George Philippon, President, PebbleCreek Circle Français Attention! Si vous pouvez lire et être rejoindre Le Cercle Français (The French Circle) ici á PebbleCreek. We are an HOA sanctioned club. Our members meet twice monthly (first and third Mondays at 1 p.m.) at various members’ homes to meet, greet, and converse in French for two hours.…
Allen Crossen Recently, members of the PebbleCreek French Group gathered at the home of Deborah and Gaylen Legan for one of their June meetings. Le Cercle Français hosted a special guest this month, Madame Marie-Thérèse Guignard, who is a relative of member Janine Drabier. She traveled all the way to Arizona from a small village…
Betsy Crosson Diane and Louis Larochelle recently hosted one of the August meetings for Le Cercle Français with 17 members attending. The Larochelles hail from the state of New Hampshire originally and speak French with a Canadian accent which is somewhat like the differences in accents one finds in spoken English in various regions of…
Betsy Crosson Early December saw about 20 members of Le Cercle Français celebrating Le Fête de Noel at the home of Deborah and Gaylen Legan. This is one of the club’s favorite events of the year! The Legans’ house was festively decorated with the colors and lights of the season including a seven foot electrified…
Betsy Crosson On April 6 about 30 members of Le Cercle Français dined for lunch on the outside patio of the Vogue Restaurant in Surprise, Arizona, one of the West Valley’s favorite casual bistros. This small, friendly neighborhood bistro, featuring Chef Aurore’s food, is always a special occasion for the PebbleCreek French conversation group. For…
Betsy Crosson Spring for Le Cercle Français means celebrating La Fête de la Polynésie Française around the beautiful pool of Deborah and Gaylen Legan in PebbleCreek. The Legans, who love Tahiti, have provided this venue for the club for about three years and it is always a fun get-together. It is one of several yearly…
Allen Crosson Early this spring six members of Le Cercle Français journeyed to the Pima Air Museum in Tucson with Jacques and Janine Drabier. Jacques is a PebbleCreek resident who flew with the Free French Air Force during WWII and is a recipient of the French Legion of Honor. He had just completed flight training…
Betsy Crosson Le Cercle français held their March meeting at the home of Bob and Diane Rottman. It almost felt like Provence in Southern France as the club gathered out under the Rottman’s abundantly producing lemon and lime trees as they practiced French conversation! French pâté, lemonade and good wine helped transport the group! As…
Betsy Crosson Bonne Année means Happy New Year in French and 22 members of Le Cercle Français celebrated together in February with a get together at the home of Allen and Betsy Crosson. Perfect PebbleCreek weather allowed members to sit poolside and practice their conversational French and taste various appetizers from the group including ratatouille…
On December 9, members and guests of Le cercle français met at the home of Deborah and Gaylen Legan to celebrate the holiday season. A six foot twinkling Eiffel Tower greeted them outside and French Christmas music played inside as they arrived. Everyone brought a wrapped gift and placed it under the Eiffel tower ornamented…