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• Super Nature Superfoods

  

  Healthy, it's an elusive concept. My definition? Being healthy is spending time with people I love; eating food I enjoy, food that nourishes me in the ways I... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Bits of Berlin, Part 1

  

  Though I spent last weekend in Berlin, I hardly took advantage of the city in my first 48 hours there. You see, I'd taken a late flight from Paris on Friday... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• How to Be 25

  

  I'd thought about "how to be 25" a lot, probably too much. Then May 29th came. I awoke at 6am to work on an assignment for my Int'l Public Relations module. I... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• the European Blog Conference

  

  "Where are you from?" "New York." "...and you came all the way to Germany for this?!" The continuing conversation would reveal: of course not. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Because of Wine

  

  It's because of wine that I'm writing this post... instead of packing... like I should be. Why two glasses of wine on a Thursday night, you ask? Because Paris i... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Paris -> Berlin

  

  Upon moving to Paris, I wanted to live near metro Strasbourg--Saint-Denis or rue d'Alsace for sentimental reasons. (You may remember I studied there?) I ended u... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Everything's Coming up Roses...

  

  Every few days, I send a friend from home an email. They're hardly short and take a good deal of time to write, so I never expect an immediate response. You kno... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• La Maison Du Chou

  

  Chou is French for cabbage, or sweetheart, or perfect, little cream puffs. This afternoon, the lovely Lauren and I met at La Maison du Chou to each enjoy... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Gemütlichkeit

  

  I cried Monday night, the puffy eyes, runny nose kind of cry that makes your whole body tremble. My last standard semester of graduate school is ending--only tw... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Three Minutes in Switzerland

  

  The academic schedule for this week is as follows: Tuesday, paper due; Thursday, two papers due; Friday, final exam. And yet at 8:30am this morning, I was... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Missing Ma Mère

  

  I'm not always the best daughter. Sometimes I get snippy during our brief transatlantic phone calls (grad school stress); when I am home, I don't often spend... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Café Loustic

  

  Onto the third! It feel so good to be in the midst of my final final paper of the semester. This one is about how social media has empowered eateries to (1)... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• How to Stop Shopping

  

  Spending my college junior year abroad influenced me in a lot of ways, but perhaps the most significant is how good I became at not shopping. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Mexicana En Paris

  

  A few years ago, sitting at the dining table in Budapest, my neighbor's family asked me why I was studying Spanish, too. French they understood, and it's such... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Tasting the Jura, Part 2

  

  Three days in the Jura passed quickly and slowly at the same time. We began each morning early. Our first day was spent exploring and gathering, our second... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Comté: from Cow to Cheese

  

  You didn't think I'd just tell you I learned all about Comté cheese without any explanation, did ya? Similar to the French wine classification system, many... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• What is a Bobo?

  

  One of the bourgeois-bohemian, of course! I'll admit I only became familiar with the term since living in Paris. David Brooks, author of Bobos in Paradise,... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Tasting the Jura, Part 1

  

  Somehow, TA-ing a course entitled Food Communications got even more enriching than it already has been; I had the fortunate opportunity to join the professor... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Absinthe Mixes Well with Girlfriends

  

  Sometimes, I "need" a drink. But lately I've been so consumed with research (studying the diverse and critical audiences of Girls, analyzing social advocacy... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Parisian Cravings

  

  I don't often get cravings. Sure, I need to consume chocolate on a daily basis and occasionally am really in the mood for pizza or pho, but otherwise, I'm simpl... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL