Summer Recipes: Fish “Taco” Lettuce Cups

Since it's been soooo hot here in the South of France, The Hub and I have been trying out some new recipes that require very little cooking.  A few weeks ago, we were craving fish tacos, but wanted something a little lighter and fresher than the traditional fried fish with corn tortilla shell, so Fish "Taco" Lettuce Cups were born. These little suckers were so easy to make and tasted refreshing and...

Hump Day: Estivales

Today I'm finally going to tell you about something we've been enjoying for the last few weeks:  Estivales.  It's a weekly Summer Wine Festival that started in 2008 and takes place here in the center of town every Friday night from 6:30pm -12:30am.  Doesn't that sound awesome?!  Well, it is!  Upon entry, you pay 3€ and get 3 tasting tickets and your very own glass.  The center of town is filled with tons of...

A Typical Weekend – No Matter Where You Are

Is there anything better than friends, sunshine, sangria, and lawn games?  I think not.  So that's how we spent our Saturday.  We could have been in San Francisco, we could have been in Madison, we could have been in Montpellier.  Anytime you combine friends, sunshine, sangria, and lawn games, it feels like home to me. The Hub and I made a big batch of sangria on Saturday morning and we headed out with...

Sunny Time Bed Beard

Happy Friday, friends!  Just a quick post today.  I've been so lazy all day and all of the sudden it's 5:00pm and I have a lot to do to get ready for the weekend.  Remember a few weeks ago when I told you that the heat is "not that bad"?  Well, scratch that.  It's effing hot here.  Tuesday and Wednesday were almost unbearable in the apartment and I attribute that to my lack of productivity and laziness. The...

Our Home: Brought To You By Ikea

I am so excited to finally share our Home Tour with you all!  You might remember that I looked at 3 different apartments and 2 houses during my search for the perfect place, but the minute I saw this apartment, I knew it was home.  It had 3 bedrooms, a beautiful kitchen, a balcony and was in a great location.  I was so excited to set it up and make it our own.  There was one problem:  We had no furniture. ...

Hump Day: Release the Kraken!

Now, where did we leave off yesterday?  Oh right!  Kraken.  We happened to find ourselves with a full bottle of Kraken as we were doing our final packing to depart from L.A. a few weeks ago.  We had bought it for Marq & Dawn's post wedding party and forgot to even take it out of the car.  We discovered it late at night when we were alone in our hotel room, completely exhausted from the weekend's events. ...

International Crémaillère

We may not have had a long weekend filled with fireworks and barbecues, but we still had one heck of a party!  Our crémaillère was a fun success of great people, yummy food and lots of drinks.  I think we officially broke in the apartment and it took us a few days to recover. We made a some delicious apps all based around the theme of "food we can't find here", which is mostly Mexican.  The Hub made his...

Happy Birthday, Amurrica!

Happy 4th Everyone!  I'm having a bit of America FOMO over here.  No fireworks, no long weekend, no backyard barbecues.  Sigh.  It seems like every 4th of July weekend we're either at a wedding, HSMF or a party.  Always something fun!  To get myself more in the holiday spirit, I took a look at some of my past 4th of July weekends. In 2006, The Hub and I spent the weekend having an amazing time at my first...

Party Bed Beard

Happy Friday friends!  The Hub and I have been really busy this week getting ready for our Crémaillère, which is French for Housewarming Party.  If there's one thing we know how to do, it's throw a party and we can't wait to show our French friends!  We bought a lot of booze and have been planning the menu for the last week or so. Speaking of our menu, another missing "creature comfort" that I forgot to...