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thanks for sharing this part of the wedding.. how nice of martin to include you and french husband.. can tell you how happy we are for you all..
love,
lana cano kloch
Commented Jan 14, 2018 on Shopping for a Wedding Suit at French la Vie
Shopping for a Wedding Suit
Martin said he was going to have his wedding suit tailored made and wanted to know if I would like to come along to help him decide, I could hardly say yes fast enough! So this weekend I came to Paris where he and Chelsea live, we went to the tailor to look at fabrics, buttons, collars, pock...
great friends and family.. possessing wisdom of the ages...so many talents.. and sharing all of these with us, your friends..
can life get any better..
you are the best
Commented Oct 29, 2017 on When it is Good it is Good at French la Vie
When it is Good it is Good
The The
adding another layer of richness to your life, sasha that help make up the quilt of your mother's and father's wonderful life...
love and embrace you all..
thank you for adding so much color to my life as well..
lana
Commented Sep 10, 2017 on Sacha Leaves Home at French la Vie
Sacha Leaves Home
truly wonderful news.. watching her grow up.. your sharing chelsea's adventures.. to culminate in her engagement..and having the last drop of champagnes..in one of your recent posts..
am so happy for each and every one of you.. let the celebration continue.. you have raised a beautiful daughter..
sending hugs galore..
Commented Aug 30, 2017 on Wedding Planner and Gratitude xoxo at French la Vie
Wedding Planner and Gratitude xoxo
Thank you for your good wishes and notes of happiness for Chelsea and Martin. How wonderful I feel to have such news to share with you. I could hardly stand the waiting, but Chelsea and Martin wanted to tell the family personally, so I had to hold my sharing with you until I had the go ahead...
so fantastic... you are amazing.. thanks for sharing..
Commented Jun 27, 2017 on Painted Dress and Tie for the MFA Summer Party at Balzer Designs
Painted Dress and Tie for the MFA Summer Party
I recently attended the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Summer Party. It's a black tie affair. I went shopping for a not black dress. I was literally looking for anything formal that wasn't black. And you know what, not a lot of choices -- especially in my size. So, I did what any artist would do...
dearest corey amaro.. i must share with you how much your photos, writings and knowledge have contributed to my journey through life..
you reinforce my values in family and sharing our passion for cooking and treasuring hunting and staging...
i say often that you are so gifted.. i really mean it.. you embrace the world and can juggle so much ...
we look forward to our visit to see and be with you and ruth and live thru your eyes for a few days..
so happy to count you among my friends..
Commented May 26, 2017 on Hiking Mount Saint Victoire with Cezanne in Mind at French la Vie
Hiking Mount Saint Victoire with Cezanne in Mind
Mount Saint Victoire photo by Corey On top of the Provencal world. Sacha, Fabrice and Shelby hiked up Mount Sainte-Victoire, "It can be difficult to estimate, by eye, just how far away a mountain lies. A peak can dominate a landscape and command our attention, filling our ey...
this is one of the best to come out of the memorable glitter retreat @ paper crown in oklahoma city.. is it possible for you to send it to my e-mail.. lkloch33@yahoo.com..
only if it is easy..
love,
lana cano kloch lkloch33@yahoo.com
Commented Apr 24, 2017 on just a sneak peek...........more to come tomorrow............. at Good Grief Girdie's blog
just a sneak peek...........more to come tomorrow.............
wishing i was wrong when i predicted he would start a war..within 3 months.. has he thought 5 steps ahead.. war is not the answer..
sharing your love of countries and art and people.. i treasure it all.. praying for peace.. sending hugs out to the world..
your words are pure poetry as you express your shock.. sending much love..
Commented Apr 7, 2017 on The Cost of Doing the Right Thing at French la Vie
The Cost of Doing the Right Thing
Syrian tray via Ebay, an example. The metal tray was oval with intricate designs, I put it aside reaching further into the box pulling out a soft grey blue and pale persimmon cloth wrapped around a fragment of pottery. I asked the antique dealer where the items were from as I knew they w...
sending hopes for great experiences .. safe travels chelsea.. you are extraordinary..
