Undiplomatic Paris
On moving to Paris twice, first as a diplomatic spouse, then for real. This is un-diplomatic chronicle of living in Paris.
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Paris is Full of Ghosts
I once ran past a friend’s old apartment building and felt a tug, a need to pat the pale gray door in greeting. Its golden doorknob was shining, as if unaware that the bright light that lived there has moved away. It doesn’t seem right that...
A New Season of Parisian Parenting
I was walking home after an errand when I stepped around a mother paused in the middle of the sidewalk, checking her phone, while her baby slept peacefully in the stroller under a bundle of blankets — Invalides glowing in the early fall sun...
Accidentally Not Legal
Gare du Nord. May. London-bound.
We have our train snacks. Our carefully packed, low-profile roller bags.
But, evidently, not the legal right to exit and return to France.
The passport officer took my passport, the children’s passports a...
La Rentrée 2026
Today marks the first day of school in Paris, la rentrée. For me, it is both the end and the beginning.
I spent much of the last year trying to secure places for my children in new schools. And by tears, sweat, and bleeding ink from our tr...
My View from America
I’m behind on posting various updates. Sorry. We’ve been visiting with family from Georgia to Delaware to Pennsylvania. Here’s some of what I’ve seen or eaten or not eaten.
A good old fashioned flag cake.
The “firecracker” waffle from Waf...
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Shaun Courtney writes on Substack about her experience of moving to Paris with her family after a diplomatic tour in France. She writes and edits policy and legal news for various Bloomberg verticals.
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