Yep, football. I played football (soccer for my American friends) this weekend on the department team. That is Klaus on the far left (other team), Aruf next to him in the cute matching top, Nazia walking (!) in the background right, opposing goalie in the…

So then Budapest. I'm sorry that I haven't written earlier but I've been really busy. Since I last wrote we went to Budapest for the long weekend (the Ascension) and then went to a concert festival the next weekend. Then there was a bunch of…

My life has taken on a strange normalcy since my last biz trip. I'm actually home for a weekend and don't have plans to get on a plane or visit an airport for a while. Patrick and I hung out on Koenig Strasse today and…

Yep, you guessed it. I was not able to overcome the pull of Betsey Johnson and Nordstrom all on one block. Not to mention my mom was there. We are all reduced to the pathetic forms we were in High School anytime we spend large…

I've been reading Maslow's "Toward a Psychology of Being". I have always been interested in and for what I've know of it, agreed with his hierarchy of needs. I recommended the book to Patrick last July, thus beginning his transformation to perfect being and husband,…