It’s Chriiiistmas….all ooover…the world…. Hmm, that is not true. Five I Want to Get 1. I am obsessed with peacocks right now. If it has a peacock on it, I want it. I’m on the hunt for peacock throw pillows for my couch, but what I really really want is this purse from Etsy. You [...]
To date or not to date…that is the question. CONS 1. From experience, dating involves a lot of time spent making small talk with men who have no idea how have a successful social interaction, and who choose not to conform to basic social norms around meeting new people like “ask questions” and “make eye [...]
1. I’m thankful that my mom is healthy and active and wonderful and that our relationship is so, so good. Being with her in Paris made me appreciate her even more than usual. One of my chief preoccupations lately is figuring out how we can see more of each other. I love that lady. 2. [...]
What is there to say about Paris that hasn’t been said? There is something magic there. I don’t know why. Despite living in DC for 18 years, I don’t really love urbanity–especially unfamiliar urbanity. I don’t enjoy New York for its own sake; only because my friends are there. In fact, I was a little [...]
Today, I am praying that customs doesn’t find my raw milk cheeses as I fly back to DC. For the last post of the week, I present intelligence gathered by a spy in the female blogosphere. Paul is an avid blog reader, and I asked him to share what he’s learned from his studies. (You [...]
10 Thing Thursday is brought to you this week by a blogger who would prefer to remain anonymous, for reasons that will soon become clear. Meanwhile, in Paris, I am moving my mother through the Louvre at breakneck speed so that I can finish shopping and eat more cheese before flying back to DC tomorrow. [...]
Today, I am at the hammam at the the Mosque de Paris, France’s oldest place of Islamic worship, being massaged and exfoliated and daintily sipping mint tea. Naked. Thank god you don’t have to see that while you read today’s guest post from the very funny chicken-raising web comic-drawing Shalini of Reading and Chickens. She only had [...]
Today, I am going to the Musee d’Orsay in the afternoon, and then–AND THEN–I am eating dinner at Chez Robert et Louise, where they will cook my steak on an open fireplace while I drink wine and nibble on a crusty baguette. I also plan to shrug expressively, and–depending on weather–wear a beret. The last time [...]
Today, I am at Versailles. I have taken the train there, and while the Hall of Mirrors is lovely and all, I am wondering what we’ll have for lunch because I guarantee you nothing I eat in France is coming from a concession stand. But YOU are about to get a glimpse into the secret, [...]
I am headed out the door to Paris! I have guest posts lined up every day this week, so please click and comment early and often. Au revoir! Red Stethoscope is an anonymous blogger from the DC area. In her past life, she was a relationship advice columnist. Now, she’s a full-time medical student and [...]
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