Our third May holiday in Switzerland finally landed on a weekend, so it was time to plan a trip. We decided on a little lake town in Italy called Stresa, purely based on the fact that it was far enough to feel like a destination and close enough to enjoy 2 full days there. The more I talked about it, the more people had not heard of it, which made [...]
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Starting today, I will leave behind the Zürich rain and salute the sun in Lisbon, Portugal for a week long yoga retreat. Four hours a day of yoga and a vegetarian menu will be quite a change from my normal routine, but I couldn’t be more excited. To kick off my week of healthy living, Friday fünf is here to inspire you with some mantras for the week. {photo credit} [...]
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I haven’t quite figured out the focus of this column yet, so I’m just making it up as I go…sound good? Good. This week my iPhone didn’t have any interesting pictures to post…I guess I wasn’t as snap happy as usual. Instead of a weekly life update, I’m going to tell you about these 5 kitchen utensils that I missed dearly during our move. Though our temporary housing had a [...]
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Since moving to Zurich, I have days that I crave normalcy. Walking out of the house is always an adventure here, which is partly why we came, but partly the hardest part. I’m learning all sorts of new things about the Swiss culture. I think some customs are better, some are silly, and sometimes I just want what I am used to. Which is when I find myself in Starbucks. [...]
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I arrived in Zurich and a whole five days later, we were back in the airport. We were off to Amsterdam! I’m slowly finding out that not only does Europe have more vacation time than the states, they also celebrate every religious holiday by taking more time off of work. Everything is shut down on Good Friday and again on “Easter Monday”. Four days weekends for Easter? I could get [...]
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Grüezi friends! I know you have been waiting anxiously for my return, and it is finally here. In the past 4 months I have moved from one apartment in San Francisco to another, started a new job as a real estate agent, got engaged, started wedding planning, and packed up our new SF apartment to move to Switzerland. Jon and I have always talked about moving abroad, especially when I was [...]
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Last year we came to New York for the Brewskeeball Championships. Yes, it’s true that my boyfriend is a skeeball high roller. Due to the many activities squeezed into a few short days, we didn’t get a chance to experience the restaurants of New York City. This year however, we decided to put skeeball on the backburner and try all the greatest restaurants NYC has to offer. We had our [...]
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Boy have I been trying to go to this restaurant for a long time now! Finally, the Thursday night dinner crew made it to Zero Zero, but on a Friday night. It was a nice day outside and I had and hour to kill, so I walked the three miles from work to the restaurant. While walking, I was entertained by my Gram on the phone who told me all [...]
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The past two Thursday nights I have had sushi for dinner, and the past two following Fridays, we have had sushi in the office for lunch. This Thursday, I got smart and did NOT eat sushi so I could be excited for sushi Friday. Even though I love sushi, two days in a row, two weeks in a row was a little overkill. Ever since moving to San Francisco, I have had a [...]
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After having spending all my money shopping in London and having a fabulous high tea, Jon was done with his work portion of the trip so it was time to go on vacation! We took a quick plane and train ride over to Germany to meet our friends Melissa and Justin who just moved there. Justin got a job at Adidas and the headquarters is outside of Nuremberg. Did you [...]
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