We are in a part of year when the holidays are long gone, and waiting for spring seems to be unbearable...

By definition "collecting" is to bring together into one body or place, to gather an accumulation of (objects) especially as a hobby.

If I had to summarize year 2020 in one sentence, I'd choose one of my favorite quotes - "Life is what happens to you while you're busy makin

I love Provence, especially in the off-season, and especially the places that are not usually on the tourists' itinerary

For our Part 3 of Summer Staycation we invite you to a Lyon quartier south of Place Bellecour - Ainay. Whenever I get off the metro...

Have you seen it too? August heat gave in quickly to September's cool mornings...

We have never met a (vintage) wicker basket we didn't love...

At the end of our first "staycation" post we left you by the river Saone...

We see these pretty vintage toast racks when we visit the flea markets, and most...

Although I have lived in Lyon for two years now, with my husband and our dog, and we have seen the major sites...

When we are at the flea market we oftentimes are taken by memories of our childhood. It is a bit like going down the memory lane.

We all want to surround ourselves with beauty, and make our homes inviting and reflecting our personality and taste...

Les Puces are back, and we are back at Les Puces!

I am by no means a "domestic goddess", and usually prefer to sample something delicious from one of our local patisseries.

In Lyon, we had not seen cut flowers in weeks until a few days ago, when I stumbled upon...

Is it smart to undertake an opening a new, albeit, online shop in the time of the pandemic? We won't know until we try it...

Spring - a symbol of renewal, a time of hope and rebirth. Every year we come out of a dark and cold period of winter to a bomb of colors...

We wanted to visit this little Parisian museum of his life and work since it's opened in 2017, and finally in the fall of 2019 during one of

One day a friend said to me: "In France people take their time".

I cannot survive without art - I need objects that were created by a person, who was inspired by a place, or an idea, a feeling, around me.