiVRdE:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/jWJOQbp5oyI" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/ahhhhhh.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/8vsqMGeW4GE/dieu-merci-cest-vendredi.htmlrue audestreet shotsaix en provenceblack and whitelife in the fast lanedropped toysje suis un peu fatiguénoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:05:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-61038698709015050492012-01-20T11:05:12.527+01:00* TGIF ...'cause this is how I feel as this week comes to a close. Whew!  Happy Friday. à demain...feeling a bit more rested I hope! leslie7<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=8vsqMGeW4GE:t-JhQzjroZs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=8vsqMGeW4GE:t-JhQzjroZs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=8vsqMGeW4GE:t-JhQzjroZs:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/8vsqMGeW4GE" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/dieu-merci-cest-vendredi.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/4uU-oLIlzE4/little-word-viewsand-mystery-solved.htmlcanal de provenceque d'eaunuages or cloudsjoni mitchell knows cloudsnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:06:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-72498689405174759622012-01-19T09:06:42.141+01:00Our lucky game players yesterday were right on the monnaie (or better yet, 'right on the Monet') with the cloud recognition...but were they in the sky? Take a closer look...and here's a hint:   ...and now the clincher clue: That's right!  Reflections in the Canal de Provence - flipped!  On the same wander that brought you the Aqueduc Roquefavour, the path edged the canal. For the past two 4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=4uU-oLIlzE4:ud00QZ04VkM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=4uU-oLIlzE4:ud00QZ04VkM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=4uU-oLIlzE4:ud00QZ04VkM:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/4uU-oLIlzE4" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-word-viewsand-mystery-solved.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/Tzvx7oTK3OY/wednesday-window-on-provence_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:45:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-86149344603962482482012-01-18T08:45:47.332+01:00 What have we here? A touch of impressionism?  A throwback to the pictorial style?   What say you?  What is this?   Yours in the mystery, leslie If you plan to order January's cards of the month, get to it!  A new selection goes up 1 February!5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Tzvx7oTK3OY:_TkrHKVlOFA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Tzvx7oTK3OY:_TkrHKVlOFA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Tzvx7oTK3OY:_TkrHKVlOFA:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/Tzvx7oTK3OY" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-window-on-provence_18.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/u3RlrLSj780/of-decisive-moments-in-black-and-white.htmlshopping in marseilleiphone cameradecisive momentles soldeshelmut langmarc jacobsblack and whitehenri cartier-bressonnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:05:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-27547500633335998232012-01-17T10:05:58.728+01:00Les Soldes, Hiver 2012 Henri Cartier-Bresson (one of my photography heroes) called it 'the decisive moment'.  'nuff said. Yours in black and white bliss,leslie 9<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=u3RlrLSj780:3Bz4Un4zwoQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=u3RlrLSj780:3Bz4Un4zwoQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=u3RlrLSj780:3Bz4Un4zwoQ:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/u3RlrLSj780" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/of-decisive-moments-in-black-and-white.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/VJc7pcKj1d8/faire-le-pont.htmliphone camerablack and white photoroquefavour aqueductpont du gardaix en provencehipstamaticventabrennoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:01:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-3136223552664567182012-01-16T11:01:05.236+01:00 The French expression, faire le pont*, means "to make the bridge" and refers to the practice of extending a weekend to four days on one side or the other when a holiday happens to fall on a Tuesday or Thursday.  Many of my US readers may be faire-ing le pont today (albeit probably only a three-day bridge) in honor of Martin Luther King Day.  I thought I'd offer a literal bridge of sorts to add 4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=VJc7pcKj1d8:V2KA44kHIYs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=VJc7pcKj1d8:V2KA44kHIYs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=VJc7pcKj1d8:V2KA44kHIYs:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/VJc7pcKj1d8" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/faire-le-pont.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/lJq2QWoFD9Q/little-world-views_15.htmlalcolytes at st. saveur cathedraliphone cameraaix en provenceblack and whitenoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:47:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-72025722981969020642012-01-15T10:47:46.250+01:00 As dancing girls entertained, some of their spectators perched in the windows of the cathedral.  They may have had the best seats in town. Bon dimanche... leslie4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=lJq2QWoFD9Q:WKkOjOcxn8M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=lJq2QWoFD9Q:WKkOjOcxn8M:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=lJq2QWoFD9Q:WKkOjOcxn8M:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/lJq2QWoFD9Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-world-views_15.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/Unvbcw88bko/bring-on-dancing-girls.htmldancing girlsmary janescurtsythe fighting danceprovençale danceepiphanynoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:43:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-22383417350887626172012-01-14T12:43:09.875+01:00When we left our Epiphany celebration, the music had started.  Then the dancing girls took to the stage...along with their partners...and proceeded to dance out an elaborate fight scene!  All's fair in love and ... err ... dance.  Check out the Provençale version of the Maori War Dance... ...and curtsy, stage left... May your weekend be conflict free! Amicalement, leslie6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Unvbcw88bko:q9zp50mJeAQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Unvbcw88bko:q9zp50mJeAQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Unvbcw88bko:q9zp50mJeAQ:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/Unvbcw88bko" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/bring-on-dancing-girls.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/_GRAIVTBEo4/little-world-views-les-oratoires.htmlprayers on the windevery saint has its nicheaix en provencelocal saintsles oratoiresnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:47:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-65130816513049748772012-01-13T10:47:37.761+01:00 When wandering around the sweet ville of Aix en Provence (and other villes in this fine region), you might often see a little niche perched high up on a corner or face of a building housing a saint or protector, like the one in this image. Les Oratoires, or the oratories (from the Latin, to pray), began to pop up at the end of the Middle Ages to serve as places where people could ask God for 11<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=_GRAIVTBEo4:gGlMESY913Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=_GRAIVTBEo4:gGlMESY913Y:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=_GRAIVTBEo4:gGlMESY913Y:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/_GRAIVTBEo4" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-world-views-les-oratoires.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/f3pUypTp2vE/note-to-self.htmldeath by scarf strangleisadora duncanvespaaix en provenceplaying it safe and staying on footnoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:59:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-57735611657346497712012-01-12T09:59:47.119+01:00...I keep thinking that my little French life would be much more fun easier if I had one of these... Of course, the images in my head include me zipping around, fashionable scarf tied around my neck with a casual European flair.  Lifted by the breeze, the pastel-toned silk blows frivolously and trails behind (under my helmet, of course) as I pick up speed...then I think of Isador Duncan and 5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=f3pUypTp2vE:qPKkxah7u7Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=f3pUypTp2vE:qPKkxah7u7Q:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=f3pUypTp2vE:qPKkxah7u7Q:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/f3pUypTp2vE" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/note-to-self.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LaFourchette/~3/Jm30oEC09O0/wednesday-window-on-provence.htmland who couldn't use a good epiphany now and then?aix en provenceepiphanynoreply@blogger.com (la fourchette)Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:49:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134655.post-63441979943800107112012-01-11T11:49:05.299+01:00May your mid-week day be filled with music.  (Not to mention someone to hold it for you if there are simply too many notes!) A blog-world pal near Paris is doing a give-away!  Her blog is delightful and a 'must-read' for the inside story and countless tips on how French women of a certain age maintain their lovely French-ness!  Take a peek. Amicalement, leslie5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Jm30oEC09O0:vhMw31G2ZOo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Jm30oEC09O0:vhMw31G2ZOo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?a=Jm30oEC09O0:vhMw31G2ZOo:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LaFourchette?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaFourchette/~4/Jm30oEC09O0" height="1" width="1"/>http://lafourchette.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-window-on-provence.html