What would you do if you were only in Paris for three days? I'm planning to put together a list of my recommendations at some point, but in case you couldn't tell from my packing list, Colin and I had pretty specific goals. Namely: eat and be outside. We wanted to simply live in Paris … Continue reading Our return to Paris
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How to pack for Paris
I'm just starting the process of sifting through the 500+ photos from our two weeks in Europe, but I thought I'd start with the most important thing: how to pack for a trip to Paris. If you're like me, you either can't or don't want to pay airline baggage fees, so everything needs to fit … Continue reading How to pack for Paris
J’arrive!
Time has snuck up on me. Colin and I have been in St. Louis for more than six months now, which means we're knee-deep in the minutiae of Real Life. As much as I still miss Paris, it now feels like a world away. The longer we're away, the harder it is to imagine going … Continue reading J’arrive!
Chez moi
Earlier this summer, while missing Paris a little more than usual, I pulled up our old neighborhood on Google Maps and reminisced about our favorite places. I used to be able to recite all the names of the bridges over the Seine, in order, from the Pont de Sully near the Canal Saint-Martin to the … Continue reading Chez moi
To Notre Dame, with love
Yesterday was a horrible day—the day that 850 years of history and art and architecture went up in flames, as Notre Dame burned. When you live in a place as old and beautiful as Paris, these landmarks quietly integrate themselves into your life almost without you noticing. Every time I ran along the Seine, it … Continue reading To Notre Dame, with love
2018 by the numbers
What a year 2018 was! Even as I’m getting used to living in the US again, I still miss France more than I can say. It’s strange not to be able to hop on a train in the morning and be in a different country by lunchtime. It’s strange not to buy fresh bread at … Continue reading 2018 by the numbers
Scene around town
I took so many photos last year that I couldn't possibly share them all, but in looking back at my photo library, I realized that I have some real favorites that never made it into a post. Paris is just an unbelievably beautiful city, and I miss how much of daily life happens outside. Here, … Continue reading Scene around town
One sentence per day
While we're traveling/en route back to the US, I've scheduled a couple posts summing up our year in Paris. Today: excerpts from my daily journal. One of the ways I documented this year was through “one sentence per day” journaling. (Disclaimers: (1) The idea only occurred to me in September, so I don’t have sentences describing … Continue reading One sentence per day
Getting to know the Paris arrondissements
While we're traveling/en route back to the US, I've scheduled a couple posts summing up our year in Paris. Today: the Paris arrondissements. This year, Colin and I took on a number of different challenges in an effort to get to know Paris better. The big one was our To Do For Fun list (I'm due for an … Continue reading Getting to know the Paris arrondissements
Le fin, part 1
Well, here we are at le fin—the end. I’m calling this Le Fin Part 1, though, because those two extra words make it seem less final. It’s just the beginning of the end, not the end of the end! Part 2 is yet to come! As Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "If you are lucky enough … Continue reading Le fin, part 1
Practice Makes Parfait 