tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25920295153599059322024-03-12T19:41:39.531-07:00SchaufensterbabeThe Every Day Adventures Of An Artsy Expat In BerlinSchaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.comBlogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-37417199135340717152015-07-02T00:37:00.000-07:002015-07-02T00:46:50.786-07:00A mask, a song, a book.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So folks, it's been a long time since I've updated this blog. What have I been up to? The same old-same old really except now both my daughters are in school and doing well there. I have more work as an editor and translator, but am still occasionally teaching and making jewelry. After literally wanting one for years, I finally bought myself a piano, a Roland FP-50 in Liberace-white. I play most nights with the earphones on once the kids are in bed.<br />
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Like before, I also have many creative pursuits going on (I asked a student recently if they think there is such a thing as a "hobby person" although I already definitely know the answer to that question!) My latest project is a book on the mask L'Inconnue de la Seine which has inspired me for a long time. Many people find the mask creepy (albeit, it is), but L'Inconnue has also inspired generations of artists, musicians and writers, Nabakov, Rilke and Man Ray among the more famous names. Here's a video I made to promote the project: </div>
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That's me singing on the video. I wasn't sure about posting it because my tecnique is definitely not where it should be (years of singing classical make one into quite the perfectionist even if one would rather not be....) But then again, Lieder and art songs were originally composed to also be sung by amateur singers in their homes, so why not? Plus, I was worried I might run into copyright issues if I used Rosa Ponselle's version of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B29fv5M9WSw">Vissi d'Arte</a> like I originally wanted to, something that can be expensive (i.e. hefty fines) in Germany as opposed to a mere slap on the wrist.</div>
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To find out more about my book project, click <a href="https://www.inkshares.com/projects/l-inconnue">here</a>. Heck, if you feel like, go ahead and pre-order. It's a steal at only $9.99 plus you will only be charged if the book goes into production which, let's face it, is not extremely likely since I'd need to sell a minimum of 750 copies within the next two and a half months. Still, it's worth a try. I've always wanted to write a book. Here's my chance. :) </div>
<br />Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-16751507289209471372014-03-21T10:08:00.001-07:002014-03-21T10:14:47.460-07:00Why wait when you have your own dictaphone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This first one I wrote about someone I had a dream about recently (and no, I ain't saying who ;) )</div>
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This one I wrote for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika">Laika</a>.</div>
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And this one I wrote for my husband, Jasper (some of the images remind me of when we first got together.)</div>
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If you want to hear more, click <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/rebeccahdean">here </a>to visit my page on Soundcloud. </div>
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We love Kreuzberg and our apartment, so moving wasn't an option. Sending our daughters to even one of the less expensive private schools would still mean giving ps any small luxuries as well as family vacations. But schooling isn't everything. What kind of parents would we be if we made ourselves move to a neighborhood that bored us to tears or got ourselves into a position where we couldn't afford to visit my family in California for the next 6 years? Should we jump on the band wagon and register ourselves at a fake address zoned for one of the "better" schools or hire a lawyer to sue our way in? To be honest, we seriously considered both of these options. But in the end it just didn't feel right. The situation would be different if people didn't use these tactics and I didn't feel comfortable being part of the problem.<br />
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But there was more to my sleepless nights than just the issue of public schools in Kreuzberg: my other worry was whether or not I should send my daughters to a bi-lingual school. Although I knew they would learn English eventually in school, I would prefer them to learn to read and write in English early, to become friends with other English-speaking children, to be in a more international environment. But, since we had ruled out private schools (which also aren't exactly around the block...) sending our daughters to a bi-lingual school would mean at least a 40 minute commute through the city not to mention friends who all lived far away (and, of course, they are all very hard to get into....) When I was a child, my school was a 15 minute walk away, but this wasn't true for my youngest brother. I remember how isolated he was during summer vacation, with no friends in the neighborhood. I didn't want that for my girls.<br />
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About a year ago, an American friend of mine mentioned that the <b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.cvo-berlin.de/">Carl von Ossietzky Schule</a></span></span></b> near Südstern wanted to open an elementary school next year with a bi-lingual German-English offer (and no Einzuggebiet, so anyone could apply.) We walked past the school quite often on the way to dance lessons in Körtestrasse, so I knew it was a concrete fortress built sometime in the 70s and that some of the teenage students seemed a little rough. But it won't hurt to check it out, I thought, and I'm certainly glad I did. The staff was open and friendly, the building newly renovated, the concept good. They are interested in building up the bi-lingual concept and even working towards making it a true bi-lingual German-English Europa Schule (no guarantee, but there is a fairly good chance.) A school with a bi-lingual offer that is also only a 15 minute walk from our home? Hell, yes! We signed up.<br />
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School has been in session for several weeks now and we are still more than happy with our choice. The teachers and staff and great, the school is small (only two parellel first grade classes), and still feels separate even though it's on a much larger campus. The students are a true Kreuzberg mix of nationalities with no one group heavily in the majority. My daughter is happy to go there in the morning and happy when I pick her up in the afternoon.The only slight disappointment I've had so far has been with my fellow native English speakers. I've spoken to several of them who said they were interested and would jump on board once the school is truly bi-lingual. And the friend who brought me to the school in the first place? Her son got into JFK so she'll be sending him there instead. A vicious circle really, because the school won't ever become "truly bi-lingual" unless enough bi-lingual famlies come and say they want it. But I know there are a lot out there who would love to join but maybe just don't know about it yet. Like me, such a school, here in Kreuzberg, would be an answer to their prayers. I've set up this <b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bi-Lingual-Class-at-Carl-von-Ossietzky-Grundschule/625969504092056">Facebook page</a></span></span></b> to help spread the word, so if you or anyone you know is raising a bi-lingual child, please get in touch or come by the school.<br />
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Worst case scenario? The school stays as it is, with English lessons 3 times a week, a great mix of nationalities, engaged parents, nice staff, and happy kids. Yeah, I could live with that. Either way, I'm definitely sleeping much better at night. :) Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-51980235331752992262013-05-25T14:38:00.001-07:002013-05-25T14:38:40.394-07:00The Last Months in Collage Form<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-56172049994698681502012-04-05T13:05:00.005-07:002012-04-05T13:11:50.302-07:00New Shop Collective Mitten Im Walde<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1v1YtSB-0DfeTEhdUWMGBmqm1DYJGyVZNv9xITvsViWrX4_uvgsI_yFm8pGJCfCvilUqWX9Ryb_Q9A0fNu8smi0mvoTcQm-xd30d0124kHWNWqUhGs5iBYA6xyzYCy_DPUQy7P2fIWv0/s1600/new_mittenimwalde.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1v1YtSB-0DfeTEhdUWMGBmqm1DYJGyVZNv9xITvsViWrX4_uvgsI_yFm8pGJCfCvilUqWX9Ryb_Q9A0fNu8smi0mvoTcQm-xd30d0124kHWNWqUhGs5iBYA6xyzYCy_DPUQy7P2fIWv0/s400/new_mittenimwalde.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728010519369822658" border="0" /><span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >A couple of weeks ago I joined the shop collective (in German Ladenkollektiv) </span></a><span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><a style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" href="http://www.facebook.com/mittenimwalde1">Mitten im Walde</a> in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Silke, the woman who is running the shop, wrote me a message at <a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com/">Augenblickphoto</a> and asked if I would be interested in joining. I’ve been thinking for a while that I would love to see what it’s like to work in a shop because selling online is pretty darn lonely and I may want to open my own later when my daughters are a bit older. Plus the shop just happens to be about a two minute walk from where I live, so how could I say no?</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib58SW-2LVYJYl8N-69nTokfvucCZ8HuG8VsxyYGe-iPchnQ3PviWnpZzcfRxbd1KQMZHOHrs6T4bY2Zqr_Mr2E4MuC03dPS5-iysAuPXnueq6oFtlfZfsa0xL2IAwSACjnim02djLZ8k/s1600/P1030684.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib58SW-2LVYJYl8N-69nTokfvucCZ8HuG8VsxyYGe-iPchnQ3PviWnpZzcfRxbd1KQMZHOHrs6T4bY2Zqr_Mr2E4MuC03dPS5-iysAuPXnueq6oFtlfZfsa0xL2IAwSACjnim02djLZ8k/s400/P1030684.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728011167417514962" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">There are twelve artists/designs/crafters in the shop altogether making everything from furniture, to pottery, to clothing to hats, to jewelry and to lamps. We each pay a small monthly rent and have two days a month when we have to work in the shop. I did my first “Ladendienst” (shop duty) today and, although it was pretty slow (we are on a side street in a basement shop, so it will take a while to get noticed) I really enjoyed it. Several friends stopped by and I listened to the new blues and old school jazz mix on my Ipod.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBxzfIPXsuwNLP0SXV6xixdbqqF27l18uoL5Dukl7dVg_VY7Ogs9-xhvNtCbG-WaYbxJYl92KeE8z53WVm8l5UfKVdzKHIj1VMWgAFWnZHH2BQ2rDy316D3UWngfwazswuVtqUuR_jVs/s1600/IMG_9549.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBxzfIPXsuwNLP0SXV6xixdbqqF27l18uoL5Dukl7dVg_VY7Ogs9-xhvNtCbG-WaYbxJYl92KeE8z53WVm8l5UfKVdzKHIj1VMWgAFWnZHH2BQ2rDy316D3UWngfwazswuVtqUuR_jVs/s400/IMG_9549.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728011519061684386" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you’re in Berlin and looking for a nice handmade gift (we even have handwoven cashmere scarves!) or would just like to check out a unique new independent shop, please come on by: Mitten Im Walde, Mittenwalderstrasse 46, Berlin-Kreuzberg (U-7 Gneisenaustrasse), Open from 1 to 8 Mon-Fri. If you come on Thursday or Saturdays I just might be there, so feel free to say hi.</span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-85724211681331075532012-03-21T13:25:00.018-07:002012-03-21T13:54:55.775-07:00Gemäldegalerie Wanderings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Qw3T2hpvpsLFNUo-4YIxnRodbd_rsez4wH5UaP6KMef0vKO1Bg7QzHcISVlHUbs09neRgNySgwX17VgZB3Sx96_j-uusl52t3RZnxFlGrxGYILMtK8iCkajq3fc1tHfgKrmhPZQtNw/s1600/IMG_9637.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Qw3T2hpvpsLFNUo-4YIxnRodbd_rsez4wH5UaP6KMef0vKO1Bg7QzHcISVlHUbs09neRgNySgwX17VgZB3Sx96_j-uusl52t3RZnxFlGrxGYILMtK8iCkajq3fc1tHfgKrmhPZQtNw/s200/IMG_9637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722449588933750066" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">My niece is in town and today we decided to spend the early afternoon in the <a href="http://www.smb.museum/smb/kalender/details.php?objID=29733">Gerhard Richter exhibition</a> in the Neue National Galerie. The only problem was that everyone and their uncle's second cousin twice removed is visiting the exhibition and, even though we got there pretty early, there was still a long wait. Both impatient by nature, we decided to go around the corner to the <a href="http://www.smb.museum/smb/sammlungen/details.php?lang=en&objectId=5">Gemäldegalerie</a> instead.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU2AZtr9gobud2VycfCtJV7C_FL6ASGjuc9YZA9b3HULJ1JFTFoc-RUKPOqeTGpDE5REhZQ7B6QTveM2_5TfXJXGwZKrj0hgQ2YzIuDclo_hZxdPW0ajAxWaze9WBP8Q74P5ZqioQHrg/s1600/IMG_9590.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU2AZtr9gobud2VycfCtJV7C_FL6ASGjuc9YZA9b3HULJ1JFTFoc-RUKPOqeTGpDE5REhZQ7B6QTveM2_5TfXJXGwZKrj0hgQ2YzIuDclo_hZxdPW0ajAxWaze9WBP8Q74P5ZqioQHrg/s400/IMG_9590.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722451149552635874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Gemäldegalerie has amazing paintings by many an old masters but, like all great museums, what makes it extra special are the museum rooms themselves.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUIO0HPKRvW3lADMAQDps7v8ATKqTao0cLm80zYFxHTHL7UApSOgLFySfyE2m7vYra6gC-bozPNKfAfNX0-TAuI3ukJB4ne44asDg49ZqtegXI7GE-DwJi0P8qDvzPMhh6ttinJQuDaI/s1600/IMG_9592.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUIO0HPKRvW3lADMAQDps7v8ATKqTao0cLm80zYFxHTHL7UApSOgLFySfyE2m7vYra6gC-bozPNKfAfNX0-TAuI3ukJB4ne44asDg49ZqtegXI7GE-DwJi0P8qDvzPMhh6ttinJQuDaI/s400/IMG_9592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722451827986987682" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">High ceilings, lots of natural light, walls covered in beautiful cloth and these gorgeous wooden sitting areas for the awestruck or simply tired gallery goers.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtRB-k6pqtfBsnCi88zlLmUXfN5Eosm6oYHdybnetqMLW7n9F5C0DMpl_fg2dNc4Cn3B_lIozsyMn_xVCz_FcdZspzRR-vAsgUz__7ucX74aWYuwZsHZl6vXB2uAzPlAR8Y4TNaJVdvE/s1600/IMG_9598.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtRB-k6pqtfBsnCi88zlLmUXfN5Eosm6oYHdybnetqMLW7n9F5C0DMpl_fg2dNc4Cn3B_lIozsyMn_xVCz_FcdZspzRR-vAsgUz__7ucX74aWYuwZsHZl6vXB2uAzPlAR8Y4TNaJVdvE/s400/IMG_9598.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722452552522301458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">As we wandered through the rooms, my niece and I marveled out the amazing way the painters depicted light and cloth, movement and depth, a masterful skill that is, sadly, largely lost.<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbXkSmymx7naRjha7LFxvx0V1NpDl3Lgham_RpMVZna8KBMlD063_67OrAJRxOD_dwvFISxeOmFPlIweI-1z35sREKWoZ27wwWTTcyyyv2BRuOt_zGWF12tJTqd9j1IiO7j6CzuWyUFc/s1600/IMG_9618.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwbXkSmymx7naRjha7LFxvx0V1NpDl3Lgham_RpMVZna8KBMlD063_67OrAJRxOD_dwvFISxeOmFPlIweI-1z35sREKWoZ27wwWTTcyyyv2BRuOt_zGWF12tJTqd9j1IiO7j6CzuWyUFc/s400/IMG_9618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722453200484892146" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I took lots of photographs for the Art Fragment series in my shop <a href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com/">Augenblickphoto.</a> I'll be printing some of the ones I like the best (not pictured here so stay tuned) to see if I want to work with them or not.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiyIO5o0bFQePIB0YKkjb1OD_OaSiFVz4gq3aFcv9K1X8l9PwQHhvsKnn2j7aYbgkPBVZ4wuBqFJJaUibKc5RqwgI3MzczdGl-gynzIMxX1JX_ryAqbcKj1kQU42Hqk7gBvls_Vc-gDU/s1600/IMG_9609.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiyIO5o0bFQePIB0YKkjb1OD_OaSiFVz4gq3aFcv9K1X8l9PwQHhvsKnn2j7aYbgkPBVZ4wuBqFJJaUibKc5RqwgI3MzczdGl-gynzIMxX1JX_ryAqbcKj1kQU42Hqk7gBvls_Vc-gDU/s400/IMG_9609.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722454016667273426" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOt4jVR0PTiNz2vOSnMdkBDcGh3k0P-IThl5AFqlqcUvpGp11GIBsTtYn7hr7a1i8KYoIh5wl7X0_u_uMeBPYtOx1d2ce1slwKeZkvROgfwRDGtbU40_B-v64dfYdOmJKxWTL_dVHYEUg/s1600/IMG_9605.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOt4jVR0PTiNz2vOSnMdkBDcGh3k0P-IThl5AFqlqcUvpGp11GIBsTtYn7hr7a1i8KYoIh5wl7X0_u_uMeBPYtOx1d2ce1slwKeZkvROgfwRDGtbU40_B-v64dfYdOmJKxWTL_dVHYEUg/s400/IMG_9605.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722454342905613922" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EqikaQ00i2CrhVzbzWFeb5aVYrXLayNz5mJCMaxDjwjt1yOiSZOtBc5TE3TJI4UGCt8o0ehJ-EjzNm7Ss8ebZmEl7w3cTEDqSVuhArlZWy7LXexntbPEH2BXPtpWPi3VlUuTfw-I7bM/s1600/IMG_9604.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EqikaQ00i2CrhVzbzWFeb5aVYrXLayNz5mJCMaxDjwjt1yOiSZOtBc5TE3TJI4UGCt8o0ehJ-EjzNm7Ss8ebZmEl7w3cTEDqSVuhArlZWy7LXexntbPEH2BXPtpWPi3VlUuTfw-I7bM/s400/IMG_9604.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722454674611855554" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">All in all, most definitely not a bad way to spend the first day of Spring in Berlin, 2012. ;)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFdohyphenhyphenAnUWQaDVBsOWlXspYYCZ3k5ejD50wwCQUcDb4OhFBFCGOBL34dL9OakoCu72rPo_SlehlMYW9rpOj1JwaPaYT3N-lzJzJVsSSnDduQ9sqc_zs_TLXp6OXb9ANBDDIw765tnAiI/s1600/IMG_9624.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFdohyphenhyphenAnUWQaDVBsOWlXspYYCZ3k5ejD50wwCQUcDb4OhFBFCGOBL34dL9OakoCu72rPo_SlehlMYW9rpOj1JwaPaYT3N-lzJzJVsSSnDduQ9sqc_zs_TLXp6OXb9ANBDDIw765tnAiI/s400/IMG_9624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722455202379488578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-79801528632223622812012-02-09T12:29:00.001-08:002012-02-09T12:47:29.179-08:00This Basement Girl Wants To Sing The Blues<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeeiO1MD2uVB4jpzWr6ijVKtmXmlyRzKBE56bhkQpXzIpkiHKEgSgVSgHEotWdfnPpDFJFhNQFXNKLzgfXJWjpNaLQG__wxE7pcY4oM9zOvu8z0X9jcJmVCdfIEnA_epPibFInPo42aY/s1600/il_fullxfull.309893639.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeeiO1MD2uVB4jpzWr6ijVKtmXmlyRzKBE56bhkQpXzIpkiHKEgSgVSgHEotWdfnPpDFJFhNQFXNKLzgfXJWjpNaLQG__wxE7pcY4oM9zOvu8z0X9jcJmVCdfIEnA_epPibFInPo42aY/s200/il_fullxfull.309893639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707236106880979938" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since November I've been spending a heck of a lot of time below ground. I'm renting a small basement room at a juggling shop on Zossenerstrasse in Berlin-Kreuzberg where I've set up a photo studio for my vintage clothing shop, <a href="http://www.curiousknopf.etsy.com">Curious Knopf</a>. I also can store the clothes there as well as jewelry, photostones and other doo dads from <a href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com">Augenblickphoto</a> which has made it easy to go to craft shows.