HeyJaredA Chicano In Paris
A collection of short stories, ramblings, and essays by a guy living his best life in Paris, France with his gorgeous wife and adorable dog.
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Happy Birthday (opens the original)
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I woke up thinking about two men I admire and love very much this morning: by baby brother Anthony and my dear friend Joshua. My favorite thing about each of them is the father that they are to their children. But even in thinking about them I realized they were background to what was really in my heart. I was thinking about their children. So… this next part is for them… I want you to do something for me since, like me, you have an amazing father; I want you to go to him right now, take his fac
Twenty-Five Years Later (opens the original)
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I want to write something about 9/11, but I can’t. So here are some photos I took on 9/13 and 9/14. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1404" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7uo2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%
Tomorrow (opens the original)
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Yesterday I got a notifications from my calendar app that I was scheduled to ‘move to France’ on September 1, 2026. I made it in 2021 after my wife and I had serious conversations about leaving the US behind now that she was retired from the USAF.<img alt
Uncle Charlie (opens the original)
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This article is from the original Chicano in Paris recently moved here to its new home. I’ve been thinking about Uncle Charlie.The smell of albondigas filling his apartment in Los Feliz. His Thanksgiving feasts in West Hollywood. His annoying pet birds.Seriously, why the damn birds?Then I remembered the little café across the street from his apartment on Los Feliz Blvd. The waitresses would fawn all over him. One—I think her name was Teri—went so far as to tell him she thought he was beautiful.
Meandering About this Great Cité (opens the original)
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I should be writing.That’s a thought I have at least two-hundred and sixty-three times a day. It’s a thought I had riding on the 4 line today. Every metro-line is special in some way. The 6 line takes you over the Seine. The 4 line takes you to some of the train stations that have trains that will take you to other countries. The 1 line will take you to the Louvre and Tuilleries. The RER C will take you to Versailles. And the 9 line will take you to my front door. Almost. Please, do call first.
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