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Nostalgia is a funny thing. Over the weekend I was looking over my  Flickr stream  and came across all these lovely photos of springtime in the Languedoc. Wow! I had forgotten how beautiful it is this time of year down there, with the  coquelicots  and wisteria in bloom and the vines sprouting bright green leaves. So if you don't mind, I'm going to share some of my nostalgia with you. I can't believe how inexpensive this asparagus is!

We just returned from 2 weeks in the Languedoc, and let me tell you, our trip couldn't have come at a better time. The day before we left I was grumpy and frustrated with Paris. Yes, it happens. In a single day, just two days before we left, I had an unpleasant interaction with a pharmacist, was almost run over by a scooter in a crosswalk just 10 minutes later (and I had the light!), and then the icing on the cake was having to deal with some last minute, ridiculous and time consuming issues at our bank. It felt like time to get the hell out of Dodge for a bit. Autumn is our favorite time in the  Minervois . The intense heat of the summer has broken, yet it is still warm and usually sunny. It's red wine weather, and those intense reds they make down there are perfect with rich, cooler weather dishes like magret de canard, pipérade and  cassoulet . And the colors! If you've never seen vineyards in the autumn, I highly recommend making a trip to see them. One sunny day I we...

1) Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité 2) Cheese aged in marc . It doesn't get much better. 3) Musée de l'Orangerie . If you've never been, go! 4) Left behind 5) Cakes and pastries to try at Christophe Michalak

1) Heading out of the village 2) Canal boats 3) View toward the Pyrénées 4) Leda and the swan fountain 5) Terrace view

1) Smoked garlic 2) I always miss the beauty of the Minervois this time of year 3) Gym? Who needs a gym? 4) Sweet autumn treats 5) The joys of being une flâneuse