Springtime has the annoying quality of reminding me of Paris: picnics at Canal St. Martin, Champ de Mars, et Sacre Coeur; finishing a bottle of wine on my bedroom balcony; and, of course, my last meal in Paris–free baguettes and avocado tartare (cheapest menu item if I wanted to drink wine). It was in Paris that I truly learned to…
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Race for the Selfie
What’s a girl to do when she has 13.1 miles ahead of her and (cumulatively) about 13.1 miles from training? Give herself incentives to keep going. And that, my friends, is exactly what I did last weekend during the Nike Womens Half Marathon. I knew that there was a Tiffany box waiting for me at the finish line, but 13…
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Et comme elle a dit, "Bon appetit!"
I have been slowly savoring Julia Child’s memoir for months now. It’s hard to finish books you only read for 10 minutes a day—especially when they are 400 pages long. Last Tuesday I finally finished it, with perfect timing (but more on that later!). As a writer, it was so interesting to study her voice and how she described life—especially…
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Hey Mr. Osborne, Here I Am
Birthday month is still in full swing (post about the actual birthday forthcoming, but I am too excited about this not to share). Because tonight, my friends, I met a man who has shaped my existence. Weird, I know. But when you are hooked on a channel at an impressionable young age, you get hooked to the familiar face who…
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Me Write Pretty One Day
As birthday month continues, I was still trying to come up with a theme for this years birthday until about ten minutes ago. I had thought, as a way to celebrate almost being able to rent a car, “learn something everyday.” That is exhausting. Back to the drawing board. “Treat yo self.” I am now poor…sooo…another unsuccessful thought. But then…
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