1.0offMetro CAhttps://offmetro.com/caKaitlyn Ellisonhttps://offmetro.com/ca/author/kaitlyn/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lBGuMfHY0Z"><a href="https://offmetro.com/ca/3427/gallery-carte-blanche/">Good Neighbors: Gwen Lafage of Gallery Carte Blanche</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://offmetro.com/ca/3427/gallery-carte-blanche/embed/#?secret=lBGuMfHY0Z" width="600" height="338" title="“Good Neighbors: Gwen Lafage of Gallery Carte Blanche” — offMetro CA" data-secret="lBGuMfHY0Z" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://offmetro.com/ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gwen3.jpeg480480Gwen Lafage has one of those mesmerizing transatlantic accents, the kind (like Audrey Hepburn‘s) that’s hard to place—but man does it sound great. But Lafage is actually from somewhere rather specific. She spent most of her life in France until, overcome by wanderlust, she and her husband set out on an around-the-world adventure. They finally settled […]