Brace yourselves. In just three short days, it’s the first Advent, officially kicking off Christmas time in Bavaria. Christmas trams, Christmas markets, Advent wreaths, Glühwein and if we’re lucky, a little snow. I gave into the kitschy glory of it all a long time ago, and you should to. I’m a vaguely jewish, secular-humanist agnostic…
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More pitching this week, lucky you! There are two things that you should bust ass to get to before the month ends; my workshop and the Glücksmaid Weihnachtsbazaar. My advent paper workshop, the first of which last weekend was a smashing success. Look at all the fun things the ladies made while sipping, chatting and…
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I wrote for the Design*Sponge Munich guide the following about about Josefa:Josefa is, as they say in German, “klein aber fein” (small but lovely). With only four tables and a tiny open kitchen, the selection in the handbound leather menus manages to offer an intriguing list of items. Choose from a daily soup, salad or…
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I love our Dropbox app feature which automatically uploads pictures on your phone into a ‘Camera Uploads’ folder. Now, when I have zero idea what to blog about, I can just scroll through the folder and find all the old pics I’ve taken of things that I planned to blog about someday. Case in point…
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Just like Thanksgiving in Munich, since I’ve lived here Halloween is slowly but surely grown into an observed holiday. Actually much more than Thanksgiving. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and it makes me homesick each year that it rolls around, devoid of Jack-o-lanterns and trick-or-treaters. But wait! This year I found out through…
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