Dear Hotel Esplanade — I’m sorry

Dear Hotel Esplanade — I’m sorry

You may remember that at the end of April, we visited Berlin for an initial test to see how we might like living here. We stayed at the Grand Hotel Esplanade, which was really beautiful and even inspired a post about all the great design elements they used in our...
Spicy Shrimp & Tomato Pasta – Shrimp Fra Diavolo

Spicy Shrimp & Tomato Pasta – Shrimp Fra Diavolo

Fra Diavolo, which actually means “Brother Devil” in Italian, is typically a flavorful pasta dish with a tomato base (although some Fra Diavolo recipes have no tomatoes) and a healthy kick of chili peppers. You’ll probably never find it being served...
Bubbling Over with B’s

Bubbling Over with B’s

The challenge for You Capture this week was “things that start with B”. When I first saw the topic, I was concerned I might not come up with enough B-words. But once I started shooting, I realized there were plenty of things around to capture. After I...
Bathroom storage solutions

Bathroom storage solutions

Any time you move into a new place, it seems to take a while until everything finds it’s new “home”. From flower vases to drinking glasses to clothing, you’ve got to figure out where to put things (aside from inside the boxes that are piled...