Well, what can I say? You freak out, go to 15 different grocery stores, jabber indecisively about menus for 2 weeks, and cook for 2 days str...

Here's a photo of our window herb-garden blooming to represent the fact that: it's Spring! That's nice and all, but I am in a to...

Not to constantly emphasize a really obvious point, but being poor SUCKS! Today I was so low on funds that I couldn't afford a U-Bahn t...

Hello friends! I know the question on everyone's mind: is it Spring yet in Berlin? The answer is: kind of . Its like, sunny and stuff,...

Na? Wie gehts, leute? I know I've been bitching a lot about my work situation on this blog lately, and although I'm still not totall...

Happy International Women's Day, citizens of the world! Did you know that this holiday was created by a famous German leftist and femin...

If you had the choice between working at a job that was frequently disgusting but kept you busy, or at one that was mind-numbingly boring bu...

Now that I actually have a job ( my dream job, as a cleaning lady in a kindergarten ) my weekends have taken on extra significance. I used t...

As a kid, my family went on a "BBQ Tour of the South" to find the greatest version of BBQ sauce on offer. I don't totally reme...

Although you know I LOVE Valentines Day , I almost always end up not celebrating it with the object of my affections. Last year I was away f...

Every so often the New York Times has a huge food section article with like, 101 ideas for salads or 101 ideas for grilling . My Dad usuall...

Why is it, lately, that every bit of good stuff has to come with equally proportionate bad stuff? (I know, that was really eloquent, let...