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The Real-Life Amanda Woods: Swapping My NYC Apartment For Paris
I’m writing this article in Paris, from a desk in a studio apartment belonging to someone I’ve never met. It’s late afternoon, and I’ve had two cappuccinos (and counting), picked up from a hole-in-the-wall café on my walk to the Seine this morning.
By Lucy White4 min read
Back home in New York, the tenant of this apartment is sitting at my desk, maybe just one cappuccino in, her day just getting started. Two girls, both in their late twenties, both in flexible jobs, both a little unfulfilled with their current lives, decided to trade apartments for six weeks. Yep—just like The Holiday. The only difference: instead of swapping sunny LA and charming London, we traded energetic New York for romantic Paris.