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French Inspiration


My French-themed Pinterest board: A la Francais

 

Facebook Group:

French Chic

Our Trip to Paris:

  • Paris, je t’aime
  • Paris est magnifique!
  • The Scent of a Woman
  • Jimmy Page in Paris
  • Two Days in London

 

French Friday Posts:

  • July 11, 2014 – Forever Chic (Chapter 6)
  • June 13, 2014 – Forever Chic (Chapter 5)
  • January 31, 2014 – Forever Chic (Chapter 4)
  • January 17, 2014 – Forever Chic (Chapter 3)
  • January 3, 2014 – Forever Chic (Chapter 2)
  • October 25, 2013 – Forever Chic (Chapter 1)
  • October 18, 2013 – Book Club
  • September 20, 2013 – Take a Walk
  • September 13, 2013 – Designing My Life
  • September 6, 2013 – Aging Gracefully
  • July 19, 2013 – Girls Movie Afternoon
  • June 14, 2013
  • June 7, 2013
  • October 15, 2010 – While you were sleeping 
  • October 8, 2010 – Rest and Restore 
  • October 1, 2010 – Anti-intellectualism
  • September 24, 2010 – Sort of
  • September 17, 2010 
  • September 10, 2010 – My special day
  • September 3, 2010 – Dreaming of Paris  
  •  August 20, 2010 – An Intentional Life
  •  August 13, 2010 – Parlez-Vous Français?
  •  August 6, 2010 – Amélie
  •  July 23, 2010
  •  July 16, 2010
  •  July 2, 2010 
  •  June 25, 2010
  •  June 18, 2010 
  •  June 11, 2010

Favorite French-themed Films:

  • Amélie
  • La Vie En Rose
  • The 400 Blows
  • Jean de Florette
  • Manon of the Spring
  • Le Divorce
  • Sabrina
  • My Father’s Glory
  • My Mother’s Castle
  • Chocolat
  • Le Bonheur
  • Henry and June
  • Blue
  • Le fils de l’épicier (The Grocer’s Son)
  • The Double Life of Veronique
 
 
 
 
 

Favorite French-themed books:

  • French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
  • French Women For All Seasons by Mirielle Guiliano
  • All You Need to Be Impossibly French by Helena Frith Powell
  • French or Foe? by Polly Platt
  • Entre Nous by Debra Ollivier
  • When in France, Do As The French Do by Ross Steele
  • Chic and Slim by Anne Barone
  • Chic and Slim Encore by Anne Barone
  • Chic and Slim Techniques by Anne Barone
  • Joie de Vivre by Robert Arbor
  • Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
  • French Impressions by John S. Littell
  • Almost French by Sarah Turnbull
  • French Spirits by Jeffrey Greene
  • A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
  • Encore Provence by Peter Mayle
  • French Lessons by Peter Mayle
  • The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
French book wish-list:
  • Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano
  • Lessons From Madame Chic: The Top 20 Things I Learned…by Jennifer L. Scott
  • French By Heart by Rebecca S. Ramsey
  • Fatale: How French Women Do It by Edith I. Kunz
  • Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard
  • French Women Don’t Sleep Alone by Jamie Cat Callan
  • Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul by Charles Timoney
  • Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen by Clotilde Dusoulier
  • Words in a French Life by Kristen Espinasse
  • Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
  • True Pleasures: A Memoir of Women in Paris by Lucinda Holdforth
  • At Home in France by Ann Barry
  • The Art of French Country Living by Jean Naudin and Colette Gouvian
  • Bringing it Home: Creating the Feeling of France…by Cheryl MacLachlan
  • A Well-Kept Home: Household Traditions…by Laura Fronty
  • We Could Almost Eat Outside by Phillippe Delerm and Sarah Hamp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

French Links: 

  • Mireille Guiliano
  • French Women Don’t Get Fat
  • Anne Barone’s “Chic and Slim”

French Blogs: 
The blogs below are partially or entirely dedicated to some aspect of French living. A few are no longer being updated yet still have lots of good material in their archives. If you have other favorites which are missing from this list, please share!

  • Bonjour Paris
  • Polly-Vous Francais?
  • Secrets of Paris
  • Hip Paris Blog
  • Parisienne Farmgirl
  • My French Corner
  • Tongue in Cheek
  • Just Another American in Paris
  • Chic Mummy
  • how to be chic
  • Une femme d’un certain age
  • Paris on the Cuyahoga
  • Une Vie Chic
  • A Woman’s Paris
  • French Essence
  • Parisian Fields
  • Ann Mah
  • French Word-A-Day
  • David Lebovitz
  • Mais Oui Paris
  • My French Country Home
  • Paris Amour
  • Prêt à Voyager
  • Mademoiselle Poirot
  • The Daily Connoisseur
  • Classy Local
  • Belle Provence Travels
  • The Simply Luxurious Life
  • France Travel Blog
  • Karen Le Billon
  • A Well Styled Life
  • Chic Provence

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I’m Dee, a Francophile with a hippie heart, trying to create a beautiful life in the country while dreaming of Paris.

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