I'm Mostly Here To Enjoy Myself

Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists, and a thirst for long overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets. After New York City emptied out in M ...

Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists, and a thirst for long overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets. After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged 46, unmarried with no children, spent 16 months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch.
Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for.
When the opportunity to sublet a friend''s apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt like less