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22 Years Later, My Bloody Valentine Release a New Album
The website of My Bloody Valentine crashed last night after they announced that they’d be releasing their new album in the following hours. I was up till 2 am, absolutely freaking out, until I got the copy. And so, 22 years after the release of Loveless, the band of my heart, whose songs have accompanied me to so…
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Albert Kahn Gardens Under the Snow
This (snowy) weekend’s line-up: roaming around Paris, dodging snowballs, long and lazy brunches, and a visit to the Albert Kahn Gardens. Paris has succumbed to snow that sticks and everything is so beautiful! Everything is gorgeous and white and quiet, and apparently all it takes to see a genuine smile on a Parisian’s face is…
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The Pantheon and Its (Not Illegal) Clock Repairs
Paris was in a horrible mood this weekend. When you have to turn on the lights at 8:30 am because of the drab and grey skies outside, you know it’s going to be a bad day. But it’s 2013; the year just started, and I wasn’t going to let an overcast sky hold me hostage…
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Not So Country
I am not made for the country; I’m a city girl, through and through. I think I have a problem with serenity, because after several days of calm and silence I start to feel queasy. There’s too much pressure to relax, and no excuse to feel angsty because everything’s so peaceful. I do know the…
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Huang Yong Ping’s Bugarach
Doomsday believers may be halfway to the French Pyrenees as we speak. Probably lugging their precious possessions with them as they make their way to the little village named Bugarach, the only place to be spared in this coming Friday’s apocalypse, thanks to the aliens believed to be living in its central cavity. How does…
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That Kind of Night
… where I cross the entirety of Paris to get to La Fleche d’Or. It’s freezing cold, even with my sheepskin gloves and my thickest scarf on. I don’t know, maybe it’s because I’m in a skirt and normal, non-thermal tights? (Fucking idiot.) But anyway. I procrastinate as long as I can, meeting friends for…
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Safety’s Off, But the Gun Has No Trigger
It was a lovely week, my lovelies, despite the rain and the sluggish weather. Lila went the entire week without pulling her spaghetti legs trick on me during our morning walk to school, I was able to squeeze in an exhibit before school pickup, and then for this week’s date night Julien and I went…
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Souq
I’ve been to many-a-souq in my life but the Grand Bazaar is by far the fucking coolest of all. We got lost navigating the streets (there are 60 streets and 5000 shops in there), and most of them had closed down for the day because it was Ramadan. We wandered into this little cobblestone cul-de-sac…