Lily Haight

It was a four day weekend here in Paris, and while many of the NYU Parisians decided to use the time to travel around Europe, a few of us decided to stay in the city and use the time to explore parts of Paris we hadn’t seen yet. For me and my friend Judy, the Read more

In my writing class we have moved on from writing our memoirs to writing about art, and what better place to do that than in Paris? In preparation we read an essay called Blue Arabesque by Patricia Hampl. The essay details the first time Hampl comes across Matisse’s painting “Woman Before an Aquarium” at the Read more

Halloween is rather a nostalgic holiday for me and others my age because while we are now too old to go trick or treating, we still love to dress up and eat candy as a way of reminiscing the good ole days of cool costumes, carving pumpkins, and getting bags full of candy. After a Read more

The Latin Quarter in the 5th and 6th arrondissement is an area known for great cafes and great bookshops. The most famous is Shakespeare & Co. located just across the Seine from the Notre Dame, but if you wander a bit deeper into the small streets of the 5th you’ll happen upon my favorite bookshop, Read more

In my writing class we often read from Anne Lamott’s Bird By Bird (“Some instructions on writing and life”) and as preparation to begin writing our own memoirs for our midterm paper, we read a chapter called “Shitty First Drafts.” While the whole chapter was rather illuminating–especially to those of us who strive for perfection Read more

After having been in Paris for a month, a change of scenery felt extraordinary this weekend and Lyon was the perfect place to take a breath of fresh air. While it’s known as the smaller version of Paris, Lyon actually has a very different atmosphere than bustling Paris. The buildings are more colorful and the Read more