Despite some challenges (e.g., getting tickets, a U-Bahn, tram and bus strike on Saturday), we were able to attend two films from the Berlinale this past weekend — one on Saturday at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and one on Sunday at the Cinestar at Potsdamer Platz. Thanks to a tip from Jen, we arrived nice …
Half way there! With only six more weeks to go before the race, here was my plan for the week: 40-minute tempo run + upper body strength training Yoga 3-mile run + lower body strength training 9-mile run And here’s the reality of the past week: Gentle yoga. I had to shuffle around my normal …
(or How We Almost Couldn’t Get Tickets to the Berlinale) Some of the reasons I always avoided the Tribeca Film Festival in New York had to do with the unbelievable amount of time and effort required just to buy a ticket. For some reason, I was under the mistaken illusion that the Berlinale (also known …
While I grew up surrounded by water, the Northwest is certainly not a place where anything ever freezes over (although most Germans I meet seem to think that Seattle’s proximity to Canada must mean it bears similarities to the Arctic). So for me, walking on a frozen body of water is something of an exciting …