Category: holidays

{source via weheartit} It just dawned on me today – there are only 4,5 weeks left until Christmas. Cue the panic. It’s really is high time to get on my to-do list, which is (as always) pretty long around this time of year: ★ Get my Christmas Cards crafted....

good things/holidays/NaBloPoMo

It’s time for the Christmas Card Exchange

November 22, 2011

{source: my flickr} With Christmas only a month away (WHAT?), it’s time for my annual Christmas cards roll call. Do you want a Christmas card from me in your mailbox this year? It’s basically just a little way to give back to each and every one of you lovely...

family/holidays/NaBloPoMo/photography/travel/USA

Summer Tales – San Francisco

November 19, 2011

I am recapping the three weeks of fun that I had with my family this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. Friday (8/5) was traveling day for us. We left Las Vegas McCarran Airport in the late morning and arrived back in San Francisco in the...

food/Germany/holidays/NaBloPoMo

St Martin’s Day

November 13, 2011

On Friday was “Veteran’s Day” here in the US. In Germany, we celebrate St. Martin’s Day on November, 11. It’s a catholic tradition and the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours, “who was baptized as an adult and became a monk. It is understood that he was a kind...

holidays/my so-called life/weekend

Labor Day Weekend

September 5, 2011

{source: my flickr} I hope you all had a great Labor Day Weekend! The extra day off was a nice treat and I used this weekend to relax. Good things this weekend: sleeping in ♥ yummy granola breakfasts ♥ fresh coffee ♥ skype chats with lovely friends ♥ working on some...

friends/fun!/holidays/my so-called life/weekend

4th of July Weekend

July 7, 2011

I had a fantastic holiday weekend at my friend Susi’s house in the Bay Area. I was so glad I was able to get out of ‘scorching hot’ Sacramento last weekend, because the temperatures reached the triple digits and that’s definitely too hot for me. The East Bay, however, always...

Expat stories/food/holidays

Easter weekend

April 25, 2011

I have to say, holidays are always a little tough for me. Not being able to spend time with family on holidays is really something that weighs heavy on my heart time and time again and I don’t expect it to get easier any time soon. While my whole family...

family/Germany/good times/holidays/home/my so-called life/photography

On family time

January 17, 2011

Writing about the post-Christmas part of the time with my family has proven to be unexpectedly hard for several reasons; a) I didn’t really do that much while I was in Germany this time, so I don’t have any pretty photos of places that I visited or stories of the...