It's Not Just You

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

Let us tell you all about it.

Jul 27, 2025 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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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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June 2025

What Parisians Hate (Almost) More Than Anything

Hint: It's not tourists

Jun 29, 2025 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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February 2025

My Crazy Ex-Country

On the worry and joy of visiting my old life in Brooklyn after a year in Paris

Feb 24, 2025 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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December 2024

On Wanting Less and Finding More

Paris as a clean slate.

Dec 29, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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On Becoming an American Immigrant and the French Visa Medical Exam

Oh, the peculiar joys of universal health

Dec 18, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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How and Why To Eat a French Cream Puff

Plus: Come write with me in Paris!

Dec 9, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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May 2024

Paris Letters: Being a Stranger, Becoming Yourself

Plus photos of the most fascinating-looking strangers I've encountered. So far.

May 5, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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April 2024

What Crookies and Franglais Can Do For You

The kookiest English in Paris and other things I've fallen for this week

Apr 29, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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Oh Those Lucky, Lucky Dogs of Paris

Or how to make friends and influence French people without trying.

Apr 21, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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What You Can Learn From Judgy French Waiters

I joke that this series (you can subscribe for free) should be called Elderly In Paris, but I feel the opposite of old here.

Apr 8, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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March 2024

Being Very Wrong About French Things

And other mistakes I've made in Paris this week

Mar 25, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff

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