Meet Ariane Cauderlier, a licensed guide and interpreter in Normandy, France, who is an expert on Monet and Giverny. She photographs his gardens and is the principal photographer for the beautiful book, Claude Monet at Giverny. Keep informed about the changing seasons at Giverny with Arian’s blog in both English and French.
Prostitution is legal in Amsterdam and it is highly regulated. How are the women and the clients protected? Is the oldest profession one that should be legalized in California? Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the ladies of the night when Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany walk the streets to bring you the facts.
Having studied at the Universite de Bordeaux as a young woman, Cynthia Brian has a deep love and respect for the French language, people, culture, history, food, and wine. She returns to France to visit the chateaux, wine caves, gardens, and villages that have inspired artists, poets, and royalty throughout the ages.
the following program is being brought
to you on the world talk radio network
for more information about our network
and to check out additional show hosts
and topics of Interest please visit
worldt talkradio.com the worldt
talkradio network where the world comes
to talk the views and ideas expressed on
the following program are strictly those
of the host or guests and do not
necessarily reflect the views and ideas
held by the world talk radio network
it’s staff and management
do it
with do it with Grace when all
else
you get ready to pump your energy and
jump start your dreams with positive
uplifting life-changing talk radio on
the world’s most popular Power Hour star
style be the star you are the Oprah of
the airwaves Cynthia Bryan and her
sidekick daughter Heather Britney
deliver lessons of success spanning the
generations of the globe in their
information packed t for two a
motherdaughter brew in other segments
Cynthia interviews real life
Trailblazers authors and experts with
the courage and vision who show you how
to build a road to fulfillment through
their unique books and services you’ll
laugh you’ll cry you’ll be informed and
entertained for your free lifestyle
empowerment coaching session right here
on the airwaves turn up the volume relax
sit back and get ready to be inspired
because star style be the star you are
starts right now
Never Say
Never well hello power Partners welcome
to radio’s finest program of positive
book talk star style be the star You Are
I Am Cynthia Brian and I’m Heather
Whitney I love it Heather that they call
you my sidekick actually it’s the other
way around I think that he Heather is
the big star here I get to be the
sidekick most of the time she’s got the
information but we love being your
personal growth success coaches on the
airwaves and we bring you authors
experts professionals that will help you
live a better and more fun life because
we’re a show about following your heart
and living your dreams and we call it
Champagne For The Spirit Well in today’s
show we are going to Europe in segment
one which is our t for two a mother
daughter Brew Heather and I are going to
discuss the issue of prostitution it’s
legal in Amsterdam been that since that
early 1800s and we’re going to talk all
about that the health concerns and the
legalities the tax issues and then we
are going to be delighted with an expert
on Monae and the Gardens at Jer When
Alan cardier joins us live from J jaer
in France and we’ll wrap up with more
French kisses and more French culture in
segment three the miracle moment to you
is brought by star style Productions and
the new movie tapping the source at uh
having its premere tomorrow for
lifestyle coaching to help you succeed
in your life visit
starstyle.com or call 925 377 7827 for a
personalized coaching and consultation
don’t be afraid to go where you’ve never
gone or do what you’ve never done
because both are absolutely necessary to
have what you’ve never had and be who
you’ve never been and that’s something
that I like to say so Cynthia Brian does
that well being a Harbor City Amsterdam
has had a long tradition of a strong
presence of prostitution now right after
high school I actually lived in Holland
for 18 months and I’ll never forget the
first time I walked down the red light
district it was it was um shocking and
interesting and it was very uh memorable
for for me there was a classic song that
was written by the French Belgium jacqu
Bell that was called Amsterdam that
describes what a night in the red light
district is like and how Sailors used to
be the main clients but that’s not the
way it is anymore the red light district
is now a major tourist attraction in
Amsterdam and that really does have
working girls and we’re going to I’m
going to tell you about the the tour and
what I learned there and then we’re
going to hear about prostitution and
what we can do to help the girls on the
street and to keep it safe and healthy
from our health expert
Heather so let’s talk about uh
prostitution Heather it has been uh
legal in the Netherlands since
1830 and the girls pay taxes and the
authorities treat uh prostitutes as
independent oper entrepreneurs
um and they have a Health Care system
and a support services so and it seems
to have kept crime down exactly I mean
there’s all it’s quite a controversial
topic here especially and in some things
I’m going to point out of there’s
definitely a lot of negativity with it
and as well as Playing devil’s advocates
for it recently here in California
there’s been well for many years trying
to legalize marijuana and people’s um
thoughts on it is that you know if we
are able to um tax govern legalize when
there’s stuff that’s being taxed on it
the government’s controlling it that
