We’re making the long trek to Seattle today, with a stopover in Amsterdam before the 11-hour flight to Seatac. It’s hard to believe it’s already been more than a year since I’ve been home and seen my family! I’m looking forward to some slightly warmer temperatures (hey, anything above freezing sounds pretty good to me), …
Whenever we discuss what we want to do with our weekends, we joke that we should go to Balconia, the land of our balcony. Although we’ve been working hard the last few months to bring together the last few remaining pieces in our living room (repolstering a Danish-designed teak arm chair from the 1960s, and …
We’ve arrived back in Berlin, doing our best to fight off jet lag. I am thankful that we gave ourselves the weekend to adjust before starting back to work (although the dark and dreary weather is not helping). We had a wonderful holiday, filled with family and celebrations, travel and contrasts. As I mentioned before, the …
There’s no secret about it: I am in love with our balcony. It’s sunny and bright. I can watch all the goings-on along our bustling street. It’s perfect on warm mornings for breakfast, and gets the glowing early evening sun. Also, mein Schatz (I can’t claim any credit here) has painstakingly tended our flowers and plants …