June 2009

Not sure if you noticed, but summer actually feels like summer this year. We've broken out the sundresses, shades, and sandals. I'm lounging at café terraces with a cold lemonade, one eye on my novel, the other tracking attractive guys strolling by...

This blog turns three today. Started on a slow afternoon at work, just messing around. First year was experimental, second packed with people and events. Third year? Tough, honestly. But let me tell you about it...

Yeah, I know: New Year's wishes are for January. But Essel tagged me and how could I resist? The rules: Write eight wishes, respond to ten word prompts, say something about your tagger...

After two weekends drowning in literature, the next one's all about music. Two concerts lined up: Friday June 19 at 9PM at Église des Blancs Manteaux (Paris 4th) and Sunday June 21 at 4PM at Gonesse church...

Marathon des mots is this annual literary festival in Toulouse devoted entirely to reading literary texts aloud. For the fourth edition, Espaces Culturels Leclerc invited me along with other bloggers...

Second installment of what's now called The Desrosiers Diaspora, where Michel Tremblay revisits his family history. Before meeting Nana again, we get to know her mother Maria. October 1912, she discovers she's pregnant...

Election Sunday, Mother's Day, and day four of Paris en toutes lettres. I start at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord for Fabrice Lucchini's special program. Planned to arrive super early but not early enough...

Third day of Paris en toutes lettres under dark, heavy skies. Exploring a new venue today, still in the same neighborhood: Point Ephémère by the canal, but on the 10th arrondissement side. Arriving early...

Still decent weather this Friday for day two of Paris en toutes lettres. Tonight and into the weekend, I picked two readings happening at Le 104 again. Planning to show up ridiculously early to grab a good spot...

Thursday evening kicked off Paris en toutes lettres, the capital's first literary festival. First surprise: in just hours, Place Stalingrad (19th) transformed into a summer village square with a tent, benches, and parasols...