French Culture
French Intensive Gardening
I can’t call us friends. Or even, acquaintances. And we’re not neighbours. We’ve never exchanged more than fifteen seconds of conversation. And even that, only once every two weeks or so. And yet, there is a very real, life-affirming bond between us, difficult to describe. The reason, of course, I must try. In all weathers, […]
30Jul2010 | Bicycle Gourmet | 4 comments | Continued
French Impressionist Artists
Here’s the guy who started it all. The one who’s responsible for fuzzy, ephemeral images of water lily wallpaper, sheets, pillow cases, calendars,mugs and posters. And Claude Monet gave Impressionism it’s name by accident. He’d exhibited a painting called : “Impression – Sunrise” (which was a view of the port of LeHavre in the morning […]
23Jul2010 | Bicycle Gourmet | 8 comments | Continued
BG and the Tour de France
Rolling Relations We pass each other every Summer. My cycling brothers and I. Surfing the same roads. For different reasons. They’re after speed. I’m after experience. They’re after how many kilometers in a day. I’m after memorable meetings. Alas(for them) dear reader, the Tour de France does not stop to smell the roses. It is […]
18Jul2010 | Bicycle Gourmet | 7 comments | Continued