I began celebrating Bastille Day nine years ago when my granddaughter, who was born in Paris and lived her first six years in Africa, came back to the United States. She is a dual American-French citizen because her father is French, so it seemed appropriate as well as fun.
July fourteenth is always sunny and warm (it doesn’t rain in summer here), so we put tables out on the lawn where the trees provide shade from the sun, and have a lovely dinner for about a dozen guests, my version of Fre