The City of Nice is seriously promoting the upcoming “Grand Départ” of the Tour de France from its shore. No matter where you look, you see signs of it…

Every other year, a small group of girlfriends join me for a week of complete R&R on the French island of Corsica. We’ve had the trip booked since last November—the…

Last summer, my daughter and I rented a car in Nice to take three days of excursions to the perched hill towns above the seaside city. There are many of…

International Living Magazine recently reported a “Massive Surge in Americans Searching for Info on Moving Overseas…Americans are looking to escape—over the last three months, International Living has seen a surge of…

Well, blow me down. News is out that France is banning the heated terraces at cafés, bars and restaurants. I am shocked! In some ways the heated terraces were a…

LA FLEUR DU CAP An author friend visiting last week had a hankering to take a day trip to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat—a place where he and his family spent a lot of…

The first thing I noticed had changed in Nice (of which there are always big changes with each séjour here) is that a lot of the private beaches and their…

Get used to getting Parler Nice for a while instead of Parler Paris. I’m in Nice, and I’ll be here till after the Tour de France kicks off at the…

Sunday morning, sitting at a café at the Cours Saleya having breakfast in the full sun, the noonday cannon on the castle hill went off at 10:30 a.m. a number…

Yesterday’s Après-Midi was the second Zoom meeting we held since confinement, but won’t be the last. Our last meeting of the season before the summer break (we take August off)…