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How to Spend a Day in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
On the American love affair with the Parisian bistro

Every Sunday, I do a roundup of favorite links. I am really enjoying discovering new writers on Substack. You can see the full list here. I encourage you to grab your coffee and croissants, and join me for this Sunday tradition.

Welcome to Prompts from Paris - February 1st

My newsletter Prompts from Paris comes out in two days. I planned to work on it tonight and then thought my time is better spent vacuuming - then when that was finished I realized one of my bookshelves was awfully cluttered. Now I’m dealing with an unwieldy pencil box

I just had this discussion with a group of ladies and I didn’t think I was ‘that’ person. Maybe I am?

Anyone else clean when they should be working?

7 Romantic Things to Do in Paris

I replaced my morning TikTok scroll with Substack Notes—and suddenly, I’m 10x smarter and 100x happier before breakfast.

Turns out, reading real thoughts from real writers is way better than watching strangers lip-sync to trending sounds.

Moral of the story:

Your words matter. Keep writing.

Someone out there is actually paying attention. 💌

How To Be Organised in 2025

This hit home. Not sure who needs to hear it, but we got this. One foot in front of the other.

This made me tear up and is so true. A good reminder to value time and how you spend it.

How Watching My Dog Made Me Value Time