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 […]
A trip to the northern East Coast – Acadia National Park
First stop – Cold Spring for Labor Day September started off with something to look forward to: a small vacation! After a four-day work week, we were off to Cold Spring for a Labor Day weekend with a couple of friends (all of which tested COVID negative before getting together). It was more of a […]
Exploring a new Brooklyn neighborhood – Red Hook
Spontaneous Danish Pub Crawl On the first Tuesday in August, NY was struck by the tropical storm Isaias and the effects were quite visible on the streets with many fallen trees and broken branches. During the week, Franzi got a birthday card for her father’s upcoming birthday ready for its journey to Germany. To end […]
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 […]
COVID + Black lives matter – state of emergency x 2
We started the last week of April with a corona classic. First baking banana bread and then ordering some soulfood. Sushi for Franzi and a Katz’s pastrami sandwich for Alex. During the week Governor Cuomo announced NYC subway closures from 1-5 AM as the city neared 19.000 deaths. The week ended with the announcement that […]
Month 2 – NYC becoming the global Epicenter
Empty Streets of NYC At the beginning of April it sunk in that this will last a bit longer. Work got more time intensive since a lot of our time was spent in virtual meetings. Apart from that, we tried to keep ourselves fit with long walks in the empty New York City streets. We […]
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 […]
The benefits of our job – (sometimes) nice places & great colleagues
Another week, another cross-country flight – back to California for Franziska. Meanwhile Alex was in Chicago, which was much colder. During the week, Franzi and her colleague built in a quick trip to the beach, which was absolutely beautiful, relaxing and a good way to the mind off work. Back in New York, both of […]