French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com French la Vie Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:25:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.frenchlavie.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/poppy-1-150x150.png French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com 32 32 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/06/16/a-celebration-in-the-cantina/ A Celebration in the Cantina https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958102550/0/tongueincheek~A-Celebration-in-the-Cantina/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958102550/0/tongueincheek~A-Celebration-in-the-Cantina/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:06 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=85420 The guests invited, the menu planned, the table set. The doors open wide for a celebration in the cantina. Pasta Al denté with beans and homemade tomate sauce. Something chicken with lemon, frittata, salade, cheese, tiramisu bien sûr – Delicious, Delightful and Dancing. The cantina was a ruin space with great bones if you know […]]]>

The guests invited, the menu planned, the table set.
The doors open wide for a celebration in the cantina.

Pasta Al denté with beans and homemade tomate sauce. Something chicken with lemon, frittata, salade, cheese, tiramisu bien sûr –

Delicious, Delightful and Dancing.

The cantina was a ruin space with great bones if you know what I mean. We worked deliberately and diligently to create a space that didn’t look polished and new.

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958066544/0/tongueincheek~Today-He-is-Seven/feed/ 17 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/06/14/back-in-italy/ Back in Italy https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958027604/0/tongueincheek~Back-in-Italy/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/958027604/0/tongueincheek~Back-in-Italy/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:50 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=85394 How fortunate I have been to have blogged for these past twenty years—the friendships that have blossomed, the work paths that have opened, the compassion shown, the travels shared… I am forever thankful. Years ago, I met Laurie when she came to the French La Vie with her friend Lizzie (another close friendship that developed […]]]>

How fortunate I have been to have blogged for these past twenty years—the friendships that have blossomed, the work paths that have opened, the compassion shown, the travels shared… I am forever thankful.

Years ago, I met Laurie when she came to the French La Vie with her friend Lizzie (another close friendship that developed during that time.)

Instantly we found a bond that deepened over the years.

Laurie has family in Italy and eventually bought a place there, asking me to help her make it into a home. Over time I’ve helped her shape it—designing, developing, finding things, furnishing rooms—and somewhere along the way I found myself falling in love to the village too. Each time Yann and I return we dream of staying longer, though the pull of the Pickles and company calls us back.

This time we are here gathering the practical bones of things—plumbing, lights, furnishings—for the extension of her home.

In the evening there was a procession for Saint Anthony through the winding, steep streets. A brass band went first, then the village moving behind it. A farmer set himself by the edge of the street selling cherries, fava beans, apricots, snails—ordinary abundance so appreciated. Later we opened one of Laurie’s 2019 wines, her own blend called “Lifesaver,” shared with her friend, Marco, the local sommelier.

This blogging life has opened a delightful dream- thankful beyond measure.

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Fluffy net skirt

Sequin top

gold colored sandals undone

riding the wind with a smile

happy go lucky

while singing Brune Mars and Rose’s sing Apt- that she learned from her four year old friends at school.

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This is cat 1, and yes, there is a cat 2.

Billie and Jango. The newest addition to the little family. Chickens, now kittens!

I actually held them, and I wasn’t afraid! Long may it last.

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Time all of it unmeasured and continuous, fleeting and full. Somehow it blends, and stirs, memories come and rest. What a beautiful gift to love and be loved.

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