Sweaty creeper train ninja
Holy cow! I’m on a train to Normandy that I was THIS close to missing completely. Long story short…I was supposed to be in Sweden this weekend for the Midsummer’s festival hanging with some new Danish & Swedish friends out at this amazing summer home: Bah. Alas, I had to cancel. Sadness, dismay, travesty, forelorn-ness, […]
Solo Dining & the Awesomeness that Ensues Thereof
Solo dining in Paris. To partake or not to partake? By all means, partake. The week before last was truly a week of “dining solo has its benefits”. I am considering never eating with friends again. On a Wednesday night, which is my Friday, I was reading the France Chowhound boards to see what the […]
Pastry-palooza
I know you’ve probably been losing sleep wondering what pastries I’ve eaten lately. Hold your breath no longer. I had a rough day at work the other day, combined with a brief bout of “What am I doing here? I’m going to be single forever, I’ll never meet a believer in Paris, the land of […]
Phantom Friends
Last night after dinner around 11pm, I went to the café next door w/ my computer to have a coffee and hang out for a little while. A waiter stopped at my table and declared in English in a very French accent, “Why always alone! Why no friends? Ees no possible!” He was so exasperated […]
Confirmed: Paris = Best city in world.
Well, it’s true. Paris is the greatest city in the world. I wasn’t questioning it, but today was one of those days that just reminded me, with shouting and shining and glowing obviousness. I felt like a tourist, just staring at all the ridiculous amazingness everywhere to be seen. I still can’t get over how […]
Best of Italia
Ah, Florence! My first trip outside of Paris. The trip can be summed up as follows: Pasta, pasta, pasta. More pasta in 3 days than I’ve eaten in the past year. Gelato. Sometimes 3x a day. What? We’re in ITALY. Italians being Italians Especially if that means airplane-feeding Julie P like a small child. Over […]
Breaking the Kitchen Code
Julie P and I spent two days in Paris before heading off to Florence for a few days. I made us a reservation at Les Fables de la Fontaine, since this is where we had one of our best and most cherished memories during our trip to France last May. In many ways, that experience […]
The Duffel of Life
Over one month behind. Good pace. I’m really keeping up here. I swear it feels like Julie P was here last week. And now we’re in June. Who has put this time thing on fast forward? Today marks 3 months of being in Paris, and I can’t believe it. Happy Anniversary, Paris. (Monthiversary, if we’re […]
Wednesday Friendsday & Firefighter Embarrassment
Maygan and Kyle decided that every Wednesday (or every other), we should have Wednesday Friendsday, where they cook dinner and have me & another friend Kelly over to eat and play games! Raise the roof for Wednesday Friendsday!! We played a game called “What’s yours like?” where everyone says “mine is…” and describes something from […]
Louis Vuitton Pastries > Fruit
Part of me wants to give life updates and tell funny stories and write about things that I should be writing about on such a blog as this. But then there’s the other part of me that just wants to post pretty pictures of pastries!! Ooh let’s do that!! I feel huge but I don’t […]