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ZAZ THE OCCITANISTA !!!

OCCITANIA !!!

About Me



I'm goofy, shy and talkative. I love literature, and photography. I can't spend a day without music and coffee...

My Interests

friends, sunshine, coffee in the morning, dancing in my pyjamas, tasting Wines with my friends, meeting new people, laughing, The USA, food,restaurants, Occitan culture, my girlfriend, Photography (Claude Cahun, Mapplethorpe, Dolores Marat, Nan Golding), Queers,

I'd like to meet:

Marcel Proust and Hong Kong Phooey

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Music:

Le Tigre, The Butchies, Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, P.J. Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Sigur Ros, Fishbone, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Mandrill, The Scissor Sisters,Love, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Sidney Bechet...

Movies:

Bugsy Malone, Victor Victoria, The Age of Innocence, When Night is Falling, But I'm a Cheerleader, Saving Face, Torch Song Trilogy, Cléo de 5 à 7, Little Miss Sunshine

Television:

The L Word, Absolutely Fabulous, Charlie's Angels .

Books:

The Member of the Wedding and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers The Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson After Delores by Sarah Schulman. Les Faux Monnayeurs by André Gide. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) By Marcel Proust. Valencia by Michelle Tea. The Beautifully Worthless by Ali Liebegott 21 Love Poems by Adrienne Rich

My Blog

Zinfandel - Joel Gott 2003

Ok, I'm back on my blog... That doesn't mean I stopped drinking wine though... So, yesterday, Flam and I decided to open up a bottle we bought during our trip to California to visit our friend Meg. ...
Posted by ZAZ THE OCCITANISTA !!! on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:56:00 PST

Trip to Jura /Swiss Border

Just back from 4 days in Jura, Doubs and Switzerland. I didn't know those places at all. I expected to freeze because it's supposed to be very cold there but the weather was great. We visited th...
Posted by ZAZ THE OCCITANISTA !!! on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:32:00 PST

Truffe !!!

Truffles are a delicacy for Xmas. This is the one we had . It was delicious. It had a strong earthy taste and an animal smell... Eating a truffle is in itself an experience !!You can have it gra...
Posted by ZAZ THE OCCITANISTA !!! on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:24:00 PST

NORTHERN RHONE

A few pictures of my trip to the Northern Rhone Valley... As a native of the Southern Rhone valley I was impressed by the vineyards. It's so different there :   So I went there to visit a frie...
Posted by ZAZ THE OCCITANISTA !!! on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:41:00 PST

ST CHINIAN

Here are a few pictures of St Chinian vineyards : Schist soils ... The Caroux mountain North of Beziers also known as "the lying lady" because of its shape. Vineyards in the sun ... ...
Posted by ZAZ THE OCCITANISTA !!! on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:43:00 PST

Borie la Vitarèle - St Chinian

  WHAT A SUNDAY !!! Borie la Vitarèle is a small winery lost in the "garrigue" ( =  low, soft-leaved scrubland found in Southern France) in Causses-Et-Veyran ( a small village North o...
Posted by ZAZ THE OCCITANISTA !!! on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:51:00 PST