Shea Barickman Turns 30!
Paris, France — After a successful and spectacular Olympic Games, host city Paris keeps the bunting and excitement in place to celebrate the thirtieth birthday of Shea Lane Barickman: Joyeux Anniversaire Shea! Gathered once again on the Champ de Mars at the base of the
On This Day In History:
Eiffel Tower, thousands of wellwishers
Paris pivots from Olympic celebration to birthday bash for femme Américaine
cheered and toasted Ms. Barickman on her milestone birthday.
1270 — Saint Louis IX of France dies near Tunis
1814 — British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1920 — First U.S. woman to win in the Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
1922 — Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring MLB game
1944 — Paris is liberated after 4 years of Nazi occupation
1965 — Moonlight Graham, baseball player, dies
1975 — Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run,” is released
1994 — Shea Lane Barickman is born in Bryn Mawr, PA
On This Day In 1994:
MLB player strike entered day 13 [no World Series in ‘94]
“Forest Gump” was the top-grossing movie (in 7th week)
“I'll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men was the #1 song
#1 fiction book: “The Gift” by Danielle Steel; #1 non-fiction book: “The Agenda” by Bob Woodward
Weather in Philadelphia was pleasant, clear, and bright; high was 82°, low was 60°
The thirtieth birthday weekend festivities include indoor women’s football matches, a co-ed 10K run along the Seine and through the Bois
de Boulogne, and a nighttime Eiffel Tower light show and free outdoor birthday concert featuring ABBA Voyage, the virtual concert currently performing in London with digital avatars depicting the Swedish
pop group as they appeared in 1979, with vocals rerecorded by the group specifically for the 30th birthday celebration show, accompanied by a 10 piece live instrumental band on stage.
By Caroline Housel
Shea in Paris is an instant classic, a must-see.
“We’ll always have Paris.” The legendary phrase rings true in Shea Barickman’s latest Broadway hit, “Shea in Paris”. Set in Paris in the year 2019, it brings us along the fortuitous adventures
of a young American navigating life, love, and friendships in the city of lights. From finding a roommate through a random social media connection to meeting a soulmate at work (what a mirakl!), Shea in Paris reminds us of the beauty of living life to the fullest, wherever in the world you may
be. Starring Shea Barickman alongside Tony -winning actors Pino Nwar and Cab Bernay. Running now until 20XX???
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To the Editor:
Happy 30th birthday to my favorite little Parisian!! I am so excited for what’s to come this year for you - I know it’s going to be your best year yet. I hate that we are so far from each other (9 hours apart but who’s counting!), but am so grateful that our friendship has, and will continue, to withstand the test of time & distance. You are the most loyal, kind, empathetic and thoughtful friend, daughter, sister and soon to be wife!!! I am so lucky to have you in my life. Sending a big birthday hug - love you forever. Love, Meg
To the Editor:
Happy 30th Birthday, Shea! I remember coming up to Union for Parent’s Weekend with your mom and dad. Your mother brought you a dress that I thought was a really cute T-shirt! LOL! At least on me it would have been. Smallest dress I’ve ever seen. The campus was very picturesque and I enjoyed walking around the grounds. I especially liked watching some of the Union football game. Later we had dinner with some other friends and their families. I was so pleased to be invited to tag along and share in your college experience. This next year will be a big one, so congratulation on turning 30!
Love Aunt Ninny
To the Editor:
Welcome to the 30th club my little shea bb! This year is going to be your best yet, I can’t wait to watch you through this next exciting chapter of your life. I’m so thankful for our 12 years of friendship, I love you! Love, Kate
To the Editor:
Happy 30th birthday, Shea! Hope your day is filled with lots of love, laughter, and celebration, and maybe even that jazz band we saw at that bar in the park. My time in Paris with you and Louis was the highlight of my summer!
XOXO Grace
To the Editor:
Shea, HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY!!! You are an amazing person and wonderful friend, looking back on our 10+ years of friendship has me close to tears! I’m SO EXCITED to see what this decade will have in store for you, I have no doubt it will be amazing! I can’t wait to make a ton of more memories together and love you so much!! Love, Sarah P.S. You made Union an amazing experience and I loved being your roomie for 3 years. Thoughts on me and Alex moving in with you and Louis post your wedding? Lmk, XOXO!!
To the Editor:
Five years, so much laughter, a few girl trips, many seasons of Love is Blind and Selling Sunset, countless glasses of wine (sometimes we should have taken a bottle), concerts that bring us back to our teenage years, and many adventures still to come!
I am so happy to count you as one of my best friends, and to celebrate this milestone with you!
Happy 30th Shea!! Love, Alizée
To the Editor:
Your twenty's are in the past. Here come your thirties at last.
