“Erntedankfest” is not Thanksgiving

Even though those two German and US “holidays” are loosely connected, they’re not the same. “Erntedankfest” means Harvest Thanksgiving Festival which is usually “celebrated” on the first weekend in October. I put “celebrated” in quotation mark because in no way, shape or form is “Erntedankfest” a real holiday with a specific date, nor is it…

The holidays, and with that I mean Christmas

So, Christmas is only a month, 4 weeks and 1 days, away and here I am, all excited about the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with my family. There is nothing in the world that I want to do more for the holidays… and yet, I keep coming across people – online and offline – who are…

Now I am technically a PERMANENT resident alien

… for 10 years at least, before I have to re-apply for the extension of my green card. Sigh. The two year ‘temporary’ residency mark (since immigration) was reached yesterday and I am now a resident alien (“I am alien, I am a legal alien, I am an Englishman German girl in New York California” …

SPF: Ice Cream

   It’s Friday again and that means it’s time to play SPF… and today Kristine asked us to post a photo of Ice Cream.   Chocolate Chip is my favorite! Because I prefer ice cream to any other candy, I pretty much always have some ice cream in my freezer. So I had some of it, too,…