Painting in the park, smoking, Canal Saint-Martin, dinner at Chez Michel
Today it was a little cooler, so I headed to the park and painted for a few hours in the …
Category Archives: Life in Paris
My painting lesson with a French painter
I started painting about a year ago, and have taken 4 classes since then. Two figure classes, one portrait class …
“Public air conditioning in Paris”
That was my Google search. It basically turned up nothing, btw. The French have a thing against air conditioning. Many …
Sunday afternoons, gelato and the heat
As an American, I find it simultaneously uber civilized, astonishing and amusing that Paris basically rolls up the carpet on …
Sunday mornings
Sunday mornings are my favorite time in the apartment. The apartment is really spacious by Paris standards, with lots of …
On fashion
There is this perception in America that French women are always classic, chic and put together. That they know how …
Tips
I’ve foregone writing down all the directions to everywhere before I leave the apartment. I check it on Google maps, …
Progress
You know you’re getting familiar with a city when you get lost, and you can still find your way somehow. …
Subway snobbery
When I first arrived, I loved Gare du Nord. And the 4. With the combination of the two, I could …
Errands in Paris
It takes a long time to run errands in Paris. Partly because you’re either on the Metro or on foot. …
Seriously Paris 