Commented Apr 6, 2017 on Chelsea at French la Vie
Chelsea
Just wanted to share another look at my daughter. Chelsea will journal her experience, and once she has a blog up I will post it here. Thanks for sending her your good wishes, energy, prayers, thoughts and love. xxx
it looks like we won after seeing the concessions that both you and yann made.. so extraordinary.. you were born to be a brocante artist/interior designer/Mother/wife/poet /photographer and a awesome friend whom i adore..
love,
lana cano kloch
Commented Mar 29, 2017 on Cassis: The Bathroom at French la Vie
Cassis: The Bathroom
The bathroom in Cassis was were French Husband and I differed. From the beginning we were bartering, negotiating, arguing, sweet talking... just trying to get what we wanted. The main thing was French Husband wanted a washer and a dryer, in the bathroom. I wanted them in the kitchen under ...
you're brilliant.. what a great idea to have the professional cinematographer come along to take pictures with you unawares.. love today's blog..
and by the way, your hair looks longer than before; funny how when you cut it, it looks longer..
you are beautiful inside and out..
love,
lana cano kloch
Commented Mar 19, 2017 on Any Day at the French Brocante at French la Vie
Any Day at the French Brocante
Last weekend when I was in Paris I begged Sacha to come with me to the brocante and take photos of me doing my thing. He obliged. One of my conditions was that I did not want to know when he was taking my photo. I loved these number stamps. Though I did not buy them, because I h...
love your article today about capturing numbers and how you and yann think alike and sometimes differently.. beautiful photographs and wonderful stories ... you enrich our lives so much.. merci beaucoup
lana cano kloch
Commented Feb 25, 2017 on As Simple as 1, 2, 3. at French la Vie
As Simple as 1, 2, 3.
In a perfect world everything is perfect. Everyone is happy. Life offers geniune kindness and plenty to eat. Nobody suffers or dies, children grow up with only good memories of their families. Everyone has what they need. There isn't any waste. And if I wanted long legs and a little nose I w...
thanks for sharing aunt mary... so glad you had a chance to visit her while here.. love the stories you shared while growing up.. sending up prayers for you and your family
Commented Feb 3, 2017 on In Memory of Aunt Mary at French la Vie
In Memory of Aunt Mary
My Aunt Mary was my mom's older sister. Aunt Mary had seven children, was a nurse, and such a sweet person (just like all my mother's sisters are.) I always loved staying at her home when I was a girl. Aunt Mary, who lived in the "city" as we use to say, had seven children, six girls and a s...
still doing outstanding designs.. miss you mutely.. jackie peters..
Commented Jan 25, 2017 on thanks girls........ at Good Grief Girdie's blog
thanks girls........
We painted, glittered and glued until these sweet little Valentine girls were finished..........how cute did these turn out? I know how hard you all worked and you did an awesome job of painting these faces and putting all the little details on with fur flying around every where ......
today's post is one of your best.. emphasized by the shards of pottery held together to make a cohesive unit.. the different shapes and colors and sizes represent us.. with all our frailties and hopes.. we march with love..
that the whole world united for such a cause is powerful.. the images of the crowds everywhere sewn together represent how love will conquer what we want.
thank you,
lana
Commented Jan 23, 2017 on We Are One at French la Vie
We Are One
We are one, all of us. No matter where we live, what we think, the color of our skin or what faith we hold true. We are one even if we are chipped, bruised, shackled, silent, rude, marching or in a corner. Some say we are one held together by: Gravity, Love, Cells, Mystery, Nothingness, Life...
great story about what we once called the "ugly american"...
what did you end up doing? yann would love anything you make.. omg.. he was 24..
ahh.. wonderful memories of you both..
Commented Dec 23, 2016 on Buche de Noel at French la Vie
Buche de Noel
Photo Via Buche de Noel 1988 "Buche de Noel is my favorite cake!" Bright eyed and hopeful was the response eagerly given by my French Husband, the newlywed. The flavor was a known fact: Spread chocolate on anything and it was labeled: Yann's. My mother had made jelly-roll cakes for my br...
love the endearing way chelsea named sasha.. discovered after so many years..
my name lana was given to me by my father harry mock.. he served in world war ii and he collected movie star photos and autographs..
he wrote to them and received a lot of them in return.
his favorite was lana turner...
i like it and people often think i am from hawaii, because it sounds hawaiian..
thanks for sharing your wonderful store..
happy birthday chelsea.. and how did you get your name?
Commented Dec 21, 2016 on Chelsea Our Christmas Baby at French la Vie
Chelsea Our Christmas Baby
Our daughter learned to talk early. At sixteen months she told me she did not want to wear a diaper. I had never mentioned the toilet to her, so imagine how surprised I was when she kicked those chubby legs saying, "Pas chouche, pas couche! (No Diaper, no diaper!)" Right then and there Chels...
your writing always inspire. know you have a friend always..
