Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, as you all probably were aware of. As most of you are also aware, I pretty much accept any excuse to party and the Irish national holiday was no exception. Partying in Germany on Sundays can take vigorous planning since the city practically shuts down. You have to buy essentials [...]
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Yesterday, we hopped (ok, trained) up to Bad Dürkheim in the Pfalz for Wurstmarkt, a nearly 600 year old wine festival. The Pfalz is a large wine region in Germany and is known particularly for it’s white, dry (trocken auf Deutsch) tasting wines. Germany is world famous for it’s Rieslings after all. Rieslings just don’t [...]
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You know when you have one of those moments that’s really smacks you right into reality – like this is where you are, here and now? Being back in Texas has been a whirlwind. I am getting to see some of my favorite people, eat all my favorite foods, drive a car again (which I love [...]
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Leute! Something amazing happened on Friday. I was at the neighborhood supermarket buying stuff to make queso (also a dream come true) and on my way to check out I saw it, my favorite drink in the world: Diet Dr Pepper. I don’t know if you realize what a big deal this is, as it [...]
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I love Sundays in Karlsruhe – and not just because its my only day off every week. Ok, actually that’s probably why, but whatever. It took months to get used to the whole everything-in-Germany-is-freaking-closed-on-Sundays fact, but once I did, you learn to plan ahead on the shopping and enjoy the freedom. I love Sundays because [...]
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because this was a good idea last night. I’ll try (almost) anything once. I have this friend from Iceland here – yep, that’s right, Iceland! That awesome little country floating in the middle of the North Atlantic with a mere ~319,000 people living there – aka not much larger than my blissfully random home of [...]
Read moreHoustonians, do I have a must-do for you! It’s called Bingo in the Heights and it’s what you should be doing next Thursday. The grand prize is $600 and that’s not the best part. Yep, it’s also BYOB. And by BYOB, I mean Bring Your Own anything but Beer. Yep, you can bring Liquor, Wine, [...]
Read moreYou know those days when you just have a stroke of genius? Tuesday was one of them. My dear friends threw me a going away party at their parents home, so I wanted to bring the booze. I still have the high school liquor stash in my closet and decided it was time to get [...]
Read moreFunny how there is a drinking nickname for every day of the week. Sunday Fundays Margarita Mondays Tuesday Boozedays Wine Wednesdays Thirsty Thursdays and Friday and Saturday? Well, they need know special name, for it being Friday and Saturday is excuse enough. But yesterday was definitely a worthwhile Tuesday Boozeday – a much deserved treat. [...]
Read moreI woke up this morning, without an alarm, feeling far too rested. Normally, this would be a good situation. It’s not, however, the day after your birthday when you were supposed to get up at 8 am for work. My eyes darted to the cable box clock. 10:50 am. Shit. Normally, I would fly [...]
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