5 Augusts In Paris
Or how I learned to stop worrying and love that French vacation is actually about rest.
In the spirit of les vacances I took a break from posting last week, something I never could have would have allowed myself to do before had I not learned the French art of chilling TF out in August.
I heard tell of empty August Paris but I wouldn’t believe it ‘til I saw it. How could it be possible for a whole city to just leave for vacation all at once? Who was creating value for shareholders, who was closing out Q3? I figured it was a gross exaggeration, just like how everyone was being dramatic about how hard it was to find an apartment here or how mean Parisians are. Turns out I was wrong about all three.
In early years I used to wonder why no stores would just stay open and rake in all the dough from the sales that weren’t being made elsewhere. The demand still existed because there are plen…
