I know that not all places in Germany are as unfriendly to shoppers as they are in Hessen, but one thing I am not a big fan of is being looked at like a crazy person when I go stand in line somewhere because I have a shopping cart full of stuff. The typical way […]

I cannot believe the words I am about to type… Sometime in the very wee hours of Sunday morning, car capers rode down our street and stopped at Stefan’s car. And then they apparently worked their car theft magic and were probably inside and driving away in about a minute. Chances are, we’ll never see […]

Dearest friends, Today I am celebrating my fifth birthday. In dog years, that means I’m now 35! I’ve already found my first gray hairs and become quite calm and subdued (versus my previous crazy puppy days of chewing up stairs and jumping in bushes). I do still appreciate chasing a good ball for a few […]

Our topic was a little unusual this week, and I nearly sat down with a dictionary to try to jump start my brain for “L-words.” But once I got going, it became pretty easy and quite fun. I have to admit that in the end this was a really enjoyable challenge. One of the first […]

Last week I wanted to try out a new recipe and I realized I had absolutely no taco seasoning at home. This really doesn’t come as such as an enormous surprise to me since I generally don’t use a seasoning packet to make tacos. In fact, I’m not really sure I’ve ever bought an actual […]