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Villa Floramie, 17 avenue Général Leclerc, Villefranche-sur-mer La vue de nos fenêtres est incroyable—la ville, les toits rouges, la mer, et les châteaux des célébrités qui habitent de l’autre côté du port, à St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Notre appartement est vieux avec les … Continue reading →

Today was a day of reconnecting with French friends. First was lunch with Jean-Marie Jacquème and Joyce Heard, who drove from their home in Aix-en-Provence to spend the weekend in Nice. Joyce and I were staffers together at The Harvard … Continue reading →

A woman named Carmen holds Margot, her 14-year-old Yorkie, this morning on Macarani Avenue in Nice.  Tweet

A French blogger reports an apparent first, at least in France: A book whose cover displays the author’s blog address. Will this become the norm, as prevalent a stop on the author’s slog toward building audience as the book tour? … Continue reading →

This afternoon in the old city. Tweet

Darlene with her French dictionary in the garden of Musee D’Art Moderne et D’Art Comtemporain. Tweet

Spring in full bloom at the Musee garden. Tweet

You may have seen the postage stamp. Here is the orignal “Love,” a 1966 oil painting by Robert Indiana of New Castle, Indiana, USA. Tweet

Items found on the web between 3 and 6 am while not sleeping in Nice: Japanese consumers, always just ahead of us in techno-life, are reading full-length books on their cell phones. Wired’s witty headline: Cell Phones Put to Novel … Continue reading →

We arrived in Nice this afternoon just in time for a change in the weather. While we were buying cell phones, it rained and the temperature dropped nearly 10 degrees, to the 50s. Walkers on the Promenade des anglais in … Continue reading →