La Tranche Sur Mer, on the Atlantic Coast of France, is one of those typically Euro beach destinations: lots of camping grounds, men who think it’s okay to terrify the female public by strutting around in a pair of form-revealing speedos, kids dragging giant inflatable animal-shaped float-aids along the street and lots and lots of ice cream shops. [...]
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Ice cream – Paradis sur Mer!
Posted in France, French Holidays, French beaches, French food, French shops, Made in France, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged arlequin ice cream, Fernch food, France, French beach resorts, French Holidays, French ice cream, ice cream merchandising, la guimauve, la Tranche sur Mer, lime ice cream, nutella ice cream, strawberry ice cream on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I could eat a horse! (and often do…)
Posted in France, France in photos, French Holidays, French food, French shops, Made in France, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged Boucherie Chevaline, Fontenay-le-Comte, France, French food, French food shops, French shops, Horse butcher, Horse meat, Vietnamese food on August 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is a photo of a horse-butcher’s shop in Fontenay-le-Comte. I simply had to take a photo. Monsieur didn’t get it, but he didn’t grow up in a country where eating horse would be like eating the family dog. Kiwis just wouldn’t ever consider it. Because of that, for me, seeing horse butchers is half novelty [...]
Mylene Farmer – Sans Contrefacon
Posted in French music, Made in France, You Tube, tagged Chucky film, French music, French pop, Mylene Farmer, Sans contrefacon, Sans contrefacon Mylene Farmer, ventriloquist puppet, weird music videos on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monsieur introduced me to the music and whacky videos of Mylene Farmer. Here’s one of my favourites, although if you get freaked out by ventriloquists’ puppets because of the Chucky films, this one may not be for you…
Made in France: Oliviers & Co
Posted in French products, French shops, Made in France, tagged Oliviers and Co, O & Co, Oliviers & Co, Olive oil products, Olive oil face cream, Olive oil cosmetics, Face cream, Cosmetics, French products on August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is my favourite face cream and it’s French (mais bien sûr…). Manufactured by an olive oil specialty company called Oliviers & Co, or O & Co for short, it’s nourishing, smells fresh without being fragranced and contains olive oil to feed your skin and keep it baby soft. It’s organic, accredited by ECOCERT and the only [...]
