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You can't go to Newport and not take the Ten Mile Drive, also known as Ocean Drive.  You just can't. Part of the Ten Mile Drive is Bellevue Avenue, which is the street lined with the famous stunning mansions.  The…

Tis the season for fresh veggies.  Farmers markets are just brimming with home grown zucchini, tomatoes and eggplant. I have all I can do to make sure I can take advantage of Natures Bounty with out getting bored with the same…

A few weeks ago, I showed you Dot, my ladybug. Well, this week I was lucky enough to be admiring my French Lavender plant, when I saw my resident honeybee buzzing from stalk to stalk, enjoying his nectar on the…

I can't remember the last time I had a Pepsi.  Or a Coke. I am strictly a water, wine and coffee drinker.  I don't even like soda that much.  Soda in the States is full of, pardon my French, crap.  As the story goes, our…

I love when travelers use a bit of ingenuity when reusing or making additional uses for things they already own. Not only does it save money, but in reusing or finding multiple uses for items, we also keep our planet greener.…

When I heard that there was a mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport called Chateau-sur-Mer. I flipped! What true Francophile wouldn’t? Chateau-sur-Mer translates to mansion by the sea and that it is. That it is. The mansion itself was originally…

Or should I say Wordle. My fellow francophile friend Claudia over at The Paris Apartment had these cool word clouds over on her blog. I decided to play around and these are a few my creations. This is too cool.…

 This months entry is from Michelle over at Bleeding Espresso.  Michelle traveled to Sicily earlier this year and her blog photos were so lovely, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on whatever she was going to send me.  Michelle and I are…

We go to at least one Farmer’s Market a week, sometimes more.  The last few weeks, raspberries have been the star of the show. This week was no exception.  We bought three pints and they barely made it home from…