Yesterday it was really windy; from my desk I could see the Mediterranean Sea covered with white caps but there was no rain. At the same time as the winds were increasing here, my friend Brian is St-Lucia in the West Indies was emailing me via his smart phone that hurricane Tomas was [...]
When I first moved here, I had set my mind to find the best bread and butter as I missed it so much since I left Montréal. I believe bread is the essence of life. We break bread as a way to share with others. Every culture has their own bread, for some it’s pita, [...]
When I arrived to Cagnes-sur-Mer six months ago, the first thing is did was put my flip-flops on and went walking along the beach to explore a little. I loved that the beach was just steps away from Sophie’s house, and now I am even closer to the beach. I loved that the [...]
It was six months ago that Adrienne and Jane drove me to Miami airport, still not knowing if I would be able to flight out to start this new chapter in my life. I am sure you all remember the Iceland Eyjafjallajökull volcano which erupted in April and paralyzed air traffic across [...]
I love looking at the sky, it’s so mesmerizing. Trying to remember my first memory of staring at the evening or night sky in amazement; I recall it was in the summer of 1987. I was in Dorval, near Montréal airport in a bar that had lounge chairs on the lawn just next to the [...]
Belgium endives are most probably one of my favorite vegetables, along with artichokes, wild mushrooms and the sweet very small new potatoes (smaller than a silver dollar). I wonder if it’s because of childhood memories or because I am lazy and don’t like to wash lettuce or is it because I read a while back [...]
If feels awkward talking about my trip to India, as I only visited the city of Bengaluru/Bangalore out of this large country. India is about one third the size of the U.S., but its population is estimated at 1.15 billion people compared to 310 million of people living in America. I don’t want to compare [...]