Soon to be dressed in white with a future oh so bright . Happy Birthday Shea!!! Love, Aunt Boo
To the Editor:
Happy 30th Birthday, Shea! It’s a special thing to make a lifelong friend during your adolescent years. Years of running in circles together (and running after boys?) can have that effect on people, I suppose. You are everinspiring and I can’t wait to see what the next years bring! Always grateful for my true Redding, CT friend. xo Fi
To the Editor:
Les voyages forment la jeunesse….nous te souhaitons un excellent anniversaire. Prête pour un prochain voyage ?
30 bises
Pascale, Mary, Eric
To the Editor:
Happy 30th my little sheauh!! I’m so grateful for all our years of friendship. You are the best friend a girl can ask for and I’m so lucky to have you in my life. I’m so excited to see what this year brings for you, I’m sure it’s going to be the best yet!! I can’t wait to see you be the most beautiful bride and I can’t wait to continue to celebrate all of life’s moments together. I love you so much xo gg
To the Editor:
Happy Birthday Shea, the celebrity of our family! You were such a hit at Hallie’s shower and wedding coming from Paris! Wishing you all the best for this birthday and all the rest to come! With love the Burkes! XXX
To the Editor:
Happy happy birthday Sheamy almost birthday twin! I’m so happy to have known you part of the last decade - from baby blondes surviving a pandemic to seeing you thrive now and build a beautiful life and being my fashion guru! From cocktails and beaches to oysters and visiting every shoe store in the city of Florence, I count myself lucky every time I get to see you in any corner of the world! I’m so excited to see where this next decade will take you and hope that we will get many many overlaps in the future. Sending all my love from California and wishing more than anything I could be there to celebrate with you!! xx Morgan
To the Editor:
Happy 30th Birthday Shea!!!
It feels like yesterday we were just playing “Wolf” and being locked in the shower on Nantucket at Grandma and Grand-
pa’s house. I have always considered you more like a sister than a cousin, and I couldn’t be more grateful for all of the memories we shared together and will con-
tinue to make as the years go on! So here’s to you, we love you! Happy Birthday, or should I say, “Joyeux Anniversaire”!
Love Hallie & Connor
To the Editor: Shea...c'est la plus marseillaise des américaines...
Elle aime bien la potion magique de Marseille ;)
Nous te souhaitons un joyeux anniversaire ! Sandrine et JP
To the Editor:
Hi Shea, we wish you a wonderful 30th birthday. I hope you enjoyed the surprise. Long live ABBA. I can't wait to see you in your wedding dress. Happy birthday sister-in-law. Big kisses from both of us.
Marie
To the Editor:
Happy 30th Shea! I am so so lucky to call myself your friend through all these phases of your life here in France, can’t wait for more oyster eating, laughing, fancy French dinner eating !
Love, Laurel
To the Editor:
Dear Shea,
In Ireland we would call you the X Factor! You are truly one of a kind by being the most fun, caring and intelligent people I have ever met. It’s super rare to come across friends like you. I’ll never forget how supportive you were during my time in Paris. Not only to help me transition to a new country with a different language, but getting to spend time with you and having precious memories with my little Rónan! I can’t wait to see what your 30s will bring as you deserve the world! Have the best 30th birthday and may you feel like an ABBA queen during your celebrations! Lots of love!
Aedeen Xoxox
Cheese Crisis Hits Paris: Parisians in Panic!
By LOUIS COLOMB
Paris, August 25, 2024
— The city of light is now the city of plight as desperate Parisians scramble fromageries in search of their beloved Tome aux fleurs, only to find empty shelves and heartache.
For the past three days, frantic cheese lovers have been overheard lamenting, "Mon Dieu! Not a single slice of Tome aux fleurs in all of Paris! C’est un scandale!"
After a thorough investigation, the culprit has been identified: an American expatriate, on the verge of becoming more French than the French themselves, has been hoarding every last wheel of the prized fromage. Rumor has it that the cheese enthusiast in question is preparing for a “cheese cleanse” in celebration of her 30th birthday — a ritual where only the finest French cheeses are consumed in place of all other foods. Sources close to the situation say she’s also stockpiling crackers and a suspicious amount of “Shea’s vineyard” wine.
In response to the crisis, Parisians have taken to the streets, waving baguettes and demanding justice!
Stay tuned as this story develops, and to
our beloved cheese shops: hide your Camembert, lock up your Brie, because this American’s got her eyes on your entire dairy case. From the Archives
Kansas Basketball Coach Lobbies For New Mascot
Lawrence, KS — Shea Barickman is considering plans to abandon her academic and athletic future at Union College in Schenectady, NY after she received a personal call from KU head basketball coach, Bill Self, asking her to be the "Baby Jay" mascot and offering her a full ride to KU. Needless to say her Aunts Amy Barick-
man, Julie “Boo" Smith and cousin
Emma were celebrating in a week long fan fest that commenced with the KU kickoff last Friday.
