paris dispatch: bad news, from far away 15 Jul 2013 | 09:27 pm

Yesterday was July 14th: better known in France as Bastille Day, and better known than that as La Fete Nationale. It is the Fourth of July with, objectively, more speeches and, subjectively, inferior ...

paris dispatch: fire on ile st louis! 10 Jul 2013 | 08:35 pm

So! Last night, I’m about to go to bed. I’m wearing a shirt that is virtually clear, because I do not anticipate anyone but myself seeing it, and then I realize that I’ve been smelling what smells lik...

paris dispatch: airbnb has utterly revamped how i travel, for better 9 Jul 2013 | 10:46 pm

I once had a boyfriend who’d travel and come back with nine new friends. I never understood it: I would literally say, “How did you get them?” There was always some story—about a bar, a line for ticke...

paris dispatch: le 4 juillet 4 Jul 2013 | 06:29 pm

So it’s Fourth of July in Paris, which I think means most to the people who are selling hot dog buns for $9 a bag and Wheat Thins for $11. (Wouldn’t you know: Wheat Thins are definitely a Fourth of Ju...

Five Amazing Pieces To See At The Mori Art Museum’s All You Need Is Love 11 Jun 2013 | 09:26 am

I loved the “All You Need is LOVE” show at the Mori Art Museum so much that I would have seen it twice if I hadn’t seen it the night before I left. Er, true story: I saw it at 9 p.m. (and God loves an...

Tokyo: Day Trip To Kanazawa 6 Jun 2013 | 10:40 am

I almost didn’t go to Kanazawa—like really almost woke up and said, “I think I will stay in Tokyo today and maybe sleep quite a lot and go to the hotel pool and order snacks.” But then I said no: That...

Why a Japan Rail Pass Is Awesome 27 May 2013 | 08:42 pm

One of my big questions before going to Japan (besides, like, Hmm, maybe I should just stay home and sleep?) was whether or not to get a Japan Rail pass. This ended up being one of the unqualified win...

Tokyo Photos: Sake Bottles 27 May 2013 | 06:47 pm

On Doing What We Want, and That “Good Girls Are Unicorns” Word Vomit 8 May 2013 | 08:25 am

I was sitting on my bed, wondering if one day I will wake up to discover that all my hair has fallen out (seriously: I shed like a mohair goat and at a certain point it’s just all going to run out), w...

On Doing What We Want, and That “Good Girls Are Unicorns” Word Vomit 27 Apr 2013 | 05:23 pm

I was sitting on my bed, wondering if one day I will wake up to discover that all my hair has fallen out (seriously: I shed like a mohair goat and at a certain point it’s just all going to run out), w...