Tuesday morning, we had breakfast at the hotel and then left for Las Vegas around 11 a.m. Having driven through the desert for a couple of hours, we felt that Las Vegas was a strong and colorful contrast. We stayed at the “Paris, Paris†and had to drive down the...
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The last couple of days have been amazing. I can’t begin to describe how wonderful it is to have my family here with me. It feels so RIGHT! After the unexpected delay of their arrival, J and I went to the airport on Friday at noon and shortly after the...
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Yes, I admit it. I am an impatient person. I can’t help it. My Dad called a couple of hours ago to let me know that their flight from Paris was delayed and that they didn’t make their connecting flight in Montreal :( They won’t be getting into LAX before...
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…when countdowns are coming to an end. Don’t get me wrong. I like countdowns and the anticipation of a big event is definitely almost as exciting as the event itself, but let’s face it: It just builds up the excitement and the best part comes when the waiting is over....
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This afternoon, J and I headed for the airport. We were going to meet with one of my friends from Germany. Well, he’s actually the brother of my ex-boyfriend Thomas, but we have always gotten along really well and when he emailed me a couple of weeks ago that he...
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The last three days, we spent cleaning our apartment. I am talking about “serious cleaning”. The apartment has been “ours” again since Sunday, our temporary roommate moved out and we felt the need to rearrange some furniture [we have a living room now!] and really clean this place up and...
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Yesterday we had tickets to “A Prairie Home Companion” at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park here in Los Angeles. I don’t know if you are familiar with this live broadcast radio variety show. If you – especially you Europeans – are, it might be because of the same-titled movie...
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This week, Kristine would like to show each other our “bounce”. I definitely bounce back on this: There is [almost] nothing at the end of the day that makes you feel as good as a glass of milk and oreo cookies :) Now, don’t you agree??… Read more
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