file 10
episode 1
Apologies to everyone but the person I love the most on this Earth is my sister. She’s not my twin but to me she is. Okay.
I recorded the first episode of her interview in the most spontaneous way: we were waiting to be seated at this restaurant called Our House in the 1st, and as we say here, on se faisait chier, the wait was supposed to be 30 minutes max, yeah well we waited like 1 hour and a half. I’m a very quick eater but you can imagine after that wait how quickly I finished my food.
The first block of Yara’s interview was actually a rapid fire and I usually think of the questions for my rapid fires. This time, for the first time, I didn’t. I mean I did, but like on the spot.
Y1: Best neighbourhood in Paris?
Y2: 11th.
Wait, you mean neighbourhood or arrondissement?
Y1: Neighbourhood.
Y2: I’m gonna say the Marais.
Y1: Best sushi?
Y2: I really like it at Bar des Prés, Rue du Dragon, in the 6th.
Y1: Best pizza?
Y2: In Paris? I mean you’re asking the wrong city. I’d say Rori if you want it American-style.
Y1: Best pizza you’ve ever eaten in your life?
Y2: Concettina ai Tre Santi!!! In Naples.
Y1: A record when you’re heartbroken?
Y2: Sour by Olivia Rodrigo, 2021. Her first album. Listen to “traitor”, “happier”, and have a good crying sesh.
Y1: Best record when you’re stressed and you need to focus?
Y2: Good Riddance by Gracie Abrams!
Y1: Omg! Same, whenever I’m at the office and I need to lock in I just play it from start to finish.
Y2: Right? It’s perfect cause she’s just so depressed :-)
Y1: I swear, I’m not saying this because I’m recording, but it’s really THE record I’ll listen to when I can’t work and I need to focus. Ok, is it our turn yet or what? Anyways, books. The book you’re reading right now?
Y2: A book called Watermelon by Marian Keyes.
Y1: Do you track your reads?
Y2: No I couldn’t care less.
Y1: You don’t have Goodreads?
Y2: Couldn’t care less.
Y1: A book you bought but you genuinely could not read because, flemme?
Y2: Not flemme, because I really loved it, but just couldn’t finish because of time constraints: The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
Y1: I was sure you were going to say that. C’est archi long et c’est archi chiant.
Y2: No! Not at all, it’s super interesting but you really need time to read and read it in a consistent way because it’s just massive.
Y1: Question about Beirut. A neighbourhood in this city where you could spend all day?
Y2: Gemmayzeh!
Y1: And in Rome?
Y2: Maybe Monti?
Y1: Would you ever go back and live in Italy?
Y2: No, not to live there.
Y1: Where would you like to live?
Y2: London.
Y1: And apart from London?
Y2: London.
Y1: Give me another option girl.
Y2: Beirut.
Y1: What’s something people can’t tell about you - because you never share?
Y2: My whole life.
She then proceeds to share something I’m not going to share.
Y1: What’s the longest you can agree to waiting in line for a restaurant?
Y2: My boyfriend and I waited for an hour and thirty minutes for a frozen yogurt at a place in London. But we were also ridiculous. I forgot the name of the place and it just opened. It was so good though! It’s Australian.
Y1: I’ll google it.
Y2: No - found the name, it’s Yo-Chi, it’s so good but it’s the decadent version of the frozen yogurt, with all the snacks and all.
Y1: Yeah not for me.
Y2: Yeah but you can make it healthy.
Y1: Omg I just remembered Pinkberry. Remember Pinkberry????
Y2: Of course. They have one in London.
Y1: I want açaí. Best one in Paris?
Y2: Açaí and You in the 6th.
Y1: The one in the hood?
Y2: Yeah.
Y1: But the place is so ugly.
Y2: Yeah but you shouldn’t care, the açaí is really good.
Y1: Ok. The film you watch when you want to laugh?
Y2: 21 Jump Street. Very funny. Another one is The Dictator. I went through a Sacha Baron Cohen rabbit hole recently so anything with him.
Y1: Your go-to nail colour?
Y2: Recently I’ve been loving nudes, almost transparent. But usually black.
Y1: What’s a fashion trend you just cannot f. with?
Y2: Paloma Wool.
Y1: Scuse me. Why?
I love Paloma Wool so f. much so I unilaterally decided to censor her answer.
Y1: Yeah I’ll cut this. A trend that’s a trend that you’re obsessed with?
Y2: I love putting glitter stickers on cups.
Y1: On cups??
Y2: Yes! Coffee cups, matcha cups. There’s this café in the Marais that does a figue bedazzled matcha and it’s so good.
Y1: Bedazzled you mean with stickers?
Y2: Yes.
Y1: How the heck do you find these places?
Y2: Hehe.
Y1: Do you ever experience FOMO?
Y2: Only in regards to 2 friends. They know who they are.
Y1: What do you do when you’re going through FOMO?
Y2: I listen to Olivia Rodrigo and specifically “maggots for brains”.
Y1: If you could talk to her, what are three questions you would ask her?
Y2: Why do men treat you so badly when you’re so precious and loving?
Y1: Taking this one personally.
Y2: Of course you do. Question 2, how was experiencing London as a lover girl? And finally, why did you break up? What did he do?
Y1: Do you believe in souls that are “interconnected”? Lol.
Y2: You mean red string theory? Yes.
Y1: Three questions to Gracie Abrams?
Y2: Why are you a dick to your mother?
Y1: What’s a song from Daughter from Hell that you didn’t particularly like when you first listened to it but then enjoyed it more when you gave it a second listen?
Y2: I think I didn’t really like “Broke My Heart” because it reminded me of Taylor Swift and I hate Taylor Swift. The beginning is very similar to Taylor Swift’s songs. But the song is actually so cool! And hearing the live version just made it better.
She proceeds to remind me that we’re going to her concert sometime next April. I had forgotten.
Y1: The song I used to skip from that album was “Imaginary Friend”. Now I love it so much. When she says - don’t be a figment of my imagination, but you are and I fucking hate it! Off topic can you do my eyebrows sometime?
Y2: Why can’t you just go to the lady that threads them?
Y1: Cause I’m broke. Ok we’re gonna stop and hopefully eat soon.
Episode 2 💋 coming soon if she will let me
