Everyday is french

05/10/2026

C’est passé trop vite…avec maman ❤️
It went too fast with maman 😞
❤️

🎶 : chez Laurette - Michel Delpech

04/03/2026

🇫🇷Ne mangez pas de viande aujourd’hui, c’est vendredi saint ! ….disait ma maman quand nous étions petit. La phrase résonne encore dans ma tête chaque année avant Pâques et je me souviens de ma maman cachant toute trace de viande et notamment le saucisson ! Mes frères et mon père clamant que le saucisson ce n’était pas de la viande. Comment un français peut se passer un jour de saucisson ! Au delà de la religion elle même, je me rends compte souvent combien la culture catholique est imprégnée dans l’éducation française.

D’ailleurs chez ma maman, le vendredi c’est le jour où l’on mange du poisson.

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“Don’t eat meat today, it’s Good Friday!” my mom used to tell us when we were little. The phrase still echoes in my head today, and I remember her hiding any trace of meat, especially le saucisson! My brothers and my father would insist that saucisson wasn’t meat. How can a French person go a day without saucisson! Beyond religion itself, living far from France, I often realize how deeply Catholic culture is woven into French upbringing.

And by the way, at my mom’s house, Friday is still fish day.

03/20/2026

On chante ? 🇫🇷🎙️
Memorizing French lyrics from a song you love, is a great way to improve your French!

My favorite playlist on Spotify ? Charles aznavour radio 💛❤️🇫🇷🎙️

03/16/2026

🇫🇷Les déjeuners de famille du dimanche, une tradition que je suis fière de perpétuer même en vivant aux États-Unis. 🇺🇸Sunday family lunch, a tradition I am proud to continue even while living in the United States.

Sunday lunch is a strong tradition in France. Families often gather around 12:30 p.m. for at least two or three hours, sometimes more, around the table. It’s a time for everyone to slow down, a time for conversation with no TV, no sports, just the joy of different generations being together. I still remember those long lunches at my grandmother’s house.

Here, we usually start with a long “apéritif” outside (we are lucky to live in sunny Southern California). Then we move to the table in the backyard, where we enjoy a two-to-three-hour lunch, talking about our food and our lives. I cherish these moments so much, and I am very happy to see how much my family loves them too.

After the long “aperitif”, we usually start with une salade gourmande, followed by a main course, often chicken (it’s actually their request!) with seasonal vegetables. Then comes cheese, even if we are no longer hungry. In France, cheese always comes after the main course, not as an appetizer.
Then comes dessert: usually my chocolate cake, my pavlova, or my fruit tarts, depending on the season.
I also like to pay special attention to making the table beautiful.
In the United States, there isn’t really a strong tradition of Sunday lunch. Meals are often shorter and more casual, or people meet for brunch at a restaurant. That is why I am proud to have been able to continue this tradition with my family after 20 years in the U.S. I hope they will remember it and continue it in the future.

02/17/2026

🇺🇸Have fun ! 🇫🇷Amuse-toi bien

01/15/2026

Faire du ski de fond / Cross-country skiing 🎿

Quand j’habitais à Grenoble dans les Alpes, il y aura bientôt 20 ans, je faisais du ski de piste et du ski de fond tout l’hiver. Le ski fond permet de découvrir en toute quiétude des espaces uniques, et il y en avait beaucoup autour de Grenoble avec le plateau du Vercors ou en chartreuse. Je ne fais plus de ski de piste, je n’aime plus la vitesse, la foule, les queues aux télésièges….le ski fond est un des plaisirs que je chéris. Quel bonheur de se retrouver dans la nature immaculée et silencieuse, tout en faisant de l’exercice…et finir avec un verre de vin, du fromage, du saucisson ou un bon dîner et un ciel étoilé ❄️❤️

🇺🇸Here is a natural, fluent English translation:

When I lived in Grenoble in the Alps—nearly twenty years ago now—I used to do downhill skiing and cross-country skiing all winter long. Cross-country skiing allows you to discover unique landscapes in complete tranquility, and there were many around Grenoble, especially on the Vercors plateau or in the Chartreuse mountains. I no longer do downhill skiing; I don’t enjoy the speed anymore, nor the crowds or the lines at the ski lifts. Cross-country skiing is one of the pleasures I truly cherish. What a joy it is to find oneself in pristine, silent nature while getting some exercise… and to end the day with a glass of wine, some cheese, saucisson, or a good dinner under a star-filled sky. ✨

12/05/2025

Happy holidays from California ❤️🌅🌴🤶

10/24/2025

10/24/2025

Speaking everyday to yourself in French is one of the smartest things you can do to learn French (or any language).

Pourquoi ?

-It trains your brain to think in French. You start building automatic connections instead of translating from English

-You practice pronunciation and rhythm without the pressure of someone listening.
-You improve fluency. Even simple sentences (“Je vais me préparer un café…”)

-You see what you don’t know. When you get stuck, that’s exactly what you should learn next.

Start this morning :

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- « Je me lève, je prépare mon petit-déjeuner, je bois mon café, j’ai faim ce matin, qu’est-ce que je vais manger ? …”
- “Qu’est-ce que je vais faire aujourd’hui ?”
- Je vais à la gym ou pas ?

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- « I get up, I make my breakfast, I drink my coffee, I’m hungry this morning, what am I going to eat?... »
- « What am I going to do today? »
- Should I go to the gym or not?

10/17/2025

🇫🇷Quel bon livre !
Commencé et Terminé à Maui 🌺

Une saga familiale passionnante qui nous plonge dans l’histoire du Venezuela par Miguel Bonnefoy un auteur Franco-vénézuélien. Un voyage par lui-même ce livre J’ai adoré ce roman . À lire !

🇺🇸What a great book!
Started and finished in Maui 🌺

A captivating family saga that immerses you in the history of Venezuela, written by Miguel Bonnefoy, a French-Venezuelan author.
A journey in itself — I loved this novel. A must-read!