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Cannes and the coast, as we find them.

Lately

From the doorstep

31 July 2026

Ninety five per cent, from a sunbed on the Croisette

On 12 August the Moon covers almost all of the Sun over Cannes, the deepest eclipse here since 1999. What actually happens, where to watch from, and why Copal Beach has the easiest seat in town.

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21 July 2026

Forty, and ten mornings at the reformer

A fortieth-birthday gift of ten classes at For/Me, the reformer studio and coffee shop on Rue d’Oran, and a morning ritual worth walking a few streets for.

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2 July 2026

The linens my mother kept in silk

An old French linen my mother had kept for years, remade by Sharon and her team into a top and a skirt, and worn within days.

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24 July 2026

A cultural detour in Marseille

How to build a Marseille day around one extraordinary interior, one exhibition and a long walk back to the water.

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1 August 2026

What the brocantes gave up this summer

Where to hunt between Cannes and Antibes, what to look at when you have thirty seconds, and the three pictures that came home with us.

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Week of 30 June 2026

Fireworks season, and a table on the water

The first fireworks of summer, the best free seat in town, and what is worth an hour this week.

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Week of 23 June 2026

The quiet start to summer

Late June in Cannes, thinner crowds, long light, and an afternoon out on Île Sainte-Marguerite.

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Where we go

The places behind the notes

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The boutique

Made by hand in Cannes

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Notes from the coast, now and then

The occasional word on the apartment, the guide and what is on. Nothing more.