there be safer means for it and as well
as that it would create revenue and
that’s a big thing as well as that um in
am as you’re saying is that instead of
making it a crime it’s actually
something that’s tax people have to
register um and as well as the huge
thing especially me with me coming from
um Health aspect is the the potential of
sexually transmitted infections well you
know one of the things that is there I
mean it’s a it’s the authorities really
work hard in Amsterdam to regulate uh
prostitution and they’re very concerned
about protecting miners because as we
know we’ve done several shows about it
there’s a huge problem around the world
today with human trafficking both men
and women mostly young kids for sexual
uh favors and in Amsterdam any sex
business has to have a license and they
have to be certified and they have to
fulfill legal requirements and condoms
are a must ex and see with that is that
you know regarding illegal here this Stu
is over there that would be something
that would be considered a crime that
could if they weren’t um if they didn’t
have their proper licensing if they
weren’t registered if they weren’t
paying the taxes on it if they weren’t
insisting if they weren’t doing their
regular testing as well as um I I think
they have a lot there that they have to
use condoms that could be something that
they could be arrested for by not
fulfilling these things by by creating
these standards that people have to live
up to that they have to in order to
operate their business it’s making you
know it’s not only making it a safer
practice um but again it’s it’s Revenue
um and it’s making it safer that these
women are protected these women um you
know here in America with sex
trafficking with children being you know
sold into to it women people being
forced into it um for various ways and
you know abuse and there’s there’s also
this sense here in America um that for
whatever reason um a prostitute whether
she was forced into this this is
something by choice something she’s want
that for some reason they’re less of a
person that there’s actual crimes that
people receive less penalties for the
murder of prostitutions and there’s this
kind of stigma that well this person
must have been asking for it or you know
she’s gotten herself into this or
someone is choosing to do this well you
know what’s very interesting about the
Dutch uh system is they don’t see it as
a moral issue they look at it as a sex
worker that it is actually a profession
and what I found very interesting this
time uh when I walked through the red
light district is uh how they had
security cameras there they were police
cameras
that were everywhere on all the streets
and they I mean I would love to be a
landlord in one of these buildings the
the women rent a window not a building
not a room just a window that has a bed
behind it um for a certain amount of
Euros every day for eight hours so it
changes three times in a 24-hour period
and it’s quite expensive it’s about €170
to €200 from what we were told um to
rent that space and they stand in their
window and then they when the guys stop
by and they negotiate what they’re going
to you know going to do you the minimum
is 15 minutes for 50 Euro which is in
today’s dollar about $75 for 15 for 15
minutes but what was very interesting is
these cameras that are on the street and
all of the girls have Panic buttons and
evidently the the police are very very
responsive because this is a very big
business and um they have there have
been many crimes that have been aborted
this year because of these panic buttons
and the police that are actually
patrolling to protect the girls so I
found that very interesting I think
that’s I think that’s phenomenal I saw
even a statistic that was saying that if
it was legalized here that rape crimes
it would go down by
25% you know I think it’s true because
what was very interesting was I I went
on a walking tour which was fantastic
and it was very historical but it had
different areas so you started off and
there were they were the women that were
from Africa and South America and then
as you walked on you would have the
women that were the Eastern block and
those were the younger girls I must say
I was a little nervous were these was
this anything were any of these human
traffic girls I don’t know they all were
absolutely beautiful there was a
transsexual
area and the funniest part is there is
an area that are women that are 65 to 85
in fact the oldest prostitute retired
last month at
86 and many of these women are married
with families and this is their day job
or their night job I guess I should say
so it’s it’s very interesting and you
know thing I’ve always thought regarding
this stuff is that why here in America
there is so much of a moral issue and
what’s amazing to me is in my personal
opinion I feel that the pornography
industry in essence is legalized
prostitution because it’s to watch these
people have sex and they have and it is
regulated that these people have to
subdue to testing every certain month
you know that they have to show proof of
this there’s been a big surge um you
know ever since uh you know AIDS first
became kind of coming out in the 80s of
you know asking them to um have condom
use and just
recently um a couple months ago uh an
actor in the um pornography Community
tested positive for HIV and it shut down
the industry um for a certain amount of
time there’s now you know new
legislation being talks of has it gone
from just we requesting that they use
condoms to it’s going to be I want to
ask you this question as a health
professional Heather because this was
the one question that didn’t get
answered while I was um touring walking
the streets there in Amsterdam
