I had no clue what the Bastille Day was about until the good folks at The Skint provided me with the following info: Here’s what Bastille Day means to the French: civic pride, national celebrations, a commemoration of the storming of the Bastille and the rise of the modern French

‘Mericans love to celebrate political victories, even when they’re not their own. But when there’s gin and cupcakes involved, I’m ready to jump on the beret bandwagon as well. Our favorite website featuring all things wonderful and cheap (besides this one of course), the skint, is taking over Littlefield this

Tuesday is Bastille Day–France’s sarcastically muttered, Veuve Clicquot and Petanque filled answer to the 4th of July. The celebration is today, though and it’s the biggest one in the US! Smith street gets covered in sand and transformed into petanque courts where old French men in berets munching on baguettes