June 2010
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Morning sickness? There's a tea for that →
If I were back home in Canada, I’d probably walk into a pharmacy and purchase a suitable medication thought safe for pregnant women. But in Germany doctors and chemists encourage a more natural remedy. Yes, to cure what ails during pregnancy, there’s a tea for that.
My second installment in my series of articles for The Local called “Motherhood in the Fatherland”, where I...
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Loose Fur — Pretty Sparks
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Psychic Octopus picks Germany to beat Argentina →
I feel much better about Die Mannschaft’s chances now.
“It took Paul a really long time to make up his mind today for the Argentina-Germany match,” said Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig. “Even after he opened the Germany container it took him a while to go in and eat the clam.”
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Hey people in Germany -- ASOS is offering half off... →
I know you only save €3 on standard shipping, but it makes a difference…
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50 recipes for homemade popsicles. →
I’ll be working my way through this whole list over the next two weeks as Berlin temperatures hover around 30 (degrees Celsius).
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Private critic: send e-mails anonymously to your... →
For all my Berlin friends working in this 30-degree (celsius) weather without air conditioning.
(thanks Kristen)
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The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut →
(via beenthinking:michelle-said:thebronzemedal)
Nora Ephron’s delightful skewering of Steig Larsson, from the New Yorker:
Salander opened the door a crack and spent several paragraphs trying to decide whether to let Blomkvist in. Many italic thoughts flew through her mind. Go away. Perhaps. So what. Etc. “Please,” he said. “I must see you. The umlaut on my computer isn’t working.” He...
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This time next week...
We’ll know if we’re having a boy or a girl. And I’m really excited to finally stop calling the baby an “it”, though we’ll have to publicly as we hope to keep this little bit of information to ourselves until we can share it in-person with our family and friends in Canada when we’re there for the last two weeks of July.
That means the Internet won’t...
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you know you could just ask, right? →
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Octopus Paul predicts Germany will win over... →
I feel much more confident knowing that Paul chose the fishy snack from the German box instead of the English one.
Advice from "America's Worst Mom" →
(and NOW! for something completely different)
I really think I’m a parent who is afraid of some things (bears, cars) and less afraid of others (subways, strangers). But mostly I’m afraid that I, too, have been swept up in the impossible obsession of our era: total safety for our children every second of every day. The idea that we should provide it and actually could provide it. It’s as if...
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Tonight's dinner
We’re going for a picnic. I’m currently preparing the following:
buttermilk fried chicken (loosely based on this recipe*)
breaded (and fried!) eggplant slices
pasta salad
rooibos-vanilla iced tea
And we have lots and lots of delicious cherries for dessert.
And lots and lots of beautiful weather.
If you’ve never been to Berlin, you have to see it in the summer. It’s...
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Led Zeppelin — That’s the Way
(from the BBC...
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North Korea: U.S. owes us $65 trillion →
My favourite wacky dictator is at it again…
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Drunk fan beats police officer with vuvuzela →
It was only time before the masses gave up on the vuvuzela as a mere auditory assault.
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Led Zeppelin — Rock and Roll
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“I don’t believe in low-fat cooking.”
– Nigella Lawson
(via fuckyeahnigellalawson:foodnetworkcanada)
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ahhhhhhh
The home is ours again.
For the last five weeks, we’ve been sharing our home to various degrees with Canadians. It’s part of living abroad in a cool city. You have to go somewhere like Nigeria to not get people to come visit you from home, but even then I don’t know if that locale could really guarantee your solitude.
This morning we got up early to wish our farewells to...
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Shop names in Africa
A couple years ago, my current guest (Kristen) travelled to Africa. While there, she found the shop names most amusing. Some choice examples:
God’s Time is the Best Spare Parts
Sew in Tears and Reap in Joy Aluminum Siding
God’s Merciful Hands Beauty Salon
The last one is the clear favourite.
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Berlin subway slide. awesome. →
(via graceinsmallthings)
WAIT?! WHAT?! CLASS TRIP TO ALEX TODAY!
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My dad is faster than your dad
No. Really. He most likely is.
To celebrate Father’s Day, he went to Winnipeg for the weekend and ran the half marathon.
He finished in 1 hour and 48 minutes.
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What's the difference? Ice cream, gelato, sorbet &... →
A very useful guide indeed.
