It is a sunny and beautiful Sunday in Nice…light and fresh air are streaming in through the open windows in Timothy Smith’s office.  We are sipping coffee, chattering, taking photos, clipping dead blossoms from balcony flowers and listening to the sounds in the Port.  The resident dove was on the windowsill awaiting her handout when we came out to make coffee.    Yachts are signaling their departure out into the cerulean Mediterranian sea, birds calling their greetings to each other as the town and the ladies of 38 rue Catherine Segurane come alive for the day.   Backing up a bit, will share with you some of the photos we took in St. Paul de Vence…of the elegant country lunch we ate in an art-filled garden in this town that is known as a gathering place for so many famous artists.   Imagine walking from the umbrella’d garden into a warren of dining areas, tables set for the evening meal with starched white cloths, bouquets of fresh flowers, silver polished so well the spoons could be mirrors…only to look around and see the following items beautifully lighted and hanging above banquettes.  Here is a link to a New York Times article that gives the history of this famous place. http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/artful-lodgers-colombe-dor-hotel-france/