Since spending more time in the UK, The Artist and I have started a monthly 'mystery tour', where one of us organises something, without telling the other what it is. My 'tour' took us to an Italian restaurant, Guiseppe's Gourmet which is in the club house of The Bristol and Yotam Ottolenghi comes to Bath[Read More]
Restaurants
Where to eat Geoduck in Seattle
Things have been a bit quiet on the Provence Calling site, the reason being that I have been working on a film in Seattle and have had little time to do anything besides. Seattle is surrounded by water, the Puget Sound to the West and Lake Washington to the east and there is a Where to eat Geoduck in Seattle[Read More]
The best bbq in L.A.
Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with Provence. I happened to be in L.A. when Anthony Bourdain's new TV show, Layover, aired, on where to eat in L.A. when you have a 24 hour layover. It features him driving around in an open-top car, spilling food into his lap and The best bbq in L.A.[Read More]
Peach Blossom and lunch in Arles
I recently saw a piece in The Guardian on Vincent van Gogh's Peach Blossom in Arles (1888) and it reminded me of the beauty of this short moment in Provence when the blossoms on the fruit trees carpet the countryside in shades of white and pink. There's a feeling of optimism in Peach Blossom and lunch in Arles[Read More]
The Long Journey Home
The way travel is today, it is about a quarter of the price to fly between England and the South of France than it is to drive. When we were children, flying would have been the expensive option and it was cheaper and more usual to drive. I remember one such trip, couped up The Long Journey Home[Read More]
