Here we are, another Sunday, and I'm back with this week's favorites, along with Mary Ann and Cindy. We are still traveling, and the very cool hotel in Paris, especially if you love design, has to be my number one favorite! MOB HOUSE in Paris We found this hotel in your typical and then not at all typical fashion. Allow me to explain. We've been in France for three weeks and arrived at ...
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It’s September, and Everyone is Back to Wearing All Black
It must be September because, despite a heat wave, everyone is back to wearing black. We are in France, and it's one of the first things I noticed. When we first arrived, not so much, but then as the days went on, no matter where we were, it seemed the fashionable had returned to wearing all black. Even though it was still technically summer and still quite hot with temperatures in the mid to high ...
Dreaming of Provence? Watch A Good Year!
Dreaming of Provence? I suggest watching "A Good Year." Whenever I want an escape, I watch one of my favorite movies. And since 2006, the film "A Good Year" has always lived up to my expectations. There are a few films I can watch over and over just for the scenery, the music, and the sappy love story. The film with Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard takes place in the Provence region of ...
The five top things to see in Lyon, France
If you are traveling through France and thinking of adding a stop in Lyon, here's a list of the top 5 things to see. We spent three nights in Lyon, feeling like we had seen much of the city. I join my friends Cindy and Mary Ann every week, and we share our five favorite things of the week. Since I'm traveling, it seemed to make sense to share my favorite things while traveling and at the moment ...
The ultimate packing list for France in September
I join Mary Ann and Cindy every Sunday for our five weekly favorites. It's like our weekly catch-up over coffee chat. This week I'm talking about what I'll be packing and wearing for a month in France when the seasons change. Many of the items are things I've read about on Cindy's blog, and it was Mary Ann that introduced us to Tablet hotels years ago. Now we use Tablet Plus for every trip! ...
5 easy ways to make your bathroom look more expensive
We have a small guest bathroom on the first floor of our house. It was connected to a fourth bedroom. When we first moved in, we converted the bedroom into our office and did a quick refresh on the bathroom. We painted the stone floor black (it was an ugly brown), closed off one of the doors, and painted the walls white. And while we refreshed it, it remained just a bit boring, and we’ve been ...
