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Today I picked up a new pair of shoes and was given a free can of G-Wax that I could use to waterproof my new shoes.
I read the instructions on the bottom of the tin:
Anwendung: Sparsam mit den Fingern oder einem Tuch auftragen.
Basically, I’m supposed to sparingly apply it with […]
It’s Harvey Milk Street!
I’m currently in San Diego – here to see some ex-expatriates who used to live in Berlin – but also to have me time.
Indiana is always a minefield for me – a good minefield, but a minefield nevertheless. Despite having moved away from Bloomington some 8 years ago, I […]
It is a Philips Marathon Floor Pro… and boy does this vacuum suck. I think my living room rug is clean for the first time – ever.
If I said a vacuum didn't suck, that would be an insult, right?
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This morning my Sagittarius Amigo and I met for breakfast at 7. He’s suffering from jetlag and, having had woken up at 03:30, informed me that USA Today was a terrible newspaper.
After breakfast we left the hotel and over the next several hours we first took the Staten Island Ferry to and from Staten […]
I knew far in advance that Thursday at 18:00 CET that I would be in route to the States.
The scene itself? Not so exciting
This is what it looks like from seat 7C on a Continental 757-200. Immediately ahead of me: infinite leg-room, as row 7 is an exit row and, […]
One way that I have adapted to life in Berlin is that I’m much more likely to go shopping at street markets than I was in Weimar – principally because there was only one in Weimar and, well, it never really entered my shopping patterns to go there.
Here in Berlin, I wouldn’t call myself […]
Some how I survived the week that was – albeit, barely.
And, I must confess, that I missed the birthday party.
By Friday afternoon, I was plum exhausted and made my way to find the birthday colleague, to whom I simultaneously congratulated and gave my regrets.
Since Friday was a gym day, I force myself […]
Funny enough, despite living in Germany for 8 summers, this summer is the first summer that I’ve really noticed tourist season.
You see, August is the month that Germans go on vacation.
Living in Weimar this was hard to observe for a couple of reasons: First, Weimar is a tourist trap – in particular a […]
Royal Wedding Fever is setting in…
I’m sad to report that MT has left the house, country, and continent.
Her visit was busy—for both of us. I’ve managed to get a lot of work done, yet have time to hang with her. Last time I had nine items in my work queue. I now have eight items in the queue, with […]
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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