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-17 posts tagged "Paris"
Sophia Michetti | Monday, October 12, 2020
After watching Netflix’s new show “Emily in Paris,” I feel like changing my entire career path, learning French and moving to Paris. Created by Darren Star, the same man who created “Sex and the City” 20 years ago, “Emily in Paris” is the story of Emily Cooper (Lily Collins), a high-spirited employee of a Chicago
Dessi Gomez | Monday, August 31, 2020
Zac Efron has taken on a new environmentalist angle in his executively produced Netflix special “Down to Earth with Zac Efron.” He and his health guru friend Darin Olien travel to eight different places in the eight episodes of season one. Within each episode and place, the pair focuses on different environmental issues, questions or
Colleen Fischer | Thursday, November 7, 2019
My love, It was midnight and the sky was still pink and I thought of you. In a way, I always think of you, when someone smiles crooked or laughs at their own stories, when you talk about something you love and I can’t help but smile and listen, having nothing to add. When it
Ryan Israel, Mike Donovan and Carlos De Loera | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Volume IV: Spring 2019 by Scenecast, from The Observer In light of the tragic destruction to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, Mike Donovan, Carlos DeLoera and Ryan Israel gather to share just about everything they know about France and French culture, including “Ratatouille,” “In Search of Lost Time” and Marie Antoinette.
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
In the Middle Ages, a group of composers in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame invented a new kind of sound: polyphony. Compared to the monophonic Gregorian chants of years prior, this new music consisted of multiple overlapping voices moving in distinct yet interwoven melodies. The innovation resonated throughout Western music for centuries. Like those medieval artists,
Nora McGreevy, Ryan Israel, Jake Winningham and Martin Kennedy | Monday, December 3, 2018
Snowflakes gently falling, a cold breeze cutting through South Quad, Sufjan Stevens on the record player — there’s only one thing it could all mean: It’s time to rank stuff. Welcome to Scene’s Year in Review, a week when Scene Writers take stock as the calendar year creeps to a close. On Tuesday, Scene Writers
Marek Mazurek | Tuesday, August 23, 2016
I never thought I would be the type of person to write about my experiences abroad. Yet here I am, about to tell you all about some of my experiences in London, Paris and Berlin this summer. A lot of study abroad blogs talk about food, but the food in London was pretty lame. Fish
Stephanie Snyder | Tuesday, January 19, 2016
I just spent what I consider to be possibly the best three months of my life in Rome. I was so blessed to travel with 17 other fantastic ladies through Saint Mary’s and do what used to be, for me, the unthinkable — studying abroad. Now I could ramble on and on about how incredible studying
April Feng | Thursday, December 3, 2015
On the days of the ISIS attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad, I was in New York, safe from all the bombings and shootings. In the dark subway station in New York City, time went back to Sept. 11, 2001. My mom woke me up from sleep. On the evening news, I saw a plane crashing into
Jordan Ryan | Sunday, November 22, 2015
Friday, Nov. 13, Paris, France fell victim to the vicious and unrestrained attacks of the terrorist organization ISIS. The U.S. Executive Office immediately released a predictable statement announcing, “This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity