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                    [ArticleID] => 1358273
                    [Title] => A week in Provence
                    [Summary] => 

It is only on our third day in France, at around 7 p.m., that I finally understand what this light is all about. Awash in a golden glow, everything looks exaggerated including the color of the soil.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133933 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1761978 [AuthorName] => Tanya T. Lara [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950115 [Title] => L’Occitane pays homage to the capital of perfumery [Summary] =>

L’Occitane founder Olivier Baussan must be at least 60 years old (born in 1952), but he looks so young and dynamic that my first thought upon meeting him was, “L’Occitane’s anti-aging products really work!”

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133945 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1772097 [AuthorName] => Therese Jamora-Garceau [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 923178 [Title] => How Compagnie de Provence modernized the Marseille soap [Summary] =>

Beautiful Provence is a land of contrasts. The mistral winds blow, washing the skies and rendering the atmosphere clean, carrying fragrances from its fields.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 812987 [Title] => Scenes & scents of Provence [Summary] =>

Oui, the sight of postcard-pretty lush green fields and mountains amid clear blue skies and fluffy white clouds from Marseille airport, south of France, all the way to our Provence hotel is enough to soothe my travel-weary soul.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img196/4822/travel1thumbo.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 812988 [Title] => Olivier Baussan: 'I want the story of Provence to be told in L'Occitane' [Summary] =>

As a fitting ending to our Provence beauty journey, we have the privilege and pleasure to meet Olivier Baussan, the man who started it all, up close and somewhat personal.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 701065 [Title] => Provence: A tale of two cities [Summary] =>

In the popular imagination, Provence is sometimes equated with Tuscany — both are regions that don’t really have a specific top-drawer tourist attraction (no Futbol Club de Barcelona, no red-light district with prostitutes in display windows), but where you can live in a converted farmhouse with 1930s plumbing, the food is good, and the countryside is scenic.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1487495 [AuthorName] => Manny Gonzalez Plantation Bay Resort & Spa [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9291/travel1thumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 475972 [Title] => 10 days in Provence [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – Two months ago our family vacationed in Provence. We followed the artists’ trail (many great painters lived or hail from Provence, like Cezanne, Van Gogh and Matisse) and marveled at quaint villages perched on sheer cliffs of rock, but most of all, we did an obscene amount of eating.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7936/lif1thumb.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297330 [Title] => Love at first sniff at L’Occitane in Provence [Summary] => I have been to Provence – that lovely region south of France – with Peter Mayle many, many times. In my mind.

My imaginary travels with this funny, bestselling British author-turned-Provence resident happened with every book he wrote. France, he confessed, was the country where he lost his gastronomic virginity. I was with him when he savored the rural chic of Provence, a place teeming with such delicious flavors "you can almost hear the flutter of taste buds."
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134643 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1461885 [AuthorName] => LIFE & STYLE By Millet M. Mananquil [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) ) )
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