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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Posing in Paris
A while back, my friend Rebecca posted about her trip to Paris and issued a little challenge. She found this photo in her travel guide and set out to find the exact spot so she could pose like the bronzed Parisian.
She and her friend did exactly that.
And then she extended the challenge to her readers. I had totally forgotten about it until we happened upon the spot. I couldn't remember exactly how or where they were posing, but I was surprised at how close our shots turned out.
And, of course, we can't leave out the Coop, even it was nap time.
She and her friend did exactly that.
And then she extended the challenge to her readers. I had totally forgotten about it until we happened upon the spot. I couldn't remember exactly how or where they were posing, but I was surprised at how close our shots turned out.
And, of course, we can't leave out the Coop, even it was nap time.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Don't be dull...Be Dazzling!
The BeDazzler isn't just for clothes and shoes anymore...
Someone in Berlin decided to take their car from dull to dazzling!
Someone in Berlin decided to take their car from dull to dazzling!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Hans Wurst Vegan Cafe
Last night we had a fantastic dinner at a little vegan restaurant in Prenzlauer Berg called Hans Wurst Vegan Cafe. You won't miss the animal products in these delicious, beautifully presented dishes. The meals are cheap (around 7 euros a plate) and served and cooked by dudes with sweet 80's rocker hair and jean short cut-offs. I think I recognized one of them from Poison. (I thought it was funny that this particular photo says "Flesh & Blood" since I'm using it to describe vegan chefs.)I had the White Bean Rostis and Roasted Chickory with Basmati Rice and Ginger and Red Pepper Sauces. Pat had the Tofu Veggie Burger with Potato Wedges and Ketchup. Both of our dishes were so flavorful and so delicious.
Here are some close-ups:
And added bonus to the restaurant is this little play area that kept Cooper entertained while we waited for and ate our food on the patio. 
Just a little sidenote, like with any restaurant in Europe, don't go if you're starving because it seems to take a long time to get your food once you've ordered.Try this place if you're ever in Berlin. Trust me, you'll love it!
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wallpaper
The last week has found me dreaming of home. I can't help but think about all the projects I want to get done when I get back. I've also been dreaming of Target. Oh, how I miss Target!
I was snooping around on the Target website today and came across some lovely wallpaper. I've never really been a wallpaper kind of gal, but I've been swooning over some of these patterns. I can't decide if I want to wallpaper our bedroom or the office. Or maybe both?
I was snooping around on the Target website today and came across some lovely wallpaper. I've never really been a wallpaper kind of gal, but I've been swooning over some of these patterns. I can't decide if I want to wallpaper our bedroom or the office. Or maybe both?
Burritos and Bowling
Since the beginning of Pat's program here in Germany we've been having "cultural dinners" with his coworkers. It's quite a diverse group with 21 people from all over the world. Each week someone from the group is in charge of organizing a dinner from their country or ethnicity. We've had just about everything from Brazilian to Thai, Cuban to Chinese, Indonesian to Peruvian, Russian and American (we had ribs at Tony Roma's).
This week the guy in charge is Belgium and his wife is from Mexico. They have traveled just about everywhere in the world and now they live in NYC. Because of their multi-cultural backgrounds, they could pick just about anything for the cultural dinner, but they decided on California-style burritos from Dolores. They were so good and reminded me of our last dinner in California. The night before we left we decided a giant burrito was the one thing we wanted before going to Germany. Little did we know that we would be able to get something comparable here in Berlin just around the corner from us.
Here are a couple shots of the group at Dolores.
Since this was a very inexpensive cultural dinner, we decided to go bowling afterwards. Patrick and I almost didn't go because we didn't know how Cooper would do at the bowling hour at such a late hour. To our surprise, he did great. He was absolutely mesmerized by the balls going down the lanes and coming out of the ball return.He did not move from this location for the entire 1.5 hours that we were bowling.
By the end of the night he was totally ready to throw a 14 pounder down the lane.
It was so funny to watch him! He would burst out with a spontaneous "WHOOOOOOOAAAAAA!!!" every couple of minutes. It was cracking us, and just about everyone else up the whole night. This video just doesn't do it justice, but it's a pretty good taste of what we heard all evening.Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Girls' Night!
What better way to spend an evening out with the ladies than to spend it chasing down Brad Pitt? Yes, it's true, that's exactly what we did.
Me and four girlfriends had planned to go to dinner Tuesday night since our spouses had a work dinner and would be home late. When we met up that night, one person mentioned they had heard Brad Pitt was in town for the premiere of his latest film which I remembered reading about in the paper a few weeks earlier. So instead of going to this restaurant, we decided to stop by the Sony Center to see if we could catch a glimpse. I think none of us are really fans, but we all agreed it would be funny to snap a few shots of the celeb and I was in need of some material for this blog.
Unfortunately, the location of the previous premiere I was at in Berlin was not the same place for this premiere. Fortunately, the new location was just across the street. Unfortunately, we were a little late and Brad Pitt had already gone in to the theatre to view the movie. Fortunately, this change of venue led us to a great tapas restaurant across the street.
