I got myself a sugar daddy!
Out for a coffee the other day, I was surprised to see I’d scored myself a sugar daddy, so I took a photo. Here is my sugar daddy. Actually, it’s a ‘sucre daddy’ (‘sucre‘ is French for sugar), and as …
Out for a coffee the other day, I was surprised to see I’d scored myself a sugar daddy, so I took a photo. Here is my sugar daddy. Actually, it’s a ‘sucre daddy’ (‘sucre‘ is French for sugar), and as …
Pictured is a photo I snapped outside one of the snack bars near a piste in La Clusaz. Here is an ice cream board with very few ice creams available. Okay, it’s been a warm winter, but not warm enough …
Since the last French advertisement went down so well, I wanted to post this McVities ad currently on TV. McVities make biscuits in England, and their ad pokes fun at themselves with the phrase: “They’re English but they’re good.” However, …
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French advertisements can be really funny, and this one for Citroen cars makes me giggle every time I see it: What do you think? Funny or lame?
When I think about romantic gifts on St Valentine’s Day, I think of homemade cards, a heart-shaped box of chocolates, a thoughtful trinket or a special meal out. One of the French supermarkets thinks about liver. In their catalogue for …
Got a sore throat? Dry cough? You need Drill. That’s right: there’s a brand of throat lozenges in France called Drill. The word has no meaning at all in French, so I’m not rubbishing the French here, but I do …
Pictured is a plastic contraption, dating back to 1983, that a friend found when cleaning out her chalet. I loved it, and she kindly gave it to me. It’s the most curious map I’ve ever seen. Yes, it’s a map. …
If you run out of bread at lunchtime in my village, you have to wait until 2:30pm when the first bakery reopens after lunch. In fact, retail hours in France are still at the low levels I remember in Australia …
July and August are the peak months for tourists flocking to Annecy to spend all their tourist money on ice creams, live entertainment, paddle-boats and admission fees. Ponies and bouncy castles will always get the attention of kids whose parents …
I love shopping when the sales are on, and I love that the new stock sits expensively beside the cut-price old stock so that I can prove to myself that I’m getting a bonafide bargain. Sometimes, I stray to the …