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3 First Date Travel Questions

by cw on May 1, 2012Share this post:

Blogger and motivational speaker Sam Davidson, author of Simplify Your Life, recently posted a list of “26 Great First Date Questions.”  I don’t usually read these things — who cares what one possession I’d want with me on a deserted island (my more sentimental side leans toward duct tape) — but Sam’s posts usually leave [...]

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Mozartkugeln: A Chocoholic’s Favorite Edible Souvenir

by kim on January 6, 2012Share this post:

I’ve long liked to shop at World Market, but now the store has earned a place in my heart. Before the holidays, Mr. TW stopped there to pick up some gifts for friends and came home with a present for me: Mozartkugeln, or truffle-sized spheres of deliciousness, with a nougat center surrounded by marzipan and [...]

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Dinner for One: Same Procedure As Last Year?

by kim on January 4, 2012Share this post:

Late on New Year’s Eve, Mr. TW fired up the laptop so we could watch Dinner for One, a (roughly) 10-minute British comedy sketch also known as Der 90 Geburtstag, German for The 90th Birthday. Watching the predictable and repetitive, but nevertheless funny, skit from the 60s has become a popular tradition in Germany as [...]

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