The Alchemy of Ordinary Things There’s something about reading Maupassant that feels like biting into a perfectly ripe apple—the initial sweetness giving way to something more complex, even bitter, but utterly honest. His prose has that same quality of autumn…
When Reading Becomes Revolution I never thought of myself as subversive until Percival Everett told me I was. It happened on a September evening at the Librairie Millepages, tucked away in a small courtyard in Vincennes like a secret shared…
Reading Ruth Reichl’s The Paris Novel This past week I’ve been reading a novel that reminded me of all the reasons I chose Paris as my home, so today I’d like to take you for a September walk along the…
An Icelandic Reading Ritual in the Kitchen There’s something about Icelandic literature that demands a certain reverence—a slowing down, a deepening into something elemental. As I journey through The Greenhouse by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, where each page feels like “the…
A Parisian September with New Releases Hello September! I’ve been waiting for you… I’m not even going to pretend I’m sad that summer is over, since I’m more than ready for the cosy season to begin: days are getting noticeably…
A Literary Journey Through Seasonal Comfort As the leaves begin their golden transformation and the air carries that first crisp whisper of autumn, I find myself naturally drawn away from the bright, cooling salads of summer toward something deeper, more…
From Tuscany to Sicily, Stories to Fall in Love with Italy There’s something magical about closing your eyes, opening a book, and finding yourself somewhere else entirely. August has been my month of Italian inspiration—a slow immersion in sunlit piazzas,…
Walking through the halls of the Petit Palais feels like stepping into a time machine, but the current Charles Worth retrospective offers something deeper than nostalgia—it’s a meditation on the very birth of an industry that continues to shape our…
Sometimes the most crowded destinations teach us the art of intimate observation. My recent visit to the Château de Chenonceau—one of the busiest châteaux in the Loire Valley—became an exercise in finding poetry within the chaos. While tour groups swept…
Books to Understand the Charm of Italy’s Countryside Italian cities hold the treasures of millennia — Renaissance palaces, Byzantine mosaics, Baroque fountains. They dazzle us with art in every form, and their bustling piazzas honour the complex, layered history of…
