Leaving the US
Book Boxes, Phone Ghosts, and a Queen or Two
A casual scroll through the UK phoneboxes - all pictures.
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Soundtrack
Contact and the Strangeness of Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot, bad singing, curated rebellion, and what music taught me about France
Table & Foraging
Slow and Popular Food Options
Snail racing in 2 countries: In England, they race for sport. In France, they race for survival—and sometimes end up as dinner.
Culture
What France Understands About Protest That America Doesn’t
With over 3.5 million protesters in a single day and 4,000+ farmer actions in 2024 alone, France treats protest as civic duty—not spectacle. Meanwhile, 132 million Americans line up for Black Friday
Leaving the US
This is Not America
Memory, myth, and what burns after the fireworks
Soundtrack
Second Life Disco and France's Alternate Musical Universe
Disco is different in France - and so are a lot of other genres
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Not the plan, but the routine
Living in Europe was never the dream. But here I am, sorting archives, mispronouncing things, and learning how to stay.
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Fighting with Scissors
Currency math, collapsing trust, and a kid with no depth perception: why I paid full price for a bad haircut and can’t finish a single thought anymore
Soundtrack
Charles Trenet and France's Start of Summer
How “La Mer,” a seaside anthem born inland, became the sound of French summertime
Leaving the US
Sunday Stopped Being Work in Disguise
How moving to France rewired my relationship with time, rest, and the invisible labor of weekends
Soundtrack
An American in Paris, passport not required
The Musical Ballet That Cost a Fortune—and Invented an American Fantasy of France
Leaving the US
Changing Default Options
Adapting to a new place doesn’t always mean starting over, it sometimes means waking up to what’s changed.