Around the Mediterranean, people tend to be a great deal less concerned with times and dates than the folks in northern Europe. When having any kind of work done, one is inevitably told that “normalement” everything will be finished on such-and-such a day. Naturally, nothing ever happens normally, and so delays are inevitable. By the same token, when a shop announces that it will open at 9:30 in the morning, expect an unlocking of the doors between 9:30 and 9:45; one is not a slave to the clock in these parts. All the more refreshing, then, that we saw this sign in the Atelier Carpe Diem in Valbonne today: The atelier is theoretically open from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. If not, I suppose one can call or talk to the cat...