RIVIERA DEI FIORI
The Riviera dei Fiori (the Riviera of Flowers) occupies the Western part of the Italian Riviera which runs along the Gulf of Genoa Continue reading “RIVIERA DEI FIORI”
FORT LA LATTE – BRITTANY
Fort La Latte, also called De La Roche Goyon castle, is a fortified castle located on the rocky tip of La Latte, near Cap Fréhel. Continue reading “FORT LA LATTE – BRITTANY”
VAL-ANDRÉ – BRITTANY
Val-André is a pretty little seaside resort in Brittany, born in the 1880s at the instigation of the then mayor Arthur de La Goublaye Continue reading “VAL-ANDRÉ – BRITTANY”
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
“The Lady of Shanghai”, directed by Orson Welles in 1947 is quite a strange film. Continue reading “THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI”
MIRROR CHILD
My six-year-old daughter cordially hates this swimsuit, and this is the perfect occasion Continue reading “MIRROR CHILD”
SUITCASE CHALLENGE
When you travel alone with two little ones, the suitcase test can be complicated. Continue reading “SUITCASE CHALLENGE”
PURPLE NOON
A perfectly retro swimsuit, a sailboat: it doesn’t take much more than that for me to sail towards the murky waters of “Mr. Ripley”, the paper antihero created by Patricia Highsmith. Continue reading “PURPLE NOON”
THE BEACH
Long considered dangerous or of purely commercial interest, the sea, and by association, the beach, only gained in popularity in the 1750’s Continue reading “THE BEACH”
DEAUVILLE
Deauville is first and foremost the crazy story of a financial coup.
In only four years, thanks to the funds of powerful Second Empire businessmen, who had seen the juicy potential of the project, Deauville sea resort emerged from the swamps and from 1864 to this day, the rich Parisian society enjoys spending time in the « town of pleasures ». Continue reading “DEAUVILLE”
DIOR J’ADORE
Dior, j’adore… even at the beach.
I like the idea of being elegant even at the beach… Continue reading “DIOR J’ADORE”
LA ROCHELLE
I have a certain tenderness for La Rochelle.
There, I find the remanents of the beautiful protestant citadel it once was, besieged and isolated. Bled dry because it was protestant but also resiliant, dignified, noble, commercial and flourishing because it was protestant. Nowadays remains a magnificent historical center, simply majestic and quite impenetrable. Continue reading “LA ROCHELLE”