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Life & TimesWhere I Came From and Why I Left
Whenever I meet a new person, one who knows nothing about me, there are the usual questions such as "What do you do?" and "How did you learn German?" and "How…
April 7, 2015 · 4 min read
Life & TimesAutumn Essentials.
As human beings we all have our staples that are needed to survive, but for those of us lucky to live in developed countries, our add-on essentials can also…
October 9, 2012 · 4 min read
Life & TimesDining Out: Chaparro.
Ask any expat what he or she wishes Berlin had more of, and more often than not, the answer is "good Mexican food." It's no different for me, although as a…
September 3, 2012 · 5 min read
Life & TimesFarewell to the A's
For the month of August, we had some super awesome visitors staying with us: the A's. These two individuals are Avi and Amy, who flew out from San Francisco…
August 28, 2012 · 3 min read
Life & TimesMeine Woche.
It has been an interesting week, to say the least: full of plenty of highs and a handful of lows… but nothing that I can’t handle. On Sunday I headed down to…
April 21, 2012 · 6 min read
Life & TimesSpring!
I don’t exactly how/when it happened, but as of sometime in the past few weeks, it’s suddenly Spring in Berlin. Normally, the seasons changing are subtle to…
April 10, 2012 · 3 min read
Life & TimesTürkischer Markt.
For months, I’ve been hearing about Türkischer Markt, the Turkish farmer’s market in North-Neukölln, but never made it there myself. Basically, it’s a long row…
February 17, 2012 · 3 min read
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Things I (Don't) Miss: Part I.
I am relatively lucky that I have experienced literally no bouts of real actual homesickness since arriving in Germany. There is a matter of missing people,…
September 19, 2011 · 1 min read
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Month mark.
So I did the math, and I’ve been in Berlin for more than four weeks now. It hasn’t quite been one month (although I’m only short of that mark by a day) but it…
August 11, 2011 · 2 min read
Life & TimesHome.
So. I’m back. Home. Wherever that is, right? At the moment: California. Nestled up warmly with my cats and some kind of flu bug (the former welcomed, the…
January 21, 2011 · 4 min read
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Wait for the year to drown. Spring forward, fall back down.
This time next year, I won’t be here. I don’t know exactly when, but sometime next summer I’m moving to Germany. The exact date and the exact place are not yet…
September 24, 2010 · 4 min read