Living the Pandemic in France, Part 2
This is the second in a series of posts describing our experience of moving to France just as the COVID-19 pandemic blossomed. Part 1 is here.
Part 2: Lock-down
Life in Beaulieu-sur-mer
My wife and I moved into a little one-bedroom holiday ...
Living the Pandemic in France
This is the first in a series of posts describing and reflecting on our experience of moving to France just as the COVID-19 pandemic blossomed.
Part 1: Moving to France
My wife and I began planning to move to France almost as soon as we ...
Lourmarin and Cucuron
In the Fall of 2018, we spent nine weeks in the south of France, mostly in Provence and the Cote d'Azur. I naively thought that I would post an article about our experiences every few days. I managed to put out five posts, all during the first ...
Back to the Côte-d’Azur
Hello again. A lot has happened in the world, obviously, and in our lives, since our last post in July of 2019. We had big ambitions to write something every couple of days during our nine weeks in Provence in the Fall of 2018: didn’t happen. ...
Works with Nest…Final Word
In the category of “Why didn’t I think of this?”: including Google Nest devices in an Apple HomeKit setup has been made easier by the bright folks at Starling. The product is the Starling Home Hub, which is a compact device running the ...
Homekit and Google Nest Update
Last year I wrote about installing a bridge program to enable Siri to control my Nest thermostat. Recently Google, which owns Nest, announced that the "Works with Nest" program and APIs will be discontinued as of the end of August this year. ...
Beef Stew with Carrots and Polenta
My mother made traditional beef stew, in a pressure cooker (now called an "instant pot"), with onions, potatoes, and carrots, lots of gravy, and topped with puffy dumplings. I loved it, even though the vegetables were way overcooked and mushy.
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Bonnieux Day 1
We arrived in Bonnieux yesterday afternoon for a nine-day stay in another Airbnb apartment. After walking around this steep hill-side village last evening, looking for a store or bar open on a Sunday evening so I could buy a couple of bottles of ...
Four Nights in Arles
We stayed four nights in Arles, Thursday to Monday. The annual Feria du Riz, a celebration of the rice harvest with music, art, and Spanish-style bullfighting, was held on Friday and Saturday.
The Apartment
We stayed in a VRBO apartment just ...
