It was a beautiful afternoon on the Upper West Side; I got a chocolate-chip brioche from Silver Moon Bakery and stopped in at Book Culture.Dinner at Vanessas Dumpling House, an often written-about pu...
Good evening, from Cairo!I apologize for having a lot of observations without any pictures, but I thought it would be useful to have this information written down.So, I ended up leaving Switzerland t...
Its my last night in France. I wanted to put off writing about where Im traveling after here, but here it is; Im going to Switzerland for a few days of backpacking in the Valais, one of the French-sp...
Here is how my last weekend in Paris happened.On Friday evening, I said goodbye to the Louvre, re-visiting the second half of the French paintings. It was the first museum that I went to here, when t...
So, after all of that heartsickness I started having at the one-month mark about leaving Paris at the end of the summer, I left, purposefully, for a six day vacation in southwestern France. Because w...
I went thrifting in the 9e, north of the train stations, on Saturday. I didnt find anything, but it was nice to explore Boulevard de Magenta—its among the few streets to have separate bike lanes, alt...
I thought I bought a package of the big Kit Kats today—of all the things to want to eat in France, I know, but I had one when I was in the metro one time and it was the best thing ever—I was pretty s...
I took a friend for a walk around northeastern Paris this afternoon. I think he enjoyed himself. I love showing people around this part of the city. After meeting on the Left Bank, we took the metro ...
I got caught in the rain in the Luxembourg Gardens today, though I was able to take shelter under a tree; I always think that standing under a tree wont protect you against the rain, and at least wit...
A lot of museums in Paris are free on the first Sunday of the month, which is a great excuse to run around to as many museums as you can make it to. I wanted to revisit the Musee de lOrangerie before...
Its already Saturday; the first week of August was over before I knew it. I stayed in today, and Im not happy about that. I guess that days in, though, help you recharge. At least Im going out tonigh...
Ive officially reached the age where I dont want to get any older.At the market this morning, I came home with bags of figs, again, green plums Ive never had before called Reine Claudes, and mirabell...
As always, I cant figure out where the time went.I went to a lot of movies the first week I was here, when I didnt know what to do with myself; the second week, I ate a lot of ice cream. A friend len...
Ive had a hard time in Paris. This is a report from the trenches.I feel like probably I ought to not write about it, but its no use pretending that it isnt hard, thus far, and the thought that I have...
Paris is rainy and autumnal. I want sun in my life again.I decided that Sex and the City—yes, the TV show—is right about one thing. You cant go searching for love, as a woman; at most, you can go sea...
This changing your life thing, its hard.It only takes a couple of hours to see the Chateau de Versailles, and we actually spent most of our time exploring the estate around the palace. The gardens of...
I went to Versailles, a while ago!It was an impromptu trip, but Im happy that I made it out, and it was actually the first touristy thing that I accomplished in Paris; Ive yet to make it to the Eiffe...
One thing I like about Paris is that when you walk by a bakery, you catch the scent of pure sugar.While I was in the 12e today, I wanted to try the madeleines from a bakery there called Ble Sucre. Im...
After making an appearance at one of the numerous picnics on the Champ de Mars, I had dinner yesterday night at Le Petit Benoit, 6e. They didnt have any cassoulet de poisson and werent serving duck c...
Its Bastille Day. I pre-gamed by sleeping for ten hours last night.As a big fan of Bonne Maman jam in the U.S., Im really loving the assortment of Bonne Maman brand bakery goods in the grocery stores...
Soyez regle dans votre vie et ordinaire comme un bourgeois, afin detre violent et original dans vos oeuvres.Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and origin...
Lunch at Bistrot Victoires in the 1er. I had the fish du jour, and profiteroles; they always make me think of this. I realized, seeing it again, that that actually opens with a shot of Bastille, my f...
Breakfast. Green figs and fraises des bois.Dinner. Arroz con pollo recipe from Simply Recipes.
Im having something of an identity crisis because I dont know how to dress here. Almost everyone is thin and stylish. Its like when I was in China and it was weird because everyone around me was Asia...
So, the title of THE HANGOVER is, in France, "Very Bad Trip".Lille: I so liked Lille. Cest trop belle, tres vivante avec une ambiance detendue et lair dun village. Clear and bright, chilly fr...
Ypres: As I understand, train stations in Europe, even in small towns like Ypres, have lockers where for a few euros you can leave your stuff for the day, making day trips easy. At the tourist office...
Paris is going through a heat wave. Good Lord. Growing up in Florida with parents who were reluctant to turn on the air conditioning, I feel like Im fairly well-adapted for hot weather and dont even ...
Bruges: My favorite waffles, doughy and sweet, made while I waited with handfuls of dough slapped onto a waffle iron rather than the same pre-made oval or rectangular ones I saw elsewhere in Belgium,...
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