I just visited the AppleCare center in Paris where I had my iBook shipped to Holland for repairs. It should come back in a couple weeks, so no new pictures and less updates until then...
I was lucky enough to watch the Red Sox historic 2004 title run (from the ALCS finale on) in this little South African bar in the Latin Quarter. It's called La ( Read more... )

The Decemberists are playing Paris ???
Oh, it's sold out.

Instead of starting to read the play I'm supposed to have already read for tomorrow, and instead of taking the roll of film I'm supposed to have taken for tomorrow, I'm instead going to join the crazed horde of Red Sox fans rallying for game seven.
With the help of certain people on AskMetafilter, I've found out about a South African bar that ( Read more... )

I'm posting from a fucking McDonald's in the Latin Quarter. I think I'm going to be sick.
(nevertheless, I feel like the 1euro coffee is a fair exchange for 30 minutes of Internet access)

Bon soir,
Today I find myself writing you all from on a very French day in Paris with cold cold rain and overcast skies. I'm sitting in what appears to be a very French cafébar, except for the free wifi and the Avril Lavigne coming from the boombox to my right. Did you know that if you order "un café" in France, it almost always means a "café ( Read more... )

[To give you a sense of the language barrier and what my French might sound like to a real-life Parisian, I have taken the liberty to translate the following French e-mail into English with Google's language tools]
Hello everyone! Then, I attended three of four of my courses for the six-month period. My court of literature does not start until ( Read more... )

Since I'm usually sorting through a number of newer (or recently found) albums and trying to listen to them all, I haven't given a lot of time to singles and older songs/playlists that I used to hear to daily. Tonight I finally went back and listened to a few hours of some of the music from my youth (ok, the last six years, I suck). I was pretty ( Read more... )

If anyone missed the gmail boat and wants in, I finally received some invites (6). E-mail me/comment if you (or your friends) want one. First come first serve.

Hi again!
We've only been in Paris for a week, but we've already had our first excursion to the wonderful region of Burgundy (which is truly more fun to say in French: booor-GOYN-yuh). ( Text )

Hi everyone,
I'm sitting in my new bedroom in Paris where I'll be staying for the next nine months or so. I'm living with Madame and Monsieur Delisle, as well as they 19 year-old son Antoine and their friend's 20 year-old son Adrien. Madame Delisle speaks French faster than a Parisian auctioneer. ( Impressions )