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Singapore’s Unbelievable Food Culture

Over the years I witnessed surprise and mild disbelief on the faces of those to whom I unabashedly gushed, “Singapore has the best food in the world.” Apart from the problem of the “-est” suffix that we Americans tend to put on all kinds of opinions, I think what led…

Singapore

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Singapore’s Unbelievable Food Culture
Singapore’s Unbelievable Food Culture
Singapore

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Nov 25, 2022

Can I (Legally) Work Remotely in France?

Business owners who have conversations with accountants about classifying business expenses or certain depreciation strategies are used to hearing two words when we pose a question hoping for a yes or no answer: “it depends.” I fully understand this answer now, but the younger version of me just wanted a…

Remote Work

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Can I (Legally) Work Remotely in France?
Can I (Legally) Work Remotely in France?
Remote Work

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May 3, 2022

How I Moved to France and Lost 20 Pounds

I’ve mentioned over the years that I lost weight when I moved to France, but I’ve never explained precisely how. The truth is, it took me a while to figure it out, because “weight loss” wasn’t even on my radar when I moved here. When I moved to France in…

France

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How I Moved to France and Lost 20 Pounds
How I Moved to France and Lost 20 Pounds
France

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Jan 8, 2022

70 Books for Your 2022 from My 2021 Reads

Around this time last year I posted an article sharing some of the best books I’d come across in a year of lockdowns. I was surprised to have read 150 books in 2020, but I chalked it up to having little to no social life. …

Book List

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70 Books for Your 2022 from My 2021 Reads
70 Books for Your 2022 from My 2021 Reads
Book List

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Dec 20, 2021

Boulangerie Basics

I can’t speak for every foreigner, but I can describe the feeling that most Americans have the first time we enter a French boulangerie of any size or reputation. Wow. Followed closely by that feeling of awe is the complete ignorance you feel about what to order. Everyone in line…

France

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Boulangerie Basics
Boulangerie Basics
France

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Nov 29, 2021

How Paris Quietly Became a Bike City

When I moved to Paris in 2013 one of the first things I did was obtain a Navigo card and after a couple months of buying monthly passes manually via machines I switched to an annual pass and have not had to think about topping up again. …

Paris

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How Paris Quietly Became a Bike City
How Paris Quietly Became a Bike City
Paris

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Nov 9, 2021

My Travel Life Before Covid-19: A 12-Month Snapshot

I know it wasn’t that long ago that we were told it was going to be two weeks to flatten the curve, and perhaps the more pessimistic thought it would be two months, but I can’t imagine anyone speculating it would be two years before travel resumed as it was…

Travel

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My Travel Life Before Covid-19: A 12-Month Snapshot
My Travel Life Before Covid-19: A 12-Month Snapshot
Travel

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May 3, 2021

A Year of Airbnb Hosting During a Pandemic

I barely made it home to the 19th arrondissement of Paris before lockdown in March 2020. At the time I was away in Bulgaria at a conference hosted at Coworking Bansko and had planned to stay on for a few more days of skiing when enough people I trusted told…

Airbnb

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A Year of Airbnb Hosting During a Pandemic
A Year of Airbnb Hosting During a Pandemic
Airbnb

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Feb 24, 2021

An Interview with American Pilgrim author Roosh Valizadeh

I recently had the chance to review an advance copy of American Pilgrim by Roosh Valizideh. He was gracious enough to answer some questions I had after finishing his newest book. In your introduction, you write, “[Y]et it totally escaped me that I was receiving from women merely what I…

Book Interview

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An Interview with American Pilgrim author Roosh Valizadeh
An Interview with American Pilgrim author Roosh Valizadeh
Book Interview

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Jan 1, 2021

35 Books For Your Consideration From My 2020 Reads

So it turns out that one of the side effects of lockdown was a sharp uptick in my reading as my social life evaporated overnight. Living in Paris is defined, in part, by coffees and meals with friends and with that option off the table for large portions of 2020…

Book Review

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35 Books for your Consideration from my 2020 Reads
35 Books for your Consideration from my 2020 Reads
Book Review

11 min read

Stephen L M Heiner

Stephen L M Heiner

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Singaporean-born American in Paris. I connect, educate, and build, AMDG. Follow my adventures at www.theamericaninparis.com.

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