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Cool, Calm & Collected {Ice Cream Recipe Alert!} 24 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Well other than sweltering in the heat, how has your summer been going? I've been busy designing... bedrooms! a master and a guest... and of course how can I not be influenced by the soaring temperatu...
The Holiday Weekend Alameda Flea Market Trek... 10 Jul 2013 | 04:22 am
I got up very early for a Sunday morning, especially one after all the Fourth of July celebrating around here, and drove the 40 minutes across the San Francisco Bay to the Alameda Flea Market. So who ...
Come on, let's go.... 10 Jun 2013 | 06:35 pm
...prowling through one of the most fabulous vintage Provençal fabric shops in all of Provence, if not all of France... la Boutique de Francine in Isle sur la Sorgue is a thrilling find to those of us...
You Know You Are In Provence When... 28 May 2013 | 09:08 pm
...you turn a corner to find this gorgeous pebbled courtyard with enormous plane trees in front of a renovated 200 year old house.... ...the swimming pool looks vaguely like a Roman bath... ...the t...
Scouting the Chic Provence Design Tour 21 May 2013 | 05:49 am
I love Provence so much; nothing is more fun to me than spending the week before the Chic Provence Design Tour scouting out all my locations, vendors and sights, meeting and greeting old friends and c...
Hi From Beautiful Provence... 7 May 2013 | 02:03 am
Hello everyone! we are here in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue having a fabulous Chic Provence Design Tour with wonderful new friends! I want to share some random images from the last couple of days...in no partic...
Pretty in Provence 30 Apr 2013 | 01:22 am
We are so busy here in Provence... but wanted to share with you some of the pretty sights I'm seeing as we visit the markets, brocantes and shops getting ready for the Chic Provence Design Tour next w...
In a Charming Atelier Under the Rooftops of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue... 29 Apr 2013 | 01:12 am
...magic is created by the beautiful and spirited artist Aurelie Alvarez... come with me on a private visit to her incredible atelier, where time stands still while she takes layers and colors and tex...
So Happy to be Back in Provence... 28 Apr 2013 | 03:44 am
It's so beautiful. I love it here... even with the skies just a little overcast. I am told by the locals that the clouds will clear next week and that, madame, will be that... no more clouds until la...
Packing for Provence 15 Apr 2013 | 03:16 am
GOAL: Traveling Light in Provence next week! If you are like me, you detest lugging heavy bags around (although truth be known I usually do!) ... this year I am paring down my packing to a few basic...