Adventures in Paris

Carte de Sejour, Immigration

Quick Tip: Renewing Your Récépissé

They no longer do paper, they’re PDF There are quite a number of people out there who submitted their residency for renewal and have not received a decision by the end of their expiration. I...

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French Stuff, Paris

If I Could Be Who You Wanted All the Time

I feel like I have to make this warning anytime something glamorizing Paris comes out. They need to give all of those shows a disclaimer. That is not Paris life. I wish I cared about social...

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French Inconveniences

Quick tip: Grey Whites

No, you’re not going crazy. It’s not the lighting. That white shirt is grey. One thing you will notice once you move here is that whites have a habit of turning grey. I don’t know...

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French Stuff

Strange Baguette Habits

Van in her Amelie episode of Atlanta I am not a baguette lover. Quelle surprise. You might be asking ‘what do you even enjoy about the place?’. Answer: cheap rent. But no the baguette really...

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Abuse, Christian Kinnersley, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Manipulation, Trauma

What You Do Speaks So Loud I Cannot Hear What Your Are Saying

https://twitter.com/sheratesdogs/status/1583881643588169728?s=46&t=pByZpmeHruhcyGGsQhhTqg Yeah we’re just going to become a Twitter repost site at this point. J/K. I like posting this stuff because I want to normalize it. I want more women to become empowered and emboldened...

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Abuse, Christian Kinnersley, Emotional Abuse, Trauma

Abuse and Unresolved Trauma

This is off topic but I want to bring this thread to more eyes because I realized, yet again, while reading it, how important it is for women to share their stories. It makes me...

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La Poste, Legal

Quicktip: Registered Letter by La Poste

A lot of issues arise when you decide to leave an apartment. Lots of nice landlords can turn into assholes because they know you’re a foreigner and you don’t know French law. Worse if you...

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Apartment, Quick Tips

Quick Tip: Apartment Heating

Cliche Paris Radiator The French and their rules. With winter coming I thought I’d drop this. There are rules for temperature in houses. If your building is too hot or too cold the landlord has to...

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French Stuff, Legal

Quick Tip: La Trêve Hivernale

Cliche Hygge photo. RIP iPhone home button, you are sorely missed. I love autumn and winter. I am at my happiest when it’s cold outside. All that hygge aesthetic? Live for it. It’s probably more...

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Climate Change, Electricity, Renting

DPE Ratings (Diagnostic de Performance Énergétique)

One of the papers you get when you sign a lease There’s been some fear mongering about apartments lately. When you rent (or buy) a home you’re given this big stack of papers. Since I...

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