Starting the Christmas party a little early. The N95 will go straight to the top of the tree this year.
Rocking the fall flavors... in style →
Been awhile since I’ve been able to put these ski goggles to good use, but safety first when you’re chopping a billion onions for Zwiebelkuchen / savory German onion pie! This is the perfect meal for a rainy, cold Fall evening, served of course with fresh, still-fermenting Federweißer “wine.”
Solid dose of nature today →
Just what the doctor ordered.
Add some punctuation and I’m totally with you, man. →
Nesting hard →
I built this nest and am going to hide here until it’s safe to come out again.
Go green →
Berlin is kinda burning right now, so I’m going to start this Monday under a protective blanket of green.
Living my best life →
Bikepacked 106km today from Bamberg to Rothenburg, 28/82 degree hot weather, mostly felt like a long and gradual uphill through gorgeous green countryside and quaint villages with crooked, colorful half-timber homes - until the ride became ALL ass-kicking uphill at the end just as my legs started dying. 2200 calories burned in 5 hrs, but who’s counting? 😂 That Radler afterwards was the best-tasting adult beverage I’ve had at least since yesterday!
Visiting the Devil's Cave →
It feels like the world is on fire right now and 2020 needs to just go away already, but for perspective, the Devil’s Cave is a kuhjillion years old and these magnificent dripstones and bones are 250,000 years old and 30,000 years old respectively.
Current mood →
Diese Figur ist kein Spielgerät. Bitte nicht beklettern! →
Translation, basically: Hey kids, here’s this tasty Jurassic ice cream cone, but only for looking. Do not eat!
Vacation Day 1: Berlin to Bayreuth
Giving the term ‘bikepacking’ a whole new meaning today by loading everything directly into a rented SUV. Franken, here we come!
First bikepacking adventure of 2020 →
Here’s a throwback to the first bikepacking trip of the summer, which included my first public transport ride since Coronatimes to get out of the city, a beautiful and sunny ride north to Ellbogensee (~100km from Berlin), of course setting up our tent during a storm, drying off to rainbow views of the lake at sunset, 2-person kayaking that somehow magically didn’t end up in “divorce”, excellent work on my sunburn lines, and 2 nights in a row of wild boar schnitzels and canal views on the nearby hotel’s terrace. Can’t wait to get back out there!
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Covid-19: That's metal →
'Stay Home' spot out now for momondo
We’ve seen lots of these Covid-19 response ads out there these days, but the message is still very strong and clear: Yes, the travel industry is at a standstill right now until we can Flatten the Curve. So do your part by staying home and staying safe. The sooner people do this, the sooner we can open our world again.
My team in Copenhagen worked on this “Stay Home” spot, putting together this video in less than a week and with no marketing budget.
The message from momondo:
We believe that the most powerful thing each of us can do to open our world again is to stay home - for a while. And when the world does open up again, we’ll appreciate all the wonders of the world that much more. In the meantime, we invite you to watch our film and look forward to the time when it's safe to travel.
We’d like to thank two people in particular for giving their time and skill to this film:
Music - Stuart Goodstein
Voiceover - Amanda Festa
Video: © 2020 momondo
See more at https://www.momondo.com/
Happy Hour in a time of Coronavirus →
We are not allowed to meet with people outside our household these days, and we’ve been stuck at home for 2+ weeks at this point, but for sanity’s sake, my neighbor-bestie and I shared a cocktail in the cold at a safe distance. We’ll take what we can get!
New adventures in pasta-making →
For this Sunday lunch, I attempted to recreate this incredible meal enjoyed over the Christmas holiday in Trapani: Handmade busiata pasta with eggplant cream, toasted pine nuts, garlic, ricotta salata, mint, sautéed cherry tomatoes and sea scallops (alternative to the swordfish we had in Trapani) = Amazingness. Sicilian home cooking! Don’t you wish you came over for Sunday lunch?
Danish love →
Copenhagen: Where pastries are so tasty, even bakeries are sweating calories! Watch out.