I assume most of you read or heard the news yesterday. Heath Ledger is dead. That somehow moved me deeply. I am not even a big fan of his, but I really ADORED his last movie “Brokeback Mountain” and when I, totally unexpectedly, learned of his death yesterday, I couln’t help but...
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This is what the consequences of a “monster storm” look like in CA. © sacbee.com Do you think that would have happened to a brick house? Fortunately, that wasn’t our house … but that was just a few houses down the street. Our weekend has been rough, to say the...
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January I started my first year in the US as a resident alien. I had big plans and hopes for 2007, but the year took some really unexpected turns. Most of all I had hoped to find a job in LA, preferrably at UCLA, but that turned out to be...
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… to give you a quick recap of the last week, to let you know I made it back home safely and to wish you a great start into the New Year!! Sorry for not being in touch since Christmas. I was just so busy with enjoying myself and the...
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Christmas Market in Köln [Cologne] Friday, my sister and I went to Köln to do some last-minute Christmas shopping, but mainly to enjoy the Christmas time by visiting the Kölner Weihnachtsmarkt [Cologne Christmas Market] and having some Glühwein [mulled wine]. It was pretty cold outside and the leftover snow from...
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It snowed today! I can’t believe that I could possibly get a “white Christmas” this year. It’s not to common to get snow for Christmas in Germany anymore, but this year it looks like it could happen… at least today it did :) When I woke up, snow flurries were playing...
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