My (updated) travel carry-on essentials
Two years ago, I shared a list of my travel essentials when I travel internationally. Not too much has changed, many of the things are still must-haves during travel, but I thought I’d update my...
My Germany bucket list
Once again, I’ll be traveling home soon and I have a bucket list of things to do when I am there. Everyone does have such a list, right? Since I haven’t been home in two...
Currently | April
STOKED | about receiving my confirmation letter that I’ll be officially starting my permanent position at my job on 4/28. My co-worker was joking that I am doing this absolutely right, by being on vacation...
April Link Love
Around the Interwebs How I ditched my phone and unbroke my brain. Everybody loves Samin. I do too. She’s so likable. Pictures taken from drones. Amazing. How to read the news like a scientist. I...
Daily Life | 2019 Spending Summary – Q1
Hello, hello. It’s time to talk finances again. The first quarterly update for 2019. Things have changed a bit since we last talked. We’re no longer homeowners and are now renting again, which might –...
Tuesday Topics: Favorite cross training activities
I have to confess that when I started running about 5 years ago, I was really bad at cross training. Sure, I’d do a warm up before and stretching after each run (hey, which should...
Girl time in OC
Last week, I visited my #fromURLtoIRL friend Tanja in Southern California and I had such a fantastic time! Tanja, like me, is a German (dual) citizen and we’ve “immigrated” around the same time (2006/2007), however,...
Monthly recap | March
READ Reading is still slow…. still reading the same book (all month. Sigh). I actually had to re-borrow it from (a different) library because I didn’t get through it in 3 weeks. COOKED I’ve...