investigating and that was they do they
are encouraged to have medical checkups
it is required that they use condoms
whether the um the John whether their
client wants it or not they must use
they must use condoms however they’re
not required to have these Health
checkups it’s recommended so us even if
they use condoms there’s many other
diseases and um and other things that
can happen to you that you know in an 8
hour period uh and then over several
days or months if you’re not getting a
checkup how dangerous is it the biggest
thing to well one thing I I would see is
that these women um this is their
livelihood and I feel that if they want
to kind of if you’re in a market a
competitive market what’s going you know
they need their health you know that
kind of thing they they need the um
someone not going to go to them if
they’re having some crazy outbreak so I
would see that if women if it’s
something that they’re paying taxes on
that they’re um you know being protected
that they’ve got insurance that they
have to file I could see that when it’s
a legitimate business that they are
wanting to do their best to make sure
they you know that people are choosing
them over someone else that they’re
wanting to follow the health rules for
it um with things being said Con you
know absence of course is the only 100%
way of protecting yourself from anything
which
is contraception um in the forms of
contraception condoms are the only form
of contraception uh that can prevent
against sexually transmitted infections
every other contraception is purely uh
based pregnancy wise condoms are the
only form and if not 100% And even
things happen but um that is your best
safe guard if you are having sex you are
having multiple partners um and you know
it’s one thing too that these people
visiting it um you know everyone has
their own preferences with things but to
think that everyone um you know everyone
all the women that have all the men who
have visited this woman prior in the day
or to the week to the year in this
lifetime and as they would be sleeping
with that person as well and my big
thing of why even if they you know why I
never could see it being successful um
here in America and not to say I would
want that but there’s many of America’s
ruled by this moral stance and as we see
in other countries things have been
successful that aren’t over here in
other countries how they have legalized
prostitution and and just Amsterdam in
general how marijuana that people can
smoke these in these cafes that very
very low but with this with these
regulation with this acceptance of them
over there they have you know again
lower rates of um of s of s of STDs
lower rates of drunk dve driving of drug
abuse because things are not viewed as
this oh my gosh I cannot have this it’s
this forbidden fruit that’s why here in
America we have such limits you know
these you have to be a certain age you
have to be this you have to be that and
it actually propels that kind of thing
where you want what you can’t have you
want kids getting involved we again are
out of time Heather so what I would
suggest is that we as Americans need to
not be so puritanical
perhaps the pilgrims were not completely
correct and we should at least revisit
some of our thoughts and be a little bit
more open-minded give out the website so
that people can get more information
definitely we want you to go to be the
star.com
bear.org carony clutches dcom both with
a K and myspace.com
carony clutches both of the K and when
we return we will be live from Verno
France with J Garden guide photographer
and blogger extraordinaire Aran cier who
will enchant us with her Tales of
contemplation photography and Delight in
Monae’s Garden don’t go away I’ll be and
toe I’m Cynthia Brian
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
listen listen the world is talking the
world talk radio variety
Channel apathy violence and negative
messages are everyday occurrences in our
country you can be a change maker when
you dare to Care by supporting be the
star you are charity a 501c3 that
empowers women families and youth
through improved literacy positive media
and tools for living visit
www.be thear are.org to find out how you
can make a different in our world
everyone counts that web address again
is
www.be thear you.org be the
star.org looking for Unique one-of aind
gifts for the special woman in your life
The carony Collection creates handmade
handbags clutches candles and canvases
from vintage and recycled Fabrics
Bangles and Beads be eco-friendly and
fashionable with prices for all
pocketbooks visit
www.car collection.com that’s carony
with a K and collection with a k or call
925 7857
2827 you’re listening to the world talk
radio variety
[Applause]
channel the star you
are you are the
star positive uplifting lifechanging
talk radio it’s the Power Hour on Star
style be the star you are now back to
the show with with the Oprah of the
airwaves Cynthia
Brian well thank you all for staying
with us here on Star style be the star
You Are I Am Cynthia Brian and one of
the highlights of my recent visit to
Europe was a stay at the beautiful and
historic Heritage in v no France and it
was renovated by two devotees of Monae
and his lovely Gardens at ja Alan and
Elan celier now Al manages several
websites about the area while Alan is a
bilingual interpreter a guide a
photographer a blogger and she has a
deep reverence and love for everything
related to Monae’s life and his
well-planned painted Garden she provided
most of the photographs from a book I
purchased at the Jer store which uh she
even has the cover shot for the book and
the name of that book is Claude Monae at
jaon a tour in history of the house and