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJStM7krvT0Q3LJK6WX9p_FnNrPtX7lrYjaephbdQ4jCLaHepdVCCLhXj0qayQYylGcK1Dl4FikTiPc4rMd_FRka0QTnOOwSCZ3njEJK1D37uAYveU7NCx3sYPzZJm1udKVBkNMnuU88/s1600/il_fullxfull.309429862.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 336px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJStM7krvT0Q3LJK6WX9p_FnNrPtX7lrYjaephbdQ4jCLaHepdVCCLhXj0qayQYylGcK1Dl4FikTiPc4rMd_FRka0QTnOOwSCZ3njEJK1D37uAYveU7NCx3sYPzZJm1udKVBkNMnuU88/s400/il_fullxfull.309429862.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707235869286338306" border="0" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yes, I have gotten more serious about this online business thing and I'd be loving it except, well, my sales are in the toilet these days. But then it is February. Maybe people are simply too cold to shop. I have a contract for the room until next fall and I still teach some for extra cash so there's nothing left to do but keep on trucking.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7APW8LFjMfHrGP4JJhZTQnjrmJ55ZeIQoNmM-bt9g6m_Vs_9lT9qELjWDRk3NNWXLQ4WadrUWDY-QqjWnr39PQKbtdiV6wFXQNOuCrJoHXVclv2rtDnr3qrMGpyP7W4C_Sowy7J8WEpE/s1600/il_fullxfull.310424876.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7APW8LFjMfHrGP4JJhZTQnjrmJ55ZeIQoNmM-bt9g6m_Vs_9lT9qELjWDRk3NNWXLQ4WadrUWDY-QqjWnr39PQKbtdiV6wFXQNOuCrJoHXVclv2rtDnr3qrMGpyP7W4C_Sowy7J8WEpE/s400/il_fullxfull.310424876.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707235762307309058" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What I'm more disappointed about is singing, or rather, the lack of it. Marcio has been gone for over 9 months but every time I've tried to set up another music project with someone else it's just been bust after bust after bust. Isn't there anyone in Berlin who wants to work together on some songs that are a little bit jazz, a little bit blues and a little bit old school country? If so, what are you waiting for? Drop me a line. :)<br /><br />A few videos of songs I would love to work on for your listening pleasure:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BguiWbW5j3Q" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EB_fbBfP9yU" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EpNWm57Txg8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rGl_OlVbahY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-37639686749428238282011-10-04T13:12:00.000-07:002011-10-05T00:53:32.122-07:00Altweibersommer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimtMSWiCndkp4HGxfJ8Qd-F3PJOgMyVrPLw3Q_LtplawbbDSZtt3U8HMVslpwqibIlSO5zYgcCdrZ9FOJ9I7Z-OdHQhKKGQm-l2Q68Qy_5KtMYtbHdDaFY-16VxlHcJhvPX3mpa2Rpfw/s1600/IMG_6776.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimtMSWiCndkp4HGxfJ8Qd-F3PJOgMyVrPLw3Q_LtplawbbDSZtt3U8HMVslpwqibIlSO5zYgcCdrZ9FOJ9I7Z-OdHQhKKGQm-l2Q68Qy_5KtMYtbHdDaFY-16VxlHcJhvPX3mpa2Rpfw/s400/IMG_6776.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659737250214762114" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">For the last week or so we've really been enjoying what Germans call "Old Women's Summer" (Altweibersommer, though apparently it actually has more to do with spider webs.) In English I guess we call it Indian summer, though I never had much use for it since in California everything is either summer, Indian summer, spring or six weeks of torrential rains and mud slides. How's that for variety?<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QRxx-wOvuP5tvBA_n7ZJbhUkvqykOWJviANgG9h3kmCR2Vzj4DNm0osMakj6Lhi-_Fl03CH3ZxA5vQ5BTVRMMEjFGzi1kZkmRBCdZ5_zKuIQpZpSQsI2OMzG9sStLKpnpBgzi8mxZQg/s1600/IMG_6722.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QRxx-wOvuP5tvBA_n7ZJbhUkvqykOWJviANgG9h3kmCR2Vzj4DNm0osMakj6Lhi-_Fl03CH3ZxA5vQ5BTVRMMEjFGzi1kZkmRBCdZ5_zKuIQpZpSQsI2OMzG9sStLKpnpBgzi8mxZQg/s400/IMG_6722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659736845972814626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">To enjoy it while it lasts we spent yesterday (which just happened to be Tag der deutschen Einheit) at<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilienhof"> Cecilienhof</a> in Potsdam. We certainly weren't the only ones. When we were there we saw this ridiculously beautiful couple....<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqK5f1VTCj7CeJAL5QSQc7t1-AsxLxDg5eMvb06Ly-jNGqG4a2eLGm5_IkV8vG3irIu-eMllxhNqKuCbDvS-14gOhtYnrgkcwk5KBKc8SvLw4cFlw0HP9LVG2BrJgMIR8UaP0LqnrGRBQ/s1600/IMG_6726.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqK5f1VTCj7CeJAL5QSQc7t1-AsxLxDg5eMvb06Ly-jNGqG4a2eLGm5_IkV8vG3irIu-eMllxhNqKuCbDvS-14gOhtYnrgkcwk5KBKc8SvLw4cFlw0HP9LVG2BrJgMIR8UaP0LqnrGRBQ/s400/IMG_6726.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659736181005796498" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">....the young and middle-aged....<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YS3Ju2e5wjOoHMmfAKd6-uS-kBsFN5-onRHJZjbR9JIFwlG-buN5r01SEWLXH546xN96w-6UlsIs0rBdp-jWNcWUc8l6k9sWhjHzaDQyfaGKx97kf3kBu7l25nmYZyMbrceyVDlSXiw/s1600/IMG_6727.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YS3Ju2e5wjOoHMmfAKd6-uS-kBsFN5-onRHJZjbR9JIFwlG-buN5r01SEWLXH546xN96w-6UlsIs0rBdp-jWNcWUc8l6k9sWhjHzaDQyfaGKx97kf3kBu7l25nmYZyMbrceyVDlSXiw/s400/IMG_6727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659735566716034802" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">....the middle-age middle aged....<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG86L8qebqbB6hDqJLPADaGZdhrCpJtsU-bwHCgkzKBJP7KuUQYSdLuNz5dqNDIKLYE8RMYnVIY3frYJNItELrRxWDzZ0gR8eKyZ63JMIIti9nSLbfxnq-NPh7DZDhMPwN0txB1iW1OoY/s1600/IMG_6746.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG86L8qebqbB6hDqJLPADaGZdhrCpJtsU-bwHCgkzKBJP7KuUQYSdLuNz5dqNDIKLYE8RMYnVIY3frYJNItELrRxWDzZ0gR8eKyZ63JMIIti9nSLbfxnq-NPh7DZDhMPwN0txB1iW1OoY/s400/IMG_6746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659735343000026994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">...and of course the elderly. This is just a side note, but why do a lot of older Germans look like they spent their entire lives hauling sacks of potatoes and the only time they ever had fun was when their mother let them haul a ten pound sack instead of a 20 pounder? You can't see it so well on this picture, but when you zoom in this couple have such dour looks on their faces. In real life they weren't quite so bad. I think they even smiled at Miss Mia which, for a German, is almost like winning Miss Congeniality.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHCosxjHWUUKJFkowLe8zEJ3mBwii3TZHtT95m3tz5oethUeoMXaIec-SHFh3RImAMU_J_hI2D9NyADhQ855ep8asQxxMbedYJhHPjuyR9jB3dRW3q535JZFaIWU7ia7-jvzCEP1ExnA/s1600/IMG_6781.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHCosxjHWUUKJFkowLe8zEJ3mBwii3TZHtT95m3tz5oethUeoMXaIec-SHFh3RImAMU_J_hI2D9NyADhQ855ep8asQxxMbedYJhHPjuyR9jB3dRW3q535JZFaIWU7ia7-jvzCEP1ExnA/s400/IMG_6781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659734932346210258" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">As much as I complain about Berlin winters (and, I assure you, I will again) if I ever were to go back to California I would miss autumn. Such beautiful light, crisp air, vibrant colors. California doesn't have autumn. The leaves on the Eucalyptus trees just dull a little. And then it's spring.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Q4pEz2WdOvJu_xj8M7da-LFBBhflI3KRqB0CeCrlvFO8RHiq9umzNw4piF6QtU3akf20v9qU-mVADBZ-GYsnxs38mT0YJqOrOMZTy5KHnlyUxHNJ2vTo77U-0FyolMX70E0KT46tv0g/s1600/IMG_6748.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Q4pEz2WdOvJu_xj8M7da-LFBBhflI3KRqB0CeCrlvFO8RHiq9umzNw4piF6QtU3akf20v9qU-mVADBZ-GYsnxs38mT0YJqOrOMZTy5KHnlyUxHNJ2vTo77U-0FyolMX70E0KT46tv0g/s400/IMG_6748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659734571674375010" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Needless to say, the girls had fun.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5Z7lgBoloNHu748CRJ_Zp69FKXSCrZK3FZgcvONSucoAJa8jxktk8ZyWWRsMfiusosg8hIdm8U8bw5CXUtXw8jXfkLsqjlZpMJynRyg5WwZkc035K7atsk5vYm1mDavvu5mNoGu9H-A/s1600/IMG_6751.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5Z7lgBoloNHu748CRJ_Zp69FKXSCrZK3FZgcvONSucoAJa8jxktk8ZyWWRsMfiusosg8hIdm8U8bw5CXUtXw8jXfkLsqjlZpMJynRyg5WwZkc035K7atsk5vYm1mDavvu5mNoGu9H-A/s400/IMG_6751.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659734232563549026" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Right here they are getting excited because they just discovered a roly poly crawling across the bark. They are so my children.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraVmwL-izRCcWg3U1BCwPGp1zOHyGxGY1UsVR8AxEruaK5JuVgnwuga2WM7ikTB_tIIHv9hBo2jxTgCuWS2eJRHsZPhxDnCuukowKcZF3MJiprkz2NT4yTwcYNNqVL1DaR5y21dNleDw/s1600/IMG_6790.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraVmwL-izRCcWg3U1BCwPGp1zOHyGxGY1UsVR8AxEruaK5JuVgnwuga2WM7ikTB_tIIHv9hBo2jxTgCuWS2eJRHsZPhxDnCuukowKcZF3MJiprkz2NT4yTwcYNNqVL1DaR5y21dNleDw/s400/IMG_6790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659733955621246994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Jasper's grandmother was once a lady-in-waiting at a castle a stone's throw from Cecilienhof. How did a California lass like me whose heart will always beat a little hippie end up with a Prussian count with aristocratic roots up the gazoo? Life is, indeed, full of surprises.<br /></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrFpHmdBF8WLHuyhOMexT6CkxgPTEnoSwQIwj_dR6Xp4BajZS-_qIXrIay3WUv8CA7O2iwH1MdZJkRNgPMgn3-CnEW-ukLT2yS3uRO2LQxLTQ6AUjX5wfZHbPawKQOOu7zyyGu49y2GE/s1600/IMG_6762.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrFpHmdBF8WLHuyhOMexT6CkxgPTEnoSwQIwj_dR6Xp4BajZS-_qIXrIay3WUv8CA7O2iwH1MdZJkRNgPMgn3-CnEW-ukLT2yS3uRO2LQxLTQ6AUjX5wfZHbPawKQOOu7zyyGu49y2GE/s400/IMG_6762.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659733652731529218" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Fall light and Old Women's Summer we will miss you. Do come again.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aLhimu25uw0K_eTTRVwQ28lX1_PYej9I3znwjTIg74oCgRzoJNYfNbo43nQu24ES7gkGA_HTLqiaCXKeHvhhyMROKnKP_VNiZkcDLNJSz3dTcZGenIgqZrL6gt9vq66faKIyqCmbuog/s1600/IMG_6769.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aLhimu25uw0K_eTTRVwQ28lX1_PYej9I3znwjTIg74oCgRzoJNYfNbo43nQu24ES7gkGA_HTLqiaCXKeHvhhyMROKnKP_VNiZkcDLNJSz3dTcZGenIgqZrL6gt9vq66faKIyqCmbuog/s400/IMG_6769.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659733240667475666" border="0" /></a>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-80622494127610545802011-09-18T11:34:00.001-07:002011-09-18T13:04:38.337-07:00Goodbye Hello Etsy<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This wee</span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaqwoFnyJrCmHlbFM5U4vZ22fHxUpEAEmSkh6Sa2lnP6zjB5QAQdVQDB5ZX-tEZGqCdRGh1iooeJcc5-emHUGp_BAMDkHBj0MfQIWR62wvs5jtrdoPinWQBYUTPnmD-2ftPg3biVaZBw/s1600/IMG_6650.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaqwoFnyJrCmHlbFM5U4vZ22fHxUpEAEmSkh6Sa2lnP6zjB5QAQdVQDB5ZX-tEZGqCdRGh1iooeJcc5-emHUGp_BAMDkHBj0MfQIWR62wvs5jtrdoPinWQBYUTPnmD-2ftPg3biVaZBw/s200/IMG_6650.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653776447077249890" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">kend I went to the Hello Etsy Summit on Small Business and Sustainability here in Berlin. I really had no excuse not to go, considering the conference was a ten minute bike ride from my apartment and I've also been selling in <a href="http://www.curiousknopf.etsy.com">Curious Knopf</a> and <a href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com">Augenblick Photo</a> since Spring/Fall 2010 and in Schaufenster (for which this blog is named) before that.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu54GR4lhgXs-NiAVWE0X7poHId8ma-dmjvH5nrnk_Bh8fxTYWn34m8nbbYpR7xcfYNZJ8rjD8kM9xwkM0zls42NmprDI1KCCgivg20K2yQ5i4wlI5cKDeuCrrtNQcbDxKOh7Y8_3vvQ/s1600/IMG_6617.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu54GR4lhgXs-NiAVWE0X7poHId8ma-dmjvH5nrnk_Bh8fxTYWn34m8nbbYpR7xcfYNZJ8rjD8kM9xwkM0zls42NmprDI1KCCgivg20K2yQ5i4wlI5cKDeuCrrtNQcbDxKOh7Y8_3vvQ/s400/IMG_6617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653775985811396834" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm also thinking seriously these days about expanding both of my shops and (perhaps) even combining them with an actual Brick and Mortar shop here in Berlin. In the past few weeks I've been taking a workshop on Existenzgründung, i.e. how to go into business for yourself in Germany. Needless to say the bureaucracy, etc. is rather mind-boggling and worthy of a blog post all to itself, so I won't get into much detail here.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuX5Je1KleQWiIarJhPJc6Xi9_gyPDzamDrUPK8oBgAozgFxOBbqqfLMU3-pQCBWti8beTN2GImm97mV5awrJmgSv7qlcMTMBGkfjhp3LDikA_2HPWNGikomYPFGOaBuMc0PeoziHvmA/s1600/1002-maxit1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuX5Je1KleQWiIarJhPJc6Xi9_gyPDzamDrUPK8oBgAozgFxOBbqqfLMU3-pQCBWti8beTN2GImm97mV5awrJmgSv7qlcMTMBGkfjhp3LDikA_2HPWNGikomYPFGOaBuMc0PeoziHvmA/s400/1002-maxit1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653775067708064178" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The conference was held at the <a href="http://www.ewerk.net/">eWerk</a> in Berlin Mitte just around the corner from Postsdamer Platz. A former energy plant in gorgeous 1920s style, the building is now a conference center where they've apparently also hosted techno parties (or at least it looked like it from some of the images I found on google....) The plant was owned by AEG. I happen to know from a recent translation I did for the <a href="http://www.zwangsarbeit-archiv.de/en/links/links/index.html">Visual History Archive on Forced Labor</a> that AEG had a particularly shady past with forced Jewish and Polish Labor during the second world war, something that makes the topic of the summit all the more ironic.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMqjdGIdfQlsxbwLDUfg0ydO_0GtQppb58JUBFwD_X3tmJCigR9TPb3I6saL3RjnUo-OaEEALO88upUVsq9NyuFsn39G843a8Aqs4AKYvojn-AeaM3hiRZlrxg-CW_jNZNCghi7KKY38/s1600/22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMqjdGIdfQlsxbwLDUfg0ydO_0GtQppb58JUBFwD_X3tmJCigR9TPb3I6saL3RjnUo-OaEEALO88upUVsq9NyuFsn39G843a8Aqs4AKYvojn-AeaM3hiRZlrxg-CW_jNZNCghi7KKY38/s400/22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653775007043060530" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The conference was split up in the main room (mainly for eating, chatting, networking, etc.), two rooftop rooms and the control room. I never went to anything in the control room, but it looked a lot like the one in Chernobyl pictured above. I know this because I went up their with my camera in hand no knowing that a) the elevator opens up into the middle of the room and b) a workshop was going on. Though I felt like I had landed in the middle of the "real world" in the Matrix, I was just too damn shy to snap a picture.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91nwv_oPEEfuC19p7yqpKvpfzlXYAAX1DXynK2R0Smztx-ZQLzkECO7qIBJbUsyOsxGn3aMIlKC6XUqnAQfmDNI5tOzU05klb8ClsptFy_TvKXZ6zEqAlKtdvx6OPlQ01Cteab8uYf_8/s1600/IMG_6591.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91nwv_oPEEfuC19p7yqpKvpfzlXYAAX1DXynK2R0Smztx-ZQLzkECO7qIBJbUsyOsxGn3aMIlKC6XUqnAQfmDNI5tOzU05klb8ClsptFy_TvKXZ6zEqAlKtdvx6OPlQ01Cteab8uYf_8/s400/IMG_6591.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653774790071212418" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Speaking of too damn shy, that's one of the reasons I didn't get as much out of the conference as I might have since it definitely would have been a good chance to network. Although I am far from being painfully shy like I was as a teenager, I am still definitely introverted. Sometimes it really is a pain in the ass. I know a) that I am interested in people and like getting to know them and b) that once a conversation gets going everything is fine. But still, getting those conversations started of my own volition is just not that easy. <br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHMQ0cdpz9jjdrkAfpi3NpVdCSLmPkDrBcr7DaM61U24r3Ut1A5RR8WTERK4st0jaxB5dzoMkM144zJ76G-v6pnTUtqFRKeON0haLUKHWpFBwKE5M8oZ4lWF77NN0nRlzFPnOZ4pqTGM/s1600/IMG_6592.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHMQ0cdpz9jjdrkAfpi3NpVdCSLmPkDrBcr7DaM61U24r3Ut1A5RR8WTERK4st0jaxB5dzoMkM144zJ76G-v6pnTUtqFRKeON0haLUKHWpFBwKE5M8oZ4lWF77NN0nRlzFPnOZ4pqTGM/s400/IMG_6592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653774520580257666" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then again, that's one of the reasons I decided to settle down in Berlin. In the US you're often seen as a freak if you are too introverted whereas in Berlin true extroverts are often seen as a pain in the ass. German (at least Northern German) culture is definitely introverted, so much so that, when with a group Germans, I am sometimes the biggest extrovert among them which is absolutely ridiculous.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC22PWX0nhWYnLd4KGEUsg4fWzcU_FPn0i08VdxePzLp5zmTMQFLYt7WNLlnbBnYoDNk_A6fRZ6YxwmazS711rsf0w6RbcEzpa7CEMfr_Dge3nY64wwQ2ImiUqn9KzrDxPrVgrVtXJ9I/s1600/IMG_6607.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC22PWX0nhWYnLd4KGEUsg4fWzcU_FPn0i08VdxePzLp5zmTMQFLYt7WNLlnbBnYoDNk_A6fRZ6YxwmazS711rsf0w6RbcEzpa7CEMfr_Dge3nY64wwQ2ImiUqn9KzrDxPrVgrVtXJ9I/s400/IMG_6607.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653774123036142626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The conference was basically split between the nuts and bolts side (PR, marketing, google and branding tips, etc.) and the inspirational, new economy side (but unfortunately not much "seller success" talks and workshops which would have been great.) On Saturday I did the nuts and bolts workshops which were interesting and helpful, albeit somewhat overwhelming. On Sunday I stayed downstairs for the inspirational stuff mainly because it was cold and rainy and I had come late and was too lazy to wait for the very slow elevator to take me up to the rooftop rooms.<br /> </span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdBupUajR96ujF5o-_r-wDreVOBmTCKTq6OwjV6wud9678bzjX78jMemqPFIarwCq4DT0fhffX5wVxg2wwSkS4OYMilO4pJeIT_hJjcp_uIs5UosUj71iMQwH_EGGoSyO_QQxgpXq3NQ/s1600/IMG_6614.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdBupUajR96ujF5o-_r-wDreVOBmTCKTq6OwjV6wud9678bzjX78jMemqPFIarwCq4DT0fhffX5wVxg2wwSkS4OYMilO4pJeIT_hJjcp_uIs5UosUj71iMQwH_EGGoSyO_QQxgpXq3NQ/s400/IMG_6614.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653773834059035346" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I found <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/Sustainism">Michiel Schwarz's</a> talk on the Culture of Sustainism very inspiring and Biba Schoenmaker's talk about the <a href="http://www.broodfonds.nl/">Bread Fund</a>, a trust based insurance for the self-employed in the Netherlands to be a brilliant idea I hope they soon implement in Germany, especially if I do go into business for myself full-time.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vFRZtjPoY8Ldp42dsuWblXgN_B4gJdr2B8dLtC-2obyvyH1xNf0OHebpnnkceVLtHwjxyVBb9XmzfBXTe9vsgYFoImWKTUldd_qbwVsvlpnc5PHLo7haC8ZKiqGCxYPEinN2jDNxWu4/s1600/IMG_6625.