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The city is at its emptiest and, honestly, its best.</p> 298<p><img src="https://www.tibz.blog/uploads/2026/fe718f3d3c.jpg" alt="Auto-generated description: A couple shares an intimate and joyful moment outside a café, with the woman gently holding the man’s face as they smile warmly at each other."></p> 299<p>One unexpected perk of living where we do: <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/10/the-weeknd-is-playing-nights.html">The Weeknd played three nights at the Stade de France</a> and we could hear most of the gig with the windows open. Same thing happened with Beyoncé and AC/DC in previous summers. Free live audio FTW!</p> 300<h2 id="-life">ð Life</h2> 301<p>𩵠Azul is 2.5 and starts <em>maternelle</em> in September, which is the kind of milestone that makes you recount the years twice just to be sure you got it right.</p> 302<p>ð· Shana and I <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/10/got-ourselves-some-summer-toys.html">got ourselves some summer toys</a> â a pair of Kodak CharmEra keychain cameras, bought specifically to make things together away from our phones. <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/11/first-shots-are-in-a.html">The first shots are in</a> and they’
302re wonderfully bad in exactly the right way. They live on my keyring now, next to the house keys.</p> 303<p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/441/2026/0375645c6d.jpg" alt="Several Kodak CharmEra keychain digital cameras and Kodak 64 GB microSD cards are placed on a marble surface next to a woven mat and a folded fabric."></p> 304<p>ð² New bike, and the best â¬50 I’ve spent this year: my neighbour was selling her father’s vintage road bike, an 80s/90s steel frame that had been sitting untouched for years. I sent it to the shop earlier this month for a full service and a few upgrades, and I’m genuinely excited about it â solo rides and commutes on a bike with some history to it, all summer and fall!<br> 305<img src="https://www.tibz.blog/uploads/2026/1513804cf8.jpg" alt="A yellow road bicycle with saddlebags is parked next to a bench with plants on a brick-paved sidewalk."></p> 306<p>ð ð The leg is fully back after the March muscle tear â <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/05/12/first-run-since-the-my.html">the first run post-injury</a> went well in May, and Thursday-night pickup basketball is firmly back on the calendar. I’ve been able to play basketball, football, run, …we are SO BACK!</p> 307<p>â The <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/06/04/new-project-brewing-rarely-felt.html">coffee project</a> is still brewing â quietly, slowly, and still the thing I’ve felt most aligned with in a long time. More on that one day in the future.</p> 308<p>ð The unexpected win of the summer: <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/18/over-the-best-few-weeks.html">the network of local public libraries</a> around us. Finding good English-language books here used to be genuinely hard, and the graphic novel selection turned out to be excellent. I’ve read 26 books this year against a goal of 10, almost entirely because I stopped buying and started borrowing.</p> 309<p>ð Also: <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/20/love-running-errands-in-the.html">running errands in the 13th</a> remains one of my favourite low-effort Paris afternoons. Bánh mì, a can of pandan soy milk, done.</p> 310<h2 id="-work">ð¼ Work</h2> 311<p>I’m leaving <a href="https://itonics-innovation.com">ITONICS</a> later this fall, and going back to my startup roots.</p> 312<p>It’s been a genuinely good and interesting run â including when <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/04/22/incredible-customer-feedback-today-my.html">a customer emailed my manager, our CEO and our co-founder</a> entirely unprompted, which is the kind of thing I’ll be taking with me. I’ll share the new role and company later this year.</p> 313<p>Until then: <a href="https://tibz.blog/work"><code>/work</code></a> or <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/thibaultlemaitre/en">LinkedIn</a>.</p> 314<h2 id="-building">ð ï¸ Building</h2> 315<p>Still using and refining the <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/04/18/ive-been-building-little-guides.html">AI-assisted personal guides</a> â <a href="https://tibz.blog/paris">Paris</a>, <a href="https://tibz.blog/berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="https://tibz.blog/coffee">coffee</a>, <a href="https://tibz.blog/workout">workout</a>, and the <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/recipes.html">shared recipes page</a>. All one tap away from my iPhone Control Center. The coffee one is the one I actually open every week, which tells me something about which of these was really for me.</p> 316<h2 id="-play">ð® Play</h2> 317<h3 id="recent-recommendations">Recent recommendations:</h3> 318<ul> 319<li> 320<p>ð <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/itibz">StoryGraph</a> â I went through Kieron Gillen’s entire <strong>DIE</strong> run in three weeks, all of it borrowed from the local Public Library: <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/20/finished-reading-die-vol-mortelle.html">Vol. 1</a> (â â â â ¾), <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/11332168-c6cb-4c38-96da-f29bfd498739">Vol. 2</a>, <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b9779952-0e95-4d68-8892-5fa0d52906ea">Vol. 3</a>, and <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/08/12/finished-reading-die-vol-bleed.html">Vol. 4</a> finished today â an epic final act, and <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/08/10/stephanie-hans-the-queen-that.html">Stephanie Hans</a> is the queen that she is.