Visiting the same boulangerie every day, so that the salesperson knows what to get for you even before you ask, with that barely noticeable look that says, “Bonjour, I recognize you.”

Ditto for the café you go to several days a week.  No need to order.  It’ll just arrive.

Having a metro card and knowing all the metros and bus lines that get you anywhere in Paris

When calculating the distance on google maps or RATP, it’ll default to your address, home.

Taking your shopping caddy to the farmer’s markets several times a week instead of buying your fresh foods from the grocery store

Eating at restaurants where the menu is only in French

Thinking of your neighborhood as a village inside a big city

Walking everywhere, eating well and somehow not gaining weight

Having a mobile phone with an 06 prefix and learning to say it perfectly in French

Bragging about your French phone bill to your friends back home

Becoming a Friend of the American Library and attending some of their many special events during the year

Joining one of the places of worship in Paris and enjoying it when they greet you by name

Having a hairdresser who knows you by name and being tempted back home to use the phrase,  “I’m just waiting for Delphine to cut my hair in Paris.”

Ditto for all your pharmacy and personal care products: “I buy them in Paris.”

Joining expat organizations and attending some of the many experiences that they offer

Supporting the arts, whether it’s the ballet, the Friends of the Louvre, the opera, or many others and enjoying the Members Only privileges.

Not owning a car and realizing you don’t miss it

Scouring the local paper for weekend fairs and events around Paris to find a set of silver spoons or a vintage Hermes scarf

Attending concerts at churches (for free) almost any day of the week

Receiving the weekly email from the Maire of your arrondissement to inform you about special events

Signing up for lessons at the local Mairie or any of the many organizations

Buying a membership to a fitness studio and planning to use it

Having a favorite massage therapist who knows your pressure points

Having a regular doctor or dentist and being amazed at the invoice, even without insurance

Ditto for a pedicurist (which is totally different from getting a pedicure back home)

Having an account online with the French government and knowing your way around it

Complaining about French bureaucrazy and paperwork at least once a day

Learning to say, “Boeuf” with a shrug and peppering your phrases in English with, “non?”

Having your name on the mailbox and befriending the Gardienne

Using the word, “Syndic” and knowing what it means

Offering to help a lost tourist looking for directions

Referring to your Paris apartment as “Home”

Hearing yourself say, “Let’s not go there; too many tourists”

Realizing you’re no longer one of the 30 million, but an actual Parisian.