To Breastfeed Or Not To Breastfeed

That is the question. Or rather, that is the question in France.
I breastfeed. Never imagined that I wouldn’t. Especially not after seeing my sister nurse her four babies. It just seemed like the easiest, most natural way to feed your child.
But then I got pregnant. In Paris.
And everyone and their mother, husband, sister, boyfriend, cousin [...]

Surprise Sales

I never know when it’s sale season in France. It’s something like January and June—and only at those times because sales are government-sanctioned here, apparently.
So imagine my surprise when I rolled the Dae-by into BHV (a department store near my house) and saw 40% off signs everywhere. Turns out this is the “sale before the [...]

Mom’s The Word

Like most daughters, my relationship with my mom has had its ups and downs with the usual refrain of “Please don’t let me turn into my mother!” Complicating matters is the fact that culturally we’re pretty different: I’m American; she’s Korean, and (shamefully) I don’t speak Korean well (read: hardly at all). She speaks Korean [...]