Sharing is Caring

I have never been the type of girl who keeps secrets. I am a complete open book and my info is your info. I will always share all of my sources… Furniture, restaurants, clothing shops, housekeepers, masseuses, dog walkers, bakeries, cheese shops, hotels… You name it, I will share it. I hate when people hog sources.

So today, I thought I would share three of my favorite favorite favorite blogs with you.

Lately, the first blog that I check every morning when I wake up is My French Country Home written by Sharon Santoni. I literally want this woman’s life. Here’s why:

This is her house in Normandy.

This is her garden at her house in Normandy.

These are her dogs in her garden at her house in Normandy.

This is her guest house (available as a short-term rental) at her house in Normandy.

This is her online brocante that she curates from Normandy.

 
If you know me at all, you know that this is my idea of complete bliss.

She also wrote a fabulous book that I have to get my little paws on called My Stylish French Girlfriends. She is accepting preorders HERE.

 

Her blog is fantastic, especially yesterday’s posting about a little house for sale in Normandy. Take a look HERE…

 So, when you have a chance, pop over to her blog… You will not be disappointed.

Now, my second favorite blog that I always check is Lost in Arles. This little gem is written by my friend Heather Robinson. Bring your dictionary to this blog because you will need it. Heather is a smarty-pants who went to Yale and it shows but relax, she’s relatable. :-) She reminds me of my other close friend who is a smarty-pants as well (Stanford) and these are the two girls I go to with grammatical questions. It’s always good to have a balance between the Kardashians and Ivy League, right?

Heather’s blog is full of remarkable photographs taken by herself on all things Provence. If you have any questions about Provence, Heather has the answers. She has the answers about the good stuff like where’s the best fleamarket in Provence, what’s the best restaurant in Provence, where’s the best farmers market in Provence, where’s the best place to find a summer rental in Provence… She’s like the magic genie of Provence. She has great tips about what to avoid in Provence as well. How many times can I say Provence? Nine times in this paragraph alone. :-)

 

This is Heather's blog post about an adorable book called Hudson in Provence by Jackie Clark Mancuso.

 

 This is Heather's blog posting about her friend's house that is for sale in Provence.

 

This is Heather's blog posting about the St. Etienne du Grès fleamarket in Provence.

This is Heather's blog posting about fruit confit in Provence.

 

If any of you are heading to Provence, I highly suggest you sign up for one of

Heather’s walking tours. You will not be disappointed. Heather is knowledgeable,

friendly (loving, actually), patient, easy-going, reliable and has great taste in

everything. She will make you laugh and smile, learn something and you will want to

give her a big hug at the end of the day. Truly, a rare genuine person. I will share her

with you.

My third favorite blog is written by my uber chic friend, Hollye Jacobs. The blog is titled, The Silver Pen: Finding the Silver Linings. Hollye is a breast cancer survivor and one of the most inspirational women I know. Hollye and I have agreed to do a little back-and-forth questionnaire between each other answering questions that are sometimes hard to answer. It will be a whole blog so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, get yourself familiarized with her blog, it will brighten your day.
 

 This is my friend Hollye... Isn't she adorable?

This is the best-selling book Hollye wrote for women as a guide to breast cancer. You can purchase her book HERE.

So those are my three shares for the day. What are yours? How about all of the readers share one secret source? It can be your favorite blog, favorite website, favorite restaurant, favorite hat shop, favorite florist, favorite caterer, favorite decorator, favorite bakery… If you love it, will love it. Write a comment, give your source, I will post it on the blog and everyone will have done their good deed for the day. Sharing is caring.

http://sharonsantoni.com/

http://lostinarles.blogspot.fr/

http://www.thesilverpen.com/


*Something you don’t know about me? I think I’m going to write another cookbook with my mother. I received over 100 emails about her Baked Beans recipe alone. We decided it would be fun if we shared all of our family favorites. Not fancy, mostly country. These are the recipes that are our everyday staples… Chicken Fried Steak with Gravy, Porkchops with Fried Apples and Mashed Potatoes, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Pineapple Upside down Cake, Green Enchiladas, Chicken Divine, Linguine with Spicy Shrimp, Green Pepper Steak, Bacon Wrapped Scallops with Bearnaise Sauce and more, lots more. The recipes are from my great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and aunts...The men in our family don’t cook, or clean for that matter (except my brother and my husband). Stay tuned for that… But tomorrow, we will get back to our barbecue fixin’s!