Writers at Parties: An Awkward Conversation

and a brief note on introversion

I just stumbled upon this post about socializing in Spain, by the California native behind

Stories From Sevilla

. The writer reveals that, in Spanish social gatherings, no one ever asks a newcomer, “What do you do?” She relishes “the warm, easy conversations I have in Spain, where no one cares about your job title or what you’ve achieved lately.”

This brought to mind an awkw…