LittleZabba and I spent some time at the park this afternoon. While there we saw a man attempt to talk with his son about some improper behavior. The son stopped to listen, but had a smirk on his face while his father was talking. Dad didn’t like that and started to yell at his son.… Read More Irony
Back in May I posted that I had a goal of completing a half marathon in under 2 hours. This last weekend I did it! I ran with two of of my gal pals. They were so encouraging through the whole process of training and up to race day. We had so much fun. We… Read More Under 2
Growing up in a home with an RN as a mother you learn lots of little tid bits about medicine, health and life saving. One of the things that stayed in the back of my brain all these years is how to perform the Heimlich maneuver. I never had the chance to do it so… Read More Heimlich
My sister has joined forces with The Sassy Cupcake, originally based in Oregon. Now the yummy treats are available in Southern California. If you are looking for some amazing cupcakes look no further. Some of their flavors are cannoli, smores, pink lemonade, pink champagne, & raspberry lemonade. Right now The Sassy Cupcake is having a… Read More Sassy
On our last day in Germany we decided to take the train to the neighboring city, Potsdam. When we left the train station it was clear that we were tourists as we had our guide book out trying to figure out which way to go. So, the tour bus guy came to us and ended… Read More Potsdam
We took a tour of Potsdam today. It is a lovely little town which I will write more about later. I wanted to give you a taste of what we saw. We went to 3 different palaces throughout the town. Each one had beautiful gardens and fountains. We stopped to take a photo in this… Read More Oops. Sorry.
We have seen so many things on our trip to Berlin. Here are some of my favorite stops that I haven’t yet mentioned. The Bebelplatz is known as the site of the Nazi book burning ceremony held on May 10, 1933. Around 20,000 books were burned that day. Today there is an underground memorial located… Read More Other Sites
We took a visit to the Berlin Wall. It is an amazing thing to see. Only 1.3km (.8 miles) remains of the 165km (103 miles) wall. The wall is now home to the work of many artists, called The East Side Gallery. We walked past the wall into “No man’s land”. It is sobering to… Read More The Wall
Who wants chocolate for lunch? Us!! We went to a fabulous restaurant, The Schokoladen-Restaurant of Fassbender & Rausch Chocolatiers, where every meal contains chocolate in one way or another. Who would have thought that cocoa sprinkled over chicken, or soup with chocolate drizzle would be delicious!? The girls had banana and chocolate crepes. We all… Read More Chocolate
This morning the girls and I attended a German church with a new friend, an American woman we met here in Berlin, and her parents. The church meets in a movie theater, the Kino Babylon. DZ was unable to attend as he had to be at the conference to do his presentation. The girls were… Read More Church
