#2014
Life & TimesBerlin: Schöneberg
If Berlin neighborhoods were people stereotypes, Kreuzberg would be a dirt-poor, creative punk rocker, while Schöneberg would be the fabulously dressed gay…
February 10, 2015 · 3 min read
Art & CultureBerlin: Karl-Marx-Allee
For the first nine months that I lived in Berlin, I didn't leave the city at all, except to head to neighboring Potsdam a couple times with my parents and…
January 27, 2015 · 4 min read
Life & TimesGreat Christmas Exchange
It's been years since I've participated in any kind of elaborate gift exchange or Secret Santa type deal. When I was younger, I did this more often with…
January 7, 2015 · 2 min read
Art & CultureAsheville: River Arts District
One of the advantages of living in Tennessee (as my parents do) is its proximity to so many states. This may not seem like something spectacular to many people…
January 6, 2015 · 3 min read
Art & Culture2014 in Books
After reading 30+ books last year easily, I started off this year with a goal of reading 50 books, and I definitely made it, with some half-read books to…
January 2, 2015 · 5 min read
Art & Culture10 of 14.
This year saw a lot of good music, but my own personal experience is that there was not a lot of great music—music that made me want to listen again and again,…
January 1, 2015 · 8 min read
Here & There2014 Favorite Travel Memories
For us, 2014 was a year of (mostly) slower travel. We planned less than before, we were more flexible with what we saw (and not disappointed that we didn't see…
December 31, 2014 · 7 min read
Eat & DrinkNashville: The Wild Cow
While visiting my parents in Tennessee over Thanksgiving, we took a handful of day trips, one of which was to Nashville, and as the resident vegan, I was given…
December 18, 2014 · 3 min read
Life & TimesBerlin --> Goose Bay --> Newark --> Houston --> Knoxville
So, we're finally in Tennessee. As seems to be the tradition, just about everything had to go wrong, which mean we ended up arriving a day after scheduled...…
November 29, 2014 · 6 min read
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