I have something really fun to share with you. As of today, you can walk into any French post office and buy a stamp portraying a bust of Julius Caesar that was made from a photograph taken by my love, Remi Benali.
There are one million of these stamps available for sale!
For any stamp collectors out there, you may not be surprised to learn that only the stamps bought on the first day of their publication are marked with a special seal, which gives them extra worth. This morning, 500 people lined up at the Musée départemental Arles Antique, which is home to the bust, in order to have the special seal.
As always, I am exceptionally proud of Remi. When we stopped by this evening to buy our stamps, he was not only congratulated but was also asked to autograph the set by many savvy collectors! To see more of his archaeological work (of which I will have news in the months to come), please click here.
And so for my sweetheart on this Valentine’s Day weekend, one of his favorite tunes:
And speaking of this very sweet holiday, I was delighted to have been asked by my friend D.A. Wolf at Daily Plate of Crazy to participate in her series on Food and Love. What I wrote, as with the piece that I wrote for my Mom, comes from the heart.
To read “Love in the terroir” please click here.
Keep sending out the Love for everyday is Valentine’s Day!
Congratulations to Remi! This is so very exciting!
Clare x
Unique accomplishment.
Congratulations Remi.
My husband is a stamp collector. He gets all the first day stamps so I hope Remi's stamp will be arriving in the mail. This is very exciting! Congratulations Remi!
Hello Heather:
Congratulations to Remi a millionfold!
AMAZING…. Huge congratulations to Remi…. and I shall be queuing up ( UUGH… the French post office… now there is a tale to tell… ) as soon as I can….
What an honour… I am so very excited for him… probably more than him… but I think it's fabulous… 🙂 🙂
Much love xxv