The French Con-nection: At Least 0.04%
If you did a keyword analysis of my blog, you might conclude that I’m obsessed with food: cocktails, French pastries, and the search for pancakes in Paris. You might be right. The truth is that I am a...
View ArticleFrench Carolina
Carolina was an English colony, of course, but did you know that the French actually beat the English in the race to get there? Of course, the Spanish beat them all in 1526. Quelle surprise. Their...
View ArticleFrance’s Lost Colony: One of ‘Em, Anyway
Today marks the 450th anniversary of the day that Captain Jean Ribault sailed into the body of water that would later be known as Port Royal Sound in what is now South Carolina. The colony that he...
View ArticleThe Hero of Two Worlds
It’s appropriate that I’m publishing today’s post from the United States, because September 6 is the birthday of one of the greatest heroes of the American Revolution: the Marquis de Lafayette. It’s...
View Articlefranecdote 1685 : I Won’t Tolerate It
Detail from a 1701 portrait of Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud It’s time for yet another “franecdote” — an interesting fact or story from “THAT year in French history“ where “THAT year” is this year...
View ArticleYou’re a huge WHAT?
It’s not “official,” but I am pleased to announce that I am a … Huguenot “You’re a huge WHAT?” Not “huge” — “Hu-gue-not” /ˈhyo͞o gə ˌnät/ n., a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France...
View ArticleOnce upon a time …
First of all, allow me to apologize for the delay in writing something for you, but things have been in a state of flux since we officially became a French family a fews weeks ago. That little red...
View ArticleIt’s official!
With this post coming the day after Thanksgiving, you’re probably expecting a run-down of how I spent my fourth Thanksgiving living in France. Alas, this has nothing at all to do with that. We’re...
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