Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 9 hours 42 minutes
Laurente shares a deeply personal secret with Claire to help her overcome a pressing challenge. Surprised by the story, Claire does not ask for any more detail than her CoolAunt wanted to share in that moment.
College intern Claire stays in France for the Autumn Harvest and her CoolAunt's Celebration.
Northern California called and Barret answered...she remodels a cottage in a vineyard with her French touch and artistic skill. Soon her cottage is a place for new friends, her daughter Claire, the vineyard owner Natalie and the carpenter Tim. Everyone has a story and an opinion too.
What do the movie Out of Africa and Claire signing for her first library card have in common? It's Claire's mother and a well told story.
Personal treasures; The things that you'll go back and search for - an inexpensive beloved object from a trip or an expensive gift to self. But you won't search for things that can be easily replaced, things that don't matter very much - cheap throw-aways. A sustainable lifestyle includes saving money by acquiring better things less frequently.
Barret finds and resurrects a Beekeepers Cottage with a French touch. Her new home in this California vineyard feels like a French village outpost - a perfect landing place for Claire as she considers her future in the wine and spirits business.
In this episode we meet Barret's newest friends and neighbors - Natalie the vineyard owner/vintner and Tim the carpenter...
Claire's photo journey encounters a mystery in one special photograph of Laurente. Claire keeps it for herself - for awhile. From vintage black and whites to recent color snapshots and everything in between - Claire has a plan to digitize the lot but first she needs to identify and sort the people and places.
A biography for Claire's flight to Paris turns into a worldwide journey with the Queen of The Desert, an intrepid mapmaker more interested in diplomacy than notoriety. Claire finds more meaning in the book than expected, especially when she returned it to Laurente.
An intrepid mapmaker more interested in diplomacy than notoriety
On a stopover to San Francisco Claire engages in one of her favorite pass times - roaming the shops of Japantown...