I’m breathing a huge sigh of relief tonight. After a few months of one problem after another on the back-end of this blog, everything is getting back to normal and L&A even got a makeover! Do you like it? The home page has the image gallery layout that I’ve always really liked and the [...]
I have decided that I will not be growing tomatoes again this year. I never got around to planning for an enclosure that would protect the tomato plants from the resident deer. The population seems to grow each year and somehow our yard has been chosen as the place to put down roots. If [...]
Today was about meeting deadlines, about my internet connection freezing as I attempted to save the full page of text I had just written (I’m normally so “save”-happy, I don’t know what happened today). It was about having to start over, trying to recapture the words that seemed to flow freely before I lost [...]
Though I generally lean towards simple, classic foods, putting a twist on an old favorite can be a treat for the taste buds, too. I’ve shared quite a few recipes here that I’ve left my mark on by putting what some might consider an unusual spin or two–but mostly, they’ve been well received. I’ve [...]
St. Jean Cap Ferrat was located on the other side of the peninsula, just another French Riviera town listed on the map when my husband and I decided to make Villefranche Sur Mer our base during a visit of the area two years ago. We were happy to chance upon Villefranche while doing research [...]