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vFRZtjPoY8Ldp42dsuWblXgN_B4gJdr2B8dLtC-2obyvyH1xNf0OHebpnnkceVLtHwjxyVBb9XmzfBXTe9vsgYFoImWKTUldd_qbwVsvlpnc5PHLo7haC8ZKiqGCxYPEinN2jDNxWu4/s400/IMG_6625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653773394293090946" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">However, I found <a href="http://www.rushkoff.com/">Douglas Rushkoff's</a> talk a little over the top or maybe just too, well, American. Yes, it is important to know what the new social media is and how it defines us and yes, there are new possibilities for us to define ourselves and the new global economy in a different way but why does it have to be so big, so mind-boggling, so revolutionary? Maybe I've just become European enough to be turned off by this larger-than-life American presentation.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FBrQyebtRCA5ocxlqipHfuy7hMEWNiX8ESQDT1Ixem2nDiPUnyJIwF4q5c8d92Ccyh1hs9QuGtqWe_IT6eUknwsQiTwEn9yhyphenhyphenVg88lbyS4Vo70-OVqVx2VP3_ZyGxhTgzqbDd_rCgzA/s1600/IMG_6630.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FBrQyebtRCA5ocxlqipHfuy7hMEWNiX8ESQDT1Ixem2nDiPUnyJIwF4q5c8d92Ccyh1hs9QuGtqWe_IT6eUknwsQiTwEn9yhyphenhyphenVg88lbyS4Vo70-OVqVx2VP3_ZyGxhTgzqbDd_rCgzA/s400/IMG_6630.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653773141343781138" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There is a reason I sell on Etsy and not on Ebay and that reason is I do like the personal, aesthetic and community aspect of it. I think a lot of buyers are drawn to this too. The concept definitely was new and is global-yet-local in a way that simply wasn't possible before. But why does it have to be life-changing, a whole new way of being, a revolution in how business is done? Etsy isn't going to change the world and I hope to god they don't think they are going to. If so, they will only be swallowed up by their own hype and fall into cynicism once the bubble bursts. Yes, the world can change and yes, you should live in a way that supports what you believe. But what the significance will be can only be seen once the events have already happened. To pump them up to the level of grandiosity as Rushkoff to a certain extent did seems ultimately hollow and destined for disillusionment.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidynH8xty0lntnfx-bQl5hu6ytZjkbCal6_j8LyywOy-Wk1JSG92BZijDAivu1Y0qpAuD155jVRj1OdiNI3ngm7B3Q_wbCkL98utgdQThdKL6STUaVFyqA9dnXZ8tciNUNFH10mV9-JUQ/s1600/IMG_6632.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidynH8xty0lntnfx-bQl5hu6ytZjkbCal6_j8LyywOy-Wk1JSG92BZijDAivu1Y0qpAuD155jVRj1OdiNI3ngm7B3Q_wbCkL98utgdQThdKL6STUaVFyqA9dnXZ8tciNUNFH10mV9-JUQ/s400/IMG_6632.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653772810346085218" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before I headed for home I went up the roof to take some pictures, at the time virtually deserted since everyone was downstairs drinking tea and staying out of the chill. I looked down at the hot air balloon I went to recently with Miss Mia and Little Li. Mia had wanted to go on it forever so finally we did. It was ridiculously expensive (6 Euros for each kid but 20 Euros for me for a 15 minute ride) and they played cheesy canned music at the top, but Mia loved every second of it.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBkP8Cr93sqYVIDjgxUeMB-f-pSC7xlOtRBFQJxhf4-yIIAK_qEmzFPFWIwS25F8lBcmJS2Exuojk_ud__Iz-88G4AxmUvE7s8UeNkyEPQ92UFbfebUpmPqxdoVfib8IcG9rS0FHExwA/s1600/IMG_6643.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBkP8Cr93sqYVIDjgxUeMB-f-pSC7xlOtRBFQJxhf4-yIIAK_qEmzFPFWIwS25F8lBcmJS2Exuojk_ud__Iz-88G4AxmUvE7s8UeNkyEPQ92UFbfebUpmPqxdoVfib8IcG9rS0FHExwA/s400/IMG_6643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653772090808081522" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I looked down on <a href="http://cms.trabi-safari.de/opencms/opencms/trabi-safari/de/_main/home/">Trabi Safari</a></span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">reminding me I was on a rooftop of a building in the former East incredibly close to where the wall once stood.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyg3sJjPNV18A4wqntzqvYSlvtZFIQPcouHzJHGGSfNnHslO6-d8XJWBoEMxXwL6LpYhD1UaJQtpHdOW4mQK9fvtvdP_4YEVlYqQQUkLUNFudfWzggYsOVHzWh9Z0kZKZHWWXOAZrQPdo/s1600/IMG_6634.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyg3sJjPNV18A4wqntzqvYSlvtZFIQPcouHzJHGGSfNnHslO6-d8XJWBoEMxXwL6LpYhD1UaJQtpHdOW4mQK9fvtvdP_4YEVlYqQQUkLUNFudfWzggYsOVHzWh9Z0kZKZHWWXOAZrQPdo/s400/IMG_6634.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653771658761103666" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And I looked down on this empty, over-grown lot, one of many hundreds in Berlin. Berlin may be changing. It may gradually be getting more expensive i.e. from dirt cheap to moderately affordable. But the city still has so much green. It has its problems, but it holds so much promise and possibility. We've got it good.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQeb1WfttOnIAgTsq1PvLESjIFv-_UqcTIyRlw8zxITycCzmRFtXOOcY2rm_-CbgNAUR6JqnTdblkNwdzNrliQCZvWuvmfCHKiB4wkTZ-QUXhxuac5P4qXnInh7BFlaYGxl9dhJFtBfA/s1600/IMG_6635.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQeb1WfttOnIAgTsq1PvLESjIFv-_UqcTIyRlw8zxITycCzmRFtXOOcY2rm_-CbgNAUR6JqnTdblkNwdzNrliQCZvWuvmfCHKiB4wkTZ-QUXhxuac5P4qXnInh7BFlaYGxl9dhJFtBfA/s400/IMG_6635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653770482293691426" border="0" /></a>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-60755835890685685242011-09-13T15:01:00.000-07:002011-09-13T15:42:42.846-07:00About Painting?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsLVtSyCu6JeCxQr61I70FH_ml5kJhBvrN6IQZWOKpsfdLCvn3ccRqzMGHCEpU07fXgE8ELy5h0BmL-fXOXel9z3nrCv3X-4sVXYvyRjJy4z71v4d3LK_o3D4sgkxU0RTUXjudOqwFzE/s1600/IMG_6477.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsLVtSyCu6JeCxQr61I70FH_ml5kJhBvrN6IQZWOKpsfdLCvn3ccRqzMGHCEpU07fXgE8ELy5h0BmL-fXOXel9z3nrCv3X-4sVXYvyRjJy4z71v4d3LK_o3D4sgkxU0RTUXjudOqwFzE/s200/IMG_6477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651969843439692898" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">On Sunday Jasper and I called in a babysitter and spontaneously went to the ABC (art berlin contemporary) art fair <a href="http://www.artberlincontemporary.com/">About Painting</a>.</span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">By far the coolest thing there were these huge hamster-wheel like things that kids could roll around in inside a pool. It really made the coolest sound and made us (almost) wish the kids were with us or (better yet) that they would allow adult-sized people in those balls.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrrToZjR376JLwev2lKPkS-9rttEQCGngjFvv7PVOxFEZ7WhsD4QZh9fZFDY6BHuW6kTiCfaE1h-kpUHVxM4fZ94DDzvJ7Sh5fwqmOp-os3eYIn81FqCkDyVjA1VWHIB4yBWa5fsJM60/s1600/IMG_6480.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrrToZjR376JLwev2lKPkS-9rttEQCGngjFvv7PVOxFEZ7WhsD4QZh9fZFDY6BHuW6kTiCfaE1h-kpUHVxM4fZ94DDzvJ7Sh5fwqmOp-os3eYIn81FqCkDyVjA1VWHIB4yBWa5fsJM60/s400/IMG_6480.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651969503801994274" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Looking at those things reminded me of the time I put one of my pet rats in a hamster ball when I was a teenager. He stayed perfectly still and stared at me with his beady eyes as if to say "You've gotta be kidding me."<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxKz7E68GRx56iR7D5f9yg5QAGDiIEE_H6rRyusSLa7UGYne2rk7PfDwFZSYsWU0c5TtFf0KAbcbGKn5ZJVWNGmjpOemF7sZonCu2nQZ_TsqjTBjf_wjCI7j6WgGJgwjeXBuw2yAxFQw/s1600/IMG_6491.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxKz7E68GRx56iR7D5f9yg5QAGDiIEE_H6rRyusSLa7UGYne2rk7PfDwFZSYsWU0c5TtFf0KAbcbGKn5ZJVWNGmjpOemF7sZonCu2nQZ_TsqjTBjf_wjCI7j6WgGJgwjeXBuw2yAxFQw/s400/IMG_6491.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651969199703973074" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">That's pretty much the way I felt when I walked around the art fair. Although it was called "About Painting" there were only actually two paintings there done by a woman born in 1944 who, as my brother-in-law assured me (he is a painter), is not very trendy. Everything else looked either as if you would have to read a 14 page essay to understand it or like my 4 year old daughter drew a princess castle and my 2 and a half year old daughter then threw up on it. Please, people. The emperor is wearing no clothes.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pCXpEddzMZ-dXPq5ebsvDnxFSc9J9PEDKvtgsu9-XobavrPS2vN77R7guJhaGrXOKKlYA6F5asrTD6uPSf1UAr3fxKJlSwCVA8S0FtovaidMhofzljeW-Qv3FtTnM8m5L9KMW4x-azQ/s1600/IMG_6496.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pCXpEddzMZ-dXPq5ebsvDnxFSc9J9PEDKvtgsu9-XobavrPS2vN77R7guJhaGrXOKKlYA6F5asrTD6uPSf1UAr3fxKJlSwCVA8S0FtovaidMhofzljeW-Qv3FtTnM8m5L9KMW4x-azQ/s400/IMG_6496.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651968957684607682" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Seeing such art (or the art world in such a state) reminded me a lot of studying music at <a href="http://www.mills.edu/music/">Mills College</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Although I studied classical singing, what the music department at Mills is best known for is electronic and conceptual music. When I was studying there I was pretty open and went to a lot of different kinds of concerts. I remember in particular one where 25 women in tuxedo shirts played electric guitars with bottles of nail polish and another (from a famous composer from the University of Arizona) with a video installation of ants crawling over a microphone half buried in their nest.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMc4fJzAmNkRmCcHq8YddBY_e_yxiCa_tVLc5jY0O8vxBKoAHZM6DX7A8lGWb2GENjbJa89lH3rF667bNsUYJmodG63vMIx18g9tR1I0foZZ07vOuDx2eFNu45kXoIw0IupasAGwEeLxA/s1600/IMG_6498.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMc4fJzAmNkRmCcHq8YddBY_e_yxiCa_tVLc5jY0O8vxBKoAHZM6DX7A8lGWb2GENjbJa89lH3rF667bNsUYJmodG63vMIx18g9tR1I0foZZ07vOuDx2eFNu45kXoIw0IupasAGwEeLxA/s400/IMG_6498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651968600316499378" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The problem? The guitar playing sounded like hideous noise and the ant recordings like vague scratching. I understand that both art and music can be boring when they are merely beautiful, but when all you have is concept then they are worse then boring. They are simply ludicrous. These days any one artsy fartsy usually calls themselves a designer instead of an artist like they might have 10 or 15 years ago. On Sunday I could see why. If About Painting was a mirror of the contemporary art world then art, in my opinion is dead. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beuys">Joseph Beuys</a> may have said everyone is an artist, but I think it's time we got over it and something like, um, skill came back into the picture. </span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8a6w4XUMOWSfxuMcNJWmQQH76cT4aNClSo_XDBsAzoQoGMceDS0HXMBz-MOiCgRiaxzoH2vNvI23ocANJqc_ZZ8icaKKOrmX3FNPYua4uFoyydppK2Cf6Aobtx5hX6WFX2YGznXZ9SQ/s1600/IMG_6512.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8a6w4XUMOWSfxuMcNJWmQQH76cT4aNClSo_XDBsAzoQoGMceDS0HXMBz-MOiCgRiaxzoH2vNvI23ocANJqc_ZZ8icaKKOrmX3FNPYua4uFoyydppK2Cf6Aobtx5hX6WFX2YGznXZ9SQ/s400/IMG_6512.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651968305908664242" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Still, the fair was definitely worth a visit if not for the location alone. A former U-Bahn storage house, the rooms were spacious with beautiful light coming from the skylights and lots of warm gray tones abound. People watching was also definitely good. Lots of well dressed ingenues typing madly away on their Mac books. All gallery assistants I assumed.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDusCiGAf8s22DN739L406k_V77nEFg1rh5pKWZQm1UjwLFbuexlIerouFn3hCJfy8BIrZSh4Mq_nFSVo-PJsvy2BWgfkgi79GMdd6nP8lHxhE1cH2CU1uVqda4KoX1oCPqHSKSGYr51E/s1600/IMG_6513.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDusCiGAf8s22DN739L406k_V77nEFg1rh5pKWZQm1UjwLFbuexlIerouFn3hCJfy8BIrZSh4Mq_nFSVo-PJsvy2BWgfkgi79GMdd6nP8lHxhE1cH2CU1uVqda4KoX1oCPqHSKSGYr51E/s400/IMG_6513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651967968552364626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">And I saw a lot of really great shoes. Seriously. I almost asked a few women where they had bought them they were so damn gorgeous, but you just don't do that in Berlin, especially not at an art fair. Speaking of shoes, I never could figure out if the pair above were a work of art or if someone had strangely forgotten them. If anyone knows, please drop me a line. ;)</span></span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-30243914357143160902011-09-09T13:55:00.000-07:002011-09-09T14:29:43.979-07:00Bauhaus and What it Means to Me<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aojJjhDzxNTQyI8phofmGjFOX3jJSFV1ZqLwNqPY23OxyDLwcjlJV9qCZJY7-MMvTjjweAAa-p2yyaYd9Jfp-EhupFzL28lIt2V0te3KlnslmuHufXO4mXekI7-03MU1ZG_DtZipiRo/s1600/IMG_6448.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aojJjhDzxNTQyI8phofmGjFOX3jJSFV1ZqLwNqPY23OxyDLwcjlJV9qCZJY7-MMvTjjweAAa-p2yyaYd9Jfp-EhupFzL28lIt2V0te3KlnslmuHufXO4mXekI7-03MU1ZG_DtZipiRo/s400/IMG_6448.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650467150951853490" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The word "Bauhaus" has meant a lot of different things to me in my life. When I was a teenage, I was a big fan of the band <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_%28Band%29">Bauhaus</a>, much to my sister's chagrin. Listening to Peter Murphy have spastic fits about Bela Lugosi being dead was probably not the nicest thing to hear every morning through your bedroom wall. Although I didn't necessarily dress the part, my first boyfriend in high school did write me a poem half penned in his own blood (I thought it was the most romantic thing in the world) so I was definitely a bit of a goth girl. Hmm...Maybe that's why I still like to take photographs in graveyards.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9oElTABHGqsETPkLFYIC_fWq74_lLxw1nPmKks_N8uMfTctX4Fvf-Low3qkbSmodxq0H5rtSwedidyM6JbSh4dlqFvWjDTSEi74MBhpzcY8nn5ZvY0c4qk7NRN1yQIiha0Mb2q5UDe4/s1600/il_fullxfull.255647927.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9oElTABHGqsETPkLFYIC_fWq74_lLxw1nPmKks_N8uMfTctX4Fvf-Low3qkbSmodxq0H5rtSwedidyM6JbSh4dlqFvWjDTSEi74MBhpzcY8nn5ZvY0c4qk7NRN1yQIiha0Mb2q5UDe4/s400/il_fullxfull.255647927.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650467046621606978" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Later I learned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus">Bauhaus</a> (literally "house of construction") was a design movement headed by Walter Gropius up until the 1930s. It is one of my favorite design styles by far, especially for architecture. I would love to collect more Bauhaus objects, but they're hard to come by, or at least at a decent price. Write "Bauhaus" in the description of anything on Ebay Germany and you're pretty much guaranteed a good price.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsfJ-Ruknz2miNFLXKKKP6VIQY_nfnI-QeU6ptFyr8FBFs9lmXmIdLdWMPgd8ghxYXaLPiuEZ7Zrd3zYId7et89iEWuoEZWNjqoicFQakxzrXg4a37zwjon2gndiB2UvB8niWMxAE9F4/s1600/il_fullxfull.268851637.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsfJ-Ruknz2miNFLXKKKP6VIQY_nfnI-QeU6ptFyr8FBFs9lmXmIdLdWMPgd8ghxYXaLPiuEZ7Zrd3zYId7et89iEWuoEZWNjqoicFQakxzrXg4a37zwjon2gndiB2UvB8niWMxAE9F4/s400/il_fullxfull.268851637.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650466972068329250" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Shortly after I moved to Berlin I discovered a third Bauhaus, the <a href="http://www.bauhaus.info/">Bauhaus Baumarkt. </a>A huge hardware store a la Home Depot minus the plant nursery, Bauhaus is filled with things with sexy names like lumber, nuts and bolts and silicon tubing. Seriously though, I do find it kind of sexy there. Lumber smells great and all you see are men, men, men with an occasional lesbian mixed in for good measure.<br /><a href="http://www.bauhaus.info/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span></span></a></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUeZBZxArWxksvqWG39iZVUQa9ZpwqX-BGRBIqygypszz4rl33PTVm6mLoAkDNSNa2xCmCYg3Jb1UOak1hkBIitOFgiBlMOzRcN8HuIaXPFUu-Ko9iM3wTUgFiO_5_X3aFO4njYZ-zwQ/s1600/il_fullxfull.259046421.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUeZBZxArWxksvqWG39iZVUQa9ZpwqX-BGRBIqygypszz4rl33PTVm6mLoAkDNSNa2xCmCYg3Jb1UOak1hkBIitOFgiBlMOzRcN8HuIaXPFUu-Ko9iM3wTUgFiO_5_X3aFO4njYZ-zwQ/s400/il_fullxfull.259046421.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650466876914041170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Granted, the kind of men who loiter in Bauhaus lusting over power tools are generally not my type but I still definitely get a kick out of how surprised they are when they see me in there. I swear, at least three times I've had a man nearly drop his bucket of nails when he saw me, an ordinary woman, getting lost in the aisle of Bauhaus without a husband or boyfriend in tow. Bauhaus has so much testosterone in the air a (female) friend and I have joked all we have to do is walk into the place and our biceps start growing.<br /></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTXO6_Y9VQnS5cGdPmB_RtWfcohBDNVPZpUE1mIhXVaB-1CA5tQOTZSML1ePZqmYcBOxmKUNWtuPTwXeio8qmZp5TpWFfGwSkaV3-7tn3il7Z9k4MToixtGnnX49PKkSAyuNoDko4hbg/s1600/il_fullxfull.261422896.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTXO6_Y9VQnS5cGdPmB_RtWfcohBDNVPZpUE1mIhXVaB-1CA5tQOTZSML1ePZqmYcBOxmKUNWtuPTwXeio8qmZp5TpWFfGwSkaV3-7tn3il7Z9k4MToixtGnnX49PKkSAyuNoDko4hbg/s400/il_fullxfull.261422896.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650466795367747090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">It was on a jaunt to Bauhaus a couple of months ago that I discovered these stones. I started mounting photographs to them and so far they've been pretty popular. You can find them at <a href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com/">Augenblick Photo</a> with many more to come.</span></span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-30540742524759574342011-09-05T14:52:00.001-07:002011-09-05T16:13:14.198-07:00Dreaming of Burg Stavenow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IPFtKEczj0nqZ4nMt-lvMRB53HqjqEot46ZCeArBDX8Vk4woyr3b8mSNHnC_9FI0YnRoVIKV_dkbLqSivuoPKPIiU9igrBwL-E4E1XBlMjx4l1SWA_-8IWFH5N76-WDdvajvfr0RA3o/s1600/IMG_5828.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IPFtKEczj0nqZ4nMt-lvMRB53HqjqEot46ZCeArBDX8Vk4woyr3b8mSNHnC_9FI0YnRoVIKV_dkbLqSivuoPKPIiU9igrBwL-E4E1XBlMjx4l1SWA_-8IWFH5N76-WDdvajvfr0RA3o/s400/IMG_5828.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649004502921513922" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Summer this year was far too short. And that's being generous. More cynical would be to say we were royally cheated. July and August were wet and cold, as though Berlin were convinced it were late October instead of the middle of summer. Never too easy for a California girl like me, though I have to say this year was the worst of all in the 12 years I've lived here. And that's saying a lot considering summer here is always an "optional" season....
