Errands, errands, errands – closing off 2020 December started with crossing off as many items as possible from our personal and professional To-do lists. We were getting ready for a trip to Germany over Christmas, leaving mid-December to finally see our family and friends again after 15 long months. Alex spent his work days in […]
Happy Thanksgiving with a new president-elect
November started with a nerve-wrecking week. It was time for the US elections. Not a lot happened during the week itself except for constantly watching the news and trying to concentrate on work somehow at the same time. Everyone expected there to be no clear results on Tuesday, but even by Friday evening there was […]
Alex getting into serious off-road riding
Celebrating Mark’s birthday In the beginning of the last week of September, Alex finalized a drawing for Mark´s upcoming birthday. The rest of the week was spent with walking George and some delightful cooking. Friday night, Franzi was off to get a pedicure and manicure to start into the weekend. In the meantime Alex got […]
Again time for a new roomie – George the Earl of Bowery
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. […]
Silver linings – Phase 1 and 2 of reopening!
On June 1st, the city started to feel even more apocalyptic than it did so far. Almost all stores around us started to close their store fronts with plywood to protect themselves against looting or broken store fronts. This was an unfortunate side effect of the protests. Media coverage was overshadowing the real purpose of […]
Heartshaped Pizza!
One more time, for the last time for this project, Franzi went on her way to California. To close off the good work, her and her colleague went for a team event and got a pedicure. Meanwhile Alex was in Minneapolis, Minnesota for a full-week workshop for his project. It was freezing cold at -25 […]
Stuttgart, Germany for “a day”
A short business trip to Germany A week without US travel – Franzi stayed in New York and Alex actually flew to Germany. For a one-day client workshop, he had to be in Stuttgart on Friday. To prepare everything properly he flew out on Wednesday. Originally his plan was to fly out the weekend before […]
Spring! Another sunny (foody) weekend with Charly & Con
Being in the same city for work for the first time The first work week of 2020 began with Franzi being in Madison and Alex flying out to Chicago. Now we were finally lucky. Franzi had to be in Chicago for an event on Tuesday, so she traveled there Monday afternoon and we could finally […]
The last week of 2019 and family in town for 2020!
On the last Monday of the year, we drove back from Upstate to Manhattan. Luckily, this time without any technical issues with the car. For New Years, we met up with friends – Marlene and Hendrik. Marlene is also a colleague of ours and they have moved to NYC just recently. Specifically, they found a […]
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 […]