Need to Find Me? Ask My Ham Man Catherine Down’s recent article in my NYT’s go-to Modern Love column is both funny and poignant. Down, an American expat living in Paris, writes about her unique relationships with her local shopkeepers- from her cheesemonger who she Snapchats with to her wine gal who doubles as her astrologer to her ham man who thought something terrible must have happened to Down when she hadn’t stopped by the shop for several days.
The article also touches on the guilt the author feels living in Paris, a city she loves that nourishes her, a city that is also very far from her ageing parents in Massachusetts. I am familiar with this feeling – my mother lives in San Francisco, and I live between New York and London, two cities that nourish me in different ways.
In addition to being a daughter, I am also a mother of three. I am starting to wonder where my chicks will end up nesting. I hope that wherever it is they thrive and are happy. And if it’s not near me, please let it just be a direct flight away. https://nyti.ms/2OLixhQ ... See more
Charcuterie, wine and all kinds of nourishment from a second family in Paris.
