It has been another exciting 2 months since we moved to Lake Roosevelt. The kids left after Christmas and our friends Mike and Beatrice came to visit us at our new place to celebrate New Years with us. We had an amazing time showing Mike and Bea around, stopping at the local dive bar Kuks…
Monday night, its SEVEN degrees outside and we are staying warm in front of the fire place, watching TV, – the perfect time to finally share what has happened over the past 5 months. I have to apologize upfront for the ultra-long post, most of it though are fun photos to look at :-). Lots…
Its the 4th of July weekend and this is the FIRST time in 15 years that Mike and I are not celebrating 4th of July in Long Beach, WA; and as nice as a weekend on the beach would have been, the timing couldn’t have been better to skip Long Beach this year since it…
And here I am again back in the US from my 2 weeks of vacation in Germany and reminiscing about all the great German food I ate and the 7 pounds I gained in 2 weeks – yes you read that correct – 7 pounds….and it was all worth it :-). Here is the list…
My mum is an outstanding cook and so its not a surprise that I already gained 5 pounds in 5 days. My mum cooked all my favorite German dishes the first 5 days (cold beef salad, Shopperle – dumplings with red cabbage, stir fry with pineapple, cabbage rolls with seasoned ground beef, pork shank with…
I made it! Travelling during Corona times is not an easy untertaking….I almost screwed up the Corona test by taking my test late in the day and not getting get the results back in time prior to check in, but in the end all worked out well, even with last minute vet visits, ensuring the…
We had a beautiful day yesterday here in the Pacific Northwest and got a little break from the rainy winter blues and I could finally tackle my completely weed overgrown strawberry patch in the garden; removing weeds, putting down weed barrier, plant 40 new plants and by the afternoon was wiped out from a little…
Today is Valentines day and I am thinking of my parents in Germany and thought I post a very German recipe – “Rheinischer Sauerbraten” – from the region I was born in and lived for the majority of my “German live” – its called “Rheinland” The “Rheinland” (where the word “Rheinisch” derives from) is the…
It’s the last day of the year and I am sure all of us can’t wait for this year to be over. Thankfully the Covid vaccine will be available for all of us soon and life can go back to normal and I can finally fly to Germany to see my parents. Since the last…
Hello – my name is Dunja – and I am an addict – to be precise, a BREAD addict. This would be my opening line if I would attend a carbohydrate and bread anomyous meeting. As much as I love chocolate, I think I love bread even more. One of the reasons I started my…
My Sunday morning calls with my mum back in Germany are always a highlight of the week and at the same time also make me wonder, which American media produced horror story was picked up by the European media this time, that my mum is eager to discuss with me. So I brace myself for…
I had never heard of a Monte Cristo Sandwich maybe until 5-6 years ago when Mike took me to a little hole in the wall in Georgetown in Seattle called Smarty Pants. Once I tasted the ham and cheese sandwich on egg dipped fried bread with powdered sugar and jam on the side, I was…
This was a great weekend, sleeping in, hubby making omelet breakfast, no chores to run, finishing up my book (Gone Girl – I was so upset about the ending for a couple of days, fortunately now I am over it and started a new book – An Anonymous Girl), spending time with the dogs, picking…
Its August now and we are still living in the surreal world of Covid, its kind of like an alternate universe, something you’ve seen in a sci-fi movie and can’t believe its really happening to you. For months now I work from home and fate had it that I had to drive into the office…
Mike and I spent another 4th of July in Long Beach, escaping the Covid craziness and just enjoying ourselves at the beach with the dogs. We even skipped collecting wood on the beach and didn’t make the usual big beach fire and instead watched the fireworks in our cozy cabin, taking life easy, which was…
A German in Seattle 