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Clarence and the Perfect Sandwich: Banh Mi
Now that I’ve etched the list in stone, so to speak, I’m thinking of all sorts of things that should be on there but aren’t. One thing that perhaps should have been on the list was “find a great banh...
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Unclean Eating, Part Deux: Getting your Oyster Fix in Paris
So it will come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I was pretty psyched for oyster season to begin here in Paris. I’ll ‘fess up that I didn’t really know there was such thing as an...
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Hungerdome: Will the Real Mexican Food in Paris Please Stand Up?! Parte Dos
First of all, I want to welcome any new readers that have arrived here thanks to my dear friend D’s (entirely undeserved) praise of my blog. D, whom my regular readers I’m sure remember as the...
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Clarence Puts on His Fancy Pants: La Gazzetta, Spring, and a Handful of Other...
In my looooong absence (sorry ‘bout that!), I managed to make a pretty serious dent in The List, my to-do list for final five months and change in Paris. It’s a pretty idiosyncratic affair, but...
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Clarence Finally Gets His Dim Sum On: La Chine Masséna
Dearest reader, how was your weekend? Mine was pretty damn delicious. It also didn’t really end until yesterday. This week is inexplicably “Winter Break” at our university, so I have the week off. And...
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Clarence Goes to Brunch: Rose Bakery, Le Bal Café, and Marcel
When I first lived in Paris for a semester back in 2002, I stayed with a lovely family in a very residential part of the 17th arrondissement. My memory of Sundays in that part of town is pretty bleak,...
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Hungerdome! The Battle of the Hip Right Bank Crêperies
Hey peeps! It appears that spring has finally sprung in Paris and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve resumed my loose-skinned, loping runs at the Promenade Plantée, which should officially be filed under “one...
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In Which Our Young Hero Clarence Learns of Subtlety and Grace: Our Evening at...
About a year ago B and I decided to play with fire and mess with our then excellent friendship by dipping our toe into the world of romance. Best. Decision. Ever. Suddenly I’m one of those obnoxious...
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Clarence Rides The Rino
So you know how it goes when you have a really great friend and you haven’t talked to them in a long time and you really ought to get in touch but it can’t just be a “hey, how ya doin’?” kind of...
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Such sweet sorrow, yes?
About a week and a half ago M left Paris. She stayed as long as she could this summer, but needed to get back to the States to move to Boston, where she’ll be living with her wonderful husband this...
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