What a relaxing Sunday. It started with a Skype call to Brenda in LA. It was 8am my time, 11pm hers. It felt really good to connect to a friend who is coming to visit in 3 short weeks! I got up, put on a pot of tea, made some blueberry bread, put on Anita […]
German culture
Homemade with love
What a festival of a weekend. I don’t think I have ever celebrated my birthday so much. And that statement means a lot coming from me. I had a few people over on Friday night. They showed up with a homemade German cheesecake and pear schnapps. After drinks and munchies, we headed down to the […]
Schnapszahl
I learned today that my birthday tomorrow is also my Schnapszahl. This is when you turn 11, 22, 33, 44, etc… The only significance is that you have to drink schnapps. I also learned today that I was supposed to bring my own porcelain to throw tonight at the Polterabend (wedding eve) party. How was […]