Sunday, January 1, 2012

Réveillon (New Year’s Eve)

Le Réveillon de Saint-Sylvestre est arrivé vite.  Malgré mes idées de passer la fête avec une maison pleine des amis et invitées, c’etait R et moi toute en tranquilité, et c’etait ce que j’avais besoin après beaucoup des repas familial et les activités de ma vie.  J’ai decidé de faire une canette a l’orange pour notre repas, acheté le jour même, au marché de Beaune d’un èleveur  de volaille de Bresse.  J’ai commencé à le preparer, avec un apértif de Champagne avec quelques gouttes de crème de framboise de Dijon que R a preparé pour moi la cuisiniere~

New Year arrived quickly.  Despite my ideas of passing the holiday with a house full of friends and guests, it was R and I alone, in tranquility, and it was what  I needed, after so many family meals and the activities of my life.  I decided to make a duck a l’orange for our meal, bought the same day at the Beaune market, from a poultry farm in Bresse. I started to prepare it, with an apertif of Champagne with a few drops of raspberry syrup from Dijon that R prepared for me, the cook~

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J’ai dressé la table pour une fête, une espèce de photo-op, oui, pas pour diner à deux~

I set the table for a party, a kind of a photo op, not for dinner for two~

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Même l’escalier etait joliement dressé pour les fêtes pendant la semaine, avec les branches des arbres ramassées dans le fôret autour de Beaune, et illuminé pour la soiree; peut_être trop, R m’a dit~

 

Even the staircase was dressed prettily for the holidays during the week, with branches of trees gathered in the forest around Beaune and lit for the night, perhaps too much, R told me~

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En revanche, les bougies etaient une tres bonne idée, parce_que l’electricité a fait un coupe-circuit pendant que j’ai fait un plat de pommes de terres sautéesfaçon “chateau” et la canette etait presque fini.

On the other hand, the candles were a good idea, because the electricity had a short circuit while I made some potatoes in chateau style, and the duck was almost done~

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Cheri…. est_ce tu peux remettre le circuit???? R to the Rescue~

Honey, can you please reset the circuit?  R to the rescue!

 

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L’electricité n’est pas une bonne raison d’être en colère….nous avons passé quinze minutes au salon illuminé par les bougies avant de manger~

No reason to be upset by the electricity; we spent fifteen minutes in the salon lit by candles before we ate~

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J’ai dressé la table toute simplement avec du mousse ramassé du fôret et quelques bougies~

I set the table simply, with moss gathered from the forest and a few candles~

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Petit detail sur les chaises~

little detail on the chairs~

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Je vous souhaite un trés bonne année 2012~ beaucoup plus à vous montrer bientôt…. 

; Mention special pour Guy et Jacqueline a Vannes~ j’etais ravie de  parler avec vous hier soir~

 

I wish you a very good year in 2012 and still have much to show you.

 

Special mention to Guy and Jacqueline in Vannes, I was so delighted to talk with you last night~

16 comments:

  1. All so lovely!!
    Wishing you a wonderful new year!
    xoxo,
    Pamela

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  2. It's taken a few 15 minutes to stop laughing our heads off as R and I read the Google Translation. It is terrible! Potatoes sauteed Chateau Style and a duck in the oven translates to potatoes in the Castle and Can in the Oven.....sheesh. R wants me to switch back to English....wondering if you all are lost on the French and will probably get back to Anglais....bisous~ A

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  3. Mes maigres tentatives...

    Eric et moi tranquillement passé la soirée ensemble.
    Nous avons cherché à travers les pages de "Vivre en Provence".

    Est-ce que ce peut être une bonne et heureuse année à tous.

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  4. These photos are gorgeous!
    I love the candle light ~ so romantic. Your setting is just perfect and just what I was looking for this season.

    Wish you a wonderful new year filled with great health, lots of love and much happiness ...

    Jo

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  5. Beautiful...I love all the candlelight and it came in handy. It has been years since I've made duck...I am motivated again!! If I hadn't had such a bad cold, I would have had a small dinner party today as I usually do, and a ham and duck would have been lovely for a medium size group.

    Love that you take such gorgeous pictures at night...I haven't quite got the swing of that...

    Happy 2012, my friend!

    XO,
    Jane

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  6. Just magic, I love the candle light and evergreens. I had a glass of champagne yesterday, with a true friend, She came over with NOSE drops. I am pretty sick.Name it I'll say yes. I will have Lobster in champagne sauce as soon as I get better.Wish I was there for your duck, I love it crispy, twice cooked..
    Happy new year Yvonne

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  7. Absolutely fabulous. And a Happy New Year or Bonne Annee to you, as well. My weakness: raspberry anything. Would love to get hold of some of that syrup.

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  8. Oh Andrea, as Yvonne said, magic, just a magical New Years! Bravo to you for the gorgeous setting and to R for coming to the rescue and of course being with you to begin 2012!

    Happy New Years to you and yours! Please come and enter my Giveaway from Serena & Lily.

    xoxo
    Karena

    Art by Karena

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  9. Si chaude et si belle.
    Andrea, tu m'as transporté à un endroit où je pouvais voir vrai pain français. Votre précieux moments à Beaune sont un tel cadeau à partager. Je vous remercie!
    Happy New Year!
    ~ Lynne
    [avec l'amour]

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  10. So beautiful and magical~ Wising you all the best for the New Year my friend~ xo Rachel

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  11. All your hard work is so beautiful; well done!

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  12. Finally catching up with everyone's blogs.
    C'est parfait, but I know that you wouldn't settle for anything less!
    Talk soon.
    Bisous

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  13. Just beautiful. So perfect aesthetically, and yet still so comfortable and enveloping. Life has taken me over this year and I have not kept up my blog or even reading blogs, but caught up on some reading over the holidays. Happy, healthy, and prosperous 2012 to you,

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  14. Hello,

    I just 'found' you via Mimi's blog. Everything is so gorgeous! I love your attention to detail. I look forward to exploring the rest of your blog. !Happy New Year!

    Cheers ;-)

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  15. How fun! I wish you a wonderful New Year! All the best~

    Christina
    greige

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  16. I just found your blog through a mutual blogger. I love what I see.
    As your new follower, I look forward to your visit and comments
    Helen

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