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Life & TimesFarewell, Summer
This was a summer that felt like it would last forever. Even though it always starts to get cool in Berlin around the second weekend of September, I think the…
September 27, 2018 · 2 min read
Life & TimesBerlin: Tierpark
One of the more unique aspects of a city like Berlin is that because of the time it was divided, each half developed as a separate city, which means that the…
May 5, 2015 · 3 min read
Art & CultureLisbon: Azulejos I
It hasn't even been a year since we were in Portugal, but already I'm missing the country fiercely. The warm weather, the friendly people, the gorgeous…
February 24, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesNew Beginnings
My birthday is coming up on Sunday, which means it's almost a year since M. and I took an extended weekend trip to Warsaw to celebrate my turning 30. Around…
February 19, 2015 · 6 min read
Here & TherePetaluma: Downtown
There's a famous saying around Sonoma County that you can pet a llama, but you can't pet a luma. And when you think about it, Petaluma is a funny name for a…
February 3, 2015 · 6 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #5
Sup February?! In true Berlin style, the coldest month of the year was ushered in with some snow that actually stuck for a brief moment. Technically, this…
February 2, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #4
This past weekend was a good one, though it went by far too fast. Which reminds me: how is it already almost February? My Friday was a particularly nice, and…
January 26, 2015 · 4 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #3
My experience as a freelancer with a partner who is not is that while I want to go out and do something on the weekends, more often than not, he wants to stay…
January 19, 2015 · 3 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
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
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