#Berlin
Art & CultureBerlin: RAW-tempel e.V.
If you've been out and about in the cultural scene in Berlin, chances are, you've been to RAW before. Sounds edgy, right? Well, the name is actually kind of…
June 19, 2014 · 3 min read
Life & TimesFootball, Flea Markets, & Family
It has been a good weekend, filled with plenty of things I love. First off, soccer, or football as the rest of the world knows it. The World Cup kicked off on…
June 16, 2014 · 3 min read
Eat & DrinkBerlin: Freckles
I first visited Freckles back in early 2013, when it was about a year old, and I honestly wasn't too impressed. Maybe it was an off day. Maybe they were still…
June 13, 2014 · 3 min read
Eat & DrinkBerlin: Craft Beer Fest
People always think of beer when they think of Germany, but what might be surprising to some is that there is traditionally not that much variation in German…
June 11, 2014 · 3 min read
Life & TimesAllergien, Amerikanerinnen, & Arbeit
So, I disappeared for a bit there, but in my defense, life has been busy and tiring, in the best of ways. It's warmer here--in fact, you could even go so far…
June 9, 2014 · 3 min read
Life & TimesGreen Living
As I get older, I find myself doing things that I either once thought were boring, or that I never thought I would be so interested in--things like spending…
June 1, 2014 · 3 min read
Eat & DrinkBerlin: Chapter One Coffee
I really love coffee. I started drinking it sometime around age 12 or so, when I would spend the mornings sipping a cup alongside my bowl of Cheerios, while I…
May 30, 2014 · 3 min read
Here & ThereBerlin: Botanical Garden
It was a scorcher of a weekend (though you wouldn't know it from today's thunderstorms) and we knew we wanted to get out and enjoy the weather, so on Sunday we…
May 27, 2014 · 6 min read
Eat & DrinkBerlin: Giro Coffee Bar
If there's one thing I never worry about, it's a shortage of coffee shops in Berlin; it seems I can't walk 500 meters in my neighborhood without coming across…
May 26, 2014 · 3 min read
Life & TimesMitte Wanderings
For someone who tends to avoid Mitte, I've been spending a fair amount of time there in the past week. It's not my top choice of where to pass the time, but I…
May 20, 2014 · 1 min read
Life & TimesAround Here
\-As soon as I wrote that title, the Counting Crows popped into my head. And speaking of songs getting stuck in my head, while all of you Americans…
May 17, 2014 · 4 min read
Eat & DrinkBerlin: Shiloh
Two summers ago I had an internship in Mitte, on Chausseestraße. To get there was about a 30-minute bike ride, and, weather permitting, I rode to work every…
May 14, 2014 · 3 min read