Archive - The Daily Respite

January 29, 2025

Good morning! It’s Wednesday. Yesterday was “take your American friend to work day” here in Paris, or at least it was for me. A very old friend invited…

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January 28, 2025

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and we’re standing in Square Boucicaut, a lovely little park bordered by the grand old department store, Le Bon Marche. (Fun…

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January 27, 2025

Good morning! It’s Monday. Over the weekend, I found a street sale a few blocks from us and thought it would be fun to see what counts as “used” when…

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January 26, 2025

Watch now | Good morning! It’s Sunday, and I’ve taken us back to Luxembourg Gardens to gaze at the wibbly-wobbly waters in the octagonal duck pond that…

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January 25, 2025

Good morning! It’s Saturday. When I was a child, I loved to lie upside down and stare up at the ceiling. I’d play that game of “what if gravity were…

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January 24 Get-Together: Surprises

Hello, my dear Respiteers! Tis Friday, and the doors to our imaginary pavilion are hereby open. Won’t you come inside and stay for a while? I’ll be here…

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January 24, 2025

Good morning! It’s Friday, and I’ve been making my rounds through all the boulangeries within a five-minute walk of our apartment. One week in, and I…

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January 23, 2025

Good morning! It’s Thursday, and there she is—meticulously restored by an international squadron of passionate and skilled artisans and reopened to the…

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January 22, 2025

Good morning! It’s Wednesday. We may be well into January now, but the remains of the holidays are still piled high throughout Paris.

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January 21, 2025

Good morning! It’s Tuesday. I was in the Luxembourg Gardens yesterday, sitting in one of their green chairs and knitting stitches for the sake of…

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January 20, 2025

Good morning. It’s Monday, and today is a federal holiday and day of service in the U.S., in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. I…

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January 19, 2025

Watch now | Good morning! It’s Sunday. Nature Respites in Paris are a bit different than they are back home, since we lack the luxury of solitude and…

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