#Mitte
Life & TimesBerliner Weihnachtszeit am Rotes Rathaus
As someone who loves Christmas, strangely enough, I don't love Christmas markets all that much. Why? Well, it's a combination of the mix of crowds, the many…
December 27, 2018 · 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 & 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
Life & TimesAlong Kaiserdamm
Though I technically live in former West Berlin--about 300 meters from where the Wall stood, as a matter of fact--it's rare that I venture out West. And while…
April 4, 2014 · 3 min read
Life & TimesA Stroll around Berlin
One of the things I love about living in such a big city is that there are endless things to explore, even in my own neighborhood. These photos are from an…
January 23, 2014 · 2 min read
Life & TimesBerlin: Gendarmenmarkt Christmas Market
Christmas Market season is here! Yeah yeah, I know they can get a bit eh, and many of the markets are pretty much carbon copies of one another, but it's still…
December 1, 2013 · 3 min read
Life & TimesWandering in Wedding, or Gesundbrunnen.
After my last post about spending some time in Wedding, I was informed by a reader that I actually was in Gesundbrunnen, not Wedding. Say what? But I looked at…
November 17, 2013 · 3 min read
Life & TimesBerlin: Gerichtstraße 23
While wandering through Gesundbrunnen with M. last month, the Gerichtshöfe was not the only courtyard we came across. And after discovering the vegan…
November 13, 2013 · 2 min read
Life & TimesBerlin: Wedding Gerichtshöfe
On a recent excursion to Wedding, M. and I were on the hunt for Quinoa, a vegan restaurant that--as bad luck would have it--went on a break just days before.…
October 11, 2013 · 2 min read