Lisa Anselmo's Blog, page 13
October 11, 2016
It’s Here: My (Part-Time) Paris Life, The Memoir
Well, it’s here. After two long years of hard work, my story has been released to the world. [Gulp!] Inside this pretty coverdesign by Kerri Resnick at St. Martin’s Press, […]
October 8, 2016
My Paris Memoir is Nearly Here! (Yikes!)
A box arrived from my publisher, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press. It containedcopies of my book, My (Part-Time) Paris Life: How Running Away Brought Me Home. This is really happening. […]
September 30, 2016
The Surprising Story Behind My Book’s Cover Image
Manypeople have asked meif I designed the cover of my upcoming book because, well, I’m a creative director and that makes sense. I didn’t. My book jacket was designed by […]
August 25, 2016
Life Lessons from the Water Fairy
I honestly don’t know how to tell you this, but, well…I sprung a leak in my apartment. I hear you all, the collective thwack! of yourjaws hitting yourtables. “What?” you’re […]
July 26, 2016
Coping in a World of Fear
Paris, Brussels, Orlando, Baghdad, Nice.The Donaldis a Nazi!Hillary is a criminal!Police shootings, massshootings, NRA, RNC, GMOs,Brexit, ISIS—ahhhhh! Stop the world, I wanna get off. I was finallyfinding centerafter my mother’s […]
June 27, 2016
Coming Home (Again)
Nearly two years after I was ousted from my little Paris apartment by destruction and mold thanks toa leakfrom the upstairs neighborthattook18 months to fix, myluggage and I moved back […]
May 27, 2016
The Saga of My New Little Paris Kitchen
If you’re following along, you know I’ve been planning a kitchen update chez moi since 2013. But between the rising exchange rate at the time followed bya leak that made […]
May 17, 2016
(Re)Renovation Part II: The Healing Begins
In early 2014, signs of a leak began to distort the wall in my entryway. It would take nearly two years and an order fromthe French courts before that leak […]
May 12, 2016
The Book I Was Destined to Write (In Spite of Myself)
In 2014, my life would change forever. I had decided to leavemy belovedjob, then a day later,received an emailfrom awomannamedKat Brzozowski from St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books wanting todiscuss turning […]
May 4, 2016
10 Things I Miss About Paris When I’m in New York
I feel very fortunate to be able to live in two of the greatest cities in the world. But there are some downsides. Here, in no particular order (unless it’s […]
