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Jana, German in the City (NYC). Lifestyle blogger. World traveler; Istanbul, cat and food lover.

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Recipe: Sourdough Berry Cake

Recipe: Sourdough Berry Cake

Posted onFebruary 16, 2021December 20, 2022Leave a comment

Sourdough Berry Cake with a beautiful pink cream cheese frosting … that is if you love bright pink as much as I do. I bet though that you will like the cake no matter the color of the frosting. I Read More …

CategoriesBackenTagsBacken, cake, Food, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, Recipe, Rezept, Sourdough

Recipe: Chocolate Caramel Sourdough Muffins

Posted onJanuary 12, 2021December 20, 2022Leave a comment

Starting a sourdough was one of my earliest ventures during lockdown last year. And even though we didn’t always feed it and it spent quite a few weeks in the fridge, our sourdough is now beautifully aged and really sour. Read More …

CategoriesBackenTagsBacken, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, Muffins, Recipe, Rezept, Sourdough

Recipe: Peppermint Sheet Cake With White Chocolate Frosting

Recipe: Peppermint Sheet Cake With White Chocolate Frosting

Posted onDecember 29, 2020December 20, 2022Leave a comment

Strictly speaking it is the 5th day of Christmas and at least we have still plenty of candy canes lying around. Because I always buy too many. They look so sweet, but then I can’t even finish one whole cane. Read More …

CategoriesBackenTagsBacken, Christmas, christmas cake, Essen, Food, janavar, peppermint, Recipe, Rezept, sheet cake, white chocolate

Recipe: Cherry Nutella Babka

Recipe: Cherry Nutella Babka

Posted onDecember 2, 2020December 20, 2022Leave a comment

I think babka is one of the things that almost everybody tried to make during lockdown this year. Well, even though stores and restaurants in New York City are still open, it still feels a bit like a second lockdown. Read More …

CategoriesBackenTagsbabka, Backen, cherries, Christmas, Food, janavar, Lifestyle, nutella, Recipe, Winter

Recipe: Orange Whiskey Crinkle Cookies

Recipe: Orange Whiskey Crinkle Cookies

Posted onOctober 24, 2020December 20, 2022Leave a comment

A cookie a day keeps the sadness away. Life recently hasn’t been bad. But it hasn’t been magnificent either. I mean besides our week of vacation in Maine and our two little kittens, obviously. It feels a bit like waiting Read More …

CategoriesBackenTagsBacken, Baking, Cookies, Essen, Food, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, orange, Recipe, Rezept, whiskey

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Jana, German blogger: Manhattanite since July 2019. ❤ Canavar 2011 - 2020.
Lived in Istanbul from 2010 to 2015 and in Boston from 2015 to 2019.
Wife, mom of two girls & two cats.

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40+, German, living my NYC dream 🗽
Mom · bookworm · fashion lover · cat lady 🐱
Culture · style · real life in Midtown ✨
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You, Me & New York ✨️ Take a walk through Central You, Me & New York ✨️

Take a walk through Central Park.
The MET.
The Flat Iron District at night.
The High Line.
And always coffee.
Are you coming along?
The first heat wave this season is upon us, and I The first heat wave this season is upon us, and I am well prepared 🦄🌬 (to survive standing on the playground for about half an hour) 😆
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#nycmom #nycheatwave #manhattanlife #unicorntribe #unicornfan
A good old fashion haul 🛍 with everything I brough A good old fashion haul 🛍 with everything I brought from the brand-new Primark flagship store here in Midtown Manhattan:

- handbags 👛
- clothes for the girls 👕🩳
- slippers 🩴
- tops 👚
- bath bombs 🦋
... and Lotti definitely felt very left out 😸

In the end, I feel I did well as I didn't buy blindly and too much. The girls absolutely love their new stuff.

Can you guess how much I paid in total? ⬇️
My babies 💞, who somehow aren't babies anymore. Ha My babies 💞, who somehow aren't babies anymore.
Happy Mother's Day!

Oh, and our real life background: our piano has become a shelf for arts and crafts materials 🙄
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    • Main courses
    • Salads
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