There are certain moments in every struggling foreigner’s translation experiences that really stand out. Because I think laughing at myself is essential part of any experience (and also lays the requisite groundwork for subsequently laughing at others), here’s today’s tale. I had lunch with a friend’s cousin today. Mathilde lives in Boulogne, which is a
Today was my first full day in Paris. Thanks to some pretty serious jet-lag, my internal ticker’s been wonky since I left Seattle last week, and I fell asleep quite early last night, around 11PM local time. I was awake by 2AM, and spent the hours between then and 8AM reading, writing and catching up
I recently completed my last night of work at the local Pub where I’ve worked for nearly the past two years. To mark the occasion, my co-worker Ben and I decided to dress snappily in the old bartender/piano-player look: white dress shirt, black vest, black tie, black pants. We couldn’t find garters for our arms,
Five days is only enough time to dent the surface of New York, but I ventured to many of the requisite sites during my brief stay in the city. I suppose referring to it as the city would be offensive to New Yorkers, who seem intent upon it being known as THE CITY!!!!, and who
Hallmark says that Home is where the heart is, and on principle I’m not inclined to argue with them. I would perhaps suggest the caveat that Home is an issue of personal freedom, the space in which you have the capacity to be confident in yourself and your various iterations, and as such is of
Thanks to all of you who came out and said goodbye. It was nice to see everyone and get some good vibrations prior to leaving on my trip. My only regret is that there wasn’t more time to spend with each of you, by which I mean: wouldn’t it have been nice if there had
Below is the text of my initial email outlining my travel plans. For those (very few and stout-hearted) of you who actually read the original email, you needn’t suffer twice. Mostly I’m putting this up here to give a little narrative cohesion to the whole process, a beginning to what will hopefully be a good
The following are links to sites maintained by some fine folks I know who are engaged in activities more interesting than the banal and more involved than Facebook.  Most of them are decent people (there are a couple obvious exceptions, but let’s not get hung-up naming names) and I’d personally recommend at least 70% of the
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