A local column
Cannes and the coast, as we find them.
Lately
18 September 2026
Season four is being shot in Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Monaco, set during the festival, with the Martinez renamed. What that looks like from the ground.
Read the note →15 September 2026
Sunday brunch at Palm Beach runs noon to five with a band. What you get, what it costs, and the six things worth knowing before you book.
Read the note →1 August 2026
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.
Read the note →31 July 2026
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.
Read the note →24 July 2026
How to build a Marseille day around one extraordinary interior, one exhibition and a long walk back to the water.
Read the note →21 July 2026
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.
Read the note →2 July 2026
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.
Read the note →Riviera Séjour
Notes from the coast, now and then. Nothing more.
Thank you, you are in.