Paris + Loire Valley |  2017 - Present 

"Every few blocks - every few turns - I could see it peeking out at me as if we were playing a coy game. I smiled at each sighting; something inside me fluttered. I passed corner cafes, I passed bread shops, I passed patisserie after patisserie and finally stopped to buy four macaroons: salted caramel, pistachio, strawberry and passion fruit...everything is better with passion fruit. Macaroons in hand, I made one final right turn and found myself almost directly underneath the Eiffel Tower. "

-Tess Thomas, The Laughing Diet; “Coup de Foudre”