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A Paris Time Portal, Then the News

A pocket of joy, and the world waiting outside

Mar 8 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

Couche Me If You Can

In a Paris baguette class, I learned that dough has a diaper and I am not a baker.

Mar 28 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

Being Very Wrong About French Things (Part Deux)

A roster of silly linguistic humblings—until the vet taught me one phrase I can’t shake.

Mar 15 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

So, you want to leave the U.S.?

Let us tell you all about it.

Jul 27, 2025 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

How to Love Paris When It's Hot. Very, Very Hot.

Oh those 100 degree days in a city without much a.c.

Jul 8, 2025 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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Mar 25, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

Elderly In Paris

Mar 17, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

What Parisians Hate (Almost) More Than Anything

Jun 29, 2025 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

My Crazy Ex-Country

Feb 24, 2025 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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