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!

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!