Le Dernier Mot: Wait a Minute Mr Postman
The unlikely 9,000-mile journey that led two volunteer posties to Kristin Espinasse’s door
Around noon, when the sonnette rang, I peeked out the window and saw two people at our front gate. They must be...
Baronne Staffe’s Guide to French Table Manners
Stumped by French dining etiquette? When in doubt, take a leaf out of Baronne Staffe’s book. France’s nitpicking answer to Emily Post and undisputed authority on decorum, the baroness ruled over the bourgeoisie’s fine...
A Taste of the Divine: Monks and Nuns Making Wine in France
Jennifer Ladonne steps into the mysterious world of the monks and nuns still making wine in France
Though scientists debate whether it was the Etruscans or the Greeks who introduced wine and winemaking to France,...
My Life in Paris: Girl Racer
Pizzas and hellish bus rides with a side of racing history... it's all in a day's work for columnist Theadora Brack
I can do anything! I tell myself, as I pound the trottoir juggling two...
Le Dernier Mot: Crowning Glory
Kristin Espinasse dreams up ways to properly couronner an award-winning body of water
Having shared with you the beauty of our lively port city, La Ciotat, there is now one more thing to shout about:...
Surviving Provence: Food for Thought (and the Wine to Go With It)
Provence is the place of dreams... until reality sets in. Taking place beneath the Montagne Ste. Victoire in Cézanne country, "Surviving Provence: Romance, Reality and Wild Boars" is a funny, sometimes acerbic, tale of...
Le Dernier Mot: Birds of a Feather
...flock together – and are loyal to a fault, says Kristin Espinasse
There is never a dull moment in our three-generational nid here in La Ciotat. Recently, my mom called out, “Five green parrots!”, sending...
My Life in Paris: Monument Woman
Dazzled by Dalida's tantalising bust, Theadora Brack fantasises about her own memorial
It’s Saturday morning and I’m jogging through Montmartre with Lady Gaga on the earbuds going full blast and the news cycle far from...
Le Dernier Mot: Affair of the Heart
More than two decades on, France and its people still make Kristin Espinasse’s heart skip a beat
You have probably stumbled across the word terroir (especially if you are a wine lover) and have a...
A Sparkling Gala for the American Library in Paris
The American Library in Paris recently celebrated its Gala dinner at the Bibliothèque Clément Bayard of the Automobile Club of France. This sparkling soirée is one of the most significant fundraising events of the...
