As I mentioned, at the beginning of my Germany trip, I spent 24 hours near Munich visiting my best friend from back home. She moved to Munich a couple of years ago and I had yet to see where she now lives with her husband M at Lake Starnberg. I...
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This picture (above) was taken during the weekend that I spent in San Francisco with my dear childhood friend S last year. We came across the intersection while walking around the Mission District and I stopped to take the picture and to pause and cherish for the moment how lucky...
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As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I was planning another “girls’ day getaway” with my friend Susi, which we’re trying to make an annual thing) and that happened to be last Sunday. We both had been overdue for some uninterrupted girl time. There is something so energizing and...
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A few weeks ago, my friend Susi texted me with a Travelzoo Deal for a day at a spa, including a 60-minute relaxation massage and a glass of champagne, that we couldn’t pass up. Since a girls’ getaway was long overdue, we jumped on the deal and made reservations for the...
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Last week, I was able to turn another URL friendship into an IRL friendship. My friend Jenny, who I’ve met through this blog last summer, happened to be in San Francisco last week and was kind enough to let me know about it, so I could take a day off...
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How was your weekend, peeps? Did you do anything fun? The weather was gorgeous here in Northern California this weekend. Friday was even almost a little too hot for my taste. Skipping spring, is this what we do now? Saturday and Sunday made up for it though – temperatures were...
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I went to see my friend Susi in the Bay Area this weekend. I spent the day with her and her little family. It was warm enough to hang out in the backyard for a while. Her two kids were playing and we chatted away. Both Susi and I have...
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I usually do a lot of drafting/brain-storming on my lunch break or sometimes in between meetings and work processes. I jot down ideas, draft a post and then finish it up later. If you don’t hear from me for longer than a few days that usually means one of three...
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Warning: this post is going to be photo-heavy. Besides spending the 4th of July weekend with my friend Susi, I also did something completely for myself… it involved about an hour of driving, dinner for one at a local diner and finding my way to the HP Pavillion to see...
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You know what the best feeling of Week 1 of my visit back home being over was? I had still two whole weeks ahead of me. Seriously, this is the first time a visit at home truly felt like a vacation and not just a short swing-by, in which I...
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