Already the last weekend of January – crazy how time flies! This week it was back to Santa Ana, California for Franzi and Alex stayed in New York for work. Overall, a work week as usual – nothing crazy to be reported. Staying in the city Alex had a chance to follow our “old” morning […]
How to get a New York State (Car and Motorcycle) License
Officially any resident of New York state is required to get a New York State driver license within 90 days as can be read on homepage of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The term “resident” shall mean domiciliary, that is, one who lives in this state with the intention of making it a fixed […]
Jane Summer Camp
This week marked the beginning of August – wow, four months passed already since we moved to the US. Time really flies. Franzi spent the week in Madison, Alex in New York. Alex met up with our friend Jay to work on his bike and was finally accepted into the circle by his dog George. […]
Independence Day
This week was a week without travel for a change, which we both really appreciated! In addition, it was a short week because 4th of July was around the corner. We worked from the NYC office from Monday to Wednesday and started the long weekend on Wednesday night with a hangout in Tompkins Square Park, […]
Alex 31st Birthday
The next week Franzi was in New York and Alex was in Detroit. It seems our travel schedules are perfectly synced so that we never spend a week at home together 😉 During the week, besides working Franzi ensured to organize everything for Alex’s birthday coming up on Saturday. Since we were away from home, […]
Not quite as envisioned but still a great (long) Memorial Day weekend
The weekend of May 25th was a long one – it’s Memorial Day on the 27th so we got an extra day off, yei! It is not too difficult to guess what our plan for the long weekend was – get on the bikes and ride somewhere upstate New York to enjoy some nature. In […]
On the trail of street art & live music
The sun was shining when we woke up on Saturday and it was a beautiful hot day with blue skies. After breakfast we took our bicycles and cycled over Williamsburg bridge to Bushwick, which in one of the Brooklyn boroughs. Before doing that we quickly stopped at Domino Park at the East River to enjoy […]
Stand-up comedy and club hopping
We kicked-off the weekend with a dinner at Frank’s between 5th and 6th street on 2nd avenue. The restaurant feels like eating at a smaller family owned true Italian place. The pasta was easily one of the best pastas we ever had, and the weather even allowed us to sit outside. With a full stomach, […]
Buying motorcycles
Saturday was a special day – we both bought motorcycles!!!!!! After visiting a couple of dealers, we decided to go for Triumph. So, we made our way to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and got all the paperwork done. Franzi decided on a Triumph Street Twin and Alex on a Triumph Scrambler XE 1200. The purchasing process took […]
Officially starting to work in NYC
Now our first official work week has arrived – we really enjoyed our time off, getting settled in and exploring the city, but we were also looking forward to some routine (to the extent the consultant jobs gives you routine, which is not a lot in a good way!) and new challenges. We spent our […]