Lisa Anselmo's Blog, page 4
June 5, 2020
Life After Lockdown: Nous Sommes en Terrasse (Once Again)
It was the day Parisians had been waiting for. Cafés had been touting their reopening all week. “Ready to see us again Tuesday?” asked my local café on Instagram. Another […]
June 1, 2020
Life After Lockdown: Hello June
It’s Music Monday! (See bottom of post.) And it’s the first of June. Already. You’re not the only one surprised by this. “Is tomorrow a holiday?” a friend asked me […]
May 27, 2020
Life After Lockdown: My Big Day Out
It was a beautiful day, too beautiful to be stuck inside. Confinement was over; I was no longer restricted to a 1 kilometer zone, so I slipped on my mask […]
May 25, 2020
Life After Lockdown: Music Monday
It’s Music Monday again! (See track at bottom of post.) We’re starting our third week of “déconfinement.” Where did last week go? Where the heck was I? I’ll tell ya […]
May 18, 2020
Life After Lockdown: One Week In
Its Music Monday! (See track at bottom of post.) Coucou! as they say in Franceor as wed say, Yoo-hoo! Im checking in with my regulars today, who seem to have []
May 17, 2020
Life After Lockdown: Seeing Things Anew
In keeping with Stroll-with-Me Sunday, todays offering. I was able to take a stroll without any official documents for this first time since March, and after being in lockdown so []
May 14, 2020
Life After Lockdown: Takeaway Happiness
Today, I ate my first bite of restaurant food in two months. It wasnt planned. I was walking around in the neighborhood after I picked up a washable mask from []
May 12, 2020
Deconfinement Day 2: They’re Baaaaack!
They let genie out of the bottle yesterday. And, wow, did genie go crazy. Genie was like, Woohoo! and ran all over the place. In droves. Or maybe Pandora is []
May 11, 2020
Lockdown in Paris: Deconfinement Day
Well, today is the day: lockdown as we know it is over. Today, we start phase one of the slow road to déconfinement that will take us through the summer. []
May 10, 2020
Lockdown in Paris: Day 55
Happy Mothers Day to those celebrating, and welcome to Stroll-with-Me Sunday! Today, Im taking you to the ancient Village de Charonne, which was annexed by the city in 1860. Watch []
