For a while now, Frenchified has been Stultified, i.e. on the back burner whilst I’ve been struggling with unprecedented workload and exhaustion. No longer. I miss writing about France, so I’m dusting off the blog and preparing to give it some renewed OOMPH. Thank you for being patient and if things are a bit quiet [...]
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The Return of Frenchified
Posted in Art in France, Famous places, Films set in France, France, French Holidays, Paris, Restaurants - France, Restaurants - Paris, Travel, tagged Centre Georges Pompidou, Epicurienne, film locations, France, Frenchified, Kate Hudson, le Divorce, Paris, Paris views, Pompidou Centre, Pompidou Centre restaurant, Restaurant with a view on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunflowers/ Les Tournesols
Posted in Art in France, France, France in photos, French Holidays, Travel, Vendee, tagged art at auction, fields of sunflowers, flowers, France, les tournesols, sunflowers, Travel, Vendee, Vincent Van Gogh on August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Whenever I see a sunflower, I think of Vincent Van Gogh, that mad (not in a good way) Dutch painter whose dauby impressionist works depicting vases of these yellow flowers have a habit of giving the auction world a nervous twitch whenever one comes up for sale. Van Gogh painted the sunflower series when he [...]
