PinnedMember-onlySingapore’s Unbelievable Food CultureOver 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…Singapore11 min readSingapore11 min read
Nov 25, 2022Member-onlyCan 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 Work5 min readRemote Work5 min read
May 3, 2022Member-onlyHow I Moved to France and Lost 20 PoundsI’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…France7 min readFrance7 min read
Jan 8, 2022Member-only70 Books for Your 2022 from My 2021 ReadsAround 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 List20 min readBook List20 min read
Dec 20, 2021Member-onlyBoulangerie BasicsI 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…France7 min readFrance7 min read
Nov 29, 2021Member-onlyHow Paris Quietly Became a Bike CityWhen 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. …Paris7 min readParis7 min read
Nov 9, 2021Member-onlyMy Travel Life Before Covid-19: A 12-Month SnapshotI 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…Travel11 min readTravel11 min read
May 3, 2021Member-onlyA Year of Airbnb Hosting During a PandemicI 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…Airbnb5 min readAirbnb5 min read
Feb 24, 2021Member-onlyAn Interview with American Pilgrim author Roosh ValizadehI 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 Interview17 min readBook Interview17 min read
Jan 1, 2021Member-only35 Books For Your Consideration From My 2020 ReadsSo 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 Review11 min readBook Review11 min read
