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I ate at some hole in the wall tiny French place in Midtown and was seated across from a young man who shared a lot of facial features with me (stubble, dark hair, deep set eyes, similar build and outfit)
we ordered nearly the same thing as well and made very serious eye contact the whole time
Mar 29, 2024
idk why but when i was younger i was totallyyy one of those girls who was obsessed with the idea of paris lol. i‘m no longer obsessed but i do love art museums, trying new foods, sightseeing, traveling in general. when i traveled outside the US for the first time i had just graduated college and was in europe for another reason, but used some savings to visit paris for a few days after and had such an amazing time. this was my view when i stepped out of gare de lyon! it’s nothing special (though i do think the architecture in the city is gorgeous) but the memory is :)
May 15, 2025
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like many baristas my age, i had an affinity for french pop music as a highschooler, particularly "yé-yé", which was what they called 60's pop! i was down with a bad case of main character syndrome (a common symptom of being a teenager) so i loved the drama of it all - chic and taboo like smoking secret cigarettes 🙄 i was also taking french in school - i was terrible at it but being able to vaguely understand the lyrics helped me to appreciate it even more.
flash fwd a few years & i was finally presented with the opportunity to travel to france!!! i never ever thought i'd get to see paris but the stars aligned and i spent a week there in summer 2023 with my fiancé and my dad (which was particularly special bc i never get to travel with him) 🥺
it was incredibly romantic (despite the lack of air conditioning...wtf europe) and i had also gotten my garçon into the french music i'd loved as a teen so our visit was soundtracked by the likes of françoise hardy, jacqueline taïeb, jacques brel, sylvie vartan, jacques dutronc, jane birkin, serge gainsbourg (melody nelson holds up if i pretend i don't know what he's saying!!) etc 🥰
the video i linked is one of the only videos i took while in paris, and it's possibly my fav video i've taken ever - the little girl i accidentally caught dancing in front of the eiffel tower makes me smile every time i watch it.
Mar 10, 2025
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