Wren stands in front of the menu for what feels like twenty minutes. Like the tourists (though she isn’t one)… Read more Gourmand Goldilocks
Tag: Paris
Raintrap
Some people might find it jarring. The sight of so many marooned underneath awnings at the height of a torrential… Read more Raintrap
A Rightful Sense of Déjà Vu
Something about the hotel bore a strange familiarity to her. She couldn’t quite place it for the longest time. But… Read more A Rightful Sense of Déjà Vu
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
If The Invisible Man Didn’t Want to Be Seen, He Should Have Just Become A Working-Class Woman
The woman ordering dessert (or rather, “trying” to order dessert) is completely unembarrassed when she finally settles on the cheesecake… Read more If The Invisible Man Didn’t Want to Be Seen, He Should Have Just Become A Working-Class Woman
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