Berlin Stories: Part 1

“I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Recording the man shaving at the window opposite and the woman in the kimono washing her hair. Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed.” – Christopher Isherwood, 1930 Waiting. That’s what happens when you get older. When [...]

Wandering Through Berlin

I always looked forward to weekends in Berlin. Those were the days I would allow myself to wander. I’d even purposefully let myself get lost: If the way home was to turn right, I would go left. Whether it was a perfect day or freezing out, whether I was gung-ho, hungover, or just feeling plain [...]

Berlin Beginnings

I miss Berlin. It’s funny how I ended up moving to a city that I hadn’t even planned on visiting. I was on the first leg of my solo backpacking trip, in Paris, and things had gotten a bit chaotic. I needed to leave and hopped on the first train out. It was the train [...]

Friday Finds to Get You Through This Complex Sphere of Life (04/30/10)

Wohoo! Welcome to another long weekend. “Dancers Among Us” by Jordan Matter (“Photographer Jordan Matter took still frames of dancers from the Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies performing interesting moves all around New York City.” via NBCNY ) Tomorrow is May 1. The date close to my heart. It’s the day I fell [...]

Berlin, I love you

The air has begun to chill. The days fly by as the nights seems to last forever. A new cycle has started. I’m going to miss Berlin. I settled in Berlin about the same time as I am leaving it. My birthday is in two days. I have new passport, with new blank pages. If [...]

The New War in Europe

We all need a little bit of excitement, and last night,  I  got just that. No, not that. It’s been the European  Championships. The what? FOOTBALL! Alright, I’m faking it. The excitement I mean. All I  know about it is that it involves a ball, some random  kicking and reduces grown men into squealing  children. [...]

The Second Leap

If you’ve already belly-flopped off the diving board and survived, then why are you so nervous now? A constant phrase that pops up in advice columns is that “the first step is always the hardest.” True. But what about the second step? Traveling and living abroad is something I’ve always wanted to do. In my [...]