#IchBinEinBerliner and that’s why I won’t #PrayForBerlin

It was a Monday night almost like any other. My roommate and I had a friend visiting and we spent the evening cooking, drinking wine, and talking. Talking so much, in fact, that the phones we are usually glued on were forgotten, left in other parts of the apartments. When we casually checked them after…

Nichts wie ab zum Wannsee- Berlin’s Most Iconic Recreation Lake

These last few weeks have been the epiphany of summer in Berlin with temperatures consistently way over 30C (90F). While Berlin has plenty of outdoor pools all around town, I just really prefer tanning in sand over lying on concrete or pool-side grass. Hence, I thought I’d give Wannsee a try. A bathing and recreation…

For mild winter days

I have moved, guys! My friend and I have moved into a charming little apartment in Berlin’s western part, just a few kilometers away from the city’s biggest park- and a 10 minute bus ride away from one of the biggest shopping streets this side of town- the Kurfürstenstraße. Now that I have an actual closet to…

East & Eden

I am not going to lie, I love Starbucks! In the US, you find it at every other corner, and in Berlin you kind of do, too. You know exactly what you’ll get and you have your seasonal favorites to look forward to (Give it up, fellow PSL lovers!). You know you have plugs near…

Berlin: Winsviertel in Prenzl Berg

In California, people expect to find magic everywhere. In the way the waves crash on shore. In the way the sun breaks through palm trees. In the way your hipster bar tender is doing some crazy foam art on your latte. But magic can be found even in the most urban of places. Like here, in…