Every now and then my readers tell me about something interesting that I feel needs to be better known and I’ll often ask them to write about it themselves. Craig Ziegler was actually kind enough to follow through. Enjoy! Before … Continue reading
Life in Paris
The Kind of Afternoon You Want to Lose
Matt was standing outside — about to message me — but I spotted him through the window. I was working at Le Poncelet, my favorite cafe in the 17th, the arrondissement I spent my first year in Paris in. I … Continue reading
The Friend Turnover
I’m midway through my second year in Paris and I’ve begun to experience something I rarely did during my time in the States: losing people to moves. When I was younger this was because I was always the one on … Continue reading
The Guy Who Stole My iPad
He hangs out at night on my street with three or four of his friends. They smoke, drink, and talk about nothing, as 25-35 year-olds are wont to do. Whenever I pass him, and we manage to make eye contact, … Continue reading
I Live in a Different Paris Than You Do…
“And you know, Paris is all metro and work and the run-around.” He used the famous idiom “Metro-boulot-dodo” which is a colloquialism that is literally “subway-work-sleep” that indicates the grind of life for many in the City of Light. We … Continue reading
Little Entrepreneurs and a Sunday Stroll
I’ve often said that Paris is built for walkers. The subtext there is that it’s a dream for wanderers. Have some free time and nothing on your agenda? Just take a stroll. If it’s a particularly cold day, you might … Continue reading
Work — Life — Space
I think work/life balance is a lie modern man talks about because he has lost his way. He thinks that if work and life is strictly separated, and then “balanced,” that all will be well. What should be our mission … Continue reading
NYC: Parisians’ Delight
I’m always curious to know what fellow Parisians think of their visits to my beloved United States. Often they have been to America, and usually, they have been to New York. Now, when most people tell me they’ve visited New … Continue reading
Paris: The Most Beautiful City in the World
I understand that in a world that thrives on relativity (“everyone’s opinion is equal,” and other such tripe) such a declarative statement as the title of this essay makes may rankle. Let’s start at the outset by admitting that the … Continue reading
Death in the Afternoon, or Sunday Chess in the Jardin du Luxembourg
Meetup is a great website. If you don’t know it, it is a site that allows you to create a group based around a particular love or passion. Want to play bridge? Or go hiking? How about practicing your English … Continue reading