Where readings are given. Notice size of the room and the old floor with lighted glass cover in the middle.   Checking out...   Notre-Dame across the street and on the right bank of the Seine The rose-colored coat. Standard coat colors here are black , grey, brown.  Brightly she goes, indeed! It's a sixty … Continue reading SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY

I will write a bit about being in Paris, then must go back and finish the stories about Nice. It is Monday afternoon and I am sitting in a well-known tea room that is directly across the street from my apartment, Bread and Roses. I have just ordered afternoon tea and a piece of chocolate … Continue reading SEPTEMBRE EN FRANÇAIS

After a long and beautiful train ride along the Mediterranean coastline and then north past Mt. Saint Victoire where Cezanne painted near Aix en Provence, I arrived in Paris.  It also feels like half the rest of the world is here.  My apartment in comfortable, but very, very different from Michael and Timothy's.  More about … Continue reading BRIGHTLY SHE GOES—TO PARIS 

My friend Timothy Smith returned from Greece last night. He and his partner, Michael Honegger (they own the apartment where I have been staying) have been there for the past month providing hands on, first person aid to the refugees who are coming into Greece by the rubber boat loads mostly from Syria. They have … Continue reading My friends Timothy and Michael—Citizens of the World

Did you ever see the Andrew Lloyd Webber play or the movie Starlight Express? It is about trains...a little engine Rusty who wanted to be like the big guys. It was performed on in-line skates and part of the set included a model railroad mounted on tracks that ran all the way around the periphery … Continue reading THE STARLIGHT EXPRESS/LA BOUCHERIE

This little project is very important for me to complete while I am here in Nice.  What is in the photo?  What am I doing with it? Did you see what the treat will be if you get the answer to both questions precisely correct??????

This is the season for plums in southern France and the market has every kind of plum you can name and many you cannot.  Rosa said we would use Mirabelles and Quetsches for our plum gallette because the color combination would make a beautiful contrast and the Mirabelles were sweeter than the purple Quetsches. She taught … Continue reading Dessert for Rosa Jackson’s Cooking Class

Pissiladiere, les petits farcis, socca, torte blette, ratatouille...tongue twisters of words that when translated into understandable English become the backbone of Niçoise cuisine. And today under the tutelage of Rosa Jackson, a Cordon Bleu trained chef who runs her own cooking school here in Nice, I received lessons in the Niçoise method for preparing some … Continue reading Cuisine de Nice

One of my long-time favorite lunch spots on the Cours Saleya today. I ordered profiteroles for dessert and Jeannie snapped this photo before I dug in.  It was worth it!