17: Family Vacation Recap – Folsom, NBA, and a new couch
On Thursday (10/6), we had some time to kill in the morning and headed to the historic downtown area in Folsom. Can you imagine that I had never been there? It’s such a cute, historic...
16: Secret Santa Mug Swap
I polled on Twitter a couple of weeks ago if anybody was interested in a holiday mug swap and a few people responded, so I wanted to give this a go as a little act...
15: November Link Love
Sorry you guys, I don’t know how you’ve been dealing the last week, either turning away from TV and news completely or like me, inhaling article after article after article. I just need to stay...
14: Things you wouldn’t know: more German idioms
I’ve done posts like these in the last few years for NaBloPoMo, because learning idioms from other languages is fun and gives you insight on how language works. Let’s see if I can come up...
13: Recipe | (Rhineland) Potato Soup with Green Beans + Pancetta
We love our Rhineland potato soup and I honestly should make it more often. It might not look like much, but I promise you, it’s so good. Usually I would add “Mettwürstchen” (which is a kind of cured...
12: Some more thoughts on the election
I was never very political on this blog, but I think I can’t help it in the wake of the president-elect. I was out running errands yesterday and it felt all wrong. Everybody was going about...
11: 5 Sports/Activities You Wish You Had (more or any!) Time For
Today’s post is going to be a bit on a lighter note, although I am pretty certain I am not ready to stop talking about politics in the foreseeable future. I am linking up with...
10: Things I (can still) love (on this gloomy) Thursday
It’s 11 p.m. and I have not yet posted anything today. I have a hard time returning to ‘business as usual’ and (as previously noted), I am unprepared for NaBloPoMo this year and I have...