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Overheard in Manassas

June 6, 2007

I was on the phone with my mom in Manassas, Virginia, yesterday evening when a customer entered her restaurant. My mom (to me): Hold on a sec.My mom (to customer): May I help you? Customer: Yes, ma’am. Can you tell me, the sweet and sour chicken, is there any kind of meat in that? My [...]

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American food and cooking substitutes

May 31, 2007

Finding product replacements for your favorite foods and snacks is always tough for new expats (and occasionally some of us more experienced expats as well)! Here’s my attempt to help out and I have to admit, I learned quite a bit in my research for this post. Baking Baking Powder – Most North American baking [...]

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Vacation, Teil 2

May 11, 2007

After part 1 of our vacation, we headed into the Czech Republic. The first thing you notice upon crossing the border, is that the Czech Republic must be where Germans go for cheap gasoline, prostitutes and Gartenzwerge (a.k.a. garden gnomes, which apparently originate from Gräfenroda in Thuringia, Germany). I expected the gas stations, brothels and [...]

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Maybe Regensburg is not that bad

May 9, 2007

Regensburg is a perfectly lovely city with its intact, medieval, UNESCO World Heritage site, old town, but visiting a town and admiring its offerings is very different from actually moving there and starting a new life. I’ve been quite homesick for the Berlin-Potsdam area for the last six months (perhaps you’ve picked up on this). [...]

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One last product to go

April 29, 2007

I’m coming up on my fifth anniversary of German residency and have pretty much become completely adjusted to living in Germany, but for one exception: I still stock up on Secret Platinum Protection deodorant every time I visit the States. Yesterday, I received the May issue of Stiftung Warentest (a German equivalent to Consumer Reports [...]

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Hedging my bets

April 11, 2007

I hate having a four and a half foot hedge around my terrace/patio. This has annoyed me enormously this week, as I am spending a lot of time sitting out on my terrace. I would love to have a nice view of the garden, where I can watch the birds and the frog that apparently [...]

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What’s the big hurry?

March 15, 2007

Just back from shopping in Regensburg. First I was looking for a trash can that I liked and that Charlie couldn’t get into. Nothing. How is it that I have been looking for the perfect trash can for almost 5 years now and never found it? There was one kitchen-size trash can at the Baumarkt [...]

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