La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé part 3

So, in addition the little school on top of the building, Le Corbusier also wanted to have shops and things in the building as well. Unfortunately, none of them are still active businesses, but its a pretty good idea.

This is the view as you walk into the lobby-

La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé part 2

Ok, so first off let me acknowledge that I wasn't very clear in my last post about Maison Radieuse- when I said that Erwan, Delphine and Hélène hadn't "heard of him", I was referring to Frank Lloyd Wright. And now that I think about it actually, that could …

Rocky VII

So, Hubert came in a little early from his nightly prowl the other night. Since we just open the window and let him and its dark inside, we didn't really notice anything wrong.

But when we woke up, we saw this-

These pics don't really do it justice, as he …

New Year's Eve

I'll get back to Maison Radieuse, but we had a pretty good, although very chill, New Year's Eve last night so I figured I would post the pics.

Hélène finally got around to making me Cuisses de Grenouilles, which is technically 'Frog's thighs' and not frog legs. …

La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé

La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé

After we visited Hélène's friend Marie in the little village of Clisson, we headed into Nantes proper to visit her friends Erwan and Delphine. Erwan and Delphine live at La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé, which was …

Alternative to Christmas Dinner

Spending Thanksgiving in Nantes, where its not really celebrated obviously, a big turkey wasn't on the agenda.

However, Hélène's friend Marie had stopped by her favorite boucherie (butcher) the day before and picked a damn near turkey-sized chicken.

Those …

Christmas Market

Just a few photos from the Christmas market in Nantes. Or rather, a couple of them, there were a few throughout the city. I'd guess same place they have the normal markets, but set up for a few weeks leading up to Christmas.

Mechanical Toys

Les Machines de L'ile Nantes

Ok, so as usual, Hélène read my last post and I got an earful about how horribly I described the people behind the Machines de L'ile Nantes. And, as I looked around for more info about them, of course she was right. Those that know me are probably not surprised the …

Les Machines de L'ile Nantes

While we were in Nantes we visited this really cool project in Nantes. You sort of get the impression, or at least I did probably from having been in LA, that this was a place where old set designers and practical effects guys go to die.

In fact, it has more to do …

Bloggin

Been kinda busy with this- www.mondoswank.com

By my count, I've got about 3 chateaus, three markets and a number of dinners and other food related things that I haven't gotten to.

Will try to get to some soon...

Patisserie

Most patissiries here are in a boulanger, or bakery, and its generally 75/25 in terms of space dedicated to bread vs. pastries. Even so, usually there are at least one or four really delicious looking concoctions, and its very difficult to pass them up most of the …

Nantes

Traveling

Off to Nantes this week, so no posts for a bit.

Sorry.

That goes for all three of you.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

When I was in Paris last year I saw all these guys on the street corners with their roasted chestnuts, and I really wanted to try one. Turns out after all these years of living in Texas and California, both states with an apparent chestnut shortage, I had never even …

Jenny Craig, we have a problem

So, one of my first posts ever on this here little blog was about the perfect breakfast that I have discovered here- Jordan's Country Crisp cereal along with some fresh strawberries from the market.

I can't even begin to describe how much better this cereal is than …

He's a big boy now

Warning- carnivore pictures ahead

Hubert the cat fashions himself a bit of a hunter. He lets out that little cat whelp when there is a fly around, although I haven't seen or rather heard him do that much with birds. It is pretty hilarious to listen to him try to …

Les Aventures de Peggy Sue

Hélène has started her own little blog on Virb, featuring her fantastic work with that wonderful application MS Paint. Its actually pretty funny to hear her talk about using Paint, as she is most proud of the fact there are only three levels of undo.

So, to …

La Couvertoirade pt. 3

At the back of the town, on the hill with the old Templar fort, is where the church is located. The church was actually built well after the Templars had been disbanded, so I think its safe to say that while they were still in business probably the only thing present …

La Couvertoirade pt. 2

Sorry, been a little under the weather the last few days. Winter is here, for sure.

So, the interior of the Couvertoirade was pretty cool. The whole thing was probably not bigger than a football field, and most of the houses are actually crafts people, artisans, …

La Couvertoirade

La Couvertoirade is a little fortified town on the Larzac plateau, started by the Templars and then handed over to the Hospitaliers after their dissolution.

As usual, I just went off on an hour long tangent on Wiki, but I will just leave you with the fact that La …