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• Day 54: Sublet....???

  

  Brasseries are closing, traffic is getting lighter, the morning commute is less packed with people breathing in my face and finding a boulangerie that is open... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 53: Have A Cinnamon Margarita.

  

  I just got back from my goodbye dinner at La Perla with Phil who will be in the States for 2 months. I'm not sure if it was the frothy Cinnamon Margaritas that ... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 52: Be Brotherly.

  Ah, it's 4th of July here in Paris which means only one thing. Nothing. The big brew-ha-ha of nation pride is in a week from now when the fireworks of Bastille... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 51: Date? Part Trois.

  I skipped through day 49 and 50 because in all honesty, those days were pretty boring in comparison to dating Paul Rudd, almost dying on a speeding segway and... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 48: Adopt A Man.

  

  Although I am moving on, my progression is moving at a turtle's pace and the moments of loneliness come in waves which are more often than not. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 48: Ride A Segway...

  I just got back from an afternoon in Versailles where my boss had treated our office to a work lunch at the Hotel Trianon Palace to thank us for a well done... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 46: Date Paul Rudd.

  My eyes are half opened as I'm writing this. I don't want to forget a drop of the insanity that was being created in my head a mere 5 minutes ago. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 45: Melt.

  Today was the first scorchingly hot day in Paris. Like Hot 97 blazin' hip hop and R B hot. It was 39 degrees celsius which converts to a miserable 102F and in... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2011 DIARIES

• Day 44: Go to Georges Bizet's House

  Last night, I went along with my photographer friend May to shoot the fashionable guests attending the launch party of up and coming French brand April 77 at... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2011 DIARIES

• Day 43: Be Proud.

  

  I woke up this morning to read on my Yahoo! news that the governor of my hometown has finally passed the same-sex marriage law! Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 42: Sleep It Off.

  After last night's attack, I took the day off from work and the gym and spent the day indoors sipping on ginger ale, eating gourmet meals of plain noodles and... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 41: Don't Panic.

  Last night, Phil and I had dinner at Le Bistrot de L'Oulette, an authentic restaurant serving typical French cuisine off of Place des Vosges. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 40: Learn Italian.

  

  I'd like to say that I look like this, but then I'd be a liar...Illustration by Dahlia Before I was a French speaker, I dabbled in learning Italian. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 39: It's Ella, Bitch.

  As luck would have it, I had the day off on the annual Fête de la Musique, a day that Paris decides to celebrate music; bands, musicians and singers perform on... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2011 DIARIES

• Day 38: Choose Happiness.

  

  The rain cloud no more...!Illustration by Andi/SporkIt may seem really obvious but we can choose to be happy. Sometimes its not an easy choice to make and we... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 37: Remember Dad.

  

  My Dad Circa 1979 New York CityI don't love Father's Day, and for completely selfish reasons. Because I don't have one anymore. I lost him over 5 years ago to... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 36: Get Gorgeous and Get Out!

  It's Saturday night in Paris and here are my three options:1. Stay home and be sad. 2. Drink a bottle of wine while watching The Golden Girls.3. Go to an Art... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 35: Relapses Happen.

  

  Sketch by Michelle LauI woke up this morning and decided to choose happiness over regret and doubt. Yes, I had a less than stellar night with Monsieur Flâneur... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 34: Take Time.

  After yesterday's setback, I'm feeling less strong than I was before. Sad, in fact. How can someone who was so love and compatible with me just feel the need... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 33: Fucccccccccck!

  

  It was a cozy Tuesday night, I had just gotten back from the gym and was running a bath. My plan was to catch up on some old emails, make some transcontinental... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION