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 more →]
Eva & Tony Tie The Knot Twice in Paris and Party With Guests At A Fairytale Chateau
July 10th, 2007 · No Comments
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Eva and Tony’s French Wedding Reception - Not The Biggest Fete At Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte
July 10th, 2007 · No Comments
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 more →]
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Eva Longoria Desperate Housewive’s Star Gets Her Fairytale French Wedding But No Honeymoon
July 10th, 2007 · No Comments
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.
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 more →]
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Desperate Eva Gets Her French Wedding - OK! Snaps Up Exclusive Photo Deal
July 10th, 2007 · No Comments
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 · No Comments
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 · No Comments
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.
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The Priory of Sion in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code - a 20th century hoax
June 4th, 2007 · No Comments
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 more →]
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French Easter Traditions - Paques
June 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
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 more →]
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Heavenly Goat’s cheese recipes from the Loire Valley
June 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
Filo-wrapped crottin de Chavignol
1 crottin de chavignol
1 sheet filo pastry
20g butter melted [Read more →]
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Joie de Vivre - A Castle in the Loire Valley in France
May 27th, 2007 · No Comments
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 more →]