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-c6NoH-70q3U38zgorRnVwzX8dRmtk7v_1yNGowtEzVieVx1SFPXq4-fMOkTS8NeWZX4NcByp-oGInlJoTmyZ_c0BVYPAs5lx9gyixVyhHke2QWj78qE3F8hCEk3ityayzFJYrSxmqA/s1600/IMG_5841.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-c6NoH-70q3U38zgorRnVwzX8dRmtk7v_1yNGowtEzVieVx1SFPXq4-fMOkTS8NeWZX4NcByp-oGInlJoTmyZ_c0BVYPAs5lx9gyixVyhHke2QWj78qE3F8hCEk3ityayzFJYrSxmqA/s400/IMG_5841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649003921952693938" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Harder still was the fact that we aren't really going to take a vacation this year. The vacation to the Bay Area in October was canceled for a variety of reasons, cost being the highest on the list. Now that the girls are both over 2, their plane tickets are nearly full price which means to visit "home" we're going to have to save, save, save. Not so easy since I've taken for granted at least one visit a year.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsasz-CEndT-qFGNAgraHXRzewEfmd6XjI-_7uewg9Xm9waU_ahWafIrSBkwEIw4e1Njr5SNEXsLxlumzvcRlUUNvfl-eAsl_afGmIJNUeL7AqL_iaNcxOzxt_zDec2jQ2hYjq4x3zXvE/s1600/IMG_5797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsasz-CEndT-qFGNAgraHXRzewEfmd6XjI-_7uewg9Xm9waU_ahWafIrSBkwEIw4e1Njr5SNEXsLxlumzvcRlUUNvfl-eAsl_afGmIJNUeL7AqL_iaNcxOzxt_zDec2jQ2hYjq4x3zXvE/s400/IMG_5797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649003554631041330" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But being a California girl and therefore a natural born optimist, I didn't give in to despair but rather gave in to Brandenburg. For those of you who don't know, Brandenburg is the former East German state surrounding Berlin. It's pretty rural with not much going on and, at it's worst, can be a little scary in a back-pages-of-a-second-rate-Dostoevsky novel kind of way. Still, after a little internet research I was able to find a few nice looking places where I booked us a room for a little mini vacation. The first place we stayed was <a href="http://www.lychenhouse.de/de/">Lychen House</a>.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqUCkDIcgWeGdE8csgsqbjNYI7aqQM-9k8XyFC-RkiCdYMEz755aSytf2FrBcsDBV3kZRs66ASxek8JrFmuynvOxAnXZAvu42q0f51Ma8wFpz-PQ-rWf46SYQMmnyeEJpdERM_LHBdG8/s1600/IMG_5790.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqUCkDIcgWeGdE8csgsqbjNYI7aqQM-9k8XyFC-RkiCdYMEz755aSytf2FrBcsDBV3kZRs66ASxek8JrFmuynvOxAnXZAvu42q0f51Ma8wFpz-PQ-rWf46SYQMmnyeEJpdERM_LHBdG8/s400/IMG_5790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649003159800110002" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lychen House is a beautifully restored old building run as a charming hostel-like hotel with the family (a German/New Zealand couple) living on the second floor. There was lots of great East German and antique furniture around the house and a common kitchen area with lots of light. The Catos (family who run the place) also have two children close to Miss Mia and Little Li's age, so they are definitely child friendly with plenty of toys and a sand box in the garden.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsbefc_0P26n49dTE9VC3tspElHoxEpR50n5wsJCIgh5-LDoeX4ArMFaqZPTcCSuaLkTSmCy48znOHPUcJY3r3lM42dbS1sM5GcgcDjrCBuV6U2skXDfPFhsvZfZEmxeAES1HBfsjR9s/s1600/IMG_5724.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsbefc_0P26n49dTE9VC3tspElHoxEpR50n5wsJCIgh5-LDoeX4ArMFaqZPTcCSuaLkTSmCy48znOHPUcJY3r3lM42dbS1sM5GcgcDjrCBuV6U2skXDfPFhsvZfZEmxeAES1HBfsjR9s/s400/IMG_5724.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649002669635037522" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Though I do definitely recommend Lychen House highly, I wasn't all that impressed with the town of Lychen itself. More than a village but definitely not a city, Lychen was just the size of town that makes me nervous. I kept on feeling like something should happen but then realized that nothing ever happens in such towns and then I started feeling desperate. Jasper felt the same. The whole hostel-like atmosphere was also a little claustrophobic. Family life doesn't exactly leave much room for personal space, making you all the more desperate for it when on vacation. Conclusion: Although we found Lychen House lovely and friendly, we just didn't come away well-rested.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UjZvDnLpH8opZCTswrY7uIcER1lHZ4xA6oTlhfAH1iTcDtAN4w3YNbZjhCg0c3AsjtUa-HDMUtrTieMCkISc8hQRDCfeHvA-j2oNUkobgNzdPaNQZA9gnvaSaguVLAFjCvf76lUvXO0/s1600/IMG_5840.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UjZvDnLpH8opZCTswrY7uIcER1lHZ4xA6oTlhfAH1iTcDtAN4w3YNbZjhCg0c3AsjtUa-HDMUtrTieMCkISc8hQRDCfeHvA-j2oNUkobgNzdPaNQZA9gnvaSaguVLAFjCvf76lUvXO0/s400/IMG_5840.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649001858488685522" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank God then, for <a href="http://www.burg-stavenow.de/en/">Burg Stavenow</a>. Burg Stavenow is a small hotel run in a 14th century villa lovingly restored by an older couple from Hamburg. The place is literally in the middle of nowhere in the section of the state called West Prignitz. Whereas most of Brandenburg has drab houses and dense, sandy forests which add to the overall sense of the-walls-are-closing-in-on-you despair, the West Prignitz has a lot of warm, red brick buildings and rolling meadows mixed in with woods, leaving plenty of room to breathe.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0Vrl4vxvfvdPOVCbMS2HObvsuGw3mATHZI8nA9XVjryKRhk8Ln0UYIgm3TMwfYZOck6Hwh1Of4HVVf5s7Bfn_6T70M4WUfoENgPPkAAU_R7u-2K0FHumG1sELjfG6sioI1Qrk-jTn2k/s1600/IMG_5893.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0Vrl4vxvfvdPOVCbMS2HObvsuGw3mATHZI8nA9XVjryKRhk8Ln0UYIgm3TMwfYZOck6Hwh1Of4HVVf5s7Bfn_6T70M4WUfoENgPPkAAU_R7u-2K0FHumG1sELjfG6sioI1Qrk-jTn2k/s400/IMG_5893.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649001557160052882" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We stayed in the Stall which was this charming little cottage with an attic sleeping room and lots of natural wood. The place was remote with no television, no internet. Even Jasper's cell phone didn't work (I had conveniently forgotten mine at home.) That left us with some signs of civilization....
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmUWk0kM5kmZMbwAQXVQkaXNVc1TKpKTo12fXHUeFtIsg3WyZRBDbU1GRa9hPlrwbEnLTysOG8ADVbbjnYP2IRfIShE_FrvVVqIypTeFK0EkpkRuS0dxMK5zJf2V5sq6ah4PPL5CsTuw/s1600/IMG_5892.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmUWk0kM5kmZMbwAQXVQkaXNVc1TKpKTo12fXHUeFtIsg3WyZRBDbU1GRa9hPlrwbEnLTysOG8ADVbbjnYP2IRfIShE_FrvVVqIypTeFK0EkpkRuS0dxMK5zJf2V5sq6ah4PPL5CsTuw/s400/IMG_5892.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649001161408614594" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">....but mainly nature, nature, nature.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhzKNZz9j4w-DUm7gDo4__1HVjDUhRAsiLF8XecVo3aTkStXb4TYPbJz7rEmyJTs-PInsDQ6PvUxUxosUTzNUZZi-99vJNIC7XlHieAQQWa-PhJVZ9V6yz9LN-6zxo6al27BUP47PuT4/s1600/IMG_5863.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhzKNZz9j4w-DUm7gDo4__1HVjDUhRAsiLF8XecVo3aTkStXb4TYPbJz7rEmyJTs-PInsDQ6PvUxUxosUTzNUZZi-99vJNIC7XlHieAQQWa-PhJVZ9V6yz9LN-6zxo6al27BUP47PuT4/s400/IMG_5863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648999503404569154" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The stall was also so beautifully decorated. It had an aesthetic rustic cottage charm with a South Western flair that reminded me so much of my grandparent's house in Flagstaff, Arizona; a beautiful place my father was supposed to inherit but then didn't.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULO4MdoqFD6f2QEO1-C9kyy3_33XL9v8TIBn8QkITX2sOgNtB7fT4RkmfJm1D7b6L2JShbX_Od5fDavkrmFIqkP8UYMOzlBF_njg7ClIUJKyXfB0hrEeumVoM0gmlx8VbCc_1EZLqAdg/s1600/IMG_5902.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULO4MdoqFD6f2QEO1-C9kyy3_33XL9v8TIBn8QkITX2sOgNtB7fT4RkmfJm1D7b6L2JShbX_Od5fDavkrmFIqkP8UYMOzlBF_njg7ClIUJKyXfB0hrEeumVoM0gmlx8VbCc_1EZLqAdg/s400/IMG_5902.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648999100167165170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">....but that's another story and should be told at another time....
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzyHTKs_MtdVyGh3ojRb4CHsfel2tos-0YcEoq437qoZbgegpGXnxLAS_dIy8-GOeWcHa9mf-HjdigsBC7Ud9t3DJOJLBIQFCWEYD13Ula14UB_aNsl0blmL_rUqeIWv0ieR5m0BKs04/s1600/IMG_5910.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzyHTKs_MtdVyGh3ojRb4CHsfel2tos-0YcEoq437qoZbgegpGXnxLAS_dIy8-GOeWcHa9mf-HjdigsBC7Ud9t3DJOJLBIQFCWEYD13Ula14UB_aNsl0blmL_rUqeIWv0ieR5m0BKs04/s400/IMG_5910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648998901024147474" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If most of Brandenburg is Dostoevsky in the worst sense, then Burg Stavenow was like a fairy tale in the best sense. We even took a coach ride through the wood with the retired forester, a man full of stories with a beard like Santa Claus. His wife is a weaver who spins her own wool. I bought a pair of slipper she made and wish I could live in them they are so damn comfortable.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrA_0KJXko4TLJVAuwXUGRCYVRUEboTMwS9l2GSxqOZjfrZ-BVUTF4ljrkguJTtf8peXHaklKYDhiizt7Cn0YTKauVb3LCXcz89s33woCe5ynPrZUSYHoN9uROCubeTnT4BITK9QbeyY/s1600/IMG_5974.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrA_0KJXko4TLJVAuwXUGRCYVRUEboTMwS9l2GSxqOZjfrZ-BVUTF4ljrkguJTtf8peXHaklKYDhiizt7Cn0YTKauVb3LCXcz89s33woCe5ynPrZUSYHoN9uROCubeTnT4BITK9QbeyY/s400/IMG_5974.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648998567119312466" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, of course, Otto lives at Burg Stavenow, the world's most friendliest dog. Little Li and Miss Mia may be pinching his ears here, but Otto is still, as usual, nothing but smiles.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEuFhgtP7fPIfQUjBf-f4g5gWHBFmIUIOS97RAFwVea3HSB5cDuHhNYaCvjre87NADUpdltgnsTPoVrOjtw_IifjFdyxQLxG1S7Mj1ucbIGb3KDNO4va7b7a-H-Sr1YA_I6BEp9oQDPI/s1600/IMG_6034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEuFhgtP7fPIfQUjBf-f4g5gWHBFmIUIOS97RAFwVea3HSB5cDuHhNYaCvjre87NADUpdltgnsTPoVrOjtw_IifjFdyxQLxG1S7Mj1ucbIGb3KDNO4va7b7a-H-Sr1YA_I6BEp9oQDPI/s400/IMG_6034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648998253131342562" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the drive back home we were reminded we were indeed in Brandenburg when we stopped in a village with a run-down Renaissance castle. The museum was only filled with relics from the GDR, so we decided not to go in. I had to change Little Li's pants but couldn't find a trash can anywhere. Finally I did come across one but it was padlocked shut. This town probably had 300 inhabitants. Why would they padlock their trash cans? To keep out pesky tourist's noxious diapers I suppose.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LTx9L8cDS9AFzZKuQ6raths5xFBp8u9yz_R6VDs2ndSmQ51rDItmDLXJSklMWH93J7RuycDDJuNS_MkJ38juAGvWVk8ONeyBv-GM7duTjdgVK_1BBTjsfQ_jk9G9eXeTFNuPhM7Mz-E/s1600/IMG_6029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LTx9L8cDS9AFzZKuQ6raths5xFBp8u9yz_R6VDs2ndSmQ51rDItmDLXJSklMWH93J7RuycDDJuNS_MkJ38juAGvWVk8ONeyBv-GM7duTjdgVK_1BBTjsfQ_jk9G9eXeTFNuPhM7Mz-E/s400/IMG_6029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648997889749816098" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We walked past the castle to a soccer field where I found a pile of old discarded furniture. In cities these pieces would be called mid century and fetch a price but in this village they were mouldering on a stack of wood at the edge of the forest.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFajnvUKq4wZJY2dQydHa1ueWVpPYgcjqhFIFskmoEao8FLFMeUaNQycwk-Mjx9JPrnieUq7Naxp7doDm_Vd3q0tP7Ah_LgbyUQjbyR4hrus-kxeXIdwzPUrj0XLRSK1c-_OARzOwAFZ8/s1600/IMG_6027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFajnvUKq4wZJY2dQydHa1ueWVpPYgcjqhFIFskmoEao8FLFMeUaNQycwk-Mjx9JPrnieUq7Naxp7doDm_Vd3q0tP7Ah_LgbyUQjbyR4hrus-kxeXIdwzPUrj0XLRSK1c-_OARzOwAFZ8/s400/IMG_6027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648997576538272994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Brandenburg is sometimes still a place where time stands still and you can't breathe because even the air is made of concrete.
