Food Editor Ally Mitchell on the Power of Taking Risks Alone
Ally Mitchell has lived in Toulouse, France for over 3 years, transplanting her life to the southwestern Pink City to move in with her French partner, Gaylord. Today, she’s a food culture and history tour guide for Taste of Toulouse, a freelance editor, and the owner of Nigella Eats Everything, where she writes about food […]
How to Balance Solitude and a Social Life: A Dual Guide for Introverts & Extroverts
Toeing the line between introversion and extroversion.
The Anti-Gift Guide: What NOT to Buy This Holiday Season
Gifts that look good, feel good, and DO good.
How Heather’s Lonely Year at Uni Became the Springboard to Her Greatest Adventures
At age 25, Heather Lucas has already had the chance to call four different countries home. I met her in 2021 in France, when we both moved to Toulouse to do a month-long, intensive TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) program. But that wasn’t Heather’s first time living in the south of France. She’d […]
The Problem with Shopping on Amazon Prime
Why are we still shopping on Amazon Prime? (Spoiler: You can’t have your Amazon package and #eattherich, too.)
Why Does It Feel Like You Have to Be Your Own Doctor?
Should you be your own doctor? (Do you even want to be your own doctor?) A celiac’s stories from the dermatologist, allergist, and (yay) the gynecologist. Coming at you in the aftermath of a panic-spiral during which there was much Googling and worst-case-scenario-ing of everything that can go wrong with my body. Hi, it’s me—your […]
Did This French Writer Just Reveal the Secret to Happiness?
plus, street art from Le Cannet
How to Stop Wanting Things
It’s not easy when the Internet has you in a chokehold.
“Life Is Sad and Then You Die.” Why this is the motto that will bring you peace.
This is my motto, and it should be yours, too.
13 Habits to Start Now in Your 20s (or Whenever) for Long-Term Physical & Mental Wellbeing
Watch out: 30 is right around the corner.