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MAGPIE
A lifestyle blog that's kind of a mess from a broad just doing her best
The magpie is a mouthy bird who hoards sentimentality, lives unabashedly, and will eat almost everything. That is me. I’m the magpie. Also my name is Maggie. See what I did there?
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Off to the Chateau!
*Photo credit to Emma Stencil*
maggiemac
Oct 5, 20131 min read
Chateau d’If
View from the boat! *Photo credit to Emma Stencil*
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Oct 5, 20131 min read
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Oct 5, 20130 min read
Chateau D’If and Marseilles
Today was such a cool day. We slept in a little and headed to the bus station around 11 to meet up with some of our little group of...
maggiemac
Oct 5, 20132 min read
Aix-cellent Food (excuse my cheesy pun)
So I’ve been compiling a list so far of all the delicious food that Madame has been cooking for us for dinner since arrival. It’s still a...
maggiemac
Sep 28, 20132 min read
Saint Tropez
ONE DAY I WILL LIVE ON A YACHT. *photo credit to Josh Savides*
maggiemac
Sep 25, 20131 min read
The Cathedral in Centre-Ville
*photo credit to Josh Savides*
maggiemac
Sep 25, 20131 min read
Tarte Tropézienne
This is the pastry that Saint-Tropez is famous for. It really has been my favorite sweet I’ve had in France so far.
maggiemac
Sep 22, 20131 min read
Saint-Tropez
Yesterday, I was in the French Riviera. How crazy that I can actually say things like that?! We headed out really early in the morning...
maggiemac
Sep 22, 20132 min read
Au Marché
Here I am at the local market of fresh vegetables, fruit, lavender, meat, cheese, and sea food. The French-ness is hard to handle.
maggiemac
Sep 18, 20131 min read
Madame
Here is Madame with our amazing clafouti dessert. We decided to call our host mom Madame instead of her full name (Armelle de Vergnette)...
maggiemac
Sep 18, 20131 min read
Clafouti
Here I am with our traditional French dessert we kinda helped made. It’s a very simple recipe that can be made with really any kind of...
maggiemac
Sep 18, 20131 min read
Are You There World? It’s Me, Margaret.
Where in the world is Margaret??!! As it turns out, many, many places. Thanks to lax French education system and very long class times, I...
maggiemac
Sep 18, 20132 min read
Emma and Me
Macaroons and sunshine!!
maggiemac
Sep 18, 20131 min read
The French Educational System (and why it’s a crazy headache)
Being in France is a constant reminder that I am American. Fully and truly 100% Murican. One of the largest examples that have been most...
maggiemac
Sep 18, 20132 min read
A Lazy Day in Aix
So it’s been a full week now in Aix but it feels like it’s been so much longer. What’s so great about being here is developing a new...
maggiemac
Sep 11, 20132 min read
Cassis boatyard
*Photo credit to Kelley Chang-Fong, whose Facebook page this was stolen from*
maggiemac
Sep 10, 20131 min read
Place Du Rotonde
*Photo credit to Kelley Chang-Fong, whose Facebook page this was stolen from* This is the main fountain I pass every time I head towards...
maggiemac
Sep 10, 20131 min read
Cassis beach
*Photo credit to Kelley Chang-Fong, whose Facebook page this was stolen from*
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Sep 10, 20131 min read
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Sep 10, 20130 min read
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