From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Hybrid Fryer

27 May 2009

Just to show that we not only make sexy investments with French models (not to be confused with promotions with German top models), this morning at our restaurant in Dibbersen we installed the new low-oil-volume (LOV) fryer that we’ve been planning for over a year, replacing a double vat with a new triple vat.

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Spur of the Moment

27 May 2009

We decided quite suddenly a few days ago that we’ll fly to Minnesota for a weel over 4th of July this year. Grandma and Grandpa will be quite pleased to see Christopher, and the weather at the lake should be good for relaxing.

Since we’re flying through Newark, we’ve also decided to spend a weekend in [...]

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Rustic furniture

13 May 2009

Seeing Diane’s report of moving her “super-sized, American-made furniture” from Mannheim to Barcelona reminded me that today was a minor expat milestone for us. Today we got rid of the last remaining bits of American furniture we had brought with us back in 1990. It was a bulky oak dining room set that Germans would [...]

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Politically Active

11 May 2009

In a moment of weakness after a week of working middle-shifts, Frauke agreed to take Christopher for an outing this past weekend… only after promising the trip did she see where he wanted to go: to a demonstration in Hannover against policy of the current education ministry. That’s a cause we can agree with, but [...]

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East German Nostalgia

6 May 2009

We just saw a news report about a children’s museum exhibit on life in East Germany. I first visited East Berlin in 1981, and a lot has changed since then. The Wall is gone. The Palace of the Republic is gone. The DDR itself is gone. But my souvenir of my first visit remains: an [...]

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