tag: eiffel tower

This post is difficult to write. I’ve been putting it off for a long time, mostly because I’m in denial about leaving Paris in the first place.

Yes, I’m leaving. I’m going back to LA because… well, various reasons. My long-stay visa is up, my job wants me back, I have an apartment waiting for me, etc. etc. etc.

Right now it all feels like meaningless excuses. It’s so hard to leave, especially in summer with the long days and blue skies and flowers and the strawberries and cherries and tomatoes at the markets. It doesn’t help that I’ve been staying at the most charming AirBnb apartment I could ever imagine, a tiny chambre de bonne with an Eiffel Tower view. I am truly tempted to say, “screw responsibility, screw being an adult, I’m going to live the broke bohemian life here.”

But that’s not me. I’ve always been the safe one, who makes sure that the edges are all straight and aligned before sewing them together. And let’s face it, I couldn’t go to nearly as many good restaurants if I was living the boho life.

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Posted in: life, paris | Tags: au revoir, eiffel tower, expat, france, going, going home, goodbye for now, leaving paris, los angeles, montmartre, paris, photography, travel | 15 COMMENTS

After dinner at Les Cocottes last week, I eschewed the metro for a chilly walk back home, accompanied the whole way by the good ol’ iron lady herself.

I ran into something I didn’t even know existed in Paris: the flamme de la Liberté, a full-sized replica of the Statue of Liberty’s flame.

And then, of course, the bling. I never get tired of this.

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Posted in: paris, Uncategorized | Tags: bling, bokeh, eiffel tower, eiffel tower light show, flame of liberty, flamme de la liberté, france, paris, travel, trocadero | 8 COMMENTS

This week, one of my best friends came to visit the city. I got to walk him around and do all the fun touristy things I never think of doing on normal days.

Frenchie
5-6, rue du Nil, 75002 (Sentier)
01 40 39 96 19

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Posted in: dining out, paris, Uncategorized | Tags: architecture, arts, book store, cafe, cemetery, church, cimetière du montparnasse, eiffel, eiffel tower, frenchie, friendship, louvre, montparnasse cemetery, musée du louvre, museum, notre dame, paris, paris cafe, paris cemetery, paris restaurant, pyramide du louvre, restaurant, shakespeare and co, shakespeare and company, telescope, tour eiffel, travel, wine | 5 COMMENTS