Category: my so-called life

{source: my flickr} Hello 2012. Happy new year to you, lovelies. I know my New Year’s wishes come a little late. I had a fantastic time back home and as you may have noticed, I took a little, kind of involuntary, digital sabbatical over my vacation and ended up...

holidays/home/my so-called life/weekend

On a holiday-kind-of-weekend

December 13, 2011

{source: my flickr} This last weekend, while busy, was a weekend after my own heart. It was the last weekend that J and I would be spending at our cozy apartment this year, since we will be leaving for SoCal next weekend, and it was just wonderful. I had a...

friends/my so-called life/nostalgia

How about some déjà vu?

December 7, 2011

Last night I saw an old friend from College. We both were exchange students at UC Davis at the same time (only that I went back to Germany after 6 months and she ended up completing her degree in the US) and seeing her again was a bit of a...

food/fun!/holidays/home/my so-called life/NaBloPoMo/photography

On a holiday weekend

November 28, 2011

J and I had a lovely, long Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice, cozy, quiet – just the two of us – and almost a bit too long. (Did I really just say that?) Well, you know the kind, where it gets really hard to go back to work on Monday....

about me/my so-called life

On a smushy mind

November 8, 2011

{source} Have you ever lived in a foreign country? Have you ever had to use a foreign language on a regular basis? I am sure many of you have, it’s not a very unusual thing anymore these days. Lots of people travel, work abroad, fall in love with a foreigner...

family/my so-called life/photography/summer tales/travel/USA

Summer tales – Utah-bound

September 20, 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. On Friday (7/29), we left for our big road trip through Utah and Arizona. I was thrilled when I left the office the night before,...

about me/love/my so-called life/nostalgia/USA

Ten years ago today

September 9, 2011

{source} “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Ten years ago today, I stepped off the plane onto Californian soil for the very first time. At the time, I had no idea that by doing so, my life would forever...

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...