And another Christmas in the bag – the 14th with my hubby – we counted it a couple of days ago on our drive to Burger King; this was a first for me, eating a Whopper on Christmas eve Where most other folks would stay away from fast food on a holiday and prepare something…
The day after Thanksgiving – ahhhh…since I don’t care for Black Friday, I finally have time to make myself a nice breakfast and write down a couple of recipes. It has been a busy month, mainly because I decided to go back to Microsoft – can’t live with – can’t live without :-). This is…
These days there is somewhat of a “doom and gloom” atmosphere here in Seattle, or should I say in all of the US? It seems like nature as well as human kind has gone on a rampage. As if its not enough that every day there are news about hurricanes, flooding’s and earthquakes, taking thousand…
Just when you thought I am done with posting a travel blog, I decided to surprise my parents and spontaneously flew to Germany for my dad’s birthday. Our “grandiose” planned surprise was detoured when I walked into the courtyard of my parents condo and my dad run into me….now what are the odds that this…
The dog days are here and it is finally summer in Seattle. I know for sure summer is here when my strawberries are ready to be harvested. This year I used most of my strawberries as is over vanilla ice cream, its just the best and my new obsession – Acai Bowls – where have…
Ah…do I need to say more…pasta, sausage and cream …AND it only takes one pot and 20 minutes from start to finish, but wait there is more, its not just another boring pasta recipe, you can load this dish with quite a few fresh vegetables (I only use onions and tomatoes but you could also…
Yesterday was mothers day and so I called my mum in Germany, chatted a little bit with her and told her I was making beesting cake (Bienenstich), a cake that is a little bit time consuming (as all yeast doughs are) and so she was sharing with me how in Germany lots of restaurants and…
I can’t believe I still haven’t finished my Indochina Travel Diary, more entries to come. I am interrupting the Indochina diary to catch up with the last 4 months. Lots has happened, the good, the bad and the ugly. The Ugly first…We had to put down our dog Kodi, which was heart breaking. I have…
I am pausing the Indochina travel posts for a quick summary of the past 3 months since we came back from our travels to Indochina and want to close out the year with some fun pictures and a great breakfast recipe. The biggest events in the past 3 months had to be Halloween considering the…
I can’t tell you how exited I am about my upcoming vacation! I think I already mentioned it in one of my prior posts and finally we are close to the countdown, 11 more days and Mike and I are taking off for a trip of a lifetime. Its our 10th year wedding anniversary and we…
A German in Seattle 