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Magic in the Moonlight

06 . 02 . 14

The one bad thing about living in Europe is that you feel a bit behind the times when it comes to films and television.  (Or at least until you figure out how to unblock Netflix in France.) I just saw the trailer for Woody Allen’s new film Magic in the Moonlight and I’m very jealous […]

Pretty in Provence

08 . 09 . 12

When Janet and Gilbert de Botton set about finding a house in the South of France, they finally settled on a 1,000 acre bull farm in Provence.  From it, they created, along with decorator and landscape architect Jean-Louis Raynaud and his partner Kenyon Kramer, “one of the great contemporary estates of our time.” Jacob Rothschild […]

Peace of Provence

09 . 25 . 11

The quote on the Moulin du Jardinier website says it all, “from film sets to the peace of Provence.”   The English director of Dr. Zhivago, Sir David Lean fell in love with the 15th-century stone house and restored it and the gardens for his family.  After his death, a young Danish couple bought it from […]

La Fiorentina

03 . 25 . 11

Vogue.com posted a few photos this week of Elizabeth Taylor at La Fiorentina in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat France taken in 1967 by Henry Clarke.  They reminded me that I had a folder full of photos of La Fiorentina that I had never posted.  The Palladian style villa also has a very interesting design history. According to Alexandra […]