By the lake … in Masuria

Spending lazy days by the lake.    We are staying at a big house right by the lake with the whole family: grandparents, parents, children, aunt and uncle. Instead of all the sight seeing we had planned, we are spending our days by the lake...     swimming... taking the rowing boat or pedal boat out... …

What you expect…

We are taking a trip down memory lane, visiting Masuria in Poland with my in-laws. Both my father-in-law and my mother-in-law grew up here, met here, got married here before moving to West Germany in the late 1960s. It's been 11 years since their last visit. I have heard many stories and was expecting a …

Construction meets fashion

Last week was Fashion Week in Berlin. All of a sudden outfits looked very different from the usual indifferent Berlin style - more chic, more elegant, more different, definitely more thought through than the every day Berlin ensembles. I was fortunate enough to be invited to an evening event with a runway show and was …