More about this controversial shirt in today's story :-) Today's Word: un entretien d'embauche : à job interview A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE by Kristi Espinasse Our recently-turned 21-year-old just arrived here in Colorado–where she will be trying out "this American life" for the next 6 months (until June 26th, the date at which her billet aller-retour delivers her back to … Continue reading A job interview in French…
Announcing one more meetup in Denver! Hope to see some of you on October 4th, from 5-7 pm at the Alliance Française. une béquille (beh-kee) : crutch, stand; kickstand (bike) Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc pronounce the following expressions: Download MP3 or Wav file Elle marche avec des béquilles. She walks with crutches.mettre une moto, un vélo sur sa béquille = to put a motorbike or … Continue reading How to say “crutches” in French…
Cabanon and field of fennel near the town of Orange. se donner de la peine pour faire quelque chose : to go to a lot of trouble to do something Click here to listen to the following sentence in French Il s'est donné beaucoup de peine pour réussir. He went to a lot of trouble to succeed. A DAY IN A FRENCH … Continue reading Se donner de la peine pour faire quelque chose
Thanks to The Vineyard Wine Shop for this photo montage. Today's tasting is from 3-6p.m. 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there! Today's word: un atterrissage : touchdown, landing A DAY IN AN AMERICAN LIFE La Ciotat to Denver On est atterri ! We made it to my sister's in Denver and, after a … Continue reading Atterrissage: Made it to The Mile-High City! Winetastng today
Come see Jean-Marc and me! We'll be in Denver next week, for a wine tasting of Provence and Chateauneuf du Pape wines that Chief Grape exports to Colorado. This event will take place September 13th from 3 to 6 PM at The Vineyard Wine Shop, 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there! Today's Word: se … Continue reading Se pointer: to show up
Félicitations to our Max, who begins un stage, or internship, in Reims, for the champagne house Lanson. Go back with me, today, to his very first job at the age of 3: teaching his mom how to correctly pronounce French! Read on in today's story, below. Today's word: la ceinture de sécurité : seat belt Some of you enjoyed viewing the vocabulary list before the … Continue reading How to say “seat belt” in French & learning to pronounce French
Jean-Marc (here, with grape stains…) and Kristi will be in Denver soon, for a wine tasting of Provence and Chateauneuf du Pape wines that Chief Grape exports to Colorado. This event will take place September 13th from 3 to 6 PM at The Vineyard Wine Shop, 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there! Just … Continue reading A colorful way to say “I’m so hungry!”
Our Smokey turned 9 last week (here he is with 2 of his 5 sisters, in 2009). Following the previous post, I received several emails about our golden "showing his age." Funny, I didn't notice the gray in his beard or his eyebrows..until now. And it's all got me thinking about how we need to treasure every day with him. We'll keep the rest of … Continue reading The French word for Puppy (see Smokey and his 5 sisters when they were baby goldens)
Jean-Marc and Kristi will be in Denver soon, attending a wine tasting of Provence and Chateauneuf du Pape wines that Chief Grape exports to Colorado. This event will take place September 13th from 3 to 6 PM at The Vineyard Wine Shop, 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there! Today's Word: le déchet … Continue reading le déchet : What the tourists regularly toss into our garden
Sometime during her second week in France, Mom moved out of grandson Max's room and into her own independent "space." Here's a view looking down from my bedroom, to Mom's "front patio" (really just the edge of our driveway that meets the house). In order to block the view of our cars–and the slew of tourists who pass by on their way to the beach–we've … Continue reading A near disaster & Ouf! Phew!
