Oh, is it Earth Day?

Where I want to be:


Photos by Elizabeth Dunker via A Cup of Jo.


By Liz Pelly


My next DIY:


This moss carpet is kept alive by the steam and water on your feet as you step out of the shower. So spectacular. Happy Earth Day.

Sabbatical

WAKE UP, JAY is taking a short break while I readjust to sub-freezing temperatures and lectures, and write papers on the following:




Be back soon!

2009.

Happy (belated) New Year!

Finals week in Boston:


Home in LA:


PS. Thanks for the new header, Jillian!

HENRY & LIBBY

Je fais du vélo.

I have no pictures to post of actual, gay Paris, but here are pictures of my sister, my boyfriend, and me puttering around the city of lights.


Above. Noah eats a crepe outside of the Eiffel Tower.

Below. Anna and Jay: Awkward, Pts I and II



And this, apparently, is considered an acceptable, non-creepy advertisement in Paris:


Back in LA on January 2nd. Wheeeeeeeeee!

PS. Thank you so much, Pelly Twins!

Joyeux Noël!

This is what I learned in AP French:

Un elephant est:
A. un objet
B. un lit
C. un animal
D. un pantalon

The correct answer is C. Un elephant est un animal, ou, dans ce cas, du chocolat.



"Chocolat," Anna Sonenshein, 2008.

À Paris: 10 jours!

I googled "yoga paris,"and found this great article on davidlebovitz.com.







Pictures from the Fédération Française de Yoga website.

I have no idea how to pack for a month spent in both Paris and LA.

Tomorrow's highs:

Paris: 37.4˚F
Los Angeles: 78˚F

À Paris: 11 jours!

Duh:



I don't know if there is some colloquial way of translating "first lady" into French...La Première Femme?

Et, la nôtre: