A Parisian Lexicon
On turning 40
Today, I turn 40. It's a milestone on its own, to be sure, but it also marks nearly two decades of living in Paris. I arrived at 20 with an obnoxious and very American oversized suitcase and a dictionary, thinking I’d have a grand summer studying and celebrating my 21st birthday and then return to Philadelphia to figure out what I was going to make of m…