February 22, 2012 5:59 am
February 18, 2012 6:26 am
Things I Miss about the US (see also Things I Don’t Miss):
1. Convenience
There’s really nothing like the States for convenience. This hits on so many levels. it almost won’t fit on the page, it’s such a pervasive concept. Nothing is open here after ten pm on weekdays. Nothing. Only bars. Only very few bars. (And I’m being generous, because in my neighborhood, it’s more like 7/8p.) But it’s not just the convenience of the local 7-11. It’s just being able to acquire pretty much anything you want at
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Things I Don’t Miss About The US (see The Things I Miss also)
1. Being Neurotic About Food
The food supply in the US is fucked up. To get even moderately nutritious food, I had to shop at Whole Food and spend so much money and mental energy on it… to get “special” food, which was really just natural food. Natural… like the food they generally have in France, because they haven’t let commerce compromise the integrity of their food that much. (Though they, of course aren’t perfect– there are gassed tomatoes here, and I believe they irradiate certain things, etc.)
The cows eat grass. It took me a minute to realize
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First snow day! (First one since I’ve been here, anyway.) And it was Sunday, so the world was shut down anyway. I had such a delicious day– I went to the market and then I stayed in by myself and painted all afternoon. It was really significant, because I haven’t painted one girl since I’ve been here (been a little creatively stagnant). Today, I finished up one that I had started in the states, so she’s truly an international baby. If you’d like to see how she progressed and who she finally became, click here. Click here to see some photos I took of Paris being its snowy self.
Categories: My Music Life, Paintings, Paris, Paris Culture, Places
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It’s weird being in a new place. It’s hard to like, figure out what to eat. I can’t describe it… just imagine if every single kind of everything at the grocery store was different. They even cut their cows up differently– none of the cuts mean anything to me. Deli meat is sold in packages with just two slices inside. And not only that–
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January 12, 2012 10:03 am
 Tonight I learned the very important different between Chocolat Chaud (hot chocolate) and
Chocolat Viennoise…
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