I’ve been sick for about five weeks. I never get sick in the United States. I’m always making fun of Jen because when we get the same cold, I have the sniffles for a day and she’s sick for two weeks. Here, the situations is reversed–she’s hardly been sick at all and I’m dragging myself [...]
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Is this why my ancestors left Europe?
Posted in Daily Life on March 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Finding Shoes for Large Feet in Paris
Posted in Daily Life on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I had my first occasion to go shoe-shopping in Paris. I needed a pair of shoes for an audition. For me, the perfect audition shoes look nicely dressy, but are still fairly comfortable, so that I can go about my business singing without thinking about pain in my feet. (No high heels for me!) [...]
Elevator Discipline
Posted in Daily Life on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When we were looking for an apartment in Paris, Greg and I wanted to find a place where we would be on a high floor without an elevator. We wanted to make exercise a little bit difficult to avoid. Since we also wanted a furnished place, moving in/out wouldn’t be a big problem. But the [...]
The City Lifestyle
Posted in Culture, Daily Life on December 7, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I’ve never lived in a big city (or a small town) before moving to Paris. I grew up in the suburbs of San Diego, then lived in suburbish college towns ever since: Cambridge/Somerville, MA; Berkeley, CA; then Princeton, NJ. So both the small-town and the big-city lifestyle seem exotic and interesting to me. That’s why [...]
Lady in the Laundromat
Posted in Daily Life on November 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
We recently moved to a new apartment, where we hope to stay for the rest of our time here in Paris. One small downside of the new place is that there is no clothes washer/dryer in the building. Most people seem to either buy their own machine or go to the local laundromat. I’ve been [...]
Smells of the City
Posted in Daily Life on November 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In any big city, there are lots of smells to smell. Here are some of the ones I’ve noticed around Paris: Baking bread, cut grass, ladies’ perfume, men’s cologne, cured meats, leaves decomposing, frites frying, ripe fruit, ripe cheese, blooming flowers, wine, wet dog, human body odor, truck exhaust, moldy basement smell, dog poop, human poop, [...]