</p> 321</li> 322<li> 323<p>Also loved <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/18/finished-reading-in-waves-by.html"><em>In Waves</em> by A. J. Dungo</a> (â â â â ¾) and <strong>Hmong</strong> by Vicky Lyfoung (â â â â ¼).</p> 324</li> 325<li> 326<p>Currently reading: <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/19/currently-reading-sonny-boy-a.html"><em>Sonny Boy</em></a>, Al Pacino’s memoir, on audiobook and nearly finished. I had some Audible credit going spare and it turned into the best thing I’ve listened to all year â narrated by the man himself, which changes it completely. Hearing him tell his own life and anecdotes in his own voice sent me straight back into his filmography. Also going: <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3fef411f-7940-42c6-8e60-9333af0efb11"><em>Soft Core</em></a> by Brittany Newell, and <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f71dd985-b5cd-4fda-a3e6-f45eb37875d6"><em>Tonight in Jungleland</em></a>, the making of <em>Born to Run</em>, which I started in January and am 17% into. I usually read at night when putting my daughter down, so ebooks on Kindle are easier than paper, for which I need an additional light.</p> 327</li> 328<li> 329<p>Up next, once I finish <em>Soft Core</em>: <strong><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/708e17d5-0e39-425c-89be-dbec0ffba19e">Yesteryear</a></strong> by Caro Claire Burke, the tradwife-influencer satire everyone has been talking about since the spring. I’m not usually one for a book hype train, but Shana read it with her book club and rated it highly, and that’s a far better recommendation than any list.</p> 330</li> 331<li> 332<p>ð¶ <a href="https://www.last.fm/user/tibzback">Last.fm</a> â surprise of the month: <strong>Kacey Musgraves</strong> is my most-played artist by a mile, mostly <em>Middle of Nowhere</em> and its run of duets with Willie Nelson, Billy Strings and Miranda Lambert. Turns out a lifelong pop-punk head can pivot to country in about a week. Post Malone’s <em>F-1 Trillion</em>
332 and Shaboozey are in the same lane.</p> 333<p>The other half of the month was pure nostalgia: <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/24/incredible-mail-day-the-thanniversary.html">the 15th-anniversary Zoetrope reissue of My Chemical Romance’s <em>Danger Days</em></a> landed and sent me straight back through <em>The Black Parade</em> and <em>Three Cheers</em>. Right kind of special edition â not a â¬200 box set.</p> 334<p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/441/2026/img-4310.jpg" alt="A vinyl record of My Chemical Romance’s album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is shown along with colorful, graphic art pieces related to the album’s theme."></p> 335<p>Also: five <strong>Sum 41</strong> albums, every one of Weezer’s <em>SZNZ</em> EPs, a <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/08/04/yoooooo-remember-flobots-httpsyoutubehluxyepta.html">Flobots</a> rabbit hole out of nowhere, and Muse’s <em>The Wow! Signal</em> <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/07/very-excited-about-mail-day.html">on vinyl</a>
335 â that copy was launched to the edge of space in March, which I will not be getting over.</p> 336</li> 337<li> 338<p>ðº <a href="https://trakt.tv/users/itibz">Trakt</a> â finally finished <em><strong>The Madison</strong></em> season 1, and it was a refreshing blast: <em>This Is Us</em> dropped into a <em>Yellowstone</em> world. Can’t wait for season 2. Its soundtrack quietly became one of my most-played records of the month, which tells you how much it got under my skin. Now deep into a <strong>The Wire</strong> rewatch â down to season 3.</p> 339<p><strong>X-Men ‘97</strong> season 2 has been the appointment watch; I’m through <em>The Dead Man’s Hand</em> and the finale drops today. <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/08/08/welcome-back-ted-lasso-old.html"><strong>Ted Lasso</strong> is back for season 4</a> â welcome back, old friend. And I’m catching up on <strong>Your Friends & Neighbors</strong> season 2 with Shana too. Next up: For All Mankind / Star City.</p> 340<p><img src="https://www.tibz.blog/uploads/2026/06f21099c6.jpg" alt="Auto-generated description: A woman with closed eyes stands outdoors against a backdrop of mountains and a river, promoting the new series The Madison starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, streaming on Paramount+ starting March 14."></p> 341</li> 342<li> 343<p>ð¬ <a href="https://letterboxd.com/tibz/">Letterboxd</a> â two big ones this month, both at <a href="https://letterboxd.com/tibz/tag/le-studio-aubervilliers/films/">my local cinema</a>. <a href="https://letterboxd.com/tibz/film/in-waves/"><em><strong>In Waves</strong></em></a> (â â â â ½) was the highlight of my whole summer: I borrowed the graphic novel from the library in July, knowing that the movie would be screening three weeks later, down the road. Beautiful animation, touching story, and a genuinely great adaptation. Then <a href="https://letterboxd.com/tibz/film/the-odyssey/"><em><strong>The Odyssey</strong></em></a> (â â â â ) â epic scale of the kind only Nolan really attempts anymore, closer to the big 1960s pictures than anything current. Not my favourite of his, but I’m glad I caught it in a theatre in one sitting rather than at home.