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Family weekend fun at the Buttes Chaumont
2022-2025 RIP 🪦 👼 🌾 🍚

Solo for lunch today and had to run an errand so stopped by my local café for a delicious lunch.
Updated my /now page :)
A lovely lovely weekend
My wife has been sharing some of our most personal cultural stories over on her newsletter

Very wholesome afternoon with close friends at the #FondationLouisVuitton for the David #Hockney exhibition yesterday!
🎥🎸Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A documentary on my favorite band? Sign me up!!!

🎥 F1: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oh this was hella fun and so immersive in IMAX

Last week’s shenanigans
7/7/25
The end to another eventful week and weekend…
- Pics 1-6: Beating the heatwave during a team dinner at Uma Nota, a delicious Brazilian/Japanese fusion place. Passionfruit Ceviche was mindblowing
- Pics 7-10: home life
- Pics 11-13: Streem food market for Le Food Market’s 10-year anniversary
- Pics 14-17: running errands around Rive Gauche
- Pics: 18-19: the Olympic Vask is back this summer. Felt emotional, proud, and nostalgic walking past it!
- Pic 20: singin’ in the rain
- Pic 21: home
Weekend Shenanigans
6/29/25
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Friend’s Birthday Party
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Cityscape
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Discovering a new spot for lunch
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A walk around the Jardins du Luxembourg
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Some more city adventures
Coworkers went out and brought me a Viet Avocado Shake (Sinh To Bo) 😋🥑🥤#heatwave
A nice evening to catchup on Monocle’s latest issue, with a big section dedicated to the best cities for Quality of Life.
Especially delighted to see a quote from Jordane Giuly — with whom I worked during my Spendesk days— about how Paris has improved as a place for business, and especially for technology companies of all sizes. Even less surprising was seeing Lindsey’s name in a quote about how the city has changed over the years.
It’s something that I’ve noticed over the past decade, and part of the reason why I’ve been back living around Paris for the past 6 years. Great quality of life, great work life balance, and — unlike 10-15 years ago— much more welcoming to foreigners and non-francophone visitors than it’s ever been.
Respect the city and its inhabitants and it’ll pay dividends the next time you visit for pleasure or for business :)
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Day 22: hometown #mbjune
My hometown growing up, and the one I live in now.
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Day 21: silhouette #mbjune
One of my first ever pics taken and edited through VSCO. This takes me back to when I was living in Brighton, about 15 years ago (!) — which is where this pic is from.
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Day 20: gather #mbjune
In our residence, we’ve got these raspberry trees on either side of the path walk, and every evening after school or daycare, kids have been coming around to pick them up. Hunting & Gathering, so to speak.
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Day 19: equal #mbjune
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Day 17: warmth #mbjune
Like a day in the sun, playing basketball with a friend!
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Day 18: texture #mbjune
Loved this texture of the ceiling of this old bank turned coffee house in downtown Montreal when we visited last year.
Paris Basketball vs Monaco: LNB Betclic Elite Finals | game 2
6/18/25
Absolute madness at the Paris Basketball game tonight!
Game 2 of the 2024-2025 LNB Betclic Elite Finals: 2-0 Win
Total domination against this Monaco team and we went as high as having a +30 point gap.
TJ Shorts proving once again why he’s the best player on the continent and the whole team played its part! Incredible game, incredible atmosphere, and now one win away from our very first League Championship.
Seems like my M3 / 2024 Macbook Air is already feeling the limits of DIA being built on Chrome. Was navigating work with multiple tabs & webapps and… heavy temperature + long freezes. You can improve on Chrome, but if you’re built on it, the machines are gonna flyyyyy!
LNB Betclic Elite finals between my Paris Basketball and AS Monaco
6/15/25
First game of the Finals — a best of five series It’s our second appearance at the finals ever — second in two years. We lost to Monaco 3-1 last year, but we are stronger while Monaco is having some issues with a star player who’s not gonna play again this season and another solid one who’s injured.
Today’s victory puts us up 1-0, so two more wins, needed to win the whole damn thing!
The team was serious from beginning to end, so that was really great.
Back from Viva Tech 2025
6/13/25
Just got back from a day at Viva Tech 2025 for Work.
The event was huge, with 165,000 attendees over four days, making it the biggest conference I’ve ever been to.
AI was obviously the star of the show, popping up everywhere and driving discussions on its ethical implications and practical applications. It was interesting to see how governments (national and regional) and companies are leveraging AI to innovate in their core businesses.
I attended 2 really cool keynotes :
- Peng Xiao’s talk on “Life in the Age of AI” delved into the philosophical and ethical aspects of our AI-driven world.
- The panel on “The Future of Space” was equally inspiring, with insights from NASA, CNES, and other industry leaders.
Overall, a great opportunity to see how the industry is evolving. It was a solid experience, and I’m already looking forward to next year’s event.
Some recent food highlights…
6/13/25
Recent food highlights from the past few weeks, mostly at home for these ones:
- Roasted cherry tomatoes, burrata, and chicken
- Summer pasta and a side of salad
- Bagels & Lox
- Chicken Salad
- Honey & Goats Cheese Pizza
- Pandan cake and lemonade from The Hood for their 9th birthday and Pandan Party
- Pumpkin Pancakes and Berries
- Gnocchi
- Grilled skewers on rice
- Spanish tortilla and cheesy eggs
- frankfurters & mac’n’cheese
- and tonight’s couscous gifted and delivered by my daughter’s nanny 🤩
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Day 13: pathway #mbjune
A little pathway in the newest park in our neighborhood…
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Day 12: hidden #mbjune
We’ve been improving our balcony by making it more private, using plants, trellises and it’s been great + helping with the upcoming summer heat!

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Day 11: brick #mbjune
Little brick lanes in Lille

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Day 10: rail #mbjune
Highlighting the Chương Dương Bridge in Hanoi from a trip in 2016!

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Day 9: wood #mbjune
