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Category Archives: Paris in the Time of Covid-19

A Tale of (Christmas in) 2 Cities

December 24, 2021by Lisa Anselmo 2 Comments

A photo essay of the best of Paris and New York during the holidays.

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Learning to be Happy, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Springtime in Paris: Lockdown 3.0

April 5, 2021by Lisa Anselmo 7 Comments

As the flowers bloom in Paris, so do Covid cases. Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

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Being Brave, Learning to be Happy, Living the Paris Life, My Neighborhood, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Stroll-with-Me Sunday

Winter in Paris

February 7, 2021by Lisa Anselmo 7 Comments

Winter in Paris, even during Covid, is not at all bleak. I share some photos of our first snowfall, and the reasons why I love this season in the City of Light.

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Being Brave, Learning to be Happy, Living the Paris Life, My Neighborhood, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Stroll-with-Me Sunday

New Year, New You?

January 1, 2021by Lisa Anselmo 3 Comments

Before you shake the dust of 2020 off your feet and walk on, I’d like you to do something.

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Being Brave, Learning to be Happy, Living the Paris Life, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Christmas in Paris

December 22, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 12 Comments

For many of you, I imagine Christmas in Paris sounds like a dream. For me, it means I’ll be far from family for the first time in my life. There is an upside, though: Paris at Christmastime…

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Learning to be Happy, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Paris Lockdown 2.0: Week 6

December 14, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 18 Comments

How I celebrated my birthday during the last week of re-confinement in Paris.

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Being Brave, Learning to be Happy, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Paris Lockdown 2.0: Week 5

December 7, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 15 Comments

The holiday season is upon us. I got my first Paris Christmas tree. This is a Christmas of firsts in a year of firsts.

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Being Brave, Learning to be Happy, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Paris Lockdown 2.0: Week 4

November 27, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 7 Comments

It wasn’t like a normal Thanksgiving, but there was still plenty to be thankful for.

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Being Brave, Learning to be Happy, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Paris Lockdown 2.0: Week 3

November 22, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 10 Comments

A stroll through Paris’s best-known cemetery. How I spent my Sunday.

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Stroll-with-Me Sunday

Paris Lockdown 2.0: Week 2

November 16, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 12 Comments

The lockdown doesn’t feel like the last one. Here’s why.

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Paris Lockdown 2.0: Week 1

November 7, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 9 Comments

The first week of reconfinement in Paris was painful. But not for the reasons you think.

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Lisa in Paris

Featuredby Lisa Anselmo 10 Comments

Is there anyone who hasn’t seen Netflix’s Emily in Paris? I put off watching it because I was sure it would be cloying and riddled with clichés—the Paris of Instagram […]

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Living the Paris Life, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Random Musings

Confined Again, Naturally

October 31, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 17 Comments

Here we are again, my friends. Lockdown #2. Color me bewildered. “No country could have predicted how accelerated, sudden, and brutal this second wave would be,” French PM Jean Castex said […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Stroll-with-Me Sunday

Life After Lockdown: A Sleepy City

August 30, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 12 Comments

Welcome to a special edition of Stroll-with-Me Sunday. While Nice is a-buzz with the Tour de France, Paris is still very quiet in the last days of the annual summer […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Stroll-with-Me Sunday

Life After Lockdown: Masked with a Vengeance

August 18, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 9 Comments

Oh boy, oh boy, fun times in France! Over 2000 new cases daily (100K+ active cases)—numbers not seen since April—with most new cases in people 25-35. And Paris is a […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: A Dedication

August 10, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 10 Comments

Paris is so tranquil these days. Everyone is away. You can hear yourself think, feel all the feels. It’s heavenly, in a way. My emotions have been crawling around on […]

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Being Brave, Music Mondays, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Being a Digital Nomad

August 5, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 13 Comments

While everyone else is off to the south for vacation, I might be hanging here in Paris. It’s not a terrible idea; the city is getting quiet—and without many tourists, […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Sidewalk Surfin’

August 2, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 11 Comments

Stroll-with-Me Sunday is here! This weekend, we’ve had a heatwave, with temperatures reaching 100F+(39C). And Parisians (those not already on vacation) were doing their best to keep cool—chillin’ on café […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Stroll-with-Me Sunday

Life After Lockdown: Uncovering Hidden Gems

July 21, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 6 Comments

Seems every time I take a turn onto a new path I am rewarded—in my weekly walks, and in life. But today’s stroll reminded me that the most rewarding adventures […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Where I’ve Been

July 17, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 11 Comments

This morning I awoke to a comment on my blog, asking, “Lisa, Where have you gone?” Gone? Me? What? “Oh my!” I said, jumping out of bed. Had it been […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: The Thing About Borders

June 29, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 15 Comments

This Music Monday is all about borders. (Song link at bottom of post.) “E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens” declared a New York Times headline. “N.Y., […]

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Being Brave, Music Mondays, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: 10 Things I’ve Learned

June 26, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 10 Comments

As I write this, I know some of you are still in some form of lockdown, and many more are very much into your first wave of this virus. Here […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Fete de la Musique

June 22, 2020by Lisa Anselmo Leave a comment

Today would normally be my Music Monday offering but this week, I’m showcasing other people’s music. We’re talking about Fête de la Musique, which happened yesterday, a citywide music festival […]

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Being Brave, Music Mondays, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Abundance Hemmed In

June 15, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 5 Comments

This Music Monday I’m serving up a double helping of song. That’s right! Two for one. (See links at bottom of post.) I have officially gone down the rabbit hole […]

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Being Brave, Music Mondays, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Into the Woods

June 14, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 13 Comments

After three months of confinement indoors then the explosion of life as we reopened, including the onslaught of pollution-spewing vehicles, I needed a break from the city. My friend Fabien […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19, Stroll-with-Me Sunday

Life After Lockdown: Keep Calm (and Do It Again)

June 8, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 6 Comments

It’s Music Monday (just barely). (See song at bottom of post.) Well, the good news is, my social life is slowly (and cautiously) returning. The bad new is, because I […]

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Being Brave, Music Mondays, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Nous Sommes en Terrasse (Once Again)

June 5, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 20 Comments

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 […]

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My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Hello June

June 1, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 31 Comments

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 […]

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Being Brave, Music Mondays, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: My Big Day Out

May 27, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 21 Comments

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 […]

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Being Brave, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

Life After Lockdown: Music Monday

May 25, 2020by Lisa Anselmo 20 Comments

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 […]

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Being Brave, Music Mondays, My Paris, Paris in the Time of Covid-19

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