Laurie, la flâneuse

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flâneuse in the French Quarter

June 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · free as a flâneuse

Greetings from New Orleans!

I am enjoying the life of a flâneuse, here in this city of beads and jazz. In case you haven’t read Introvert Power, flâneuse is the feminine of flâneur, and both are French terms referring to the “passionate observer.” I absolutely love being in a new city, especially one as vibrant as this one, strolling free, turning down this street or that, popping into this shop or that gallery, as the writer Baudelaire put it, being in the midst of the crowd – and this is key – but not being a part of it.

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