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369: 11 Ways to Make Your Everyday Taste Better

Satiation. To completely satisfy your appetite, whether it be literally, therefore with food and drink, or figuratively as we seek to fulfill our needs in all immeasurable areas of life. To equate contentment with satiation is somewhat accurate except that satiation requires us to engage with something outside of ourselves, to choose well, to know […]

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The Courage to Step Outside of the Teacup

“Once you know how big the world is, you will see that all the hardship you went through [insert your personal negative experience] was a storm in a teacup. The moment you leave the teacup, that raging storm will be gone, and a gentle breeze will greet you in its place.” ���Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake […]

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Let’s Make Croissants! Classic French Croissants & Pain au Chocolat

Oh my goodness! Are you ready to welcome the taste of France into your kitchen and everyday weekly routine? I say, why not give it a go. Since 2019 I have been making my own croissants every two months and enjoying one (sometimes two) each Sunday morning, one of my favorite weekly rituals. Hot out […]

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This & That: November 10, 2023

Two highly anticipated and much-awaited series return, oodles and oodles of books – novels from award-winning authors, in-depth explorations on the power of curiosity, art, the influences of women, well-being and so much more. A new French film that is an absolute must-see, and if you are in France this weekend, you can do just […]

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Outfits of the Month (3): The Power of Quality of Basics

“It’s not the dress itself, but the life you have in the dress.” Founder of French clothing brand Rouje and the 21st century style doppelg��nger of Jane Birkin, Jeanne Damas talks about quintessential French style in a recent profile piece in The New York Times. The article goes on to include Camille Charri��re, 36, who […]

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Choose to Let Yourself Soar

To Soar is to see. Without blinders placed intentionally or unknowingly by those who have raised us. Without filters placed by the culture in which we are raised.  More frequently in the past handful of years, a new vantage point is regularly included in films of all genres to set the scene of a place, […]

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TSLL’s Annual Holiday Gift Guide for Francophiles & Anglophiles, 2023 (50+ Finds)

Bienvenue �� the holiday season! The holiday season full of cozying-in, eating well, giving thanks and gifting aplenty in a myriad of ways. Plus so much more. As I shared in yesterday’s This & That, all of a sudden it begins! However, with the start of November, I savor the three weeks leading up to […]

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This & That: November 3, 2023

Three wonderful new films on very different topics, oodles of sweaters, Fair Isle sweaters included and some on sale. A new play opening up in London for a limited time in the West End that I wish I could go see, books for styling of our wardrobe as well as our home, a classic book […]

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A Cuppa Moments w/Shannon, November 2023

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368: What is a Simple Sophisticate? The 14 Characteristics

“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” ���Steve Jobs A quiet confidence, an ease of being. […]

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