LA CIOTAT, FR — Mayor Alexandre Doriol lifted the first shovel yesterday on a the start of a nine month project to renovate La Ciotat’s town hall.
The mayor, who is completing his first year in office, heralded the renovation as an example of the type of progress that his administration plans for La Ciotat. “We are the birthplace of two of France’s pride and joys — cinema and pétanque — and la Mairie must be a building of pride as well, “ Doriol said.
The €5 Million project will include restoration to the building’s stone façade, new reception rooms, and an expanded public square to accommodate the large influx of visitors expected on 5 May 2025 to witness and celebrate the mariage civil of Shea Barickman and Louis Colomb.
American Wins €20,000,000 in French Lottery Drawing
Shea Barickman waving the winning lottery ticket upon hearing the news.
Katey Kontent, the heroine of Amor Towles’ novel, The Rules of Civility, toasts her amie Parisienne
As told to Sara Mogollon
“As we gather (both in person and in spirit) to celebrate this milestone year, it is both a privilege and a pleasure to reflect upon the decades of memo-
Buys Chateau in Saint-Émilion, Gironde with French Fiancé
Winning Ticket
The balance of the winnings were donated to support diversity in the French Tech industry through the Parity Pact, an initiative started by Mission French Tech. Raising awareness of the inequality in French Tech has been a long -standing interest of Ms. Barickman. She recently gave a brief diversityawareness presentation to young French Tech professionals at Dare to Play, the first mixed -gender inter-company football tournament in France.
ries you've bestowed upon us. In the grand theater of life, you have played your role with grace and diligence. Your 30 years have been a testament to your unwavering commitment to the things you love. This author calls attention to the entourage of companions that span two continents and many time
zones, which speaks to your dedication and generous heart, and
your fervent support for the Chiefs, who are lucky for the unwavering fan they find in you
Boulogne-Billancourt, France — La Française des Jeux, the operator of France's national lottery games, announced last month that Shea Barickman had won €20.0 Million in a Loto drawing. It was the second-largest single Loto payout ever (the largest was €30.0 Million won on 4 December 2021). Ms. Barickman and her fiancé used part of the winnings to complete the purchase of a new home in the south of France — an eighteenth-century chateau in the outskirts of Saint-Émilion.
Shea Barickman and her fiancé, Louis Colomb, in the garden of their new home in Saint-Émilion, Gironde
despite the fact that the game is played when the moon is high above in the Parisian sky. Both pursuits, each in their own way, mirror your approach to life: with unwavering loyalty and spirited optimism.
“As you step into this new decade, may your journey continue to be one of remarkable
victories and joyous moments. May you continue to embrace life with the same fervent enthusiasm that has made you the remarkable woman we celebrate today.”
Happy 30th birthday, Shea! Here’s to many more years of cheering, celebrating, and living life with the grace and passion you so effortlessly exemplify.
Google Unveils Foodies’ Dream Map
By Hollis Barickman
Paris, FR — There was caviar d’Aquitaine and homard d’Chausay served with perfect wine parings. Paris's culinary elite gathered at Septime, the Michelin-starred restaurant where even the great and the good have to book three weeks in advance, for an intimate dinner to launch Google’s newest product, Shea Le Gourmet, the Google Map of Shea Barickman, a Dora the Explorer for the epicurean set.
Ms. Barickman, an under -the-radar Instagram influencer (@SheainParis, long before Emily went there) and Paris resident, has eaten her way through the City of Lights and every French city and region since her arrival in Paris in 2020—no small feet since she spent the first year in lockdown during the COVID pandemic. Every restaurant she has dined at, and a few she’d like to, are on her Google Map. Until now, only Ms. Barickman’s closest
friends and family (plus a few Pulitzer-prize- winning playwrights) have been able to access this treasure trove but now, tout le monde can be a Parisian insider and know where to go. “Feeling peckish after a morning shopping at Le Bon Marché ” asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai, as he savored the cheese course of apricot,
miel et chèvre, “take a look at Le Gourmet Shea and you will find yourself sitting down for a sandwich at the trendy Marcel, or a traditional French three-course lunch with French office workers at the stalwart Au Babylone next door. Shea has found the old and the new, the famous and the hidden gems.”
The next products in the Shea/Google collab? Maps of the other European cities that Shea has devoured, including a recent exploration of Montenegro and Greece, and in 2026, your own private “Shea. I.,” the voice of Ms. Barickman to make a reservation for you in French. So far, that service is only offered to her parents.
