my sister broke the news to my family on Tuesday that she and her boyfriend are planning to get married this summer, too. Nina has been talking about marriage for years and everybody thought she would get married before I do – even myself ;) Apparently, Nina and Dirk had...
Read more
One of my sister’s close friends was diagnosed with cancer last week. He’s in his late 30’s, has a wife and two daughters. I am at a loss of words. This is so terrible. It made me realize once again that you have to be thankful for every morning that...
Read more
OMG – this was fun! I went gown-shopping with my Mom and my sister on Friday. Nina picked us up at noon and we drove to Düsseldorf. First stop was “HONEYMOON“, a pretty exclusive bridal store. Ahm, yes, and we came without an appointment – big no no! :( [but...
Read more
So here I am, all refreshed and rested after 15 hours of sleep the night before yesterday :), but still not very happy about leaving J and Sacramento :( Sunday we spent all day packing boxes and cleaning out the apartment, since Jon will be moving to LA in a...
Read more
my bags are packed and J and I are leaving for the airport pretty soon. We’ll have one more nice breakfast at Bakers Square in Davis and then we’ll be off to San Francisco. I am glad that my flight departs in the afternoon, which gives us a little bit...
Read more
the last days were just insanely busy. On Thursday, I went to my old office to meet with Gerald and pick up my recommendation letter. It was the first time since I left last summer to see Gerald again and it was a little bit awkward, but I tried to...
Read more
Ok, I ended up going to Downtown Ventura on Monday afternoon with Jon’s Mom. Jon wanted to stay home and read, so she and I drove Downtown and strolled down Main Street. They have quite some interesting shops in Ventura, nice boutiques and lots of Antique stores. It was so...
Read more
so, we drove down to Ventura on Thursday. Believe it or not, our car broke down on I-5 right in the middle of nowhere… the closest town, about 10 miles away, was Lost Hills. Go figure! All of a sudden, we had this warning noise indicating that our engine was...
Read more
