From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Ask and ye shall receive

March 27, 2008

Everyone else is doing it (or at least B. and Blythe), so I figured, hey, why not jump on that bandwagon.  Ask a question, any question, and I will do my best to answer it.

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Regensburg Baseball Eurocup Meetup: June 21-22

March 26, 2008

Mark your calender!  A weekend meetup will be taking place in the lovely, UNESCO World Heritage site of Regensburg on the weekend of June 21-22 to coincide with the Baseball Eurocup.  It will probably go something like: city tour and dinner/drinks on Saturday, Brunch and European Baseball Championship on Sunday.  I’m sure events can be planned for [...]

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Video Wednesday: Persian Knife Dance

March 26, 2008

So here it is, the longer version of this Persian wedding custom.  The video isn’t perfect, I took it with my digital camera and the room was dimly lit.  I also stopped to take photos in between, so I included those snapshots. Here’s an explanation of the custom from the Persian Mirror: The purpose of the [...]

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Chocolate Withdrawal

March 26, 2008

We spent this weekend with my in-laws and I think I gained back all the weight I lost over the last 8 months.  My jeans were tight when we left and I spent today going through chocolate withdrawal.  In case you don’t have a German mother-in-law, visits to a GMIL could qualify as world class [...]

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4 Nights in Munich

March 20, 2008

Last week we had a blast in Munich.  I thought we had good restaurants in Regensburg, but the ones in Munich blow them away.  We had really great sushi at Tokami on Theresienstrasse.  We enjoyed one of the best Arabic meals I’ve ever had with Schokolade Mädchen and her man, G, at the Lebanese restaurant Cedar Lounge on Georgenstrasse.  [...]

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Video Wednesday: Random Muvee Creation

March 19, 2008

My new Flip Camcorder came with some very basic video editing software from Muvee.  I actually like its simplicity, but you can’t hardly do anything with the software, so I followed the software link to the Muvee website.  According to the website, with Muvee AutoProducer, you can: Shoot it, muvee it and share it. Instantly create and share the kind [...]

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Full of suck?

March 17, 2008

Sounds like the perfect place to shop! (This lovely store is located in the Schwabing neighborhood of Munich)

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