A blog about exploring the many rich textures of Berlin, with an eye for the offbeat and off-the-beaten-track.
I had a birthday recently. And while I'm not a fan of making a big deal out of the day, I do have two simple rules for the occasion: to do something nice for myself, however small, and to buy myself a present -- however small. As luck would have it, this year my birthday ...
It was as soon as I boarded the train that I realized just how much I had needed to get away. Berlin, I love you but you’re bringing me down. As I climbed the stairs to the upper deck of the Regionalbahn train car – northbound, destination Chorin – and took my seat as the ...
"Happiness is a warm puppy." -Charles M. Schulz I love dogs. Love them. I love tugging gently on their floppy, furry little ears. I love the nose-nuzzle they do when they're vying for a dose of your affection. I love the warm, cozy smell of a dog's belly when it unfurls after a long sleep. I love how ...
Like no other city I've known, Berlin knows how to cultivate beauty from out of desolation. There's a turnoff to a pretty, tree-lined bike path that I pass often on the way to and from my Treptow Schrebergarten. (More about that here.) I'd known that the path ran the length of the former Berlin Wall, but ...