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<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRg_9gXtO2GYBdtE9JjCk0vz2qAA2-w7U7GMFGN3_RonK4WC-n4r3n8sXtYTlAS1CJUJucOD8EI611JjyO1WHuBjiHbrvpZ3Z7NYWtEqVJyD4EHLKvXWpajLGp3m2FnyuGj7rQP4dEYE/s1600/IMG_6032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRg_9gXtO2GYBdtE9JjCk0vz2qAA2-w7U7GMFGN3_RonK4WC-n4r3n8sXtYTlAS1CJUJucOD8EI611JjyO1WHuBjiHbrvpZ3Z7NYWtEqVJyD4EHLKvXWpajLGp3m2FnyuGj7rQP4dEYE/s400/IMG_6032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648997221436914450" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But thank god for places like Burg Stavenow.</span></span></span>
<br />Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-32127630030713530672011-06-10T14:09:00.000-07:002011-06-10T14:47:54.130-07:00Jesus, There's Good Music Out There...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIUL-TSAhjUSwi7pbCZ5nlUqSZm3GmV_ZkG92IF3sk2MkGuXxfzLasjT9NIMQlX6PbFj65vttR1yaoB-xs25ZSAXXstbO8vtWwizcDf6YrdMV4qTIc_AsAUG-B9a0YS9ORMRAuxuDZiw/s1600/IMG_44757.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIUL-TSAhjUSwi7pbCZ5nlUqSZm3GmV_ZkG92IF3sk2MkGuXxfzLasjT9NIMQlX6PbFj65vttR1yaoB-xs25ZSAXXstbO8vtWwizcDf6YrdMV4qTIc_AsAUG-B9a0YS9ORMRAuxuDZiw/s200/IMG_44757.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616702211266601090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My guitarist Marcio has been gone now for a couple of months and I'm really longing to sing again. I had contact with a Chilean guitarist and met a few times with a French guitarist. Both seemed promising but both fizzled out. My latest lead is a (female) Japanese guitarist who wants to form sort of a bluesy rock band. I met with her yesterday and liked her a lot which was promising. You have to have that special click with the person you make music with and I might have that with her. But I'm not sure if I can sing the music she's interested in or if, ultimately, I would want to. Time will tell. I'll give it a try.<br /><br />But that's not the point of this post. The point is I remembered how much fabulous music there is out there. It was so great to rediscover some tonight on YouTube surfing. Here were some of the highlights:<br /><br />1. You Don't Know What Love Is, sung by Nina Simone<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BguiWbW5j3Q" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />Gotta sing this one someday for sure.<br /><br />2. Rocky Racoon<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nucSvl7VXVM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />Sometimes I forget how great The Beatles really were and then I'm always astonished. They just wrote some damn good songs. I haven't heard Rocky Racoon in years. Check out the sweet video someone made to it.<br /><br />3. Something's Got a Hold On Me, Etta James<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WzibSiJv8hc" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />Damn, how does she do that? Gotta love Etta James.<br /><br />4. Strange Brew, Cream<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hftgytmgQgE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />My dad was a huge Cream fan. I inherited his Disraeli Gears album and the silver one (name escapes me) in high school. He was proud I could appreciate it. I wouldn't say it's my favorite music in the world, but Strange Brew definitely brings back some memories.<br /><br />5. Get Out of Town, Holly Cole<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kjiSqoHYe6k" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />Really like Holly Cole. Also haven't listened to her in years.<br /><br />6. Make You Feel My Love, Adele<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0put0_a--Ng" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Ok, so I guess she's a superstar now or something. I don't find the song that great and find the violin cheesy, but I love a great voice when I hear one and that's what the girl has.<br /></span></span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-76243585469846735442011-06-07T00:58:00.001-07:002011-06-07T01:00:59.053-07:00Curious Knopf on Heartsy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFMrJLHB5tjLkVHVFPNdLNI_wC329j7qfzt0KueaqXdmXTyn6ZzWCqzkA1EgP40tsR-JYJVMjxqSe_u7M8Nu5omxxki1ymsvS-0xpn2YRHRAzEM1lT5TD_XgoZFo09qza8SaoRgVsElE/s1600/il_fullxfull.216149957.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFMrJLHB5tjLkVHVFPNdLNI_wC329j7qfzt0KueaqXdmXTyn6ZzWCqzkA1EgP40tsR-JYJVMjxqSe_u7M8Nu5omxxki1ymsvS-0xpn2YRHRAzEM1lT5TD_XgoZFo09qza8SaoRgVsElE/s400/il_fullxfull.216149957.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615384252193674402" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My <a href="http://www.curiousknopf.etsy.com">vintage clothing and handmade jewelry shop</a> will be on heartsy for the next couple of days. If you don't know what heartsy is, it's a platform where you can buy vouchers for store credit an various online shops. My voucher costs $22 and will give you $55 in credit. You can use it to buy any of the fabulous vintage European clothing and dirndls I sell as well as my handmade jewelry. There are also special perks if you get a friend to buy, so spread the word!</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePY_REfO-1hSgJzbXiyzy4PpNzmrf343rms8GaTBxl9DZZqciN0N9BCYQtdsFuaaIbJmCUu2RKpn2qiPcVHjDMabczR6mJGKAagKQpKn3kwZKXkNlNLSgd7anrXbI3wDlfioC6f5cEqA/s1600/il_fullxfull.217222908.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePY_REfO-1hSgJzbXiyzy4PpNzmrf343rms8GaTBxl9DZZqciN0N9BCYQtdsFuaaIbJmCUu2RKpn2qiPcVHjDMabczR6mJGKAagKQpKn3kwZKXkNlNLSgd7anrXbI3wDlfioC6f5cEqA/s400/il_fullxfull.217222908.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615384189979188082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The vouchers are also valid for 3 months, so if you'd like to buy one now and shop later that's also no problem. But you better act fast. The offer is only for a few days and only 100 vouchers are available, so once they're gone, they're gone. To take a closer look, click here: <a href="http://heartsy.me/deals/3170">Curious Knopf on Heartsy</a></span></span></span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-81798295492147634052011-05-22T12:09:00.000-07:002011-05-22T12:45:12.348-07:00Urban Farms and Other Such Such<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFbX6FlL3G8_UEPEEfzO8xyoKl4b5OQ4JQScpq3Rk2mkhDsqXgard3qgePE8N2vdbUo1Qaag92leqL4kX-GI-1w_Bz3MJkIpNeTMVXdhkOfQB90Pd428rqWNdiZN_VUjocItFuONuQTo/s1600/IMG_4340.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFbX6FlL3G8_UEPEEfzO8xyoKl4b5OQ4JQScpq3Rk2mkhDsqXgard3qgePE8N2vdbUo1Qaag92leqL4kX-GI-1w_Bz3MJkIpNeTMVXdhkOfQB90Pd428rqWNdiZN_VUjocItFuONuQTo/s400/IMG_4340.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609622228923795506" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tonight the storm that was brewing all day finally broke loose, bringing thunder and lightening and a sudden downpour; the works. But I love stormy weather, and besides, I'm inside now, typing up this blog post at my desk by the window, listening to the rain that has slowly stopped falling, hearing the splash of the cars driving over now-very-wet cobblestones...<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVynhwQ_Re3y6RmLlAqVba4ekTAFixVX6eoKzTFqUrNk5UF4ia3dA-1DbMjyMsyuLHo-sC7mzpaDRGFLfuQuxR1N8JNL4OFCo9XYf_JgC-bzQEww2w5YcKpUjBGB83ogQeSDqgkmEJiEE/s1600/IMG_4358.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVynhwQ_Re3y6RmLlAqVba4ekTAFixVX6eoKzTFqUrNk5UF4ia3dA-1DbMjyMsyuLHo-sC7mzpaDRGFLfuQuxR1N8JNL4OFCo9XYf_JgC-bzQEww2w5YcKpUjBGB83ogQeSDqgkmEJiEE/s400/IMG_4358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609622051202459778" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The threat of a rain storm didn't stop us from spending a lovely late afternoon at <a href="http://www.domaene-dahlem.de/">Domäne Dahlem</a>. Domäne Dahlem is a museum and still-operating organic farm that is affiliated with the Freie Universität in leafy, villa-filled Dahlem-Zehlendorf.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aJw7JVIADO4yCbsuFXAbYChAbOCdqf6WlfkloSrkvIOnkuXLFF_vPibykEHjDD8hOMIPKSgh18kGlqUzfyA2Cb4Z-PaR-q-Wxfqtb1Jgj7mDJi_UAr5kDWMieMLt4BW92iNzSatndDA/s1600/IMG_4365.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aJw7JVIADO4yCbsuFXAbYChAbOCdqf6WlfkloSrkvIOnkuXLFF_vPibykEHjDD8hOMIPKSgh18kGlqUzfyA2Cb4Z-PaR-q-Wxfqtb1Jgj7mDJi_UAr5kDWMieMLt4BW92iNzSatndDA/s400/IMG_4365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609621805175464626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">As a side note, the <a href="http://www.fu-berlin.de/">Freie Universität</a> translates as the Free University which is basically true, since tuition is more or less completely covered by the state (I think you still have to pay a hundred Euros a semester or something like that, though there was wide-spread protest when they started charging this fee....) Most students shorten the name to the school's initials which, of course, are F.U. Kind of a problem in English for, well, obvious reasons...<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6I-1ZV7b6OHUOA5Fenqlc_g8BzYnvujeMEGhODEN0ruhUwhake2Tq4Bh_b5xAPs2OR1LhFKG9ZbI4sg0a5x6JRxsWtlKkUIPutYoS4NLPFGTH3b5QLRKcS4KC6j-xQchg2hreGq9UTs/s1600/IMG_4371.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6I-1ZV7b6OHUOA5Fenqlc_g8BzYnvujeMEGhODEN0ruhUwhake2Tq4Bh_b5xAPs2OR1LhFKG9ZbI4sg0a5x6JRxsWtlKkUIPutYoS4NLPFGTH3b5QLRKcS4KC6j-xQchg2hreGq9UTs/s400/IMG_4371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609621584135703538" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">My girls love Domäne Dahlem because it's nature but still urban. This cow, for example, was very country and picturesque, but also covered with graffiti which put them at ease.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKz0q7GaM35ZO345VtKav98Fhrl3coFFLW4O2sNXYtNt3HoEvOyOxspcNu9xH-IF04tPVRmCCWoP7wxrJAW_jlF_zwMmAe8hYIALJ1W4OFYyc_IVPT3EdpHTax3HsMcgmB78bXy0trgQ/s1600/IMG_4374.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKz0q7GaM35ZO345VtKav98Fhrl3coFFLW4O2sNXYtNt3HoEvOyOxspcNu9xH-IF04tPVRmCCWoP7wxrJAW_jlF_zwMmAe8hYIALJ1W4OFYyc_IVPT3EdpHTax3HsMcgmB78bXy0trgQ/s400/IMG_4374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609621298949010834" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I'm never sure if I should be alarmed that they are both kind of scared of wild, unbridled nature or if I should say "Go, city slicker kids!" and go break open a fire hydrant so they can play in the "sprinklers" or something. Not that we have fire hydrants in Berlin, but you get my drift...<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7jhES3dVghNyv4twkkCQ0ybXWjZmTOKstNO4WFiXqms-z_Ithk70vneIb2ahcIWOANdQuUBSDC69VPDJ5_LUESctMESBwpkNKRRx4QKVM-xPvKIyAsT8RtpkqGrrWHx6Az1N3BJtWAs/s1600/IMG_4413.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7jhES3dVghNyv4twkkCQ0ybXWjZmTOKstNO4WFiXqms-z_Ithk70vneIb2ahcIWOANdQuUBSDC69VPDJ5_LUESctMESBwpkNKRRx4QKVM-xPvKIyAsT8RtpkqGrrWHx6Az1N3BJtWAs/s400/IMG_4413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609620940142896018" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Isn't Little Li's vintage 60s tennis dress adorable? Mia actually picked it out at a Salvation Army in San Francisco a year or two ago, but now it's her time to wear it. I'll really be sad when she outgrows it and it has to be retired. If only it were my size, but even if I do loose some more weight, I doubt I'll ever go down to a 3T. Darn!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59R_olUtGlFGHTWz_WWf1O0fkhLn9THee2KFJAm2BK0jLIr6VgZ9TDYw4QEh8CC0FhqJ9c_Ix17JL20tbzb3CgSnbzeVgxCQ1zCSZ-f5ZI6WutxtqnbK1jrj4qWtmKQKWTV1gzKJRKlE/s1600/IMG_4403.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59R_olUtGlFGHTWz_WWf1O0fkhLn9THee2KFJAm2BK0jLIr6VgZ9TDYw4QEh8CC0FhqJ9c_Ix17JL20tbzb3CgSnbzeVgxCQ1zCSZ-f5ZI6WutxtqnbK1jrj4qWtmKQKWTV1gzKJRKlE/s400/IMG_4403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609620722865375282" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Jasper prefers to be the man behind the camera, but I did get a few nice shots of his hands. Hands are always one of the first things I notice about a person. Before we ever fell in love or started (rather surprisingly to both of us at the time) going whole hog making babies, I noticed his hands and realized how much I liked them. I still do.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFbjxx2QgvmvRFoj6vkD6DCBXBp_KjDB4U73UHDZmYuelOsIq6t5oNFitL2OOiCjgUEa94jKRgMYHkvvZQr83JO48ynjbFastLSeYAGxnw6EMllBpND1rpq1o2AGfG8UkzxMVVuYfY4k/s1600/IMG_4404.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFbjxx2QgvmvRFoj6vkD6DCBXBp_KjDB4U73UHDZmYuelOsIq6t5oNFitL2OOiCjgUEa94jKRgMYHkvvZQr83JO48ynjbFastLSeYAGxnw6EMllBpND1rpq1o2AGfG8UkzxMVVuYfY4k/s400/IMG_4404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609620549521780754" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Happy last few weeks of spring everyone. Let's go ahead and rock the summer....<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Xhac4ZpWVDj-E3RalLwir8uutMt3yHeVisq0U2nlVK9X3hpF-sJoknmC8GP5LOeqi__KAmjE-vI-o48ErkfCIrzKq15NR8Rn9lMDo9A62mJUHUi60TQit5RObfYHU4NCXGXY5_PMT_M/s1600/IMG_4408.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Xhac4ZpWVDj-E3RalLwir8uutMt3yHeVisq0U2nlVK9X3hpF-sJoknmC8GP5LOeqi__KAmjE-vI-o48ErkfCIrzKq15NR8Rn9lMDo9A62mJUHUi60TQit5RObfYHU4NCXGXY5_PMT_M/s400/IMG_4408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609620374920089650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">...and keep on wearing vintage. ;)</span></span></span>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-75471446678278318242011-03-31T12:54:00.000-07:002011-03-31T13:23:08.336-07:00Pretty Punk Princess<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0w4eNwFayHOv2RFn7kHYVavo7OCcR4tPKOSKYy0BvuSgRzeukqYOH7rvw8lkM4pyC5rAiQTA_JqHf9opVAQ6OeqRHDEziqsCmxheCvgas9-8DTY7MI-4AMGXekFeiPXOpexbLKF4MfY/s1600/IMG_3636.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0w4eNwFayHOv2RFn7kHYVavo7OCcR4tPKOSKYy0BvuSgRzeukqYOH7rvw8lkM4pyC5rAiQTA_JqHf9opVAQ6OeqRHDEziqsCmxheCvgas9-8DTY7MI-4AMGXekFeiPXOpexbLKF4MfY/s400/IMG_3636.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590336705517840690" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Jasper went from having a nasty case of the stomach flu to a cold that just won’t go away. <span style=""> </span>Right now he’s in bed watching Casino with an onion tied to his head which has the unmistakable smell of old, fat man b.o. <span style=""> </span>The onion thing is a typical home remedy against ear infection, at least in Germany. <span style=""> </span>Do we do that in the U.S. too?<span style=""> </span>I’ve lived abroad so long sometimes I don’t even know anymore.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9jqOja7wCfDfadWDT2qfbA8p-RQJKSOe0CVYjdDO3gzSNMqor8mg9xYGUKlg30tlSihbbrEn6yODnx7aRCe_b__tP2OIAel0BFHRVBaYncNE7b2GKIngG1MGrj73YOR0IGB6ZLk8Oo0/s1600/IMG_3617.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9jqOja7wCfDfadWDT2qfbA8p-RQJKSOe0CVYjdDO3gzSNMqor8mg9xYGUKlg30tlSihbbrEn6yODnx7aRCe_b__tP2OIAel0BFHRVBaYncNE7b2GKIngG1MGrj73YOR0IGB6ZLk8Oo0/s400/IMG_3617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590336410011291378" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">He stayed home from work so when I got home with the babes I left them with him for twenty minutes or so I could go take some product photographs in my studio, a.k.a. the stairwell of our apartment building which has amazing natural light. <span style=""> </span>Sometimes I get annoyed when the neighbors have the gall to, I don’t know, come home and walk by too often. <span style=""> </span>I mean, can’t they see I’m working?<span style=""> </span>Jeez…</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyt5wSVkEhe4NYiOhRK4ECmPCa5eShggqzwHuCEf_1RDL_ZQ9FQES3cvFe3PBYbOzQux7Al2U9MBDhuVbAXN1JfVT11Dj1-o0Zy_pk0_Aeo6oETgCrCazexYyIiUeZxN9Sza21fwqLhg/s1600/IMG_3621.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyt5wSVkEhe4NYiOhRK4ECmPCa5eShggqzwHuCEf_1RDL_ZQ9FQES3cvFe3PBYbOzQux7Al2U9MBDhuVbAXN1JfVT11Dj1-o0Zy_pk0_Aeo6oETgCrCazexYyIiUeZxN9Sza21fwqLhg/s400/IMG_3621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590336115155796786" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Anyway, at some point when I was photographing some new necklaces I want to post soon I heard a lot of screaming and crying soon followed by kicking and hair pulling I’m sure. To give Jasper a break I asked Mia if she wanted to come to my “studio” and have her picture taken. Of course, she was wearing her princess dress.</span> </span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJlht_782RZLIdhMfWzHadHFJqGW6GgJLLRHUJ7FbaQpZNQmlfCLzrUYM6NQbx8tlzMuVeLRX8zKn4UYtIP_JRY-EgLQvKWy1HpeqMfIrhpIBMWGQWpvofkOGI1680AjSdXNqpeOTHPo/s1600/IMG_3625.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJlht_782RZLIdhMfWzHadHFJqGW6GgJLLRHUJ7FbaQpZNQmlfCLzrUYM6NQbx8tlzMuVeLRX8zKn4UYtIP_JRY-EgLQvKWy1HpeqMfIrhpIBMWGQWpvofkOGI1680AjSdXNqpeOTHPo/s400/IMG_3625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590335867724997826" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">She would wear that dress 24/7 if I let her and yes, I’ve washed it plenty but it’s pretty much permanently stained. <span style=""> </span>It’s her Snow White dress (at least in her mind because Snow White wasn’t so into pink puffballs as far as I can remember) though not the Disney Snow White because I’ve realized recently that I don’t really Disney, though of course as a kid I did. <span style=""> </span>The Snow White Miss Mia knows is the regular old grim Grimm’s version complete with the “bring me her liver” line.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrAHMeL8mTWDNMDDUbyByXKwBpHdVGOoR6DktgqHUG3OxhIKORAYzlirzWRl5IRDDkHRgV1aaLLkJ_Cwc5yleu9iSnRq4appeyEJdCF-na7gcyx0wvRzqb_mC2eipIJFc5hpxuhkUQro/s1600/IMG_3626.