On the Market: A Villa in the French Riviera

Panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea, a rose garden, a vegetable garden, a covered terrace and ocean breezes for days.... this home in the French Riviera is on the market. To view this property and more, visit here.

Sweet Sentiments from Julia Child

I loved this article in the WSJ about a Thank You letter Julia Child sent Legal Sea Foods' President and Executive Roger Berkowitz. While the American chef was teaching us how to 'Mast[er] The Art of French Cooking' she was also a regular at their seafood post, acquiring fresh fish at their fish counter. Julia was known for encouraging Americans to cook and consume more seafood, and had a particular penchant for oysters. For her 92nd birthday, Mr. Berkowitz and his Father sent her a clam bake to her California home, and Julia was smitten. So smitten she wrote them a hand written thank you note (a gal after my own heart), a note that they have held on to all of these years. Read more, here.

Garden Party with YSL

Love this shot from the NYTimes Spring Design Magazine. If this isn't Paris in the '60s, I don't know what is...(Read caption above).  

Belle de Jour

It's been gloomy and cold in San Francisco the past few days, perhaps a prelude to summer. Sunday, I took advantage of the grey skies and watched Belle de Jour, the 1967 French drama staring Catherine Denevue, a housewife who is compelled to work as a prostitute in a famous brothel in Paris. It was an interesting film, a little racier than I imagined for a film in the late '60s, but Catherine Denevue was such a vision, as always. Does anyone have any recommendations for old french films?