I HAVE MOVED MY BLOG !!!!!


I'm every woman, it's all in me. Mijn dorpscafé vol vrede, vriendschap en liefde. Mon bistrot pacifique, plein d'amitié et d'amour et Patati et Patata...and the best is yet to come...






As a foreigner in France I am not aloud to vote for the president-elections. I have my opinions and some hopes on one of the candidates.

Dit is Tommy ! Having a tough day at the office, just working on the computer, the computer, the computer, the computer........ I needed a good laugh, here we go :

I would have loved to tell you a BIG story today but I only have other things to say, first of all that the acquisition on our house is not going to happen, then my car broke down yesterday, spent four hours in a garage, then (after having planned something like 180 hrs (untill half May) of cleaning work in our clients houses) we hired a girl officially to start on monday morning; she called to say she wouldn't come...we have to leave our house soon, so no house means no more office space too, not knowing where we are going and all this with the masses of work, we already started a brilliant season, more clients, more houses, more challenges... so no April Foolsday for us, all of it is true ! Thanks to our love and strenght we believe in what we do, our children are the most lovely ones, and we are going on and on and on ! Untill the sun will shine again ! To be continued...

Als reactie op de bouillabaisse van Marina breng ik hier mijn recept van dit oude gerecht waar de Koot toch ook beroemd om staat.
Philippe and I are both sailing people, Philippe has done his transatlantic twice allready, has done a lot of competition sailing, Starchampionship, and Dragon Regata's (also Royal Regata Cannes, Les Voiles de St Tropez etc) and today we dream of being on a boat and sail away with the children, freedom and leave everything behind. But lets get back to reality...


Lorsque Dieu créa le monde, il décida de concéder deux vertus aux hommes de chaque peuple afin qu'ils prospèrent.

Iedere ochtend staat "le Chat" in de Nice Matin met een nieuw grapje. Een stripverhaaltje/mopje geschreven door Philippe Geluck een belgische journalist/schrijver met enorm veel succes in Frankrijk.
Her Diary:
Ce message s'adresse à tous mes lecteurs de France, signez ce pacte et faites entendre votre voix !
Ik neem aan dat dit nieuws volop in de nederlandse kranten stond maar ik vond het leuk dit toch even te melden op mijn blog.



1.The dog is not allowed in the house.
Een oproep van de associatie « l’Alliance pour la planète » aan alle inwoners van Frankrijk om vanavond tussen 19.55 uur en 20.00 uur alle elektriciteit uit te doen wordt vanochtend aangekondigd in de krant.
Hoestend en snotterend achter m'n computer maar we gaan gewoon door, niemand anders doet het werk voor me... en niet eens tijd om te bloggen, toch even een verslagje.

Gisteravond waren wij weer van de partij. Ieder jaar gaan we naar Monaco voor het Festival du Cirque. Mijn moeder is een enorme circus fan, is lid van de AMAC, Association Monégasque des Amis du Cirque, en verblijft 5 dagen in Monaco om alle belangrijkste avonden en matinées (en de Gala-avond) mee te maken.
Arlette Grüss is vorig jaar overleden, het was een "grande dame du cirque" en mochten jullie ooit de gelegenheid krijgen naar dit circus te kunnen gaan moet je dat doen, je kijkt je ogen uit van de mooie nummers, de fantastische costuums en de bijbehorende muziek, een echt sprookje.Since April 2006, and thanks to Mike, my “buum” (neighbour)
and his blog, , his book "MAN" (released since last november, DID YOU BUY THIS BOOK ???) let him to start a great blog, "Help ik heb een boek geschreven", which made me comment every day, got me really excited so I started my own blog. Writing about everyday things, things I come up with, things I like to share with others and some thought for the people I care, birthdays, mariages, births etc.
I met John and Wendy, John’s the writer of (I quote) “family, friends, music, travel, TV, gadgets, politics, films, nostalgia and a whole lot of other weird stuff…” he invented his “mandag” a post for men only (you can imagine what kind of post those are) and his posts are always very original.
Luepp’s blog is a very interesting one, always incredible posts about history or as he definites his blog : Bilingual scribbles of an Economic Historian, "Dutch Indies" Videographer, Score Composer, Motion Graphics Designer and C4D Artist. I told him once that if he had been my history teacher I would certainly have done better in school!
came along more and more and was hit by the “blogvirus” and started her own blog, Macbuccaneer. An everyday woman like me, with love, happiness, laughter, sadness and sorrow, a mother, a working woman, things to say, to write, to feel better. She writes of her passions, Bollywood, her family, her work…
a sort of blind date because we had only written, spoken through email or blog, we spent three hours talking, talking, as if we had known each other for years. We have a lot in common, and she dedicated a post to me saying “new friends”. Well, new friends like this I would like to meet them everyday. Today I have a special thought for her, yes, it is HER birthday, and since I am the specialist of birthdays and celebrations on my blog I could not miss this one !