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrAHMeL8mTWDNMDDUbyByXKwBpHdVGOoR6DktgqHUG3OxhIKORAYzlirzWRl5IRDDkHRgV1aaLLkJ_Cwc5yleu9iSnRq4appeyEJdCF-na7gcyx0wvRzqb_mC2eipIJFc5hpxuhkUQro/s400/IMG_3626.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590335580053204914" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">The funny thing is she has no idea how punk she actually looks.<span style=""> </span>Granted, the punk look also comes from the 99 cent lipstick she likes to constantly "refresh", though I’ve told her repeatedly there is a very fine line between princess and clown. <span style=""> </span>I especially love the second photograph in this post.<span style=""> </span>She looks like a fluffy pepto-bismol-clad Patty Smith.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplPGPmD36J2ShA5pImBCtfPL76z4iSNETrtcmKl1b93Qz2LFuhN34pBhrjLacSzq2IRIKWaFUffMYTC0O5OK84hXV3eXS1k0VfOeuThq7P5x-G0g8gtbn449eZWLSKZwdaZGIxnjg0dg/s1600/IMG_3627.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplPGPmD36J2ShA5pImBCtfPL76z4iSNETrtcmKl1b93Qz2LFuhN34pBhrjLacSzq2IRIKWaFUffMYTC0O5OK84hXV3eXS1k0VfOeuThq7P5x-G0g8gtbn449eZWLSKZwdaZGIxnjg0dg/s400/IMG_3627.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590335344967132354" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Little Li joined us at some point, though she was dressed in normal clothing as she calls herself the monkey princess meaning she would rather climb and jump and make various squeals than deck herself out in feathers and sequins.<span style=""> </span>I loved taking the pictures though.<span style=""> </span>It something we’ll have to do again.</span></p>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-29056653602626316602011-03-26T15:58:00.000-07:002011-03-26T16:33:37.960-07:00A Fool For A Fool For Spool<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EYNqWvL3eiLw4xn2FwFH6rqknG9slI8a3n6aqxFZOaq67fzwM_4Rsn7L1rLTkPX2mu5xR6py_CQZvxz6dqhzsk0trus_2p5MY1_kqGtu7ls7O1vpFNw53sskPJwfVAjQHWdS_8TqQUA/s1600/IMG_3510.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EYNqWvL3eiLw4xn2FwFH6rqknG9slI8a3n6aqxFZOaq67fzwM_4Rsn7L1rLTkPX2mu5xR6py_CQZvxz6dqhzsk0trus_2p5MY1_kqGtu7ls7O1vpFNw53sskPJwfVAjQHWdS_8TqQUA/s400/IMG_3510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588529893240181906" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Spring has finally arrived in Berlin which means me and the girls get to spend time hanging out in the Hof again.</span> <span style=""><br /></span></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9bzyOeSL2QGEHgMrvmq2GD84HOPC7BgYV8BnSEW7vOWdQ5VIMDtZGKx29w7_B2e8jJckji8X62345Hfu8fxmvyjmR2XOKOnTvTzE3-xZQeJ22YIdkRDN0_Hc8QXHfP_0NG7OuDEaO6A/s1600/IMG_3512.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Hof</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"> is the German word for courtyard and ours, luckily, has a sandbox filled with toys from the two small pre-schools on the ground floor.<span style=""> </span>Look at my neighbors bikes there in the corner.<span style=""> </span>I have not lived abroad so long that I don’t know how deliciously European they look together.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP43rzySAoq9L_2FJnhUJfzwgozdZ7tGLhw9nSlRYIFlgnhK53Hsua0WXQIOzk12WjFvl9xTt8hyphenhyphenEGID-AZaM7eoE-JZzvloXmF5WkYIZX_aCUZFC83F7V1_GWEwpcgL92_ZPAa_8f3T0/s1600/IMG_3513.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Less appealing are the trash cans a mere few feet from the sandbox.<span style=""> </span>I’ve decided to block out how kind-of gross that is…On a lazy afternoon, these few feet of sand can be quite the godsend. <span style=""><br /></span></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MahAmw-qlx_dfbC_pnSO7hEpU2I4XjcNyrYqoSEt0LRkY7orqWrU8RMhw76liM9hcZtVzPaOG6fWLR72SYu7vNruy3A4TqXDJYtCEU0NYV4QFrJOn-7sD8sXqISF_omJCcDvlcyOvFU/s1600/IMG_3514.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Check out Baby Li’s bad ass cowboy boots.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbW1574uon5YCylfxymoGcwiLthit6vqbpaHBTsTG_Csu9LJs3k0eQWIBGYnh_ahBHo7HIBPTJNSC-yNA6sxmtVC3ksTxP08xwD3Gv3Vq3xEdCBQnmP1iVgp1RVb-n4fqVP5C2lWRB1Q/s1600/IMG_3515.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbW1574uon5YCylfxymoGcwiLthit6vqbpaHBTsTG_Csu9LJs3k0eQWIBGYnh_ahBHo7HIBPTJNSC-yNA6sxmtVC3ksTxP08xwD3Gv3Vq3xEdCBQnmP1iVgp1RVb-n4fqVP5C2lWRB1Q/s400/IMG_3515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588529271997635218" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Like daughter, like mother.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI48jYUZ3hbZaAMDouGUfQ2HVvbdu_E4Sv2CKTPxBocqsNC7ZTM2pcY0ItN_HLEuh4A13qsaj3d-UBOA5-DS3NqyeG5XRx7CXyKlpP-BAPIFfS1f2Z7zOK28TlgdgJzycX95G8NS-PLw/s1600/IMG_3547.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI48jYUZ3hbZaAMDouGUfQ2HVvbdu_E4Sv2CKTPxBocqsNC7ZTM2pcY0ItN_HLEuh4A13qsaj3d-UBOA5-DS3NqyeG5XRx7CXyKlpP-BAPIFfS1f2Z7zOK28TlgdgJzycX95G8NS-PLw/s400/IMG_3547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588529065276321314" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Miss Mia is personally more into Princess Crowns these days.<span style=""> </span>We went on a princess crown run today to <a href="http://www.deko-behrendt-berlin.de/">Deko Behrendt</a>, an amazing, old school Berlin costume and party supply shop in Schoeneberg.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPcnp31mtFlMVGo4hB7HstTK0nQLdHf9Qy66M1KS1RqlFHBsgERf0R3zcHVNX0bikWTWwiCiRlEj0jmrUj7iC-4mjFqLa4Cpp02EJMJgEUU9FDVqzrFiV5CxFbEB5HfCFe0a2U_0A9BA/s1600/IMG_3565.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">I knew they would have princess crowns there, but I wasn’t quite prepared for HOW MANY they would have. <span style=""> </span>Seriously, at least 35 different varieties in all sort of color combinations, length of feathers, degree of sequins, etc. <span style=""> </span>Go Deko Behrendt! Luckily for Mia Lilly lost interest in hers in about 5 minutes which meant she could wear both, creating one mother of a princess crown.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPCZZGc9DFanM1Gh1KkD33VnLkEvDmQOTuXPblhMkJYB9SKSRkWUkr3Kfoy4K-Q4gEpWvbbvntz-_adonfISCeTEoP3XlM_T9zfvelfS-0mbrAs27LbqPVskNL8GOsXjoqpY2XZVAkD0/s1600/IMG_3498.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPCZZGc9DFanM1Gh1KkD33VnLkEvDmQOTuXPblhMkJYB9SKSRkWUkr3Kfoy4K-Q4gEpWvbbvntz-_adonfISCeTEoP3XlM_T9zfvelfS-0mbrAs27LbqPVskNL8GOsXjoqpY2XZVAkD0/s400/IMG_3498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588528818184517010" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">But I digress.<span style=""> </span>I started this post to write about an old and dear friend’s new shop, <a href="http://www.jsorel.etsy.com">A Fool For Spool</a>. <span style=""> </span>She sells hand-painted spool and knitting dolls there.<span style=""> </span>I was the fortunate first customer and got my doll, Rich Relation, in the mail a couple of weeks ago.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRl-mR5TkJtyCjcQ49zffM9KmFw_bT5ckIpmvGF3X_pqKpjlKo7UzcywNOq0xNIUHtCxNnYzDwszrM6LfK3jn490Cw_EKim2fKIIAjx9qcGgOIwkZx0k8zpWiZNf1czqL7jqetKRNbYE/s1600/IMG_3505.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRl-mR5TkJtyCjcQ49zffM9KmFw_bT5ckIpmvGF3X_pqKpjlKo7UzcywNOq0xNIUHtCxNnYzDwszrM6LfK3jn490Cw_EKim2fKIIAjx9qcGgOIwkZx0k8zpWiZNf1czqL7jqetKRNbYE/s400/IMG_3505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588528691265631346" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">Here she is, hanging out in front of a traditional German Osterbaum…</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKxIFZ0MWfSSGzOUR4Pa0kPWJQsBWsrVkVEPs0Rcp1PnttFmBdUjKP7a_XkJyKpQbOSzEqBxNQFnk1cf7y3GLcu9EGeWhQ8MklzZN5t5DHe1Pz7iKogaJ43ItHONE7avczFiaY_HsCZk/s1600/IMG_3530.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKxIFZ0MWfSSGzOUR4Pa0kPWJQsBWsrVkVEPs0Rcp1PnttFmBdUjKP7a_XkJyKpQbOSzEqBxNQFnk1cf7y3GLcu9EGeWhQ8MklzZN5t5DHe1Pz7iKogaJ43ItHONE7avczFiaY_HsCZk/s400/IMG_3530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588528558795124818" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Ok, so it’s actually a living Christmas tree one of our neighbors didn’t have the heart to throw away which we recently decorated with plastic Easter eggs we got from the drugstore. Mia is pretty proud of it.</span><span style=""><br /></span></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikslfdS1-VBDqc2Oy_uuyCwlz8fdAaoX_3AEst3QazVYmdK1gigAPRLpFncPtfleueY1kcWGUcU1irvIppDEgtqFtUyO8lON9uFKY2im1e_WkGRwh78GnqsgTtpUB_Us7ZBkvw6jP3R6c/s1600/IMG_3506.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikslfdS1-VBDqc2Oy_uuyCwlz8fdAaoX_3AEst3QazVYmdK1gigAPRLpFncPtfleueY1kcWGUcU1irvIppDEgtqFtUyO8lON9uFKY2im1e_WkGRwh78GnqsgTtpUB_Us7ZBkvw6jP3R6c/s400/IMG_3506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588528293564338834" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">As for my Rich Relation, she is oh-so-proper and very well painted.<span style=""> </span>She also dealt well with the fact that Lilly calls her “Humpty Dumpty”….</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzMds6cqqLdqCb1k5h1nXtOEaYjZcXbD40nkSUvd2f_mDWyTqYWyAPvPRHOl3FOZPOdI8vZQnn6V5cLal5CL9_Jq5SReLkSBelAoSwXNztzby6eX6B8gR8ySf2sd9dbpE2p7KlNhLSTg/s1600/IMG_3527.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzMds6cqqLdqCb1k5h1nXtOEaYjZcXbD40nkSUvd2f_mDWyTqYWyAPvPRHOl3FOZPOdI8vZQnn6V5cLal5CL9_Jq5SReLkSBelAoSwXNztzby6eX6B8gR8ySf2sd9dbpE2p7KlNhLSTg/s400/IMG_3527.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588528094088948322" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Meaning that she gets put in all sorts of precarious situations....<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwUB5OuWYCaCL82N9AMGSkPOGoH4PhA-QDSBCFM2j1UIvGVX_cgXOdM7PB3fuWDwLCbLfch4PECGE8spFqjCKTH3jGOwwyJR8vUKFp42TwlxXZvV4LI5jfVM9Wd6dFP7i6rOLN9Fa4l0/s1600/IMG_3556.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwUB5OuWYCaCL82N9AMGSkPOGoH4PhA-QDSBCFM2j1UIvGVX_cgXOdM7PB3fuWDwLCbLfch4PECGE8spFqjCKTH3jGOwwyJR8vUKFp42TwlxXZvV4LI5jfVM9Wd6dFP7i6rOLN9Fa4l0/s400/IMG_3556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588527984980729426" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">…............</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR4uod8SCi49z52IRf5DDxaPnyeuBH4ExMCVIfIQ15MtQaw3SRyT0gQl3dijPNSqfXtDUJShjRsZU8CCzyvuyeSnKB-UCOhlCZSdQGpGivUEQuppdYLibBwhrq-dsevXk8XOQSr0HTWU/s1600/IMG_3560.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR4uod8SCi49z52IRf5DDxaPnyeuBH4ExMCVIfIQ15MtQaw3SRyT0gQl3dijPNSqfXtDUJShjRsZU8CCzyvuyeSnKB-UCOhlCZSdQGpGivUEQuppdYLibBwhrq-dsevXk8XOQSr0HTWU/s400/IMG_3560.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588527868840395186" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">And yet she always comes out looking this good.<span style=""> </span>Hoorah!<span style=""> </span>Thanks Janet.<span style=""> </span>You are so talented. <span style=""> </span>:)</span></p>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-6386541099977505132011-03-15T14:19:00.001-07:002011-03-15T14:39:32.831-07:00Cute Dog Alert<a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOj7sCBjhXsLMkXyj-ciwfgcy3h4Se68AVDjbKvKlxtVwcjZwTnUdGtIR_s7jY4b-0XWpJyDnagmsnFie3KwmIYpTFq9KS7oYMHOb2MagTm5Glj1WPqM-k_fpEkKW25FeEQ4DUbBzxFw/s1600/IMG_3300.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOj7sCBjhXsLMkXyj-ciwfgcy3h4Se68AVDjbKvKlxtVwcjZwTnUdGtIR_s7jY4b-0XWpJyDnagmsnFie3KwmIYpTFq9KS7oYMHOb2MagTm5Glj1WPqM-k_fpEkKW25FeEQ4DUbBzxFw/s400/IMG_3300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584420038166396194" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Today I was walking out of my favorite graveyard in Bergmannstrasse where I was taking photographs for my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/curiousknopf?section_id=7873482">Berlin Cemetery Series</a> jewelry when I saw this little guy hanging out in the window of <a href="http://www.klassikerfundus.de">Klassikerfundus</a>.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9aAPBKTNa1DzXtE1yvtp-JfgNVEDVQOaLQrJgmYSQzy_eIqg5rSzDgOpZapqpjs6EBk2lE6kfXSCTWfd5oA_6s8QAXuzHfU2RahEuJbwU8jPyeobcSZKdai3CX2TEzX2xfIGPo-phq4/s1600/IMG_3301.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">I’ve walked by Klassikerfundus many a time, but only through looking for the link to add to this post did I realize they rent design classics out to movie sets. <span style=""> </span>The little pooch looked so cool and collected among all these mid-century masterpieces. <span style=""> </span>He seemed a touch perturbed when I pulled out the camera, but not so much that he barked or ran away. <span style=""> </span>In the photograph below he did become interested in an old lady’s Pekinese who was walking by, but again was oh-so nonchalant about his interest.</span></p> <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1tH-QI1RNttLyeot4N1tPP7mbp80y8TqOWzsnC7oyB55LLAWkdVPVYdm-THJdtu0V668Y0IgMYlDKVYvutEgbyudg5MBAVb24UO1dzGA5dIhvr7qlt0mFIQYFPiREhOY5iYwJzYok30/s1600/IMG_3302.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;">When I ask Miss Mia if she would rather have a dog or a cat she always answers “Mama, I want a dog AND a cat.” <span style=""> </span>She and Little Li really seem to have inherited my love of animals.<span style=""> </span>But Jasper isn’t really an animal person and I can’t stand litter boxes which rules out a cat. <span style=""> </span>A dog in an apartment is also not ideal for several reasons; constant walks, scratched floors, and, well, the smell. <span style=""> </span>Yes, I happen to know for a fact that dogs do kind of stink. <span style=""> </span>It’s that yeasty, stale popcorn, dirty socks boy-like smell and you have to love them loads to put up with it. <span style=""> </span>I have been told that some dogs don’t have this smell, but it’s usually those over-bred toy breeds. <span style=""> </span>Sorry folks, but I find any dog that could easily be beat up by a (small) cat kind of embarrassing….Poor Miss Mia. <span style=""> </span>To get that dog AND cat she really might just have to wait til college.</span></p>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-62060381992971908952011-02-27T13:20:00.001-08:002011-02-27T13:35:41.742-08:00Berlin Graveyard Series<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9d-202E8Ke3csQCo37SNvclcLL3adeZa7M_grjwB0GyuUnqmACL9RewYlTVtSTbb0vTWG-buym6xpLU9YWJrOexYmTCaxXTf6OetSSUhjGl8XhITtJ1XTEELJQ10CxRCSlOxso_nVto/s1600/IMG_2874edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9d-202E8Ke3csQCo37SNvclcLL3adeZa7M_grjwB0GyuUnqmACL9RewYlTVtSTbb0vTWG-buym6xpLU9YWJrOexYmTCaxXTf6OetSSUhjGl8XhITtJ1XTEELJQ10CxRCSlOxso_nVto/s400/IMG_2874edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578483123015346770" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia;">Anyone who has ever spent time reading this blog knows I have a thing for graveyards. <span style=""> </span>Then again, it would be pretty hard not to have a thing for graveyards considering two of the most amazing ones in the world are less than a ten minute walk from my apartment. <span style=""> </span>Art Deco crypts galore; rusted ornate wrought-iron fences; lichen-covered weathered angels;<span style=""> </span>cemetery romantique to the core.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5_P9-3YOAoG9BxX8zsfjcg0p_dy518YNRN9X7urDQ535NvsKHPSLIcsEcOXffuffh_ZrDwkomdMEWKdfsWGyPWkdvFZX7Lrmu2ak4JOjkWSvLpcQUvQgFg8f3OuyC5cdbzg_0MoM1rQ/s1600/IMG_2876edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia;">Not surprising, really, that I’ve started making “graveyard-inspired” jewelry. <span style=""> </span>To make it I form polymer clay (my new obsession as you can read <a href="http://schaufensterbabe.blogspot.com/2011/01/blame-it-on-knete.html">here</a>) into a handmade mold, then press this against a one graveyard engraving or another.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6eGrTxnUC642PuUvE-5S8QkijhoqaLPeVzFVwBWniy8TxvAjNcAOaXJMmRehzQ6iQ4eGSu-5nMKrulWpGjpuRtBSYEdlXkHIGSGu_u6C3hI7PBNqo1tQEMJiHS2CiHxhfUcuS-yfD9A/s1600/IMG_2853edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia;">I add a little gold or bronze pulver, bake the pendant then sand it down for a distressed look and voila, the Berlin Graveyard Series of jewelry has been born.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb3qChkqlw8XodRGWdW7ShH7Z7xwEtPN0_A8nXzzNM3Qaf2Q_EC1cnltycPrLNEgNMwLNhWssFHTmybKyB7yb-FqBol8FzOVHJR4EboFi_vuC7v8K8Glnpae8wgFoNeSPDcD59A1EGDI/s1600/IMG_2841editededited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia;">These are my first three pieces which I will be listing over the next week in <a href="http://www.curiousknopf.etsy.com">Curious Knopf</a>. <span style=""> </span>Many more pieces are to come, especially now that spring is really just around the corner, so stay tuned. <span style=""> </span>:)</span></p>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-37192332667246512112011-02-24T11:36:00.000-08:002011-02-24T12:01:06.832-08:00Thanks Etsy Germany!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHQF7S1L0yZCbkc2eTZzsASeezTKuRRsXT-R1k4w6IgVTGNhIN3j6J9AexNEV2s_nmxGfW5jmmoWlxSJGbrzf5uTz-Wqfdj1_IjAzHzYi1b8_sINK_Z8kqIhpvxMh5Q4-sTgmSyx2VEo/s1600/IMG_2760edited.