garden and Aran is with us today welcome
and BM the new Aranda star style be the
star you are hello SEL that’s great to
be on the Airways imagine
California here in France it’s dark now
and cold and you must have a a bright
sunshine I imagine I’m very happy to be
with you to speak about CL Mon and his
garden this place I love and this is
only because he’s so loved in the states
too and he’s a uh a worldwide star isn’t
he oh yes oh yes and I it is sunny here
in California and I know you’ve got a
nice log fire burning there at La
Hermitage I want to talk about first of
all let’s start with the book you are a
guide at J but you’re also a
photographer and you have taken more
than 40,000 photographs of his beautiful
garden and you even have the cover of
the book Claude Monae atani and the
sales of that book benefit the
foundation Claud Monae tell us a little
bit how you got involved with working at
Jaan and and your love of the
gens oh uh I I was a journalist before
uh I broadcasted the news on the local
radio for 10 years and gradually I felt
uh uneasy with my job and tired of it
because when you’re a journalist you
have to speak about all what’s wrong in
the world all the strikes and
criminality and
uh well I wanted to change and I uh I
had the idea then of becoming a god at
Mones gens that’s next door I live 2
miles away from monis Gardens and then I
I set an exam about the heritage of
Normandy my region and also about
English and um I started working and I
didn’t really know the job and I had to
learn it uh from scratch uh by
practicing and uh well it’s great
because I I meet people that are happy
to be there for many of them it is at
the dream of their lifetime to be there
and uh everybody loves Garden so it’s
very easy to make them love this Garden
my job is uh giving sense to to what
they can see with their eyes so that
giving meanings insights and uh
explaining how clever this Garden is
because it was uh created by Monet and
mon was not only the great pain pain
everybody knows but also at the same
time a king gner and so he used what he
knew about painting all his knowledge
and command of colors of composition of
lines of perspective to compose to
Creator his Gardens his flower beds and
that’s very exciting to explain you know
uh Aran you one of the things that you
told me is that when you are on the
radio you can’t be boring and when you
are a guide you can’t be boring because
people have questions and they want to
be excited about what they’re seeing so
you have so many different stories about
Monae and the way he painted his garden
and planted his garden and I think one
thing that our audience would love to
hear is he actually had the
river uh re routed so that he could have
his Lily Pond could you tell us a little
bit about that oh yes he diverted the
river a little bit because it used to
flow straight uh along the road and he
needed space to to dig out his pwn but
the the the anecdote people love most is
the story of his Ghana washing the water
lies every morning because mon was such
a perfectionist and the the road was
Dusty it was out of dirt and so this
dirt fell upon the leaves of the water
lies and mon wanted to paint the NY so
he um had his Garner getting up very
early in the morning at 5:00 and the
Garner took the boat and T the pond with
the boat and pushed the flowers um the
the leaves under the surface to to rinse
them so that Monet could paint them
clean uh a few minutes later Monet would
start at at 6:00 it was an early bird
you know I find that I find that just so
funny that he had that that he was able
to do that but also it’s because he was
such an artist now you have been taking
photographs for so many years and one of
your Delights is that you actually see
it in the same light that Monae saw it
in all these years ago and you too feel
this this um this dream of taking more
photos and more photos what’s it like
you said you if you don’t go to the
Garden every day you miss it yes that’s
true and that’s exactly what what you
stress the setting hasn’t changed at all
it is exactly the same by now uh the the
Sand Valley is the same the weather is
the same the light is the same and
you’re really in his footsteps uh
everywhere you look at you you see
Monet’s paintings in the in in the
nature especially in his garden of
course and so when you stop taking
pictures in his garden it is addictive
you cannot stop because it is ever
changing and the reflections are on the
pond are fascinating and so you want to
take more and more and uh it leads very
naturally to the process of series that
that mon
invented and I I want to just say what a
great photographer you are in the book
Claude Monae at jeli a tour in history
of the House and Garden the majority of
the photos is said they’re about 65 or
something are all from Lam and they are
the most beautiful beautiful pictures
and they’re they they look like
paintings themselves Ariana the photos
that you take they look just like
paintings oh they are very inspiring for
painters too many come to paint tillia
yeah you know while I was there there
were people especially I think they were
from Japan there are many Asian people
sitting in Monae’s garden and they were
painting So are there do you find when
you have visitors that they come from
around the world to sit and paint many
yes I wish I could paint of course but
yes you’re true many visitors come from
Japan because he’s uh uh he was famous
in Japan in his lifetime already and
he’s still his and uh so this is why the
book is translated into Japan and also
French English and German well and also
something that I really appreciate what
you do and I think will be of great
interest to anyone who loves Mon and his
Gardens is you write to you write blogs
