Daily Archives: February 8, 2011

Alisa arrives Wednesday,  not tomorrow.  I was going to leave to pick her up at the airport in 5 hours.  Good thing she skyped me.

Tomorrow: Anything

Day 14 of 21

Big day.  I leave a week from now.  And Alisa arrives tomorrow morning from NY for une petite visite.  Basically everything changes tomorrow.

This trip turned around for me  in 24 hours with 4 things:

-Andre and Linda took me out to lunch.
-I went to Dr. Milo for my ear infection.
-A friend sent me three cheerful songs that I could listen to while walking.
-and I figured out the Metro.

Simple.  From there, it’s been a process of freeing myself from, basically, old ideas.   I feel so many obligations to people on a regular basis even when nothing’s expected.  Being away from everyone, there’s no excuse to feel that pull and yet I still do. Like worrying that I’m not ordering properly, or opening the subway door correctly, or whatever.  It’s endless.  It’s everywhere.

I told Anjuna today, sitting alone in cafes, I keep calling up this image of myself: all these things that make me feel bad are like fishing hooks in me.  And everytime I go into a place to write and think, it’s space to pull hooks out.  That’s where I’m at.

I love Paris for this.

Today was another great day.  I had lunch with Camille from Context.  She suggested meeting at Ja Ja on Rue Vielle du Temple.  The restaurant lets in alot of light and it was a sunny day.  That along with white wine in the early afternoon  was a very winning combination.

Camille had a chestnut /pork belly soup with Chantilly cream.  Delicious. It was like ice cream. Camille visits NY so I look forward to more meals with her–here or there.

Here’s a pic of my first hot meal in two weeks:

After lunch, a little loaded on the vino, I went over to Anjuna’s to take photographs.  I feel like Anjuna is kindred.  We talked about alot of things and even though we have a language barrier, I felt that she completely understood the process that I’m going through.  We talked about my Paris tattoo and she’s going to help me get what I want with the help of her friends.

Back home, sometimes when I felt too happy or giddy I would take that as kind of bad sign.  Like maybe it’s originating from stress.  It’s been a totally new thing to just feel happy.

Tomorrow: Alisa

Anjuna had Booba playing in her shop:

Booba feat Akon- Lunatic