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June 2025

Paris Recommendations, and How to Make Google Maps Work for You
When we moved to Tokyo, I got a bit obsessed with bookmarking every single recommendation, whether from friends or an article or the hairdresser.
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Cara D
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I Love Bookstores but...
Why do French bookstores love American Psycho?
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Cara D
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My Tokyo Edit
Going to Tokyo? Here are my top picks
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Cara D
6
The Expat Exit: When Friends Move Home
The flip side of making friends as an expat is knowing that there’s a really high chance your friends will leave.
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Cara D
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May 2025

Street Art in Action
One of my favorite things about city living is the street art.
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Cara D
5
Purse Dogs and Septuagenarian Tribunals
This time 3 years ago, we found ourselves with our 45-pound lab mix stuffed into an LL Bean tote bag, standing in front of half a dozen Japanese…
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Cara D
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Language Lessons
What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?
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Cara D
7
US History from Afar
As I write this, it’s Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), which this year celebrates 80 years since the official end of World War II in Europe.
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Cara D
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Habit shifts, grocery edition
For obvious reasons, there’s lots of chatter among my US friends about moving abroad for, I dunno, say 3-4 years.
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Cara D
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