and you have a Blog in English and you
have a Blog in French and you also post
your beautiful pictures there tell us
about what you write about oh I write
about the the gardens uh about the
pictures and also a little bit about the
area and also about my job but um the
the English blog is centered on the
pictures because it’s hard for me to
write in English and I started with a
French blog because I missed writing
after I left being a journalist so this
was a way uh to continue writing and uh
that that’s really I love it so I’ve
been writing this blog for four years
now and uh there are many pictures about
the changing Garden because you well it
changes a lot through the season and and
that’s also exciting to see it’s
changing every day uh I work there every
day and every day I can notice a uh
differences in the the bloomings and
well they new flowers come and fade and
uh so they they’re also bigger and
bigger through the seasons that are very
low in Spring times and uh the the late
summer flowers are huge a giant flowers
so it’s ever changing and so very
special place where to work because uh
imagine your your office changing every
day so you you never know what you will
find when you come back you know it must
be so exciting I know that when you take
people on guided tours people say to you
oh what a fabulous job you have oh yes I
is very awesome a wonderful job to be
out in nature and in all of this beauty
every day but what is it that you think
why is Monae so famous why are his
Gardens so famous what sets them apart
oh uh they they are really special
because there it’s a unique place
because they were created by a painter
and uh so there are many beautiful
gardens around the world but mon is a
painter and uh so he has a special use
of flowers like paint each petal is a
brush stroke for him you see and so it
is a masterpiece in itself uh you walk
around in a living Masterpiece changing
through the season and this is really a
very strange uh feeling and in addition
it is uh uh the motive for so many
paintings he painted it over 300 times
uh and it is um a place of memory
because he spent half of his life here
exactly 43 years a very long time and
the house because you visit his home to
the house is full of his
memories this all this makes makes it
unique do you know the house when you go
through the house it is so Lively it’s
so full of color it it it feels animated
and um it has been maintained as if he
still lives there yes he could come back
because absolutely nothing has changed
it is exactly uh has as it left it uh
because after he died uh nobody else
uh lived here for for many years and so
it could be restored exactly uh the the
same and it is very authentic so you’re
You’ve Got the Feeling his uh family
just
left yeah one of the things that I find
interesting or perhaps different about
Monae is he’s one of the very few
painters that in his lifetime he became
recognized and he actually became fairly
wealthy
tell us a little bit about how that came
about I know some of his early buyers
were from America yes thank thank
goodness he had barers in America
because before it was a struggle for him
there were very few collectors who liked
the impressionist in France and uh so
they all of a sudden their art dealer
Paul durel had the great idea of
organizing exhibitions in the states in
in New York especially and well at the
beginning mon was absolutely against
what he considered a stupid IDE because
he believed that good taste was only in
Paris and this is typical French but uh
of course he was wrong because uh New
Yorkers proved more open-minded and they
immediately loved his very modern form
of art it was avangard at his time and
and so they both when it was a fraud
this is why are so many mon hanging
everywhere in the states in the museums
in
galleries uh so thanks to these American
buyers money was more comfortable and he
became really rich when he was 50 uh he
became successful in Europe too thanks
to the green stack Series so he had to
wait until it was 50 and then because he
had such a long life died age 86 he had
36 years uh to enjoy being rich and this
gave him the opportunity of creating
with the money creating The Gardens of
course and that is what is so beautiful
now he would take there was the train
that came to vno and from Paris so he
would go back to Paris to the salon to
meet with other artists or buyers from
time to time and then he had many
visitors uh that came out many other
painters and and writers that were
famous in those days yes he met with his
friends either in Paris or they came to
Jivani and many took the train yes uh it
was a very modern uh mean of
Transportation so he met with Renoir
with pisaro with sisle uh his uh best
friends and he was also friends with
closu the Prime Minister and
[Music]
writers like malame or Miro where he’s a
very best friend so he he he had a very
busy social life re jivan is a remote
place it is one hour away from
Paris but uh they all love to come to
visit him because uh uh they first tour
the gardens with him so that was a treat
and then they saw the beautiful
paintings and then they had a very good
lunch because he was a gret and so it
was really a nice day to come to visit
mon it was the perfect Excursion to the
country it was good food good wine good
paintings good Gardens rest and
friendship so it was it was a lovely
time to come and that’s the way it still
is there I want to give out uh the
different websites for you alien um and
for your blog because people can go
there and find out about Monae and the
gardens we have a big love affair here
in America with the Impressionists in
fact right now in San Francisco we are
hosting at the D Young Museum The Muse
de o while it’s being renovated all the
