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Do you remember the moment you realized Paris was overrated? I do. It was the moment I found myself locked out of my AirBnb on a February night, with pigeon feces dotting the corner of the staircase and the stale half of a demi-baguette collecting dust and pencil shavings and crusty napkins in the bottom of my backpack. This was 10 minutes after I struggled to push a faulty turnstile in the …
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Before you ask - no, I haven't watched the Doctor Who episode. But I've sure as hell watched this and cried just as hard. And I was like, damn, if the enthusiasm of Van Gogh had touched the people of his time then, then maybe I wouldn't have erupted in waterworks on this day. The day dawned bright and brisk and cold, with leaves and tree trunks still gray-green from low temperatures and …
There it was – that tune. But, oh God, I wished that I were wrong. Da-da-da-da-da-da, dah dah dah. Coming from somewhere behind me. I turned my head slowly to the left, where my kid brother sat, propped up on a high stool. Our eyes met, and his narrowed. He’d heard it, too. The unmistakable ring of “Oriental Riff” – as in, that “stereotypical Chinese nine note riff.” You can find it under …
When You Complain About Chinese Tourists, I Love My Parents MoreRead More
