2013 in pictures: week 43
Spinach-Tomato-Alfredo • Greta’s birthday • 5 • sunset • Halloween • Fall day • Turkey burger • breakfast • World Series •… Read more
Author: San
October Birchbox
I am sure you have heard of Birchbox. In the very rare case that you haven’t, it’s a monthly subscription service where you “receive monthly deliveries of high-end beauty and lifestyle samples from top brands. It’s the best way to discover new products and buy with confidence” (birchbox.com). As usual,...
Oh, to be five again.
Today my sweet niece Greta turns five years old. FIVE YEARS. WHAAAT? I mean. How is that even possible? She was just a baby. I talked to her earlier on the phone and it was like talking to a “grown up” person. She thanked me for her birthday gift (my...
2013 in pictures: week 42
Real Simple • care package • more mail • chicken stew • birthday mug • birthday • birthday cake • pizza • Red Sox win •… Read more
Friday Facts
As of yesterday, I am back at work. Hooray! I am so glad Congress came to a resolution and we were able to return to work (although one might wonder: what in the world was this whole shutdown for in the end? Did anybody win? Or did ordinary people –...
October Link Love
I’m switching from weekly link love to a once-a-month collection of my favorite blog links, which I will share mid-month (because most other people either share their links on Fridays or at the end of the month and I want to do something different; also, why the hell not? Exactly!)....
Weekend Recap
As I mentioned in the Friday Facts post, we spontaneously went to Napa Valley on Friday to meet up with some friends from Germany/Switzerland who are traveling in California right now and who had contacted us on short notice to see if we wanted to meet up with them. Of...
2013 in pictures: week 41
Turkey Chili • mail from my Mom • Monday Winery • my friend Ilka and I • Napa • lunch • my little cutie • Red Sox • Zucchini Bread • … Read more