After refilling batteries it was back to work with one major difference. Our household grew again (part time) by one new roomie – our friend Jay´s dog George. Jay had to fly to the UK on short-notice due to his father’s passing, so we took George in. He is a Chihuahua mix and absolutely hilarious. […]
Xmas at the door!
Now it was already the week before Christmas, during which Franzi could luckily stay in New York. However, Alex unfortunately had to be in Chicago to start on a new project. The week consisted mostly of closing off open items before the holidays and finalizing the last Christmas presents in a snowy New York. Alex […]
Our first Thanksgiving with great company from Kati and Eike!
A big week for American culture – Thanksgiving week! Since many Americans take off the whole week and it gets about as quiet as it does around Christmas in Germany, Alex and Franzi didn’t have to travel this week, which allowed for a joint week at home. We spent the days at the office and […]
Getting ready for our first autumn in NYC
On Monday our visitor from Germany Nicola left New York to fly back home with some logistical difficulties after a flight cancellation the night before. Luckily we quickly found a solution and she eventually made it home. Franzi flew to Madison and Alex stayed in NYC. The work week was fun and Franzi’s team celebrated […]
Calming down…
After a comfy breakfast at our new go-to breakfast spot Tompkins Square Bagels (these are the best bagels in the East Village, how lucky are we for living so close!) we ran a bunch of errands, got some little things still missing, finally had the right mattress delivered and bought our first groceries. The evening […]
Almost done!
Right before we packed together all of our stuff at the Airbnb and actually “moved” to our apartment, our new couch was delivered early in the morning. We continued sorting, cleaning and putting away stuff the whole day. For lunch we got ourselves some internet. In the US you literally buy yourself internet: You walk […]
Compensating lack of space with clever storage!
Tuesday was another day of sorting and organizing. We went to our apartment early to get measurements from the built-in closets. The challenge was to find a storage solution that allows to utilize space as efficiently as possible. Therefore, we visited the Container Store, which is an organization-obsessed person’s dream – you can get a […]
Moving day!
Monday was our big moving day – we went to Target (a large supermarket comparable to Real in Germany) first thing in the morning to get everything we needed for cleaning. We wanted to make sure that everything is neat and clean before welcoming our 70 (!) boxes. The moving company (and we) were very […]
Making our home our home
Overall Friday was a hectic day – we had to go back to the bank since the clerk was not able to process our request the day before due to “bank internal process delays”. As a result, the money we transferred from Germany was not accessible on Thursday when we originally planned to get certified […]
Apartment ABC
Thursday was an admin day – we got some banking and phone related stuff done in the rainy morning and then went on to buy a pair of sneakers for Alex, who got tired of walking in his heavy Redwings leather boots. We went to our new home once again to take some measurements of […]