10 23

09 octobre 1985, twenty three.


1. thank you for your messages and gifts! thanks ma ma, gung gung, linsay, and elizabeth.
2. i didnt tell anyone it was my birthday, except for katie.
3. i did have a good time, i went dancing till the wee hours of the morning with katie and school friends at club mix. sorry, we did not take any pictures.
4. the club was free for all foreigners before midnight. we made it in. the french/europeans love love american songs and who cares if you cannot dance to them american-style aka spice girls, nirvana, elvis, pretty woman…just move your body.
5. i received two plants and soap from my paris family. i do not think the mother thought it was a sufficient gift, but she does not know how much i like plants and sanitation.
6. benedictes mother, pomme, baked me a most delicious pear cake. it had three candles on it.
7. i drank a little champagne at dinner and i still turn red. that did not change with age.
8. it was a beautiful day in paris. weather was good enough to wear my birkenstocks.
9. being older allows leniency on the old people things i do: hot water with lemon, naps, something else i forgot…and i guess forgetting things.
10. thank you for all the love and support you send overseas. home never seems too far away.



love, jen