A little late, but I wanted to recap our Thanksgiving weekend. Four glorious days off and nowhere we had to be. J and I stayed put over the holidays and it was great and relaxing, just the two of us. On Thursday, I slept in and then made a big pot...
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Hi guys, how was your Labor Day weekend? Ours was pretty low-key (overall). We didn’t really go anywhere and didn’t attend any BBQs (is that a Labor Day thing? I saw a lot of advertisements for BBQ stuff before this weekend), but I since I get (most) Fridays off, I was lucky...
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Our long Memorial Day weekend was mostly low-key and laid back. + Friday was J and my 10th anniversary. We wanted to go somewhere for a day trip and I had suggested going back to the Fremont Diner in Sonoma/Napa Valley. I had just been there two weeks ago with...
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Two Saturdays ago, I flew down to SoCal for a quick weekend trip to see Caryn and her boyfriend Joe. They flew out from Washington, D.C. and I was so thrilled to see them again. I got into Burbank on Saturday morning, picked up my rental car and made...
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J and I had a nice mellow weekend. We like it that way. However, this was not an ordinary weekend for two reasons… On Friday, I had the pleasure to finally – after 10 years! – meet up with one of my earliest blog friends again. Sanna was coming through...
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Our Easter weekend was very low-key, but you know, I kinda liked it that way. I did run the usual errands on Friday and Saturday, had a long overdue phone call with a dear friend on Saturday morning, cleaned our apartment and then we had a lazy evening at home....
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{source} On Saturday was St. Nicholas Day (Nikolaustag). In Germany, kids usually celebrate this day by putting a boot (or shoe) outside the front door on the night of December, 5 for St. Nicholas to fill it with gifts and candy. Well, usually it is small gifts and candy, but...
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This weekend flew by (like so many lately), but it was a good one. One that I’d call ‘fall appropriate” (it being the end of October and all). On Friday, I went to the Bay Area to spend some girl time with my friend Susi. It was her birthday last...
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