the impressionist paintings are here in
California so it’s very great so that we
can see some Monae right here but the
the blog in in English is
Jeffy impression. comom g i v
rny hyphen impression. comom but in
French it’s jiv
news.com and uh there are also for
guided tours you can go to ja.org
forward
SLU
slan and you spell aan name a r i a n e
and of course any information on ja is
at j.org and uh Aran the money when
people pay to go to J it it helps the uh
Foundation Monae uh Claud Monae right to
keep the gardens and the house going yes
it is say St now thanks to their
visitors that there are half a million
visitors coming every year so it it’s
open only from April 1st through
November 1st it is closed right now for
five months during the winter but when
it’s open it’s open seven days a week
and uh so thanks to the admissions and
the gift job now monis Foundation is
self sustained but it was restored
thanks to American donations see the
Americans are here again and Aran how if
someone wants a private guided tour
what’s the best way they should reach
you uh should they go to your blog oh to
to the web page or uh to the blog there
are links to the web page and they can
send me an email and we’ll make an
appointment to visit the go excellent
and then I just want to give a little
plug for La Heritage which is a
beautiful beautiful restored Normandy
home
from a very old old home that Arien and
Alan have restored and they are the most
welcoming and fantastic host it was such
a pleasure to stay with you and Aran
give my best to Al and thank you so much
for the beautiful photographs that you
gave to me and for autographing my book
CLA Monae at
jaon thank you so much for are you
visiting us here at lit I will transmit
to ell he’s listening to you right now
on the radio and uh we’re so happy to
see you and I I love your book too it’s
very motivating be the star you are for
so I’m not try the teen anymore but it
is also good for adults we are always
teens at heart well thank you so much
this was Arian CAD she’s in France in v
no France please visit her website go to
her blog in English jel hyen
impression. and you can U make an
appointment for a private guided tour
and of course she’ll be there during the
winter because she can’t stay away for
many days
AR and for all of you don’t you dare go
away because we have more French to come
when I return we are going to continue
our friendch connections right here on
Star style be the star you are I’m
Cynthia Brian stay with
[Music]
me listen
listen the world is talking the world
talk radio variety
channel are you living your dreams want
to create a life you love but don’t know
how to begin lifestyle coach and
personal growth expert Cynthia Brian has
jumpstarted the lives and careers of
clients for over two decades with her
signature star style consultations with
personalized sessions by phone or in
person you’ll turn your passions into
profits visit www. Cynthia brian.com or
call 925
377 that’s Cynthia brian.com or call 925
377 7827 Cynthia Brian is your guide on
the side www . Cynthia brian.com you can
be the star you
are be the star you
are up the
flame Burns get a positive prescription
for living and discover a cure for
adversity when you make a difference in
the lives of others by donating to be
the star you are a 501c3 toprated
charity dedicated to empowering women
families and youth through increased
literacy positive media and tools for
living
www.be thear you.org all donations are
tax deductible
www.be thear are.org
be the lucky
star
you are
[Music]
the world talk radio variety Channel
where the world comes to listen and
talk the star you
are you are the
star turn up the volume grab a seat and
get ready to be challenged inspired and
motivated to Greatness it’s power part
time on Star style be the star you are
with your hosts the motherdaughter
dynamic duo Cynthia Bryan and Heather
Britney well every week be the star you
are does showcase incredible authors and
experts who enhance and Inspire your
life I’m Cynthia Brian I’m part of the
dynamic duo and be the star you are is a
501c3 charity which is dedicated to
Empowering Families women and youth
through improved literacy and positive
message programming like this radio show
and some of the television shows that we
do and as you heard Arianne saying that
when she was in radio she got so tired
of all the negativity and that’s why
this radio show was established back in
1998 because we wanted to bring you
something that was uplifting bring you
the Pioneers on the planet bring you
people that were following their hearts
and doing what they love because it was
their passion so we want you to live
your dreams we want you to be the Stars
you were born to be and we want you to
live love laugh and make a difference in
the world uh to that end I just want to
announce a couple of really fun things
before I go on and talk about some more
French Connection and French kisses as I
like to say and that is as tomorrow I am
participating in something very very fun
and for those of you who may live in the
Los Angeles area you are invited it is
the world premiere movie the new film
tapping the source and I actually am one
of the featured quote unquote
celebrities and I’ll be walking the red
carpet it begins at 6:30 with the movie
to follow again the name of the movie is
tapping the source and it is going to be
held in Los Angeles if you go to the
website star sty radio.com we have the
address there for you and you can get
tickets uh if you would like to attend
by going to
agapelive.com or you can call
310
3481 1250 again it’s in the Los Angeles
area just let me tell you a few of the
people that are in the film and who you
will see on the red carpet walking with
