Raised on the Road

She'll always have her feet in so many places and her bags will always be packed, for having her heart split between two homes has never been easy but that's all she has ever known. She'll look at you in wander when you speak of your childhood, for having four walls that represent a home …

2021: A Year of Lessons and Changes

TW: Sexual Assault I don't know how many times I have written, "if you would have told me I would be here x (amount of time ago), I would have never believed you." There is no other way that I can think about starting this post, because a year ago, I never actually believed that …

Emily’s Parisian Fantasy: 10 Things Emily in Paris Got Wrong

When Sex and the City ended its series with Carrie Bradshaw in Paris, the city of love, I didn't really expect for Darren Star to try to take on the city again. Don't get me wrong, even though Sex and the City has a lot of issues throughout the series, it was a show I …

My Narrative

“I won’t stay quiet because staying silent is the same as dying.” - Dua Lipa  *Trigger warning: Sexual assault* It has taken years for me to sit down and write what you are about to read.  There is no perfect time to write this rendition of events. I am already part of the percentage of …

Saturday in the Countryside: Chantilly

One of the things that I absolutely love about living in France is how much there is to see and I feel like I will never be able to see all of it! This weekend I visited Chantilly, a small little town north of Paris (about a 25-minute train ride from Gare du Nord). It …