Tag: bed

“I went to see a Chinese wedding film with Chuck, in this open air movie theatre. There is a bar. And there were some of my friends and of Chuck’s waiting there. We had a couple of wines. But it was boring, I didn’t like it. Then we came to my place, where we got really, really sto...

“It is Wednesday around 7.30 or 8 o’clock here in the afternoon. I had a difficult day today. The only good part was that I got your letter. Although I couldn’t stop crying when you were talking about dolphins and medusas and seals … … ‘one-two-three’ &...

Afew weeks ago I took you to Valencia, discovering the Valencia Lounge Hostel (no anxiety, here the link to the post). Because it is really time for us Italians to scour off our old and stale ideas: hostels around the world (but here too) are really cool. You ha...

Alarming reports of a bed bug infestation filled my social media feeds in the weeks before I flew to Paris for my birthday in mid-October. Images of these tiny blood suckers crawling on seats on public buses and trains horrified me. I’d been the victim of a bed bug attack 20 years earlier in a...

In the charming city of Paris, where beauty and sophistication abound, a silent menace has crept into its midst. Behind the allure of art and romance, Paris, like many cities worldwide, is grappling with a bed bug epidemic. These tiny, resilient creatures have infiltrated our homes, hotels, and publ...

The day that I got the keys to our new rental house, I Googled “how to start a garden.” The house — which is a true oasis and the kind that my Millennial self definitely couldn’t afford to buy—came with a perfectly small backyard filled with fruit trees, herbs, and two ...

Answering writing prompts has become my favorite way to procrastinate when I’m supposed to be working on an actual essay and  Sharon Meyers  just published this one, so here I go: If you could jump into a pool of anything, what would it be full of? Water! I’m a...