Friday, March 21, 2014

WEATHER REPORT
le dernier 
from
BIARRITZ
  winter's  
last gasp
j'espère ...

oui c'est ça
 The weather continued to be iffy, starting off sunny then gale force winds and hail then sun again and warm temps
combating whatever elements I continued painting at my favorite spots

Mer Verte
Le Phare
Pluie encore
the polar bears continued to swim, regardless the weather
Polar Bears
The thick of it
Côte Basque
2 Clouds

early on a beautiful day I finally got to Bayonne (FR. not NJ!) 
a very mysterious Basque town


just in time for the outdoor market





with the Basque Carnavale in full force
Photo by Albanne Sandras


and spring seemingly around the corner

 
And to San Sebastien
Espagne




where we sat enjoying the sun
Caro
Catou
toured around
Catou et moi photo by Caro
 walked on the beach
and ate tapas

Back in Biarritz, finishing things up, preparing for my show
I was interviewed for the newspaper


 made my final decision on the best croissant in town:
 BERRIA COOK!
flaky, big enough, slightly sweet
*GOLD STAR*
 *
arriving at my last Biarritz afternoon
I realized that I had barely tasted a gateau or a chocolat
or gone shopping
in five weeks

et alors

RECETTE 
pour
le dernier
après-midi parfait

Go shopping for chocolat and espadrilles
 
Meet Catou et Maryse (sa Mère) at  
Café Miremont 
order a financier tigrés  
et   
café au lait
savor every last bite 

Adieu Biarritz, Catou, Caro, l'atelier Quatro et tous mes amis 
merci 
c'était fantastique 
tu me manque déjà et à bientôt j'espère

 
NOW
the return to reality

BLUE MOON FISH STAND
Wednesday March 26th!

Thursday, March 6, 2014

WEATHER REPORT
from
BIARRITZ
il PLEUT 
encore
so what else is new
if you get lemons........

MANGEZ
EAT

La Nourriture
Vive la Différence
Radishes are black
Laitues are little green jewels;
but 
touching the vegetables is severely FROWNED upon
there are so many types of Cheese you get dizzy
Figs come on a string
Coquilles St. Jacques wear little coral berets
Les Poulets arrive dressed formally for Le Dîner with their heads feet and special plummage
I'm still searching for the best Croissant.....tous les jours je cherche, j'essaye
c'est très difficile
Cakes are works of art
Duck fat is the graisse de choix, les canards ne fument pas!
Apples Belchard have wrinkles
et 
the jambes of Jambons wear shoes






 BOIRE




SOIS HEUREUX


et poursuivre (carry on)

EXTRAIT du JOURNAL de SALLY MARA
Nobody understands the Basque language .....
tira egun barria dugu guar-esan zion Chicken Littlek
bere bukuari espalor......

et tout le monde 
regards me suspiciously, somehow they know I'm an étranger 

Gateaux Basques, ain't so pretty but they sure taste good




at vernissages (openings)
vraiment c'est de bons trucs
(they only serve the good stuff)


 Ici, English dogs ne parle pas d'anglais
the Biarritz Rochers (rocks) all have names
Trees get a coupe au bal (buzz cut) and hold hands

and 
if you go to the Marché Quintao
you can hear the story of why small sugary delicious types of beignets are called:
Pet-de-Nonne
(nun's farts)
so much to do, so little time

tomorrow there will be another croissant to taste

that slippery slope, CHOCOLAT to discover

and maybe even a little soleil

RECETTE DU JOUR
self evident



Coming up!