Party Pics Update

:: RANDOM PARTY PICS from GERMANY :: I added a couple of pictures here

The best of both worlds

A very interesting blog entry from someone who spent some time in Germany and the US.

"... what Germany and the United States could learn from each other. (In no particular order.)..."

Its very true in most points:
http://adaabroad.blogspot.com/2005/07/best-of-both-worlds.html

Weekend in Westhampton

Me and Shawn really needed a getaway. This is something we have after being apart for a while. As always we did not plan ahead of time ;)

After realizing that flying to Miami or the Caribbeans would be too expensive (the concept of last minute getaways is foreign to American travel agents) and that there were no hotels available anywhere on Long Island I was surfing the craigslist on Friday night (2:25am) There was an add about a master bedroom being rented in Westhampton for $225 for the whole weekend which sounded really great to me. I sent out an email and went to bed knowing me and Shawn will have to spend the weekend here in Manhattan.

Woke up at 10:30 am and had 2 emails in my inbox. 1 - Yes, the room is still available and we should call. 2 - The owner is off to the beach, we should call. Yieppieee!!!

3 hours later we find ourselves at the train station and the owner who is the nicest guy picks us up from the train. We are shown the house which is on the main drag of Westhampton Beach and is beautifully furnished. Owner writes down the names of good restaurants, drives us to the beach which is only 10 min away and hands out the beach pass. Lucky for us, since that was the nearest beach (Rodgers Beach) and there was no way we could use it without the pass.

We had a blast. Perfect, not too crowed beach. They even leave their shoes at the entry(see one of the pictures). Sand is like brown sugar. Clean. Nice waves. Long walks on the beach. Good restaurants and good sight seeing of Hampton's villas.

We had to leave early to get back to Manhattan at 10:30. Its all good, we are sunburned and happy. Now we can say we "summered in the Hamptons" :)

Enjoy the pics :)))

:: WESTHAMPTON PICTURES ::

If anyone is interested to go, we can get you in contact with the owner of the house, he rents out rooms all year.

Rain, rain, rain

How much bad luck can I have????? Its RAINING in New York.... After 2,5 months of rain and cold weather of 15 Degrees Celsius (=60 Degrees Fahrenheit) in Munich I am finding myself for one day in nice and sunny Central Park. But only for one day since today and next couple of days it is supposed to rain... Wow, by the time skys clear up school will start back up....

So I have no other choice but saving my head from getting rained on in a bar :)

24 hours of lunch boxes

Flying British Airways right after strike was not that bad. The personnel was supernice and trying to explain that all that they have to offer for drinks is a tap water which was little difficult for some ladies to understand. They were passing out little lunch boxes at the gate to munch on in the plane since there was no other food aboard. I was thankful there were no delays after all and I made it back in time to meet my friends at the bar.

Several drinks later I was asleep around 2 am which was about 24 hours after I got up.

Thanks to everyone who came to say hi!!!!

Goodbyes and Hellos

Not again. Leaving and saying goodbye is painful. The show must go on and I am going back to New York. Am super sad to leave my family and friends behind.

Am leaving on 17th of August from Munich Airport.

I have enjoyed the summer in Germany - THANKS everyone for taking care of me.. now its time to celebrate.

August 11th: Celebrating "Goodbye" one more time in Munich in the Reitschule - After Work Party, starting at 20:00.

August 17th: Celebrating me coming back to New York, at 19:00 at Mo's Caribbean Bar corner of 76th and 2nd.

Everyone is welcome to join!!!

Reality after Band 6

One of my newest friends, Christine and one of my coolest, Clodi were talking today about Harry Potter - the last book. Heated discussion: what should have been written, how it could have been lots better and how it should end. Dumbledore was too weak, Neville non-existent, Harry a wimp... Its really funny how people get really excited about the book. The best thing is that in the middle of the discussion was Christine shrieking "That's totally unreal how that and that happened!!!!" Which I thought was the best thing I heard from an over-10-year-old ever about wizards. ( Am not supposed to disclose her age here)...

She is, in fact, the sweetest thing. All fun and totally uncomplicated! I am charging a small fee for introducing her to worthy candidates :)

Tom Gäbel feat. Volker

Ich war gestern auf einem Konzert in Brunnenhof der Residenz in München bei Tom Gäbel und die Band. Edles Venue, Edles Publikum - bestimmt 2 000 Menschen. Tom Gäbel soll angeblich die Stimme von Frank Sinatra geerbt haben (Frage ist nur, woher kommt dann der dt. Accent? Egal) Aber der ultimative Nachfolger von Sinatra ist für mich immer noch Robbie...

Ich schweife ab.. Die Überraschung des Abends: wer spielt da hinten die Trompete mit einem Smoking und nach hinten gekämmten Haaren? Volker! Der Fulbrighter von New York, Student an der Manhattan School of Music, der Jazz Musiker des I-Houses...

ganz links im Bild:



Als ein richtiger Groupie bin ich am Ende hingerannt und habe mich mit ihm kurz unterhalten. Vorbei an dem Star des Abends zum Trompeter...:-) Geil.

Unterhaltung ging etwa so:
Ja, das ist das 1.Mal, dass er mitgespielt hat. Nein, er wusste nicht, was er heute abend spielt. Ja, es war anstrengend und Lippen tun weh. Er braucht eine Zigarette. Nein, er weiss nicht, wo sie morgen hin fahren mit der band...

Ach ja, wie kommt man zu so einem gig? Man wird halt angerufen :-) von dem kleinen Bruder von Tom Gäbel. networking halt.....

Und ja, er kommt wieder nach NY, aber hat noch kein Visa oder kein Ticket. wahrscheinlich fuer ein semester, aber genau weiss er das auch nicht. Nur zu Info: ich habe mir ungefähr ein halbes Jahr vorher wahnsinnige Sorgen gemacht, wie ich das Visum bekomme und wie ich das Studium finanzierem soll. Aber nicht der Volker. Bewundernswert.