My parents are proponets of dreams- for myself, my brother and Sarah, and many others. This year, we got to watch them live a dream of their own. 364 days ago, they stepped (should I say jumped? dove headfirst? cartwheeled?)…
Archives for September 2011
indian summer twilight
I know I’ve gone on and one the last two weeks about fall in Paris, but we’ve been dosed an Indian Summer this week with weather in the 70s and 80s every day. And I can practically hear the city…
Paris Street Life: Taking Care of Business
Men in Paris have a reputation for taking their business to the streets. Literally. I love a story my friend tells about a father instructing his son to pee on the side of the Opera Garnier…while she was standing…right there. The…
automne
The heat lamps have returned to cafes. Leaves crunch under foot as you walk. The chill in the air encourages the buttoning-up of jackets. It’s offically fall, y’all. I remember writing at the end of fall last year that the next time the season…
sainte clotilde
Saint Clotilde Basilica is young by European standards. Built in the mid 19th century, the church sits smack dab in the middle of my present life in the 7th arrondisement. Just across the street from my neighborhood grocery store, I pass it often,…
palais prada
Only in Paris would the President’s house sit next to Prada and no one think twice about it. C’est la vie.