SPAIN | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2013 | Views [610]
"Oh, I knew I was making my life into a song-and-dance routine, a production number, a shaggy dog story, a sick joke, a bit. I thought of all the longing, the pain, the letters (sent and unsent), the crying jags, the telephone monologues, the suffering, ... Read more >
Tags: drinking, friends, friendship, language, social, spain, spanish, travel
FRANCE | Thursday, 3 Oct 2013 | Views [649]
Soggy clumps of the floral wallpaper fall onto my forearm as I shove the paint scraper upward against the wall. The muted green and pastel pink pattern, once so popular decades ago, now gives way to the soft, white plaster beneath it.
"Shit," ... Read more >
Tags: culture, dinner parties, food, france, french, french food, language, soup, wine
