#2015
Art & Culture10 of 15
So sometime in January I promised my Twitter followers that my top 10 albums of 2015 list would be published before month's end. But if you're reading this,…
February 22, 2016 · 5 min read
Art & Culture2015 in Books
So let's talk books. After surpassing 50 in 2014, I set a similar goal for 2015, and I made it no problem. I actually reached my goal far earlier than the…
January 10, 2016 · 7 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #52
So I've made it to the end of my weekend update series this year, and while it was an interesting exercise (mostly in self-discipline) I am glad to be done.…
December 28, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #51
I can't put into words how much of a relief it is to have nothing work-related to do right now. Instead, our to-do list is filled with practical things for…
December 22, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #50
This past weekend was a good one, and now we are back to a perpetual weekend, as M. is off work for a month. I also wrapped up another book project, and am…
December 15, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #49
Last weekend was yet another weekend that was mostly uneventful, thanks to the continual struggle to figure out how to balance work and a baby. As I said on…
December 14, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesThanksgiving 2015
Since landing in Berlin, one of the things I've looked forward to the most has been celebrating Thanksgiving, a holiday that, for me, is about family and…
December 6, 2015 · 3 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #48
This past weekend was a (self-imposed) stressful one, because I'm on a work deadline of sorts, so all day Saturday and all day Sunday were dedicated to a final…
December 3, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #47
Updating about the weekend prior during the current weekend is super meta, right? Luckily I only have a handful of these to go, because I am kind of over them,…
November 29, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #46
Remember last week, when I said I was sick but then feeling better? Oh how naive I was to think it was over. The fever came back and hit hard, and as a result,…
November 17, 2015 · 2 min read
Eat & DrinkBerlin: Happy Baristas
In Germany, the land of non-existent customer service, a cafe with a name like Happy Baristas sounds like a joke... or perhaps a promise. So let's cut to the…
November 15, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #45
This weekend didn't go entirely as planned, but we still managed to get stuff done. On Saturday I worked a bit, we got groceries for the weekend, I finished…
November 9, 2015 · 2 min read