Nov

Diner à la maison

Days are getting shorter and after the sunset, the warmth of summer nights has been replaced by a cold heavy darkness, wrapped around houses. It makes me want to stay inside, huddled in cosy wool jumpers, watching classic Hollywood films with a glass of wine and smoked tuna or sardine toasts. My favorites of all times are Gone with the Wind (who would have guessed, right?), Lawrence of Arabia, Casablanca and Some Like it Hot. I can watch them again and again and still cry, laugh, be engrossed in the adventure, the romance, the elegance of worlds disappeared. And then, well, more wine.

(Music: Marilyn Monroe “Some Like it Hot”)

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Nov

A day at the beach in October

Plage Yeu 4 ©Mélanie Gouby

It’s my windy paradise, an island not so exotic, not so warm. It is tiny, pretty and very French. Small beaches, coiled inside rocky creeks and in the autumn, the cold, humid sand sticks to your feet. Wrapped in a warm blanket, a thermos of hot coffee and a good novel in hands, I cannot think of a better place to forget about the world, the hectic pace of our lives and, heart breaks.

I love coming here in the summer, but in October, for the All Saints Day weekend, there is something very special about l’Ile d’Yeu. Mystical and intimate. Like a precious secret place, hidden away in the ocean, where magic happen and time is frozen in the simple perfection of a day at the beach.

(Music: Keren Ann “Not Going Anywhere”)

Plage Yeu 14 ©Mélanie Gouby