Holocaust Memorial – In A Berlin Minute (Week 22)
The official name of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is “Denkmal für die Ermordeten Juden Europas” (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe). The Holocaust Memorial was designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold and officially inaugurated…
World Cup 2014 – In A Berlin Minute (Week 216)
The FIFA World Cup 2014 started on June 12th in Brazil. And just in time, Scott and I arrived in Berlin, Germany, to watch and celebrate with friends and strangers all over the…
Berlin Churches of the 1989 Peaceful Revolution / Kirchen der Friedlichen Revolution – In A Berlin Minute (Week 126)
In days like these, when there are so many uprisings that are answered by violence, I thought it would be a good idea to focus on a positive aspect in German history: The…
San Francisco Bay Area (California) – In Another Minute (Week 233)
The San Francisco Bay Area (or simply, Bay Area) in California consists of the cities San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. And I love it! It’s what I suspected ever since I saw…
Caitlin revisits Bremen – In Another Minute (Week 33)
This week my friend Caitlin Cassaro from Brooklyn visited me in Berlin. We met about 7 years ago on a film set and I quickly learned that she had not only traveled Europe extensively, but that a…
Portugal (Algarve + Lisbon) – In Another Minute (Week 69)
This week we made a dream come true and traveled to beautiful and mysterious Portugal. We visited our friends Marisa and Nuno, whom we had met in Berlin last year. Our first few…
Thanksgiving In Brooklyn – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 31)
For the second year in a row we had the most amazing Thanksgiving at Alex’ and David’s apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Thanksgiving was never all that special to me because I didn’t grow…
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – In Another Minute (Week 147)
Visiting Rio de Janeiro at the beginning and again in the middle of my 3-week Brazil trip was amazing. For good reason, the 6th largest city in the Americas is part of the UNESCO World…
