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8 Small Things: October 2025

996 culture, Paris real estate, and everything I consumed when it became fall

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In Praise of Building Stuff for Fun

I built a tiny app with AI to shorten the distance between having an idea and doing a thing. Again.

Nov 3 • 

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October 2025

8 Small Things: September 2025

Gallimard notebooks, Olive Garden in Paris, and the return to real life

Oct 22 • 

Elyssa Goldberg

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Wedding Dress Shopping in Paris (50+ Dresses Later)

I thought I knew how to shop. But wedding dresses are their own parallel universe, with different rules, different timelines, and a lot more feelings…

Oct 16 • 

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Last Month in 10 Photos

The stories behind the photos people loved most in September.

Oct 7 • 

Elyssa Goldberg

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Are We Living Through a New Lost Generation?

Hemingway had his café. Now it's a coworker daydreaming about how to “just move to Paris for a year.”

Oct 1 • 

Elyssa Goldberg

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September 2025

8 Small Things: August 2025

Tomatoes on the balcony, bridal TikTok spirals, and the month France disappears

Sep 23 • 

Elyssa Goldberg

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The Art of Becoming a Regular in Paris

How to find community and truly belong in Paris' hippest neighborhoods

Sep 18 • 

Elyssa Goldberg

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August 2025

8 Small Things: July 2025

Protein PSLs, a book I won’t shut up about, and gazpacho served in a vat at the table

Aug 12 • 

Elyssa Goldberg

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K-Beauty at the Front Door of Galeries Lafayette

Three’s a trend! My conversations this week keep circling the same idea: the axis of taste is tilting.

Aug 5 • 

Elyssa Goldberg

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July 2025

Eight Small Things: June 2025

Monthly field notes on what I'm eating, bookmarking, screenshotting, consuming, and learning.

Jul 28 • 

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Doing Nothing (and Everything) in the Beaujolais

There’s a special kind of summer holiday I’ve come to love in France. One where you arrive convinced you’ll be bored out of your mind—and by the last…

Jul 19 • 

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