Surely We’re Bright Enough To Outshine The Stars

There is a scene in the fabulous collection of shorts, Paris Je T’Aime, with a very stereotypical overweight American tourist clad in fanny pack, sneakers and her Lonely Planet Paris guide. As amazing as all of the shorts in this collection are, this one haunts me the most. Her terrible French, her lonely but highly [...]

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Bring On Paris

As soon as Erik got through security, I immediately regretted not staying in the amazingly comfortable hotel bed and coming to the airport on my own, closer to my own flight time. My 12:40pm flight isn’t leaving for another three hours and I didn’t get my postcards mailed, rushed through breakfast and skipped my much-needed [...]

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Barcelona To London

Note: Written 22 June 2011 I didn’t sleep the best last night then woke up at 9:00 today to breakfast, stamps for my postcards, packing my sack, writing postcards, broiling the chicken I’ve been marinating for two days, and eventually leaving for the airport London-bound. I’m currently in Paris having prosecco and caprese sandwich for [...]

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