Girls Trip Goals: Drew Barrymore Celebrates 10 Years of Parisian Adventures

Some friendships are built on shared memories, inside jokes, and the kind of loyalty that only grows stronger with time. For Drew Barrymore and her crew—the group she affectionately calls“the Wishbones”—that bond is celebrated annually through a tradition that’s become sacred: the girlfriends’trip. This year, they marked a major milestone by ditching the beaches they’ve favored for the past decade and trading sand for cobblestone streets in Paris for their 10th anniversary adventure.

What makes this pivot so telling is that Paris isn’t just a backdrop for vacation photos (though the pictures are undeniably stunning). It’s a choice that speaks to evolution. After 10 years of the same formula, these women decided to challenge themselves and each other to experience something completely different. That’s not the energy of friendships on autopilot—that’s intentionality. That’s the kind of friendship that keeps showing up and keeps surprising itself.

Through Barrymore’s lens, Paris becomes what it always has been for travelers seeking something real: a place that makes you slow down. Sunset on the Seine. Late dinners that stretch for hours. The kind of wandering through tiny streets where you’re never quite sure where you’ll end up next. She visits the Musée d’Orsay, strolls through La Galerie Dior, dines at L’Ami Louis, and frames each moment not as a tourist checking boxes, but as someone genuinely moved by being present with the people who matter most. The captions say it all:“Love being in this place with these women I love so much.”

There’s something quietly powerful about watching someone with Barrymore’s profile—someone whose life is lived at a very public scale—prioritize this. Not for content. Not as a sponsorship moment. But as a deliberate choice to invest in the relationships that actually sustain her. She even acknowledges the chaos of modern life head-on:“We’re all so busy, but make time to be with the people who fill your cup.”It’s not profound on the surface, but it hits different coming from someone who could literally be anywhere doing anything.

The real takeaway here isn’t about Paris or luxury travel or enviable Instagram moments. It’s about friendship as a practice—something you actively choose, year after year, milestone after milestone. Ten years in, and these women aren’t coasting. They’re still willing to break their own patterns, try something new, and show up fully for each other. In a culture that often treats friendship like a nice-to-have rather than a non-negotiable, that’s worth noticing.