What are you doing for New Years?

by | Dec 12, 2011 | Entertaining, Family

Since Stefan and I got together over a DECADE ago (ack!), we have hosted quite a few New Year’s Eve parties at our house. Most of the time they were quite intimate and casual, and they seldom involved fireworks since Ayla seems to get more and more disturbed by...

Happy New Year

by | Dec 31, 2009 | Entertaining, Expat Life, Travel

We just finished a nice family dinner of grilled cheese with tomato soup and watched a round of Dinner for One. It’s a must watch on New Year’s Eve here in Germany. It’s funny year after year and you’ll find it playing on at least one TV...

A look into 2010…and how we did in 2009

by | Dec 29, 2009 | Entertaining

Our resolutions for 2009 included a somewhat short list of projects. Getting our garden in order so we can grow almost all of produce Renovate and expand Stefan’s workshop in the barn so we can not only find things but also have a place to use his tools Clean up our...

Fondue feast

by | Jan 5, 2009 | Entertaining, Featured, Food

Shortly before Mack arrived, I found a special edition of Lecker magazine (literally meaning tasty) full of fantastic sounding Christmas and New Year’s recipes. Then when we discussed having fondue here over New Year’s, I recommended we try their recipes...