Since I feel semi-obligated to say -something-, and my cats are the most interesting things in my life right now:
My 17-year-old cat just figured out how to use a box as a step to get onto my bed, because it has become too high to jump straight up from the floor. I am very proud of her.

I suspect I won't be blogging much because I am doing absolutely nothing. It's great. I have no obligations or responsibilities. I am playing the piano and exercising and sleeping and eating a lot (trying - but not too hard! - to get over my starvation mentality that is telling me to eat all this delicious food because it's been so long since I ate ( Read more... )

I'm not even going to go into the whole Paris-New York thing yet. Too much to try and digest while I am currently digesting the enormous feast we had for Mother's Day. (Put 5 enthusiastic chefs in the kitchen - each working on a different part of the meal - and you get a lot of delicious food.) But here are my contributions to the day, all of which ( Read more... )

In the spirit of text message posting - here is the last message ever on this cell phone. (Well, maybe until July.) A good send-off to my European séjour.

May 6, 21:35 - Valérie to me: Voila. Je t'envoie un dernier message sur ton Natel français. Fais bon voyage pour ton retour et embrasse très fort tes parents de ma part. Love

I have pictures!
Some of them are of people in France.
Some of them are of Barcelona.
I am not going to mention that I am going back to New York tomorrow, because I don't think I can put together a coherent thing to say about it right now.
Goodnight!

Here are some bad things about Barcelona:
- Missing the Miro museum because it's closed Monday and we were too hungover on Sunday
- La Rambla... because crowds of tourists are massively annoying.

Those might have been the only bad things about Barcelona.

Here are some good things about Barcelona:
- laying on the beach
- borrowing sunscreen from ( Read more... )

I am going through a serious mental disconnect, since I'm leaving this afternoon for Barcelona but have also already packed most of my stuff for NY (since I'm leaving for NY two days after I get back from Spain). I'm planning my route to the airport, printing boarding passes, making sure I haven't forgotten anything... for Spain. But not for the ( Read more... )

28 Nov 2008, 22:02, me to E: ew!! that guy was standing right behind u and he shook my hand i feel so gross

15 Dec 2008, 07:05, Valérie to me: Je te souhaite une bonne semaine et courage c’est bientot les vacances! Merci encore pour ce merveilleux week-end. Si tu t’ennuies écris-moi. A bientôt. Love
15 Dec 2008, 07:48, me to Valérie: je t'écrirai ( Read more... )

I'm at a point now when my days in Barcelona outnumber the days I have left in Paris, and yet I'm still finding more things to do and see! Here are some of the exciting things I've done lately:

• Discovered the best ice cream in Paris, at Raimo Glacier, next to metro Daumesnil. Got a scoop of cinnamon and a scoop of pistachio. Can you believe it was ( Read more... )

I was sitting in my room this afternoon, watching TV, when I noticed a strange smell coming from the hallway. Something like paint, or nail polish ( Read more... )