It was pretty late by the time we finished eating, but luckily Cooper kept himself entertained the whole time so I could enjoy my night out.
As we were finishing dinner we noticed people starting to gather outside the red carpet and the bright lights turned on. Of course we had to join the crowd and find out what was going on.
The girl in the spotlight in this photo is not a celebrity. She was just some chick that took, I don't know, maybe, 800 pictures of herself standing there? Here's a close up of her during one of the few moments that she wasn't posing for a picture.
Here is Cooper just before he started freaking out.
I decided to leave without my "Brad sighting" so as not to be labeled as crazed-fan-who-keeps-her-son-out-until-11:00pm-just-to-catch-a-glimpse-of-Brad-Pitt. Cooper was actually totally fine and happy again by the time we got to the train station. I think Pat was surprised to see him awake and laughing when he got home since it was 4 hours past his bedtime. I was really hoping Cooper would tack those 4 hours on to the time that he normally wakes up in the morning, but no luck for me.
Me and four girlfriends had planned to go to dinner Tuesday night since our spouses had a work dinner and would be home late. When we met up that night, one person mentioned they had heard Brad Pitt was in town for the premiere of his latest film which I remembered reading about in the paper a few weeks earlier. So instead of going to this restaurant, we decided to stop by the Sony Center to see if we could catch a glimpse. I think none of us are really fans, but we all agreed it would be funny to snap a few shots of the celeb and I was in need of some material for this blog.
Unfortunately, the location of the previous premiere I was at in Berlin was not the same place for this premiere. Fortunately, the new location was just across the street. Unfortunately, we were a little late and Brad Pitt had already gone in to the theatre to view the movie. Fortunately, this change of venue led us to a great tapas restaurant across the street.
It was pretty late by the time we finished eating, but luckily Cooper kept himself entertained the whole time so I could enjoy my night out.
As we were finishing dinner we noticed people starting to gather outside the red carpet and the bright lights turned on. Of course we had to join the crowd and find out what was going on.
The girl in the spotlight in this photo is not a celebrity. She was just some chick that took, I don't know, maybe, 800 pictures of herself standing there? Here's a close up of her during one of the few moments that she wasn't posing for a picture.
Here is Cooper just before he started freaking out.
I decided to leave without my "Brad sighting" so as not to be labeled as crazed-fan-who-keeps-her-son-out-until-11:00pm-just-to-catch-a-glimpse-of-Brad-Pitt. Cooper was actually totally fine and happy again by the time we got to the train station. I think Pat was surprised to see him awake and laughing when he got home since it was 4 hours past his bedtime. I was really hoping Cooper would tack those 4 hours on to the time that he normally wakes up in the morning, but no luck for me.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Love Is in the Air
I've heard from many people that Paris is a romantic city. I think that might be true if your idea of romance looks like this:
Ron Telesky Canadian Pizza
I went to a new pizza place yesterday, Ron Telesky Canadian Pizza. I took my Canadian friend Sabrina so she could be a proper judge on how authentic it was.
Turns out it's not very authentic at all, but it was way delish. The owner was an exchange student in Canada as a teenager and that is where he first experienced pizza without a red sauce, so when he opened up this pizza joint with untraditional pies he called them Canadian. And it just happens to be a good marketing ploy too. They had Dr. Pepper and A&W, so what's not to love? I had the potato, sweet potato, and rosemary pizza with feta sauce and a Dr. Pepper. It was so good. Best of all you can get a big wad of rocket on the top of any pizza.
Cooper loved it too.
He also liked this little chair they had for kids, but he wasn't entirely sure how to sit in it.
Sabrina got the proscuitto, red onion, and cheddar with sour cream sauce. And of course the arugula and an A&W. Her's was also delicious.
They even had a dessert pizza which we were too full to try, but it looked really good with bananas, brownie slices and a custard sauce. I'll definitely have to go back and try that one.
If you ever find yourself in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin, definitely check this place out. Especially if you haven't had a Dr. Pepper in over three months!
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Turns out it's not very authentic at all, but it was way delish. The owner was an exchange student in Canada as a teenager and that is where he first experienced pizza without a red sauce, so when he opened up this pizza joint with untraditional pies he called them Canadian. And it just happens to be a good marketing ploy too. They had Dr. Pepper and A&W, so what's not to love? I had the potato, sweet potato, and rosemary pizza with feta sauce and a Dr. Pepper. It was so good. Best of all you can get a big wad of rocket on the top of any pizza.
Cooper loved it too.
He also liked this little chair they had for kids, but he wasn't entirely sure how to sit in it.
Sabrina got the proscuitto, red onion, and cheddar with sour cream sauce. And of course the arugula and an A&W. Her's was also delicious.
They even had a dessert pizza which we were too full to try, but it looked really good with bananas, brownie slices and a custard sauce. I'll definitely have to go back and try that one.If you ever find yourself in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin, definitely check this place out. Especially if you haven't had a Dr. Pepper in over three months!
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