Category Archives: Paris

On Paris and nerdiness.

Posted on December 4, 2010 by

“He opens the window, breathes in, presses his knees into the guardrail. The grandeur of Paris—its tallness and broadness and hardness and softness, its perfect symmetry, human will imposed on stone, on razored lawns, on the disobedient rosebushes—that Paris resides … Continue reading →

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I left my heart in Dallas.

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

Earlier this month, I took time out of my busy Minneapolis schedule of socializing and concert-going to visit my darling Amanda in Texas. She was my roommate when we studied abroad in Paris, and she can be seen photographing us … Continue reading →

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On Frenchness and Paris on the silver screen.

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

“But Paris is special. Its uniquely dense weave of narrow streets and broad boulevards — concentric rings reflecting state-of-the-art mid-19th-century urban planning superimposed on a medieval core, with barely a right angle or parallel line in sight — discloses an … Continue reading →

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Oh, how I wish I had a Francophile boyfriend…

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

… for this movie at this theater, at least.

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On heat.

Posted on February 6, 2009 by

You guys know what I’m talking about when I say today was “unseasonably warm.” The high in Des Moines today was right around 50 degrees. In February. I sat on my front porch to talk on the phone—three times. I … Continue reading →

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