2013 in pictures: week 29
selfie • homemade bread • CA • Susi and me • mail from the cuties • coffee • Farmers Market • shorts • summer salad • … Read more
Year: 2013
There is nothing like homemade whole grain bread
After years in the States, I finally baked my own whole grain bread. My Mom has been baking this for years and it’s one of the things I missed the most when I moved to the US. The biggest hurdle was finding cracked rye berries… even Whole Foods and the...
2013 in pictures: week 28
muesli sticks • quote • smoothie • selfie • caprese • NKOTB • In ‘n’ Out • my cuties • breakfast • … Read more
I was wrong about green smoothies
I honestly never thought I’d say this, but here it is: I dig green smoothies. The thought of having a thick milkshake-like-but-not-quite-milkshake-like tasting liquid in the morning substituting as ‘breakfast’ simply seemed absurd to me. I, the müsli-eating, cheese and liverwurst-loving, bread-devouring breakfast-enthusiast, really had a hard time with the...
4th of July weekend
So, that was my view for Independence Day. Can you think of a nicer view than a fog-free, sun-drowned Golden Gate Bridge with the sparkling bay below? I didn’t think so! After a 3-hour early dismissal on Wednesday (thank you, work!), J and I got the hell out of Sacramento...
2013 in pictures: week 27
whole grain bread • purple • blackberry smoothie • GG • Napa Valley Burger • 4th of July fireworks • breakfast on the balcony • summer dress • rice pudding •… Read more
On who I am right now
I am … …. hot, so hot! Like temperature hot! We’re getting baked here on the West Coast. It’s been 100+ºF here for I don’t know how many consecutive days now (at least 6) and I know, I know, my friends in Germany are still waiting (more or less) patiently...
2013 in pictures: week 26
scrambled eggs with asparagus • rain • wasa • pops of color • coffee • breakfast • water in a mason jar • fried herring • poolside •… Read more