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this is just some miscellaneous pictures of me and karisa that we took during our stay in paris....enjoy!

us in front of a really tiny and old mini-cooper.


from the night we drew pictures for meredith.




tina and i.


in front of the louvre.


all dolled up to go out to some hole in the wall.


creepy! hahaha.


all bundled up waiting online for the eiffel tower.


ninja fighting under the eiffel tower.


once again, bundled up under the eiffel tower. (wow k, we really spent waaay too much time under that tower!)


another memorable night at the highlander.


karisa and her fashion posse.


rocking the london shades.


dancin' pants.


we turn into little kids on the playground in the tuileries.


haha don't fall off!


spinny thing.

au revoir parsons paris

on our last day of school, karisa and i took pictures of parsons paris so we could remember how weird that school was forever. according to local historians (aka karisa) the building used to be an old factory until it was turned into an art school. i had all of my classes in one room for nine hours straight. needless to say, i'd get really sick of staring at the same wall all day, so i won't be too sad to say goodbye to that building. one of the weirdest things about it was the "courtyard" in the center of the school. it lacked any plants or signs of life, but had tons of graffiti all over the walls. i may have left something to represent me and karisa's presence....

later that night, we went out to dinner, drinks, and dancing with a huge group of friends from school. it was a perfect way to spend one of our last nights with all the new friends we've made.


bienvenue a parsons paris!


the blue doors.


the infamous "courtyard".



aka, "the ghetto".


it's a weird picture, but this is the room where i would spend nine hours in.


the sewing machine that nearly killed karisa.


karisa's finished clothing.


there's a bunch of naked people in the foyer....or are they nude?


some vandal adding graffiti to the wall.


represent.


zach and karisa.


zach was giving me a noogie!


robin, karisa, me.


yuna, karisa, allie.


note: the hot pink feather boas on the bar.

"the polish eagle has landed"

less than 24 hours after i said goodbye to lauren, i said hello to mom and dad. it was their first time in paris so it was really fun to show them around. i accompanied them to some tourist sights like the eiffel tower and the paris opera house. also we went to a ton of museums including the monet museum, the pompidou modern art museum, and the picasso museum. as dad said, "i'm having an art attack". haha. also we ate a ton of really yummy french dinners and mom discovered that her new favorite french wine is boujelais.

bienvenue a la tour eiffel!


mom and dad.


chandeliers in the opera.


chagall mural on the ceiling of the opera.


more murals in the opera.


tres moderne center pompidou.


view of the eiffel tower from the pompidou.


the siene.


the siene.


sailboats at the tuileries.

american thanksgiving in paris

this year karisa and i hosted our very first thanksgiving dinner. cousin lauren came all the way from new york city to celebrate with us and we invited karisa's friend pedro over so he could experience our wacky version of thanksgiving. karisa and i cooked chicken, stuffing, spinach gratin, and cornbread all by ourselves and it was delicious! then we drank too much champagne and played taboo. it was definitly a thanksgiving that we will never forget.

also while lauren was here we went to the musee d'orsay, walked all around paris, ate lots of crepes, and chatted up some local parisians. i had so much fun with and it was great to experience paris with my big cuz.


our commercialized christmas tree.


chilling my face with a bottle of champagne.


pedro and karisa.


i know it looks gross in the picture, but i promise it tasted really good.


the pilgrim (karisa) and the indian (me) kiss and make up!


lauren in the beautiful, musee d'orsay.


karisa and lauren.


the closet karisa will ever get to riding a bike.


just a cool picture of me at the velib station.


no matter where in the world lauren goes, she makes friends.


lauren and karisa.


and then lauren found a giant sombrero!


kissin' cousins.