zucchini pasta.

People love their bread here in Germany. I don’t blame them. The bread here is A++. Sometimes though, you gotta step back and say hey bread, it’s not you, it’s me. Wait, actually it is you and you’re going straight to my thighs. So then you look for someone to fill the place of all [...]

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how to: talk to a foreigner

If you are reading this blog, you know English. Congrats! I really mean that. I feel lucky to have been born with English as my native tongue. No matter where you are in the world, English will usually suffice for getting by. For instance, my German friend here speaks English for work. Normal, of course. [...]

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how to: be an au pair in germany.

Yesterday I received an email from one of my bloggy readers, Blair: “…Anyway, I was SUPER excited to see that you’re living in Germany. I haven’t had time to go back and read everything, but do you have a post about or could you maybe tell me the steps that you took to become an [...]

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how to: grilling for beginners.

I’m working on getting some recurring series up in here in the bloggy, so welcome to my third how to piece. My first one was a little weak, the second was an improvement, and for the third I’m amping up my game and teaching y’all something you actually may not know how to do. So, here [...]

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how to: ring in the new year.

So I have been taking this whole break thing very seriously, taking it as far as to break from blogging. I figured I’d check in and give my blog some quick 2011 lovin’. Recipe for a successful New Year’s Eve 1. Steak Dinner Steak. Salad. Potatoes. Bread. Drinks. YUM. We look so classy. That is, [...]

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how to: talk your way out of a speeding ticket.

(Photo courtesy of AOL Autos) As of yesterday, I have now talked my way out of FOUR speeding tickets. I don’t know how you receive expert status at something, but this has to put me close to one. That’s right, four speeding tickets I have saved myself from. Thus, I feel obligated to share this [...]

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happy halloween e’rybody!

I did my celebrating on Thursday night at Nightmare on 6th Street, our dress up date party. I usually hate dressing up for Halloween, but had no choice when I received this challenge: I LOVE winning. I mean, who doesn’t? So obviously Jonathan and I got to brainstorming. We really wanted to be something from [...]

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what the RSS?

One of the best things I learned in my first public relations class at the University of Texas was about RSS feeds. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. That probably means nothing to you, because it still means nothing to me. BUT, what RSS does mean to me is news – the fastest way to read the [...]

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