A Lebanese balcony is used to its utmost efficiency. (Credit: Gilles Khoury/L'Orient-Le Jour)
It all started last Monday when a note was found in the building lobby near the mailboxes.The note, a white sheet with the City of Paris logo, read: "Due to work on your street, water will be interrupted on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding."The day before, a reminder had popped up on his screen: "Water outage tomorrow." More from Gilles Who is Rola Wazni, Lebanese woman appointed to Gagosian in Paris? In a series of almost automatic actions, he went to the corner store to buy a pack of drinking water, finished the dishes piling up in the sink, filled a basin with water to wash himself the next day, and took a shower before going to bed.By Thursday morning, everything was ready. A bottle of water was placed by the sink the night before...
It all started last Monday when a note was found in the building lobby near the mailboxes.The note, a white sheet with the City of Paris logo, read: "Due to work on your street, water will be interrupted on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding."The day before, a reminder had popped up on his screen: "Water outage tomorrow." More from Gilles Who is Rola Wazni, Lebanese woman appointed to Gagosian in Paris? In a series of almost automatic actions, he went to the corner store to buy a pack of drinking water, finished the dishes piling up in the sink, filled a basin with water to wash himself the next day, and took a shower before going to bed.By Thursday morning, everything was ready. A bottle of water was placed by the sink the night...
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