Author Archives: Allison Coe

Halloween in Nice 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Allison Coe

They don’t put this in the guidebooks, but the bat is the ancient emblem of Nice’s dark side, and the web of winding alleys in the Old Town used to be known as the Babazouk or ‘Monster’s Lair’…  Halloween is … Continue reading →

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Post WWII Nice: Soldier’s Paradise

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Allison Coe

Last year Nice honored August 28, the 80th anniversary of the WWII Liberation of Nice with a week of parades, balls, expositions and fanfare.  This year not so much… So what was happening 80 years ago from THIS year? In … Continue reading →

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Thomas Jefferson’s Favorite Wine

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Allison Coe

Before becoming America’s 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson visited Nice in 1787 when he was the US Ambassador to France.  His trip was focused on finding agricultural innovations that he could employ back in the US, and as such he toured … Continue reading →

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A new Spark lights up the Old Town dining scene

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Allison Coe

Spark Live Fire Kitchen is my new favorite restaurant in Nice: unique, creative, fun, and extremely welcoming and delicious. The Concept: It’s all about fire: there is no stove… all cooking is done in a custom wood-burning oven, modelled on … Continue reading →

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Birthday Bash for the Promenade des Anglais

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Allison Coe

200 years ago, the wealthy British tourists that flocked here every winter, insisted on an upgrade of the potholed dirt road running along the beach, so they could stroll along the seaside without getting their finery soiled with dust and … Continue reading →

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