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Diaper Bag Dilemma

June 13, 2007

Okay all you parents out there, I need some help here. The information out there is so conflicting, what have you found to be most important in a diaper bag? Size runs the gamut, from diaper wallets to weekend bags. How many do you really need and in what size? Have you found any decent [...]

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Grillspass and Mango Salad

June 11, 2007

Last night we had Cliff and Sarah over for a little Thai/American Grillparty. They brought Mac’n’Cheese and Thai coleslaw (you should post the recipe, Cliff), while we made Green Mango Salad, Bangkok-style BBQ chicken, Thai steak, Thai iced coffee, corn on the cob and a nice citrus buttercream with lime curd filling cake. With me [...]

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My first meme

March 21, 2007

I’ve been tagged by Blythe over at Blythe Spirit, so here goes: Name five things you love in your new country:1. Cheese and bread selection2. Public transportation – although DC’s Metro is pretty good3. Chickens in gardens – I love how people keep chickens in their gardens, it’s so cool to walk around the neighborhood [...]

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Spinach does a body good

February 2, 2007

On a recent shopping trip to Real in Regensburg, I discovered they had spinach! Spinach shows up from time to time in German supermarkets where I’ve lived, I’m hoping that it’s a regular feature of the supermarkets here (I don’t remember seeing it in the Real in Pentling and it’s not in our local Edeka, [...]

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Danke danke danke!

November 25, 2006

So our one-day-late Thanksgiving/Going-Away Party went off without a hitch. Although I was just about exhausted from all the cooking by the time the first guests arrived (20 minutes early, that’s Prussian timeliness for you). Charlie actually behaved himself, in fact, I believe he very much enjoyed being the center of attention (btw, Charlie’s my [...]

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Potsdam, oder eine schoenere Stadt findet man nicht!

September 8, 2006

at least for today… Freundschaftsinsel (Friendship Island) with Nikolaikirche (Nikolaus Church) in background My morning was spent waiting at the Auslaenderamt, where, with two minutes left till closing, they took my passport and told me to come back on Thursday to pick it up. I can’t be certain, but I think this is a good [...]

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Very Random Thoughts

July 10, 2006

I’ll post about the Final and stuff tomorrow, my thoughts are too random to put something constructive together today, so I’ll just give you some of the random tidbits floating around up there. Okay, one Final tidbit: Zidane is off my Sexy List. What the heck was he thinking? He’s a veteran, it’s his last [...]

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