Commented Oct 9, 2016 on Living with the Story at French la Vie
Living with the Story
"We must live with the story we have." A group of friends were talking about something that had happened that was difficult to understand and harder yet to accept. Some of us were baffled, others angry and a few trying to see the bright side. At last, someone said, "We must live with the ...
love your recent posts, corey amaro.. reading them daily... barbara haslip costa just wrote and she's be visiting you the same time i'm in paris..
darn it! wish i were there, too..
you are so busy in a very good way.. life is wonderful... how do you do it all.. can't wait to see you and have you try on your new "duds"..
sending hugs.. love you and your family.. xoxo
Commented Sep 12, 2016 on Healing Bowl at French la Vie
Healing Bowl
Going to our friends Denise (W.R., Panty Lady...) and Vlad's house, I have come to find out means that I must not eat for twenty four hours before I arrive, so when Denise serves lunch I have plenty of room to indulge in the feast she sets before me. This afternoon Denise treated us with fre...
you both have a knack for seizing the moment! love the pictures of you all in your cassis apartment ..
especially love the dress... it looks divine on you.. corey amaro..
sending tons of hugs and kisses...
Commented Aug 8, 2016 on A First Drink at French la Vie
A First Drink
We carried a portable picnic table, where four places to sit pop out, upstairs to our apartment in Cassis. With it we brought wine, glasses, a tablecloth, yet forgot the corkscrew. Luckily the apartment is above Chez Gilbert (a restaurant) they lent us one. Since there was five of us French...
voting for kirk.. corey sending hugs and love..
Commented Aug 3, 2016 on It Does Matter at French la Vie
It Does Matter
A book of fables, you know the ones, I found it inside a cardboard box with many other books at a fleamarket, it had a turn of the century fabric book cover which intrigued me. Under the fabric book cover (that was added at the turn of the century) the book dated 1803, a book of those famous...
missing in action.. editing the home.. have rented a storage locker.. 10x10.. wanted to say hi..
love your new staircase.. wow.. what a beauty.. you have so much on your plate and still enjoying yourself too.. how do you do it..???
thanks for the restaurant recommendation.. am making a note of it for my next visit..
sending hugs and much love,
lana cano kloch
Commented Jul 24, 2016 on All in a Day in France at French la Vie
All in a Day in France
All in a day, I am in Paris 'cause my friend Cheryl (from Australia) is here with her daughter. Chelsea Sacha and Fabrice are in Provence, they went hiking again, along the coast in Cassis and then up Garlaban. Their new selfie mode. A big plus about hiking along the coa...
i'll say it again: i love your writings and photos.. they transport me to another time and place often.. i was inspired by your "diamond" adventures, when i found this new post.
would not change your passion for a second... you share your love for brocantes with so many...
my home is stuffed to the rafters from combing many antique stores... wishing i had many homes to stage... your artistic and unique eye for staging is "beyond"..
readers, please stay in corey's paris apartment or go on a shopping tour with the french muse... and visit the brocantes of provence..
you are the best..
Commented Jun 7, 2016 on Wait a Minute... I Could Fix Things to the Ceiling?! at French la Vie
Wait a Minute... I Could Fix Things to the Ceiling?!
French Husband had barely parked the car at the brocante when I jumped out. Having the brocante bug is not easy to control. Is there a cure? As soon as my eyes fell upon the thickly painted, white-ish grey cupboard/buffet, I knew the brocante bug would begin to boil. Why couldn't I have the...
i never tire of your sharing your love story.. how improbable it was.. yet.. the fairy tale continues... you two have journeyed through so much and remain so strong.. you have raised 2 wonderful children who i adore.
and you have added so much to our lives with your columns, photos, and poetry..
my life is so much richer because of you..
steve and i have been married 34 years.. it seems like yesterday...he is a man of enormous strength and integrity.. i pinch myself often.. hope i enhance his life as well.
sending hugs dearest corey and yann on your special anniversary..
Commented May 7, 2016 on Thirty Years ago Today at French la Vie
Thirty Years ago Today
Thirty years ago today Yann and I met. Thirty years ago wasn't that the day before yesterday, or was it a lifetime ago? This morning under the blankets warm and safe in his arms, it felt like yesterday. Though as anyone who has been with someone for nearly half their life will say, that isn...
thanks again for sharing the progress.. i am simply blown away to see your vision come to life with the exceptional talents of renee.
you can move mountains and make treasures.. your dreams become reality.. your strength and love comes through your words...
you are a constant inspiration to me..
bravo corey amaro..
i am bless to count you among my friends..
lana cano kloch
Commented May 5, 2016 on A Difference a Day Makes at French la Vie
A Difference a Day Makes
Thank you Rene. Thank you for your amazing generous talent. Thank you for your incredible energy, spirit and that constant smile. Thank you. I know the project is not over, but I cannot wait until the end to tell you thank you, so I am going to say it now, Thank you! The first c...
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