me of course the film stars bill
Gladstone Jack Canfield Mark Victor
Hansen Michael Bernard Beckwith danian
brinkin Mo’Nique Coleman Kathy Lee
Crosby Barbara deangelus Neil Donald
Walsh Marielle Hemingway Jean Houston
Barbara Max hubard and there are several
more people and of course Cynthia Brian
so I am very very excited about this so
the premiere is tomorrow night again for
tickets if you’d like to go 310 3481
1250 and there’ll be more information at
Star Styler
radio.com and uh we hope to see you
there come up and say hello to me if you
do come and this is a movie if you saw
the secret you’re going to love this
movie even more it is a movie about
creating your own abundance and
prosperity and living a life you love
which everybody who listens to my show
has been listening to it for all these
years knows that I am living my dreams
the second announcement is the seventh
annual National essay contest is in full
swing and it’s totally in sync with the
message of the movie tapping the source
it is sponsored by US Bank you can win
dollars you can win a guest spot on the
radio show books and many more things go
to the Chari website Beth star.org for
guidelines you can enter today the topic
is how we experience more abundance and
happiness in service to others you only
have to write 300 words it’s really
really easy be the starou are.org well
back to some experiences from France
after my sophomore year at UCLA I was
selected to spend my junior year in
France on the education abroad program I
started off with a short course in Paris
then a few months in po which is in the
Pyrenees and finally a full year in the
wine country of Bordeaux at the
University de Baux and that’s where I
learned to absolutely love everything
French the language the people the food
the culture the history the architecture
the art The Poetry everything and I’ve
returned a few times since then to do
some television shows I shot the World
Travel magazine in France and and did
some other things but just recently I
went on a writing expedition of which
you’ll be reading many of the Articles
and hearing many of the tales right here
on the air but this time I actually got
to drink wine visit lovely Gardens and
experience some of the history of the
Chateau the funny thing was that when I
first arrived in France and rented a car
after I signed the rental agreement the
attendant said to me well bance and
finding essance what that basically
means is good luck in finding gas it
turns out that France was experiencing
another one of its strikes and there was
no gas at gas stations in any of the
towns the good news is the rental car
was a diesel so it got fairly decent gas
mileage and was was able to find some
stations opened on the freeway but
having to learn how to use that whole
system was a little bit different than
what I was was used to but as uh we were
talking about with ARA one of the
highlights for me was staying at laash
which is just a wonderful bed and
breakfast that Al runs Lan both run in
vno and it’s the last house on the
street on the way to ja and I really
want to recommend uh this place to you
as well as you can go to any of the
websites there on ja where um Alan runs
a lot of websites and there’s many
different places but if if you’re going
to go to France you want to go and see
Monae’s Gardens it was just unbelievable
I took so many photographs which will be
in in my newspaper column and in my
gardening columns for the different
magazines
Etc that uh half of my pictures of
France are probably of the gardens it’s
magical and you can get a private tour
with Aran make sure to go to her website
to book that because you won’t be
disappointed when you do that go to jaen
impression. comom and information on ja
go to ja.org and you can find out the
all the different places uh to stay as
well which is very important but after
jaer we drove up to we started to look
at Chate and the first Chateau that
wasn’t very far away that was actually
in uh Normandy was a chateau Gaya which
used to be the stronghold of Richard the
lionart and it’s interesting because
there’s the new movie out of Robin Hood
and um when you see the movie and then
you look at the Chate you get a real
feeling of what it was like to be back
there in the 11th century and they built
these fortresses so strong but they had
to be very chilly I would say inside and
he I’m not so sure if uh Richard the
lionhardt was actually a good friend of
Robin Hood but in but in any case they
historically true is the way that the
thousands of laborers 6 thousand of of
of them had to work to achieve the feat
of building this particular Chateau it
was constructed it began in 1197 and
then it was completed in
1198 and Richard spent a great deal of
money on it because it was his he called
it his one-year-old daughter and a Gard
actually means a fortified castle and he
did this to impress King Philip Augustus
of France and he that was the lands that
were expanded you know near Gyan and uh
he was just hoping that the Chateau Gard
would be the stronghold to prevent the
king from inv invading Normandy because
at those days Normandy was part of
England so when you go to visit these
chatus you really get a feeling for what
life had to be like back then as we
drove South we wanted to go to the lir
Valley and the chateaus in the lair are
absolutely extraordinary there’s
obviously a couple of them that stand
out but one of the things that we did is
we stayed for a full week in a chateau
called Chateau deui which was a chateau
from the 15th century and it has been
maintained by the same family as since
1830 the family was a friend of Napoleon
III and you can stay in an entire an
apartment and that for me that was great
I needed a home base so that every day I
