I wish I could say that I went to sleep last night and woke up to a historic moment in American history. That finally this gruesome, infuriating election cycle was over and we elected our first female president. But that didn’t happen. I didn’t sleep and I didn’t wake up to good...
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Another election in the books. Well, almost. I’ll be glued to the TV tonight, that’s for sure. I can only hope for a happy ending. I’ve participated in my fair share of election duties by now and take this relatively newly acquired right in this country (well, it’s been four...
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Last week, I wrote about my “California-versary”. I arrived in the US on 9/9/2001 and some of you made the razor-sharp observation that I arrived in the US two days prior to the 9/11 attacks on NYC. I’ve been asked many times how I experienced this time. I never wrote...
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If you are new around here (and didn’t read the sidebar information carefully), you might have missed the fact that I am originally from Germany, but have lived in California for a long time now. 15 years (give or take a few months during visa renewals and such) to...
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In honor of my love for the National Parks and the outdoors, I’ll be running a virtual 10k this weekend organized by VRC. There is still time to join me, if you’re up for it. I am usually not a huge fan of virtual races, but the t-shirts + medals...
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I am recapping the wonderful times that I had with my family here in the States this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. Today (7/12) we left San Francisco to head to Napa Valley. We picked out another café close by for breakfast. The “Corner Bakery” was...
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I am recapping the wonderful times that I had with my family here in the States this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. Today (7/11) we explored the city some more. We had to – of course – do some of the touristy stuff with my sister,...
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Today (7/10) we had to get up really early to catch our flight to San Francisco. We arrived in San Francisco at 8:30 a.m. with the whole day ahead of us…. if it hadn’t been for the fact that Southwest Airlines severely damaged two of our suitcases (of course, my...
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