Thursday, 30 August 2012

Chantal Royant

During a visit of our friend Chantal Royant , we had the privilege of hosting an exhibition of part of her artwork during a few days this summer:






You can view the marvellous artwork of this glass sculptor in: http://www.chantalroyant.com/


Friday, 27 July 2012

14 Juillet in Vaison-la-Romaine

A few shots from the garden's view point, over the fireworks of Vaison-la-Romaine, for Bastille day, seemed like they were thrown out just for us! 

To the left, the medieval town and castle








Saturday, 7 July 2012

India

Introducing guest-star blogger: my other half, flying winemaker and marathon traveler, who shares here some impresions of India...



Taj Mahal... less than 200km from New Dehli, but 5 hours by car! On a 3-day business trip, I decided to hire a car for the day...




Amazing what you can do with an iPhone, isn't it?





As beautiful inside and outside!










Guess this explains a bit better why it takes so long to get there... and forget it when a cow decides to stop in the middle of the road for a rest...









I will be back to India - and this time, I promise, for more than 72 hours - and with the family!

Christophe



Friday, 15 June 2012

Salon Cote Sud 2012: "Sous le signe d'Helios"

Some pictures of Salon Cote Sud 2012: 
keeps getting bigger and better, many interesting stands, noticeably Brocantes, manufactured goods, and landscape.

This year again, the main Cote Sud Stand is dedicated to culinary demonstrations, which again attracts crowds, even under the midday sun, which is the theme of this year's event anyway..

The staircase is this year open to public, installed with cushions and parasols, and decorated with sunflowers that somebody forgot to water....this definitively not the Chelsea flower show, oh dear!!


The basin was this year colonised by a couple of sun decks







Poterie Ravel, with his recently reborn fabric shop Philogene Ravel that sells gorgeous linen goods


Francois Passolunghi, stared in last Cote Sud edition: his furniture is absolutely unique and the hand-made-in-France takes all his meaning here



I want those!!!!!


The glassware are creations of next door stand: Julienne Daniaux


Views from the stylists corner





"La caravane estivale", Tesserault caravan from the 70's, decorated with furnitures and carpets from the Andes by Veronique Valdes... South America is everywhere those days, so proud!!


The Brocantes, obviously my favorite spot:

Les Ours




Bernard Roux et Annie Gravezat









And a little stroll in Aix, with my own private paparazzi.....