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The MyFrenchLife™ French BookClub is back. DISCUSSION EVENT: 7 & 8 NOVEMBER 2026

The MyFrenchLife™ French BookClub is back. DISCUSSION E...

INVITATION: We’ve started reading Live Fast (Vivre Vite) by Brigitte Giraud, 202...

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Four Renoirs Stolen in Three Minutes

Four Renoirs Stolen in Three Minutes

The Strange Story Behind the Cagnes-sur-Mer Art Heist

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16.38.a - Four Renoirs vanished. The French “wall” didn’t & other things I got wrong this week.

16.38.a - Four Renoirs vanished. The French “wall” didn...

FRANCE AS IT MEANS—A three-minute heist, the art of the French welcome, understa...

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27th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival French Spotlight

27th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival French Spotlight

We are happy to partner with the 27th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival French ...

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16.38 - Is there really a French “wall”?

16.38 - Is there really a French “wall”?

FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—A surprise in rural France, the agony of almost understandi...

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Handshakes, Hugs and Eye Contact: A French Guide to Polite Distance

Handshakes, Hugs and Eye Contact: A French Guide to Pol...

As a child, I was impressed when an adult shook my hand.

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The French Art of the Welcome

The French Art of the Welcome

I was prepared for the cold shoulder. I was not prepared for this.

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Emily in Paris! Season 6 To be Released December 24, 2026!

Emily in Paris! Season 6 To be Released December 24, 2026!

Emily in Paris Season 6 will be the final season of Emily Cooper’s European adve...

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16.37.a - Someone stole Pushkin from the BnF. Nobody noticed.

16.37.a - Someone stole Pushkin from the BnF. Nobody no...

FRANCE AS IT MEANS—The books were still on the shelves. Except they weren’t. And...

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16.37 - Are you accidentally doing France wrong?

16.37 - Are you accidentally doing France wrong?

FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—The rules nobody explains, a village France forced to disap...

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The story behind Rue Madame & Rue Monsieur in Paris

The story behind Rue Madame & Rue Monsieur in Paris

Walking in Paris is like going on a treasure hunt, which is one of the reasons I...

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Brovès: village fantôme in the South of France

Brovès: village fantôme in the South of France

Brovès lies a stone’s throw from the Gorges du Verdon in the Haut-Var.

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16.36.a - I asked you. Your answers changed my mind.

16.36.a - I asked you. Your answers changed my mind.

FRANCE AS IT MEANS—And somehow I ended up with Chablis, the French Revolution, a...