On Drinking Coffee From Bowls

What I drank in France, both small and big.

A bowl of coffee with French breakfast via Getty Images (left) and cafe au lait espresso bowls in Paris.

I spent a handful of days in the South of France in a town called Sète, not far from Montpelier. I was there to see my boyfriend's band play in the Worldwide Music Festival and spent long, lazy days lounging on the pebble beaches of the Mediterranean.…