</p> 344<p>On the other end: <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/08/08/watched-springsteen-deliver-me-from.html"><em>Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere</em></a> got two stars from me. This ain’t it â which stings, given the <em>Born to Run</em> book on my nightstand.</p> 345<p>The <strong>Godfather</strong> double bill at the end of July (â â â â ½ and â â â â ) came straight out of the Al Pacino audiobook above â hearing him talk about making them made revisiting them feel almost compulsory. <em>Scarface</em> & <em>Godfather III</em> are next, and I suspect this becomes a whole run.</p> 346<p>Also up: <strong>Spider-Man: Brand New Day</strong>, which finally reaches my little local theatre next week, a couple of weeks behind everywhere else. Reviews and ratings all live on <a href="https://letterboxd.com/tibz/films/diary/">the profile</a>.</p> 347</li> 348<li> 349<p>ð° <a href="https://theathletic.com/">The Athletic</a>, <a href="https://leparisien.fr">Le Parisien</a>, [L’Ãquipe], <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-news/">News+</a>. etc…</p> 350</li> 351</ul> 352<h3 id="live-shows">Live shows:</h3> 353<p><strong>Recently:</strong> <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/06/12/a-wonderful-night-for-the.html">Tom Misch at La Cigale</a> in June, capped with a late-night smash burger at <a href="https://www.10pigalle.fr/">Numéro 10</a>, and a solo concert date for <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/06/12/fantastic-night-out-at-olympia.html">Billy Talent at l’Olympia</a>.</p> 354<p><strong>Coming up:</strong> <strong>A$AP Rocky</strong>, <strong>Simple Plan</strong>, <strong>J. Cole</strong> and <strong>Good Charlotte</strong> before the year is out.</p> 355<p>2027 is already stacking up too: <strong>Weezer</strong> in May with <strong>Taking Back Sunday</strong> opening â a genuinely unreasonable bill for anyone who was 15 in 2004, and well timed given how much Weezer I’ve been playing lately. Then <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/06/23/looking-forward-to-the-next.html"><strong>Blink-182</strong> at La Défense Arena</a>
355 in June, with Pierce The Veil supporting.</p> 356<p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/441/2026/26cf777bae.jpg" alt="Concert tickets display scheduled performances by A$AP Rocky, Simple Plan, J. Cole, and Good Charlotte in Paris, France, during late 2026."></p> 357<h3 id="sports">Sports:</h3> 358<p>â½ï¸ The <strong>World Cup</strong> is over, and it did not go our way. France lost the semi-final to Spain, then lost the bronze final to England 6â4 â a genuinely absurd scoreline, Saka hat-trick and all. Spain went on to beat Argentina 1â0 in extra time to lift it. No third star this time. <em>See you in 2030!</em> ð«ð·</p> 359<p>ð <strong>Paris Basketball</strong> into the offseason, still processing: first in the regular season for the second year running, then the Betclic Ãlite final lost to Monaco in a decisive Game 5. But the rebuild is properly under way and the signings keep landing â <strong>T.J. Warren</strong>, former Nets guard <strong>Tyson Etienne</strong>, <strong>Alize Johnson</strong> in the frontcourt, plus <strong>Terry Tarpey</strong> and <strong>Mãozinha Pereira</strong>. Nadir, Jared Rhoden and Captain’Seba are staying. And we just announced a brand new signing today, in the <em>French Prince</em> himself, <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/08/12/my-paris-basketball-is-signing.html">Frank Ntilikina</a>. Season ticket renewed, obviously.</p> 360<p>â¾ <strong>Baltimore Orioles</strong> sitting a few games under .500 in mid-August. Not thriving, not mathematically dead. <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/03/26/happy-mlbopeningday-folks-go-os.html">Go O’s</a> regardless.</p> 361<h2 id="-things-im-thinking-about">ð Things I’m thinking about</h2> 362<ul> 363<li>Leaving a job you’re actually good at, on purpose, because the shape of the work stopped matching the shape you want your life to have. Much harder than leaving one you hate.</li> 364<li>Which people show up when you make a decision <em>for yourself</em> â <a href="https://www.tibz.blog/2026/07/29/as-you-grow-in-life.html">the most useful thing I learned in July</a>, by some distance.</li> 365<li>Two cheap keychain cameras doing more for how Shana and I spend an evening than any app has in years. Friction as a feature, not a bug.</li> 366<li>Borrowing instead of buying and secondhand over <em>new</em>. Four DIE volumes in three weeks, none of them mine â and then the <em>In Waves</em> adaptation turning up at the cinema down the road a few weeks after I’d returned the book. A very small, very satisfying loop.</li> 367<li>Azul starting school, and how much of the next decade that quietly sets in motion in one September morning.</li> 368<li>13+ years of this blog, still the least strategic thing I do, still the thing I’d miss most.</li> 369</ul> 370 371 </article> 372</main> 373 374 <footer> 375 <p>©2011 - 2026 Thibault Lemaitre</p>
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