Apple wine (generally called Apfelwein or Ebbelwoi by the locals – remember to pronounce the “w” like a “v”) is the most distinct drink of Hessen. If you hit up the beer gardens during the summer around here, you’ll find lots of tables loaded up with the “gerriptes” glasses, cut with diamond-shaped designs that are only […]

A little while back, I stumbled across a very cool online magazine called Delish Magazine. It’s full of useful articles about projects and just rocking life in general (which goes along with their tagline, which I LOVE, “Live like you mean it.”) I was poking around a left a few comments, ten shared my newspaper […]

I hope you’ve had a wonderful Easter and were able to spend some time with loved ones and relax. It is a 4-day weekend here in Germany, which we relish every year! You Capture is all about Easter and pastels this week, so I’m sharing some of the yummy goodness that Mack got shot in […]

  This post is going to prove just how geeky my husband and I really are…but whatever. This little tidbit seriously saved my sanity. If you’ve read NOH for a while, you know I highly value backups and I use an automatic backup service for my laptop, which I love. A couple of years ago, […]

We just went through a nasty round of colds again and there were a few days when Mack was really looking miserable. So instead of forgetting about my collection of essential oils until the cold was almost over, I actually remembered that I could probably make her more comfortable by mixing something up. Coughing is […]