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHQF7S1L0yZCbkc2eTZzsASeezTKuRRsXT-R1k4w6IgVTGNhIN3j6J9AexNEV2s_nmxGfW5jmmoWlxSJGbrzf5uTz-Wqfdj1_IjAzHzYi1b8_sINK_Z8kqIhpvxMh5Q4-sTgmSyx2VEo/s200/IMG_2760edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577342866702324370" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Hello, my dear blog. Would you believe me if I told you I’ve missed you? I have. Then again, I’ve been pretty darn busy. Lots of practicing for my gig not to mention a lovely, low-key 37</span><sup style="font-family: georgia;">th</sup><span style="font-family:georgia;"> birthday. The concert was really great and lots of fun. Jasper took some videos of the second half, so I’ll post them here later. I have a couple of leads for new musicians to work with including a French blues guitarist and a jazz guitarist from Chile. Thanks Craigslist for sending me all of these fabulous foreigners! The other good news is I was recently interviewed for the Etsy Germany blog. You can read the post <a href="http://www.etsy.de/blog/featured-seller-rebeccah-von-schlieffen">here</a>, but since many of you good people don’t speak German, I’m posting the English answers here in a slightly abridged version. So here goes: </span></span><br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >Tell us a bit about yourself. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >Hi, my name is Rebeccah von Schlieffen, though my maiden name is Dean (my father always swore he was James Dean’s 4<sup>th</sup> cousin, though somehow I doubt that’s actually true….)<span style=""> </span>I’m originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but I’ve lived in Berlin now for eleven years.<span style=""> </span>The plan was to come for a year or two after I finished college, then head back to the states for graduate school, ideally an MFA in creative writing.<span style=""> </span>But a year or two became four years and seven years and then all of the sudden I was having babies.<span style=""> </span>The typical expat Berlin story really.</span><br /></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgel_BeC9poKSx7yMsxjVsjNath1v0PYSS5QpGJdVMKgJPCLiHFLNCyDRlIqlxNqBYKo-cr1QeSLe6LHmJQBc-KlI7t-BTYTidGAOA1oQuIYa7vvR535P6Pk4gA_CqHeRiluEH_v5qtUyI/s1600/il_fullxfull.210563074.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgel_BeC9poKSx7yMsxjVsjNath1v0PYSS5QpGJdVMKgJPCLiHFLNCyDRlIqlxNqBYKo-cr1QeSLe6LHmJQBc-KlI7t-BTYTidGAOA1oQuIYa7vvR535P6Pk4gA_CqHeRiluEH_v5qtUyI/s400/il_fullxfull.210563074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577342726093490338" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >Apart from selling things on Etsy what do you do? What’s a day in your life look like?<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >Luckily my average day begins with my husband bringing me a cup of coffee in bed because he knows I am virtually useless before 9 o’clock.<span style=""> </span>(Did I mention I love my husband?)<span style=""> </span>He does the morning breakfast shift with our two red-headed girls and then I, nicely caffeine-charged, take them to the Kita at 9:30.<span style=""> </span>When I come home I usually check my shops to see if anything happened while I was asleep and answer convos or deal with orders if anything did.<span style=""> </span>After this I usually either work on some of the short stories I’m writing, take photographs either for myself or for my shops or practice singing.<span style=""> </span>I have a degree in music and am a classically trained singer, but my heart lies more in jazz.<span style=""> </span>For a little less than a year I’ve been in the guitar-voice duo <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marcioandrebeccah">Marcio and Rebeccah</a>, though Marcio is unfortunately going back to Brazil soon so I’ll be looking for new musicians to work with.<span style=""> </span>I also like to bike aimlessly around the city which is somewhat dangerous considering that I can (literally) get lost just going around the corner.<span style=""> </span>At 2:30 I pick my daughters up.<span style=""> </span>To break up the monotony of playgrounds, playgrounds and more playgrounds I like to take them to museums.<span style=""> </span>Our favorites by far are the <a href="http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/index.html">Naturkunde Museum</a> and the <a href="http://www.sdtb.de/Startseite.63.0.html">Technisches Museum</a>, both places where I’ve taken lots of photographs.<span style=""> </span>Any posting, crafting or packing is generally done once the girls are in bed, sometimes into the wee hours of the night.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf18VflsVkD6iR7At_E-Ot7_o-VAYyWG3ZdFaIrgFnZ_gkn0ePqySxRq7lzuUpqYido-o6hFBuKHWiL4KgzAaVeh-r42nhUOGmqtWrmmxDe3MfGSJnHiO2LhdBJrMxz9Vk8CrsYHk5Sk/s1600/il_fullxfull.216149957.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf18VflsVkD6iR7At_E-Ot7_o-VAYyWG3ZdFaIrgFnZ_gkn0ePqySxRq7lzuUpqYido-o6hFBuKHWiL4KgzAaVeh-r42nhUOGmqtWrmmxDe3MfGSJnHiO2LhdBJrMxz9Vk8CrsYHk5Sk/s400/il_fullxfull.216149957.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577342658946725778" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >You have three shops on Etsy. What are you selling in these different shops? Is there any advantage in having more than one shop?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The oldest of my three shops, <a href="http://www.curiousknopf.etsy.com/">Curious Knopf</a>, is a vintage clothing and handmade jewelry shop. I’m in the middle of re-structuring it right now and in the future will sell only vintage Trachten and a lot more handmade jewelry, especially pieces made with copies of vintage photographs from my collection. <a href="http://schaufensterbabe.etsy.com/">Schaufensterbabe</a> is my vintage housewares and home décor shop. Although I sell a variety of vintage awesomeness there, I try to really find pieces that are specifically German in some way. My third shop, <a href="http://augenblickphoto.etsy.com/">Augenblick Photo</a>, is where I sell my original photographs both as prints as well as mounted on wood blocks or made into jewelry. For me it is ideal to have three shops because each of them serves a different need. Curious Knopf is for my love of Trachten clothing (seriously, shorten a dirndl, leave off the apron and you’ve got yourself one killer dress!) and handmade jewelry. I love making jewelry out of polymer clay and vintage materials, but would rather not have a shop that sells only jewelry. Schaufensterbabe is for my closet kitsch side and my compulsive need to buy more and more vintage oddities even though I’m not a big fan of clutter (I’m not buying it for myself, I’m buying it for my shop…) Augenblick Photo is a showcase for my photography. Honestly, I never even thought anyone would buy anything there, but recently it’s been getting a lot of attention which is great since it’s my own work. Of course, the disadvantage of having three shops is that it’s harder to do any promotion, or at least a lot more work. I tend to neglect a shop for a while in favor of one of the others which does definitely impact attention and sales. I did try putting everything together in my old shop, Schaufenster, but mostly only the vintage (mainly clothing) got views or sold. I wanted my art to have a platform of its own.</span><br /></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_gsGAYP84LRBZwMeBQP59E8xAq3VczQW1kHjl4b1eOxruM1tIHxlvIvM28jCfpJobfgXjqBel9db8CwZ-gkI9HbDJps8VOXaq1sbxRyLlj3NYpKcwpeiLuEimitwVxyKaI8amwkzmLE/s1600/il_fullxfull.200450613.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_gsGAYP84LRBZwMeBQP59E8xAq3VczQW1kHjl4b1eOxruM1tIHxlvIvM28jCfpJobfgXjqBel9db8CwZ-gkI9HbDJps8VOXaq1sbxRyLlj3NYpKcwpeiLuEimitwVxyKaI8amwkzmLE/s400/il_fullxfull.200450613.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577342556699666002" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >Where does your love for vintage come from?<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >I think it’s always been there.<span style=""> </span>I have some photographs of me when I was two wearing my great grandmother’s wire framed glasses from the 1920s.<span style=""> </span>Apparently, I wouldn’t take them off for days.<span style=""> </span>My grandmother also had a drawer filled with old black and white photographs and I used to spend hours looking at them.<span style=""> </span>Sometimes I would ask her to tell me who the people were, but mostly I didn’t even need to know.<span style=""> </span>I found it so fascinating that the photograph was of a person who had once lived.<span style=""> </span>What were they like?<span style=""> </span>Who did they love?<span style=""> </span>What was their favorite color?<span style=""> </span>A story was in there someplace.<span style=""> </span>In high school I started collecting vintage photographs myself and wore a lot of vintage clothing and it’s continued ever since.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6D4-yKwuiR-XHgijb-y7SUgKHCJNV-3RDDrcM0UjGmXJ9FVOp1CC4UFWiNKTPQcm5SUTI1Omf8c87D_V-BKpwx81RuCGLwaCEqL4iDXjmQ9CkCslRxQMWhY18n2elAEUQjHHJjmjxew/s1600/il_fullxfull.209979277.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6D4-yKwuiR-XHgijb-y7SUgKHCJNV-3RDDrcM0UjGmXJ9FVOp1CC4UFWiNKTPQcm5SUTI1Omf8c87D_V-BKpwx81RuCGLwaCEqL4iDXjmQ9CkCslRxQMWhY18n2elAEUQjHHJjmjxew/s400/il_fullxfull.209979277.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577342490708071730" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >What goals do you have for the future?</span><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">I would like to write a novel someday and continue to sing and perform in either a duo or a small band. I hope to also expand my businesses and come up with more and more ideas for things to create or new ways to present and package what I already do make or find. Maybe I’ll also open my own brick and mortar store with a friend. And, of course, I’ll continue with the greatest job ever: being a mom to two creative and mischievous little girls.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">**************************************************************************</span><br /></span></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:14pt;" >Bis bald.<span style=""> </span>I promise! <span style=""> </span>:)</span></p>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-23153384625290506812011-02-09T12:43:00.001-08:002011-02-09T13:01:28.026-08:00You Are Cordially Invited....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Sncmwcr5iiSNKzI6VZH2AZAb4JpsFHw6axdT89HJyKKY3fqia_repRal9KsEHZEFEHn31_bk-2V9NQhmVNzVQcnFTaXJRhwIwfcFPBDMFXhN_sOXUIsCa-ld3k527dl8CmN_Z2VMeoQ/s1600/IMG_0768edited2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Sncmwcr5iiSNKzI6VZH2AZAb4JpsFHw6axdT89HJyKKY3fqia_repRal9KsEHZEFEHn31_bk-2V9NQhmVNzVQcnFTaXJRhwIwfcFPBDMFXhN_sOXUIsCa-ld3k527dl8CmN_Z2VMeoQ/s400/IMG_0768edited2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571793327036963922" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">For those of you in Berlin, it would be great if you would come to our gig on February 20th at 4:30. <span style=""> </span>We (<a href="http://myspace.com/marcioandrebeccah">Marcio and Rebeccah</a>) will be performing at Café Lyrik which is at Kollwitzstrasse 97 in Prenzlauerberg. <span style=""> </span>For those of you who are not in Berlin, why don’t you just hop on a plane? <span style=""> </span>I’ll help set you up in a room with a view; affordable; centrally located.<span style=""> </span>Promise.<span style=""> </span>After all, this is our first and last gig. <span style=""> </span>Marcio will be returning to Brazil at the end of March.<span style=""> We got a couple of other offers but only for the summer. Sigh...</span>I’m definitely sad, but also revving to continue….</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Please come.<span style=""> </span>You are oh-so-cordially invited.<span style=""> </span>You can even RSVP on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139803862750220">here</a> if you so desire. <span style=""> </span>And if you are a guitar or piano player on the look-out to start a new duo or trio with a singer, such as myself, then you are very, very, very invited. <span style=""> </span>;)</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Below are some of the songs we will be performing, sung obviously by other people.<span style=""> </span>Happy listening!</span></p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IR5HBYMHQo0" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z_lnE_L_E8M" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5uQj0dWr9Vs" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/78m6VBQ8N0Y" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-57440889185945235102011-01-28T15:46:00.001-08:002011-01-28T16:01:23.102-08:00Sorry for the "V" word...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQorpShSl34qQz471SJCiFGkkGUQPTnmNcEMvIZ4IQapwSgJPSClDIghx29IyaIkODwh6BYQj2_8yBCTVkY9fKg5BsooFZAT9xJVvwlSHafSscwPJsSaMoPOWj9JXiCkSPYQDnK0LR2Tw/s1600/IMG_0264edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </a><p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I’m sure to any Americans reading my blog the mention of Valentine’s Day by now is, well, nauseating. <span style=""> </span>I always hated the holiday when I lived in the states way back when (jesus, it really HAS been way back when…)<span style=""> </span>They don’t really celebrate it in Germany so I haven’t been bombarded with hearts and pink and reminders to make reservations, etc. which makes the hating far less strong. <span style=""> </span>Actually, I think they do call it Valentin’s Tag or something but that was just some desperate marketing ploy from a card company or candy factory or something and marketing just doesn’t have the same clout with pragmatic Germans as it does in the U.S.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9dcJA_TkZKcg2PS8MwDewDs4sCnv8NKMlGPgRMMYy7A0DwBor-4JDFWOwjpZJ5ucwCg5B0RHCqdLk_JckO-4OOpP67DfqvOGcK5bLQsC8G-wwJQhrlr2P5x9pdPxObk-dweEqUvHM8M/s1600/IMG_0265edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9dcJA_TkZKcg2PS8MwDewDs4sCnv8NKMlGPgRMMYy7A0DwBor-4JDFWOwjpZJ5ucwCg5B0RHCqdLk_JckO-4OOpP67DfqvOGcK5bLQsC8G-wwJQhrlr2P5x9pdPxObk-dweEqUvHM8M/s400/IMG_0265edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567387597696974162" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Still, I do love the rather timely romantic longing in the two photographs here.<span style=""> </span>I took them of a much larger painting at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. <span style=""> </span>The man in the woman are in the same room in the original painting, but I like that I photographed them separately like they are thinking about each other desperately, wondering all along if the other one is doing the same. <span style=""> </span>I have the pair for sale right now in <a href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com">Augenblick Photo</a> under the title <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/66787878/is-he-thinking-about-me-as-much-as-im">Is He Thinking About Me As Much As I’m Thinking About Him?</a> <span style=""> </span>Also made a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Augenblickphoto?section_id=7741871">wood block set</a> with the photographs that I will be posting soon. <span style=""> </span>So far the wood blocks seem to be something people love to heart but never buy, but what the hay?<span style=""> </span>They’re fun to make.<span style=""> </span>Many more to come.<span style=""> </span>:)</span></p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXzbrHJInfebDGGTqasNRJ4UfKfKNiUok87yeazIpeoDTZA88M7TvoMH3AjoWfOdzqUyVuwGR5E9-paVpXRsNhvvwh3Aa-Xo_SIM-WJ1DXmPeiXl47P-lg8yNFAbHnUCAakzxTt4FaWE/s1600/IMG_0264edited.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-24114960354519011152011-01-20T15:54:00.002-08:002011-01-20T16:23:07.215-08:00Blame it on Knete<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfizA_WRQ4tzBO7VpSVbLwqJfKGhT59SneksQRKaAyFm79Zb60O-GFNOdQxNUiL6H1I-hKVMWVtPrU1hQBnzfQbuDxsps7u1k7fv4gXhopSDEJfx_yxtVM1MHmPzt6BgugL4AbbnPzFEM/s1600/280px-Plastilin-ddr.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">As you might have noticed, I haven’t been around for a while. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Partly it is my computer’s fault as it still is having problems and really, really hates blogger and facebook for some reason. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">But the main reason for my absence is Knete.</span><span style=""> </span></span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi779wLBX8C7sDlN4M0F2TsvhokRmbnwOQ4rj9qdFBYzV8o1ljiiPemsasHvxo9oNwFUwxPJTLrlm0SwoCfJBO-9ShX3-nxRxHirPlo8jr_1ZSG5daAHUJcVzCINn5-vZ9X_zCkqSt2TPQ/s1600/bunte-knete-10.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Knete is the German word for Playdoh, although the German version is much harder and doesn’t have that Playdoh smell. <span style=""> </span>The girls got some from Santa (ok, Uncle Uli.<span style=""> </span>Shhh!<span style=""> </span>Don’t tell!) which means bits and pieces of it are all over the house. <span style=""> </span>We had some good days making snails and the cobras Nag and Nagina from Riki Tiki Tavi. <span style=""> </span>I think there is still a hunk somewhere, part of a now dilapidated princess castle, in a corner somewhere gathering dust.</span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPc2FP7WXwP71vIHCSSGG0TN_s5_I3tRKTw6qFiXUwsoeF6RpotswjlCJgcz-ANEgrASGiTz7V-c9sPe3rYfDNZXkWWxMIziurOfa_W98Wz3tmoXaoXSPlxXf14pLKKpRT-d8AhNNBG8/s1600/knete.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Anyway, what I found out pretty fast was that I LOVED playing with Knete, maybe even more than M. and L. I even kept a piece in my pocket to play with absentmindedly while picking up some fruit at the <a href="http://www.meine-markthalle.de/">Markthalle</a>. One thing led to another (i.e. I did lots and lots of internet surfing) and I stumbled onto polymer clay.</span></span> <span style=""> </span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijorgFCZfHZhczZimyBSguKKAtSpUj6-yqG90iHUtHdCPNjU0Tp3YmYw13pm9Mng6pkMEdDDfUWfwlNsJ_GtEg30Pu2bD0_BlDeYS4n11gZ9Ask86ZJtSZFuXnuiCn1QwNVhk_tJ1IfrM/s1600/Fimo_Eventail.