Some people might find it jarring. The sight of so many marooned underneath awnings at the height of a torrential… Read more Raintrap
Tag: France
Le Moulin Dénudé
The news reported that it was “spontaneous,” of course. “Just one of those inexplicable things.” They didn’t know the truth.… Read more Le Moulin Dénudé
Bollocks to Brexit
“Bollocks to Brexit.” That’s what his t-shirt reads as he traipses through the sixteenth arrondissement in combat boots and a… Read more Bollocks to Brexit
Elevator Going Down (And Taking Your Self-Esteem With It)
Ever feel like one minute you’re a fully functioning human being and the next you’re fat? Like it happens overnight… Read more Elevator Going Down (And Taking Your Self-Esteem With It)
Star-Spangled Chaff
Leave it to Americans to make everywhere they go just as colorless and depressing as America. That’s why Paris had… Read more Star-Spangled Chaff
Stabbed In the Back at the Comédie-Française (Café)
There are those who can afford to go to the Comédie-Française and those who can, instead, only afford a coffee… Read more Stabbed In the Back at the Comédie-Française (Café)
You Can’t Colonize A Colonizer
The British king’s visit to Paris was, as expected, marked by much absurd fanfare. Most of which resulted in oodles… Read more You Can’t Colonize A Colonizer
The Classism of What It Takes to Report a Crime
Like everything, even being able to successfully report a crime entails “having money.” Because, obviously, you need a phone to… Read more The Classism of What It Takes to Report a Crime
French Flies Are Too Hoity-Toity to Land On Just Any Skin
There’s French fries, and then there’s French flies. The former is, arguably, what one thinks of most when the word… Read more French Flies Are Too Hoity-Toity to Land On Just Any Skin
“Take the risk or you’ll lose the chance.”
A white girl walks by Benoît with a huge Galeries Lafayette shopping bag in hand while wearing a t-shirt that… Read more “Take the risk or you’ll lose the chance.”
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