I’ve talked about my bruxism and the solutions I’m testing on Instagram. I promised you a full article on the topic, but the more I dig, the more I find thatthere’s no such thing as THE article on bruxism, because it simply doesn’t exist. The books on the subject are incomplete. There are many solutions, but none of them seem to address this issue sustainably. Because no one has really found its root cause. If we can’t figure out why we grind our teeth, it’ll be much harder to find a solution, right? This article is my first attempt to list all the methods I’ve tried. Note: I’m not sharing…

Twenty years ago, on a summer day, a book as thick as a brick landed in the living room of my maternal grandmother’s house, 40 To Hien Thanh Street, Hanoi. She used to exchange books with her literate, French-speaking friends. One of her friends, after buying this book fresh off the press, hurried to show it to her. Who was this gentleman? I can’t remember anymore. Even though I was used to seeing new books arrive every week, this was the first time I took an interest. Usually, the books were in French, but this time it was in Vietnamese, huge, impossible to miss. Finally, a book I could understand!…

We’re continuing our series on luxury brands (after Hermès , and Dior). I have a bling side running through my veins, so I really have a soft spot for luxury brands. But not just any luxury brand. Recently, someone searched for “Gucci” on my blog. Why would I buy Gucci, seriously? Who do you take me for? Ewwww… I discovered the Omega brand when I was very young. I didn’t know it was a luxury brand. Because my grandfather had an Omega watch. The DE VILLE model, to be precise. My family is middle class, so I never thought Grandpa would have bought such a luxury item. He probably bought…

I’ve told you before that I had a bike accident over 20 years ago in Vietnam. In that accident, I injured my face all over, but I also broke a front tooth and my left elbow. Today, we’re going to talk about that elbow. I hesitated a lot before publishing this story. I’ve only talked about it with a few people, but I thinkit’s important to share stories like this. Recently, a friend broke her elbow and my story reassured her, so I wanted to publish this post to reassure all the other broken elbows out there. Welcome to the broken elbow club. It’s going to be okay ! The…

July 13, 2006: France had lost the World Cup final a few days earlier and I’m at CDG airport. We left Tours early in the morning by car. I’m 18 and it’s the first time I’ve set foot in an airport and the first time I’m going to fly to Cambodia. At the time, my furthest trip was the south of England, so imagine how excited I was at the idea of traveling 10,000 kilometers! This trip is the culmination of 2 years of work. I’m a French scout and the 16-18 age group’s goal is to set up a solidarity project. It’s not mandatory, but most take the opportunity…

It’s the morning of June 13, 2015, and we’re at CDG airport, about to board a flight Frankfurt to Germany to attend a concert by a band we really love: 2cellos. It’s a small event for us : at the time, we worked a lot and weren’t used to doing much with our weekends, which were mostly for resting. So we decided to treat ourselves by booking a nice hotel (a Hilton!) that would let us walk to the concert. While waiting at the gate, we learn that our flight is delayed by 1 hour, then 2 hours… No worries though, the flight was scheduled for 10 AM and the…

A few days ago, an acquaintance got the nasty surprise of discovering, while applying for a loan at his bank, that he was blacklisted by the Bank of France. This is a good opportunity to tell you about the mishap that happened to me a few years ago. It was July 2014, and I was on vacation (which was rare back then) in Chamonix. I was in the middle of a “Mont-Blanc course“. That day, the weather conditions didn’t allow for a long outing with the guide, so it was a “rest day”. We still got ready for a short hike, and it was just as we were about to…