Category Archives: PERSONAL ESSAYS

My Kilburn Apartment

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Larissa Archer

When I first moved to London and was looking for a room to rent, I didn’t take any of the precautions I now know to be necessary. I didn’t check the mattresses and furniture for bedbugs, I didn’t visit the … Continue reading →

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Pensées Françaises

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Larissa Archer

Sarko and Carla visited L’Angleterre last week and of course images of the odd couple took up more space in the UK’s newspapers than reports of Zimbabwean election-rigging, Hilary-slamming, and new revelations of the brain cancer-mobile phones link put together. … Continue reading →

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Paris Pix

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Larissa Archer

Hi. I’m still in London. I don’t know what to do with my life. but I went to Paris over the New Year and for a bit after. There are lots more pictures on my facebook page, but a lot … Continue reading →

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Edinb’rahhh and Moscow!

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Larissa Archer

I know I was supposed to write a more in-depth account of my blow-out at my old magazine, but I can’t be asked. Instead, I’m posting pictures of my recent travels to Edinburgh for the fringe festival and Moscow, for … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Sloth

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Larissa Archer

Since I haven’t posted for a while, here’s another article from New York Moves’s Christmas/Seven deadly sins issue (the one to which I contributed “In Defense of Vanity” and “Blinded by the Light,” linked below. Thank you, Odious, for the … Continue reading →

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A Heartbreaking Performance of Staggering Genius

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Larissa Archer

Angela and me at our best. I’m trying to teach her the “Tijuana Booty-Slap, ” or “TJ Booty,” as UCSD co-eds called it on their week end orgies south of the border. This was at a fabulous Easter party she … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Blogolution

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Larissa Archer

I was asked to write an article on the nature of change (or something, I don’t really pay attention) for the January double issue, which has now turned into the hulking January-February-March triple issue, of New York Moves Magazine. I … Continue reading →

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Baby Pix!

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Larissa Archer

Hey, that last post was a total downer. Here are some baby pictures for you to admire until I post for real again.

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Blinded by the Light

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Larissa Archer

I didn’t choose that title for another of my articles in the Christmas issue of New York Moves magazine, but that’s what they named it. Several editorial changes were made, to which I objected noisily, but I included the piece … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Vanity

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Larissa Archer

I know, I know, I’ve been a bad, bad blogger, but I have a good excuse, which is that I’ve been spending all my time studying the art of classical acting and the thea-tah. Instead of dutifully keeping the world … Continue reading →

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