#2014
Art & CultureWarsaw: Old Town
When I first announced that I was spending my birthday in Warsaw this year, the reaction from a lot of people (including Polish friends) was that Warsaw is an…
August 19, 2014 · 3 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
Eat & DrinkGothenburg: Thehuset
When I traveled to Sweden back in 2010, a friend back home asked me if I would stop by a tea shop in Gothenburg and get some of her favorite tea. Sweden is a…
August 15, 2014 · 2 min read
Here & ThereGothenburg: Kungsportsavenyen
Of the month I spent in Scandinavia during the summer of 1994, one of the memories that sticks out the most is spending all afternoon at the amusement park…
August 4, 2014 · 3 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
Eat & DrinkBerlin: Marheineke Markthalle
I don't know if it's a Berlin thing or a Germany thing, but there were once a lot of Markthallen (market halls) here. In total, 14 of them were built in…
July 25, 2014 · 2 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
Life & TimesKreuzberg to Charlottenburg
This past Friday, M.'s company had its annual cocktail party at a riverside bar in Charlottenburg. The weather was uncharacteristically warm when compared to…
July 1, 2014 · 2 min read
Life & TimesOranium Deutsch Treffen
Before I moved to Germany, I took two years of German while working on my M.A. One year was at the local community college, and one year was at the university…
June 29, 2014 · 2 min read
Eat & DrinkRecipe Roundup #14
Flammkuchen from Der Bio Koch My first experience with Flammkuchen was at our favorite vegan restaurant here in Berlin, Viasko. But it wasn't until a few weeks…
June 28, 2014 · 2 min read