could come home and kind of get my wits
about me have a have a um you know be
able to have make my tea and and my
coffee and and even have a laundry room
and have a forest to walk in so when you
go to France and if you can spend enough
time you could stay in any of these
places you can stay in abies you can
stay in Chateau you can stay in manor
houses and usually it is much less
expensive than staying in a hotel and of
course France is on the Euro which for
we Americans right now is very expensive
to be on the Euro because the euro is uh
well by the time I left it was about a
dollar 40 I mean uh yeah $148 would buy
one Euro so it’s about time and a half
but a few of the Chateau of course
everyone has probably heard of Shambo
because of the of the alcoholic beverage
that’s called Shambo and that’s a
beautiful Renaissance Castle from the
outside inside is very interesting it
has uh 400 fireplaces and
360 rooms and you could see why they
needed the fireplaces because it’s so
chilly there interesting all I could
think about while I was there was who
were the people that kept those
fireplaces going I know that here at my
house I have a fire roaring all the time
I love fires when I was at ja elali
helped us make our fire so it would keep
us warm at night we I just love it but I
can’t imagine providing enough wood and
and Hauling this firewood up these four
stories of the Chateau uh in these big
stairwells the most beautiful Chateau
for me was shanono which had a very
womanly touch to it all the rooms are
decorated there’s a lots of interesting
lore there this was Henry the who was
actually married to I mean excuse me
Henry II who was married to Katherine
deichi but his mistress was Diane detier
and he had his emblem with a d and a c
with the H so he had actually given the
Chateau to his mistress and upon his
death his Queen took it back and they
both had beautiful beautiful gardens
there throughout the lair there are
Winer Ray and where we were staying was
very near v v which we do get the
beautiful whites here in California you
can find them is just a fabulous
fabulous white wine re and chenel is
another one and what I found very
interesting that I didn’t know because
we didn’t have that here is we when we
have a sparkling wine we can’t call it
champagne of course because it doesn’t
come from the Champagne region we call
it a sparkling wine although most people
say let’s pop the bubbly let’s open the
champagne in V when they have a special
occasion and they want to have something
special they say open the vet because
they make it the same way as they do in
Champagne it is the old method the
traditional method and V is an
Appalachian just like here in Napa
Valley we have the appalachi of Napa
Valley we have Sonoma County
appalation uh we have mesino County
Appalachian and of course there’s a lot
of different grapes throughout France is
the same way it has many different wine
regions and each one specializes because
the terar is different and having grown
up in Napa Valley I do know quite a bit
about wine and I was really very much
impressed with the way they make their
wine The Vineyards and their cobs that
they have the caves which are their wine
regions I would recommend that you will
visit sometime and I will continue my
Tales of my French Connection in future
shows and of course um in the different
articles I write so you can visit
starstyle.com or you can visit
starstyle.com if you want more about my
uh website well I want to thank you all
for being great listeners for taking
this journey to Europe with me today to
make a donation to be the star you are
charity that empowers women families and
youth go to be thear are.org you can buy
our books there be the star you are be
the star you are for teens Chicken Soup
For The Gardener Soul business is Show
Business and Miracle moments may you be
content knowing that you can dance and
sing and allow your soul the freedom to
bask in the Sun as you go out into the
dayto day remember that no one has ever
walked this Earth with your exact
combination of inborn and acquired
strengths weaknesses and skills you are
already a star take a look in the mirror
and admire yourself cherish the past
dream of the future and celebrate every
moment of your life and read a book this
week a book is like a garden in your
pocket and we know that Gardens are
fabulous and books are fabulous pick up
a copy when you go to France of Aron’s
book which is the book of jaer cloud mun
at jaer and until we celebrate next week
I am Cynthia Brian and you’ve been
listening to Star style I thank you for
joining me and I encourage you be the
star you are
[Music]
[Music]
be the star you
are the star you
are be the star you
are you are the
star thank you for being part of our
star Galaxy on today’s episode of Star
style be the star you are we hope you’ve
enjoyed the commentary and are motivated
to dream big overcome obstacles and
realize your potential for further
information visit www.st
starstyle.com join our powerp party next
week right here on world talk radio as
Cynthia bran Heather Britney and the
pioneers of the planet pump up the
energy with positive uplifting
life-changing radio until then be the
star you are
you are the
[Music]
star thanks again for listening to the
preceding program brought to you on the
world talk radio network for more
information about our network and to
check out additional show hosts and
topics of Interest please visit worldt
talkradio.com the worldt talkradio
network where the world comes to talk
the views and ideas expressed on the
preceding program are strictly those of
the host or guests and do not
necessarily reflect the views and ideas
held by the world talk radio network its
staff and management