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijorgFCZfHZhczZimyBSguKKAtSpUj6-yqG90iHUtHdCPNjU0Tp3YmYw13pm9Mng6pkMEdDDfUWfwlNsJ_GtEg30Pu2bD0_BlDeYS4n11gZ9Ask86ZJtSZFuXnuiCn1QwNVhk_tJ1IfrM/s400/Fimo_Eventail.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564422020131973682" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">For those of you who don’t know, polymer clay is a clay-like-substance that you can mold and then bake in a conventional oven.<span style=""> </span>I was excited about the idea until I saw the brand and a shudder went down my spine:<span style=""> </span>Fimo.<span style=""> </span>In the late 80s Fimo beads that looked like this were all the rage.</span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm51XlHRUxBWjZBcfVH0oYcUDWaRsEyZitM_C0mTx81LAUvSrqNhy6ae7q0JP9sNyS4CUD5rGMOX27vYN8f-BXgG0H_gImcF7Au7HGxCR2FDMLOaVOR1_c6T1s_02-B-PuGRDI9kdMjKw/s1600/FIMO_Fruit_Nail_Art_Canes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm51XlHRUxBWjZBcfVH0oYcUDWaRsEyZitM_C0mTx81LAUvSrqNhy6ae7q0JP9sNyS4CUD5rGMOX27vYN8f-BXgG0H_gImcF7Au7HGxCR2FDMLOaVOR1_c6T1s_02-B-PuGRDI9kdMjKw/s400/FIMO_Fruit_Nail_Art_Canes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564421936826929634" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I found them very cool and tried to make my own, but they just ended up looking like ugly lumps which made me very, very angry.<span style=""> </span>Fimo.<span style=""> </span>How could I be into some old junk like that?<span style=""> </span>I put my late adolescent hatred aside and bought a few packs and found, indeed, that I love working with it.<span style=""> </span>In fact, I love it so much that I’ve started making a whole new series of jewelry based loosely on the material.<span style=""> </span>Here are some photographs of one of my recent pieces.</span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdXhEgMBDERlOxohfOj6y3CjX-Xv1P-fkNtQtX2Rq27GxYnwZrc53mNih_HrCuvUIy2VFvRYdZ_MP4APC_7nSKl8tma_nwArEDXgi7xXu0hnDnokbpgOSo3bDm4qAkVcXsgogsXphKrk/s1600/IMG_2235.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdXhEgMBDERlOxohfOj6y3CjX-Xv1P-fkNtQtX2Rq27GxYnwZrc53mNih_HrCuvUIy2VFvRYdZ_MP4APC_7nSKl8tma_nwArEDXgi7xXu0hnDnokbpgOSo3bDm4qAkVcXsgogsXphKrk/s400/IMG_2235.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564421432022362370" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:12pt;" >I know it may sound crazy, but I’m thinking of opening a new etsy shop for these pieces (crazy because I already run 3 shops) but actually I’ve found it suits me to spread myself around.<span style=""> </span>If I’m in the mood for some vintage Trachten and playful jewelry I spend time in <a href="http://www.curiousknopf.etsy.com/">Curious Knopf.</a><span style=""> </span>If I’m in the mood for spooky images and natural history I mosey on over to <a href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com/">Augenblick Photo</a>.<span style=""> </span>If I need to get my kitsch fix and check out some vintage oddities that I had to buy for some inexplicable reason, then I saunter on down to <a href="http://www.schaufensterbabe.etsy.com/">Schaufensterbabe</a>.<span style=""> </span>I’ve never been a one trick pony though I tried for years to make myself into one. <span style=""> </span>So much freedom came when I realized it was never going to happen. <span style=""> </span>The key is doing whatever I happen to be into at that minute one hundred percent</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91_jdEe0vl6GWjYH-SAgMJrt8ShNJhLE22nuwx0z53SQCHMf0DhC30oF2dbI8Fmjix1EPtbBdGGoyk1r4fW9A51bLORrewTxjnDLrccHH4kfiZpn0IM3acFwPzk1pfKKUJIWd1r4fdWs/s1600/IMG_2234.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91_jdEe0vl6GWjYH-SAgMJrt8ShNJhLE22nuwx0z53SQCHMf0DhC30oF2dbI8Fmjix1EPtbBdGGoyk1r4fW9A51bLORrewTxjnDLrccHH4kfiZpn0IM3acFwPzk1pfKKUJIWd1r4fdWs/s400/IMG_2234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564421284523562290" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">My new shop will (most likely) be called Dear Dante and will be a home for minimalist modern jewelry that mixes metals, polymer clay with a dash of natural history.<span style=""> </span>The pieces are also going to be of higher quality, probably mostly sterling silver. <span style=""> </span>I’ve ordered some supplies and will be oxidizing them myself (thank for the info internet!) with something called Liver of Sulphur. <span style=""> </span>Stinky I’m sure, but also lots of fun.<span style=""> </span>In the words of <a href="http://www.eloisewebsite.com/">Eloise</a>, Mia’s new-old obsession, boredom is not allowed. <span style=""> </span>;)</span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHFP30Vb-z-69GGZkSeQ4WViU0o2r2i8hEbvEIf4FmasdLruDC3gkdlE4H1XJ1m0G89tMJJZkQiOMBwiV3HvMnb7103ftmMidYZ4otgxKdpeM70btrg1POZI89LQmTbLAA0RIs6kZkHc/s1600/IMG_2242.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHFP30Vb-z-69GGZkSeQ4WViU0o2r2i8hEbvEIf4FmasdLruDC3gkdlE4H1XJ1m0G89tMJJZkQiOMBwiV3HvMnb7103ftmMidYZ4otgxKdpeM70btrg1POZI89LQmTbLAA0RIs6kZkHc/s400/IMG_2242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564421093655234658" border="0" /></a>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-12872290379740370352011-01-02T12:24:00.001-08:002011-01-02T12:51:54.071-08:00The Modest Photographer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpf7_PQPykx7GHpF_6mdHaSDOyzbH-yFbjEZKSyWujznOzAZskBkmml3BCS_wnyoJG1dz8u7mJimjNVXM6spxHBg4OYVK3BcY4XdNZjfOpeBqelntyHiUPr4zR4-caOkc2Lj5zvfBGD-Q/s1600/IMG_0789edited.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdi1jKHOZRoA5KwCmDWWRba8REhTTdjGGq3CK0STzXf_l3ePTnDsYjmrk2indnZcpg1bqkVZ1W2y6jDug_KvsPWfkkzSLkZc6TWl06cTso3DvdDmIL54mHhj2eZvXf_IDf6R052Fuv5A/s1600/-3708edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdi1jKHOZRoA5KwCmDWWRba8REhTTdjGGq3CK0STzXf_l3ePTnDsYjmrk2indnZcpg1bqkVZ1W2y6jDug_KvsPWfkkzSLkZc6TWl06cTso3DvdDmIL54mHhj2eZvXf_IDf6R052Fuv5A/s400/-3708edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557687873125164914" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let’s face it: I’m the girl of a thousand hobbies. I think it all started at an early age when I got into cross-stitch (I could stitch a mean teddy bear, I tell you…) From there I moved to collecting rocks, painting rocks, paint by number, collecting bird’s eggs from their nests and then trying to hatch them on a heating pad turned up on high (this particular hobby I’m not all that proud of.) </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:130%;" >Even at six or seven I was interested in the vintage photographs my grandmother kept in a drawer in the den of her house in Phoenix. <span style=""> </span>This later turned into collecting vintage décor and housewares and wearing vintage clothing.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Et0vXiquDk4jiYcCRXgaH0G5qiuv53MSpxt8vPeaFfFFBqypDmE-lWK4xTQL1sx9b1VGi4vemYykjNQ8ftfQFdLccpYC6BHfiexQyW_SY6s1Z-Vm87Foue49N2xidQuz1N4nw2md3Uc/s1600/-3328edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Besides running three shops on etsy I also write fiction (mainly short stories, though I would like to take a stab at a novel), sing in a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marcioandrebeccah">duo</a> with an acoustic guitar, make jewelry (and am interested in learning more about metal smithing) and, of course, also am an avid photographer.<span style=""> </span>Although I don’t really like the word “hobby” I guess that is what they all are, though I do pour my heart into all of them.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBwkDhhtQ5ArmFWfKPrEAF-FINy4wtJ74HNciTYN1sHHqUAY4E5qFV2e76ZhSJFqIASWvZ21wPLLRzmH_Vx9-ix2NrImY2H3-klJYhce9hnY_3FUANOdSNB2vHyaNpsYmCz6Njxn8WQ0/s1600/2010-04275edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jasper, on the other hand, has only one hobby:<span style=""> </span>Photography.<span style=""> </span>I love his photographs.<span style=""> </span>They are more cool and aesthetic then mine, but really create a mood.<span style=""> </span>But he’s very modest.<span style=""> </span>He doesn’t think he’s good at anything other than taking portraits of the children.</span></p> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: georgia;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rNAHcqMPdquWY9TSzyFJvwRy9mNfyYIDwNk5KPHuNQVQNt-7kNoZu0UzHAXARQeSKuDzKLlf-Yvd9I8-vkkF11IzX4ThR99nsQZ4J7ZZA7TNQsTeqCTy3jxjxMGeVKynJYGeP-a0s_s/s1600/2010-03273edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In defense of his work, I am posting some of his photographs (the ones seen here) in my photography shop, <a href="http://www.augenblickphoto.etsy.com">Augenblickphoto</a>.<span style=""> </span>Most likely they will sell as well as my own photographs, i.e. not at all, but it will be swell to have them all together.<span style=""> </span>I’m also planning on making jewelry with our photographs similar to the ones I made with <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/curiousknopf?section_id=7622118">vintage photographs</a> at <a href="http://www.curiousknopf.etsy.com">Curious Knopf.</a><span style=""> </span>But who knows.<span style=""> </span>Maybe I’ll wait until I’ve thrown myself into metal smithing.<span style=""> </span>;) </span></p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmPOzs8XetigqyfpfskWAaq9cz86w0imajpaX0d61TgYAo_kvxn5NH4n4yl35eUsOIUd1osL3511tZvs_93N3ranlzKXeCexuGZd81uOqvsfmbRni02OMerl3IKJMJZdyNPhb__2t8ms/s1600/2010-02387edited.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVXohzWPtyswIoJcK_bnYPMrp5DKL9-delDEo6kk3Ub56QKO1f9RIzFB0OMngq200Y-ZN-9kQGr6-y-7uGYv8ir3Hqm_1GERsPWyoCvT_gKmetK_SpeDmLEGZVGPuStEo1m_diGQskOg/s1600/2010-01808edited.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592029515359905932.post-36094688627611563492010-12-23T05:51:00.000-08:002010-12-23T06:33:19.118-08:00Fighting The Christmas Blues With Lots Of Old Junk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzec6SSbCd3WWmO65K3lhj1DH7CJdHdc51lEOwMf98WHmpK-kXlMHwUnameIAxBmlv5zeqNCjqXbRinZPxiTpmOgyzycPA-C4m4V_3Y0n3Ybcgcv8dPM7NKKmAbB4pID0Boh53OWrJME/s1600/IMG_1576.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzec6SSbCd3WWmO65K3lhj1DH7CJdHdc51lEOwMf98WHmpK-kXlMHwUnameIAxBmlv5zeqNCjqXbRinZPxiTpmOgyzycPA-C4m4V_3Y0n3Ybcgcv8dPM7NKKmAbB4pID0Boh53OWrJME/s400/IMG_1576.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553877771085271010" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">When I was a kid, my dad had some sort of grad student position at this weird institute at the University of Arizona. Sometimes we went with him to work. I remember a lot of big gray machines with colorful wires, metal shelves filled with iron pyrate (i.e. Fool's Gold), an old tank from Vietnam and a vat of liquid nitrogen. If we begged him hard enough, he would put some object into the liquid nitrogen; a piece of plastic pipe or, one time, even a rose; and then show us how it had turned to ice.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuRSebAmuiyEld2mTpQgzyWWZz6Pym5z5h04YI3WpRq5lopXZlrj98su6GXp32HaULogWAKRb3rwSUbzAEO1Ti4jNRCrl4PvtACYUwg0HekmD3dKfDjtQGaACb6QDm25ObQhul-hzYbo/s1600/IMG_1522.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuRSebAmuiyEld2mTpQgzyWWZz6Pym5z5h04YI3WpRq5lopXZlrj98su6GXp32HaULogWAKRb3rwSUbzAEO1Ti4jNRCrl4PvtACYUwg0HekmD3dKfDjtQGaACb6QDm25ObQhul-hzYbo/s400/IMG_1522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553877450774349570" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">My brother was crazy about going to my dad's work but, although I liked it too, I remember getting bored pretty quickly. Somehow I had the feeling it was more for boys. Plus, I started having nightmares that my hand got dipped into liquid nitrogen and then melted. Because of this, his job (and</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">science in general) didn't really win any brownie points with me.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJBeGrObCvwbCUvVVpOl_nAozeIlVIU3iJQPf6P0kTTqFOPmYiLPyENiqfwyG9t6pBSGag5Kx0nVAvQIz3D_SlVUNY2hufDf0nsMhgTG9jZtzlGGKVFsSqKJ_XVMwXdvJytbt6jqpboA/s1600/IMG_1514.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJBeGrObCvwbCUvVVpOl_nAozeIlVIU3iJQPf6P0kTTqFOPmYiLPyENiqfwyG9t6pBSGag5Kx0nVAvQIz3D_SlVUNY2hufDf0nsMhgTG9jZtzlGGKVFsSqKJ_XVMwXdvJytbt6jqpboA/s400/IMG_1514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553877189329961394" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I think it was these memories that stopped me from going to the <a href="http://www.sdtb.de/Startseite.63.0.html">Deutsches Technikmuseum</a> for so long. I'm always looking for ways to escape the mommydom drone of playgrounds and ice cream parlors and the museum is actually within walking distance (well, sort of...) from our apartment but, I don't know. A technical museum? The place had too much of a whiff of boys and dirty socks. If someone had told me it's actually Ye Olde Junk Shoppe, I would have gone a lot sooner.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIZoL1gvXH4Sl3DKhtOB6yYNRANpSwOmmAGhXKw8E34G9wMraAfBIryM1EZqKFj0-D7urN_groTsTwi1yu2q_EMRggQcEwmN4ujkj2nOZxOKDxLvkcAJJ5s48L_OwjVB_c2woIDK3SGo/s1600/IMG_1516.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIZoL1gvXH4Sl3DKhtOB6yYNRANpSwOmmAGhXKw8E34G9wMraAfBIryM1EZqKFj0-D7urN_groTsTwi1yu2q_EMRggQcEwmN4ujkj2nOZxOKDxLvkcAJJ5s48L_OwjVB_c2woIDK3SGo/s400/IMG_1516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553876971859810546" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">We went today and found lots of old machines and phonographs and televisions and printing presses. Cool, decrepit vintage treasures that the girls-all three of us- really got into (the picture above this one shows Lilly a few seconds before she got chewed out by the security guard because she just couldn't resist those oh-so-shiny typewriter buttons....)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeKScaOijkh5ZSGXNO2fIQtrepAmUf3GpkpIQrK82sug0hydFVeaKb3gJGZDbR7c40b8x6Dy8fH2tA0OO6yDtIHgJzVpvhNk7G4Y96h1cCSb7Jv8_X3QBl-BQ6gYUeUQ01VY_tb7AmyM/s1600/IMG_1559.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeKScaOijkh5ZSGXNO2fIQtrepAmUf3GpkpIQrK82sug0hydFVeaKb3gJGZDbR7c40b8x6Dy8fH2tA0OO6yDtIHgJzVpvhNk7G4Y96h1cCSb7Jv8_X3QBl-BQ6gYUeUQ01VY_tb7AmyM/s400/IMG_1559.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553876647394781746" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The building is also really amazing; the old part is all red brick with warm wooden floors and antique, hand-painted signs. From what I could gather, it used to be a gigantic stable for a large part of the city's horses. Apparently there is also a windmill and giant park, though we'll have to wait til spring to check that part out.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0D_XwMPRocWGFCOygsFOl_CGSbt1rvZLvIIE0ioVV3qP-AGs9Hv-23POPOjGHqcIeImCwUejzGnpIZFID9WQWTwQjwuM-Hc2zich-pqNF_15YUmtA9rbv2wWs7Mbyy9s1aco34GES8M/s1600/IMG_1549.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0D_XwMPRocWGFCOygsFOl_CGSbt1rvZLvIIE0ioVV3qP-AGs9Hv-23POPOjGHqcIeImCwUejzGnpIZFID9WQWTwQjwuM-Hc2zich-pqNF_15YUmtA9rbv2wWs7Mbyy9s1aco34GES8M/s400/IMG_1549.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553876300481910402" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">They also had a lot of dioramas. Dioramas. Why did they ever fall out of fashion? Even the name is cool. Speaking of which, I have <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64340328/vintage-1960s-sunday-in-the-park-diorama">this one</a> for sale in my shop right now. Hope to find more later. Mia definitely agrees with me on this one. She told me she thinks all museums should have some of those little houses.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ9x9h1Awe-PlADWINPIvkJlYsBtX3qcfM7Gl3FNSwf6eBrnKrqR10BW2oOuCFX2gau1vK-pVOW5fRBy9QrqdPzhK1R5QhUOYZ6-uVA4TCVwVdUISnSlOrYrBU0h64j0nza6fxvI-RDc/s1600/IMG_1554.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJ9x9h1Awe-PlADWINPIvkJlYsBtX3qcfM7Gl3FNSwf6eBrnKrqR10BW2oOuCFX2gau1vK-pVOW5fRBy9QrqdPzhK1R5QhUOYZ6-uVA4TCVwVdUISnSlOrYrBU0h64j0nza6fxvI-RDc/s400/IMG_1554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553876023257873362" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">We ended the day with two greasy schnitzels at the museum's restaurant. Nothing like deep fried pork and crinkle fries on a foggy Christmas Eve Eve. Santa would be proud I think.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbnFhzKv-i050UgQpcux6NzYbQIqCPLQR_bAJeaSlzot2LBHn1Z-GkP-IOL3OWyPkwGjY74EKQ3N21B4ty6TWOAjibpQM1KJF9FiHEkYzLEvOgoFhV4FdjO67biM5BFr4IfUqjXNX1XM/s1600/IMG_1565.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbnFhzKv-i050UgQpcux6NzYbQIqCPLQR_bAJeaSlzot2LBHn1Z-GkP-IOL3OWyPkwGjY74EKQ3N21B4ty6TWOAjibpQM1KJF9FiHEkYzLEvOgoFhV4FdjO67biM5BFr4IfUqjXNX1XM/s400/IMG_1565.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553875755762355730" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you survived the holiday stress and are going to take it nice and easy wherever you are. See you again Zwischen den Jahren (the German saying for the time between Christmas and New Year's, literally "Between the years.") :)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxXZNPcGCadtau9lYctn1KlLzZ-aBYslepm7GiEbcTE5ixtHDMcg1iXiC2h5OoKHn3BVXSvvk0f3rOIk7sdF9I-gQX8CB83twqQZYwD9tn-QJQa4h9UNzA0NhaH7bpIFbm595u09P_NI/s1600/IMG_1574.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxXZNPcGCadtau9lYctn1KlLzZ-aBYslepm7GiEbcTE5ixtHDMcg1iXiC2h5OoKHn3BVXSvvk0f3rOIk7sdF9I-gQX8CB83twqQZYwD9tn-QJQa4h9UNzA0NhaH7bpIFbm595u09P_NI/s400/IMG_1574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553875431991908050" border="0" /></a>Schaufensterbabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888012743188268815noreply@blogger.com3