Spend months in Provence, without leaving your desk

Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett are a married couple from New York City—which you’d think would be enough to answer

Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett are a married couple from New York City—which you’d think would be enough to answer the question “So what are they doing in Provence?” But it just so happens thatJoel and Maggie are up to a little bit more.

For them, this is a (very long) working vacation: Meyerowitz, a photographer, and Barrett, a writer, are collaborating on a book about the region, and Flying the Coop is the photoblog of their adventures. The first entry appeared on March 20 of this year—those adventures have only begun—and so far, we are very, very envious.

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Spend months in Provence, without leaving your desk