Eva & Tony Tie The Knot Twice in Paris and Party With Guests At A Fairytale Chateau

July 10th, 2007

Lucky guy professional basketball star Tony Parker married “Desperate Housewives” Eva Longoria at a civil ceremony in Paris on Friday.  French law requires couples who marry make their vows official at a city hall, even when couples marry in a church.  Read the rest of this entry »

Eva and Tony’s French Wedding Reception - Not The Biggest Fete At Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte

July 10th, 2007

The celebrity wedding of Eva Longoria, star of Desperate Housewives and Tony Parker, NBA basketball chamption was not the most auspicious fete in the history of Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte.    Read the rest of this entry »

Eva Longoria Desperate Housewive’s Star Gets Her Fairytale French Wedding But No Honeymoon

July 10th, 2007

The star of "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria wed Tony Parker her toyboy beau  NBA champion in a religious ceremony on Paris on July 7. 

Eva and Tony

The celebrity couple exchanged vows in a civil ceremony in Paris on Friday, as required by french law even when a couple have a church wedding as well.  Read the rest of this entry »

Desperate Eva Gets Her French Wedding - OK! Snaps Up Exclusive Photo Deal

July 10th, 2007

Most brides just have to worry about who they're going to have take their wedding pictures, but Eva Longoria who plays Gabrielle in "Desperate Housewives" and fiancé Tony Parker who plays for the San Antonio Spurs also had to decide the important question of who would get the rights to publish their photos.

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French Wedding for Eva and Tony - Paris Mayor conducts civil ceremony

July 10th, 2007

The star of "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria and her toyboy beau Tony Parker NBA champion exchanged vows in a civil ceremony in Paris on Friday, as required by french law even when a couple have a church wedding as well. 

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Origins of Friday 13th – Chinon, Loire Valley

June 4th, 2007

On October 13 (the unlucky Friday the 13th), 1307, supposedly all the Knights Templar in France were simultaneously arrested by agents of Philip the Fair on the strength of so-called revelations of a few unworthy and degraded members. 

Friday 13th 

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The Priory of Sion in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code - a 20th century hoax

June 4th, 2007

If you enjoyed reading the Da Vinci code and fancied tracking down the Priory of Sion, save yourself the effort. The Priory of Sion is nothing more than a 20th century hoax created by Pierre Plantard, an oddball in search of royal descent. These events, which Dan Brown presents as the truth, are simply untrue. Read the rest of this entry »

French Easter Traditions - Paques

June 3rd, 2007

In France, Easter is called Paques and Shrove Tuesday is referred to as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. In France, church bells ring joyfully during the year. But the bells stop ringing on the Thursday before Good Friday. They are silent for a few days while people remember the death of Jesus. On Easter Sunday morning, the bells ring out, Read the rest of this entry »

Heavenly Goat’s cheese recipes from the Loire Valley

June 3rd, 2007

Filo-wrapped crottin de Chavignol 

1 crottin de chavignol

1 sheet filo pastry

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Joie de Vivre - A Castle in the Loire Valley in France

May 27th, 2007

Certainly the main attractions of the Loire are romance, history and architecture. The renaissance chateaux built by Charles VIII, Francois I, Catherine de Medici and other royals during the hundred years that the French court relocated to the Loire Valley from Paris it a distinctive storybook charm. Read the rest of this entry »