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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
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
Life & TimesBerlin: Multicity Carsharing
One of the advantages of living in a capital city is the public transit infrastructure. Getting a driver license in the States is a rite of passage, yet I…
September 29, 2014 · 4 min read
Life & TimesMonday, Monday
About once a month, M. has to work a Saturday, which means that although he is tired after a six-day work week, he then gets a Sunday-Monday off, followed by a…
September 23, 2014 · 5 min read
Life & Times35
August is a busy month for birthdays, and at the end of the month, M. gets his turn, so this weekend has been fun-filled yet relaxing. On Friday—after a…
September 1, 2014 · 2 min read
Life & TimesPrenzlauer Berg Architecture
It's sort of a running joke now between myself and a few friends, all of who live in Prenzlauer Berg, that I never make it to their part of town. What's more…
August 20, 2014 · 2 min read
Life & TimesOne Year
While I was reading earlier this week, I came across this quote from Rainbow Rowell's book, "Eleanor & Park," in which the character Park is thinking about his…
August 16, 2014 · 1 min read
Life & TimesEast Berlin Plattenbauten
On my ride east to the Global Craft Beer Festival this past weekend, I traveled along Frankfurter Allee and Alt-Friedrichsfelde, a long stretch of road that is…
July 29, 2014 · 2 min read
Life & TimesBerlin: Global Craft Beer Festival
This weekend I made my way out to Marzahn for yet another beer festival, something which there seems to be no shortage of in Berlin. In contrast to the Berlin…
July 28, 2014 · 3 min read
Life & TimesLiebster Award
So a couple months back, Cynthia from adventurings (who I met earlier this year when she and her fiancé visited Berlin) nominated me for a Liebster Award.…
July 24, 2014 · 9 min read
Life & TimesCharlottenburg Buildings
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love living in Kreuzberg. But sometimes it's also refreshing to stroll around in far West Berlin (e.g.…
July 22, 2014 · 2 min read
Life & Times36 to 61
It has been a busy month (more on that later, maybe), but right now is a really intense heatwave and my resources for typing anything that resembles an update…
July 21, 2014 · 3 min read