TWO COUNTRIES, BOTH ALIKE IN DIGNITY, IN MONTENEGRO WE SET OUR SCENE…
TIVAT, ME — Controversy strikes, a revolution begins. After their fifth Olympic Gold Medal, the US Women’s National team has placed a bid for forward Shea Lane Barickman to captain their 2028 team. Moving quickly to secure an asset that might shortly fall into the hands of Le Ligue de Football Professionell, Coach Emma Hayes has made overtures to the Paris based striker.
Reporters at The Alarming News have ascertained that in a brief conversation caught while Barickman was
within range of cellular service, a historic and global deal was struck
Stuck behind cattle moving between Montenegrin pastures, Hayes FaceTimed Barickman, imploring her to lace up her boots for her country. Brands, sponsors, and partnerships would naturally follow. The cows ahead stood still. Minutes later in an unprecedented move, from
manager Hervé Renard, Barickman received a counter offer, on the hopes that her impending nuptial might pull her to Les Bleues. This was only the beginning… Brokered by her agent Sam Lapp, the negotiation was wide ranging, and deeply competitive. Renard offered a ‘maison de ville’ in the Marais. Hayes countered with a duplex on Perry
Street, situated in NYC’s West Village. The negotiation continued, tit for tat, until Barickman had to choose between real estate portfolios to rival American robber barons and French sun kings. Despite months of back and forth, both sides agreed to a secret resolution, which would be revealed at the 2028 opening ceremony.
In any event, Shea Barickman on the pitch in Los Angeles will be representing the red, white, and blue. (Or the blue, white, and red.)
Mirakl and Major League Baseball Enter into New Marketplace Partnership
Paris and New York — Major League Baseball (MLB) and Mirakl, a leading global e-commerce marketplace technology company based in Paris, announced a new partnership today to significantly upgrade and expand MLB’s current e-commerce platform, MLB.com.
In announcing the new partnership in a joint press release, Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, praised Mirakl and stated that the new partnership will help transform MLB.com into a more robust and experiential global marketplace that will build the MLB global fan base. “I am thrilled that we are starting this new long-term journey with Mirakl,” said Manfred. “They have the vision, expertise, and resources that we need to become a truly global fan franchise,” he added. “Our past relationship with Fa-
Boston, MA — In a surprising turn of events, Shea Barickman was seen at Fenway Park in October 2016 sporting a Toronto Blue Jays cap, despite her die-hard loyalty to the Kansas City Royals.
The reason? Friendship.
Seven years later, Shea remains the type of friend worth cheering for. If you’re lucky enough to know her, you know. Happy 30th birthday, Shea! Here’s to an
amazing friend and 30 years of Royals pride—with just one day off. I am so lucky and proud to know you!
Love always, Janine
Shea Barickman Credited with Brokering Deal
natics has been positive, but we needed a partner to take us to the next level, and Mirakl is that partner,” said Manfred.
Adrien Nussenbaum, CEO of Mirakl, thanked Manfred and MLB for the recognition and trust in the Mirakl team to achieve MLB’s long-term global objectives. “MLB is a premier American sports franchise and baseball is a global game. Mirakl marketplace and Mirakl Connect will allow MLB to rapidly achieve its global goals and build its panEuropean fan base in particular,” Nussenbaum commented.
In his press briefing, Nussenbaum credited one of his marketing executives, American Shea Barickman, for highlighting the potential partnership opportunity between Mirakl and MLB and leading the team that cemented the deal. “Shea started with Mirakl in Boston in 2016 and transferred to our Paris office 5 years ago. Over that time period, she has educated me on the global importance of baseball and the added value that Mirakl could bring to MLB,” he stated. “She involved our new equity partner, Silver Lake, in helping MLB understand the opportunities that they were missing. We plan on having Shea continue to play a leading role with this client,” Nussenbaum added.
Harris Campaign Taps American In Paris to Lead Its Ex-Pat Effort
WASHINGTON, DC — The Harris/Walz campaign has hired Shea Barickman to focus on the American community living abroad. Barickman, who has lived in Paris for five years, is a reproductive rights activist and internet marketing wiz.
“Shea brings tenacity, passion and a deep well of experience to this role,” said Harris/Walz campaign manager, Julie Chávez Rodriguez. “She is a force to be reckoned with as a volunteer recruiter and fund raiser. She will not take no for an answer!"
According to the FVAP.gov (Federal Voting Assistance Program), an estimated 2.6 million American living abroad are eligible to vote.
Upon receiving the news, Ms. Barickman expressed excitement and confidence in getting out the ex-Pat vote for the Harris-Walz ticket. “There are an estimated 157,000 potential voters in France and 307,000 more in the UK, I plan on reaching all of them," said Ms. Barickman. "That is more than double the number of voters in red state Wyo-
ming. We are NOT GOING BACK," she added.
