Nestled between the hustle and bustle of the usual fair of Fifth Avenue South, you will find one of Naples' newest and most unique restaurants, HobNob. Only open since mid-December 2013, HobNob has already been named one of Open Table's Hottest 100 Restaurants. And...
A few weeks ago, we decided to do something fun for Ayla as well as the rest of us, so we took a little drive to the Bonita Beach Dog Park. It's less than 30 minutes drive from us (in off season) and a really cool place to go spend a morning, afternoon or whole day....
If you have never been The Counter, you are in for a experience of the most delicious kind. When you enter, you’re greeted with a clipboard and an extensive list of fresh mouth-watering ingredients that allow you to build your own gourmet burger. For people like me,...
As Christmas draws ever closer and the advent season begins, I have to think of Germany and the amazing Christmas markets it hosts in the weeks leading up to Christmas. With over 60 markets all over Berlin, we had the opportunity to visit many beautiful Christmas...
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. Hey expats! Have you ever felt frustrated while trying to watch hulu outside of the US or see the latest video on YouTube that is making its rounds online? All of us have been shut down by GEMA and the dreaded foreign IP address messages at...
Insurance has always been complicated…and that’s when you spend your whole life living and working in just one country. How are you supposed to figure it out if you decide to expatriate yourself and live abroad like we have? We talked about making sure you have...
There are so many places to explore and things to do in Berlin...and one of the great adult activities to take part in is happy hour! To be honest, there are tons of places that have happy hour in Berlin, and especially in our area near Nollendorfplatz. So are worth...
When you move abroad, especially at the beginning, there are a lot of things you begin to miss. Family and friends are of course high up on that list, but thankfully there are far more ways to stay in touch than there were 12 years ago when we made our journey...
One of the great things about living in Berlin is that there is always something great going on. But many of events and really special places you might never hear about because they are very "underground" and get their popularity because of word of mouth advertising....
A little over a year ago, after just 8 weeks here in Berlin, we had done enough exploring in our "Kiez" to know what restaurants and bars were awesome and what was just ok. And I first wrote a post about 5 places we loved to visit in our neighborhood. Meanwhile we...
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