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Life & TimesBerlin: Pfaueninsel
I can't remember when I first heard about Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island), but I know I was amazed. An island? Full of peacocks? In Berlin? And you have to take a…
November 18, 2014 · 4 min read
Art & CultureWarsaw: Palace of Culture and Science
The Palace of Culture and Science really is something. If you're in Warsaw, chances are you can't look in any direction without catching a glimpse of this…
November 2, 2014 · 3 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe Roundup #19
Cheesy Vegan Mac n’ Yeast from One Green Planet A couple weekends ago, while M. and I were making our shopping list for the upcoming week, he suggested that we…
November 1, 2014 · 2 min read
Life & TimesSunday in Neukölln
The last awesome weekend in Berlin before the cold sets in is typically sometime in mid-September, but the city can be full of surprises. This year, it treated…
October 29, 2014 · 3 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe Roundup #18
Vegan Speckled Pumpkin Curry from Healthful Pursuit It's finally getting cooler, which means pumpkins are in season once again. I love cooking with them…
October 18, 2014 · 2 min read
Art & CultureBook Review: “Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang” -Chelsea Handler (2010)
“Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang” -Chelsea Handler (2010) My first encounter with Chelsea Handler was when her first book, "My Horizontal Life," came out. I thought…
October 16, 2014 · 2 min read
Eat & DrinkWarsaw: Kawki na Stawki
Coffee is a part of my daily ritual, and for the most part, my mornings begin with a cup of coffee from my French press. Simple, inexpensive, and effective.…
October 15, 2014 · 2 min read
Art & CultureLagos: Relaxing in the Algarve
After spending a couple weeks exploring the big cities of Lisbon and Porto, we wanted to have a relaxing few days on the coast, so we made our way down to…
October 14, 2014 · 5 min read
Art & CultureBraga: City of Churches
"Porto works, Braga prays, Coimbra studies, and Lisbon gets the money." ...so goes the saying in Portugal about these major cities... and first impressions…
October 13, 2014 · 2 min read
Art & CultureBraga: City Center
During our week in the north of Portugal, we got a pretty good feel for Porto, and so once we saw most of what we were interested in there, I suggested we take…
October 12, 2014 · 6 min read
Here & ThereArboga: Summer 1994
The first time I ever went to Europe was in 1994. I was 10, and my family flew to Scandinavia to spend a month living and traveling through Sweden and Norway.…
October 7, 2014 · 2 min read
Art & CultureBerlin: Gemeinschaftsgarten Prachttomate
The seasons have been playing tricks on us as of late, with the weather threatening to plunge into the single digits and accompanying misty days and…
October 3, 2014 · 3 min read