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# janavar

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

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## Posts

- [My 5 Favorite Books I Read in 2024](https://janavar.net/my-5-favorite-books-i-read-in-2024/) - Here are my favorite books from 2024: Reading is still one of my favorite pastime activities. With a new baby last year, I had a lot of time to read at night.
- [Monday Morning Mood #2](https://janavar.net/monday-morning-mood-2/) - Monday Morning Mood. But make it positive. Here I’m going to share things I liked, fun things, things that stand out to me in a positive way
- [My Word of the Year 2025](https://janavar.net/my-word-of-the-year-2025/) - As we step into 2025, I’ve decided to focus on something truly personal: growth. I started the year with great intentions, setting myself up for success.
- [Week in review: 7 - 13 March 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-7-13-march-2022/) - Week in review: 7 - 13 March 2022 - This week we hopefully got the last snow of the winter ... twice. But, seriously, from tomorrow on temperatures are expected
- [10 Things I Would Love to Do in NYC This Winter](https://janavar.net/10-things-i-would-love-to-do-in-nyc-this-winter/) - I have a list of 10 things I would love to do in NYC this winter - but due to being highly pregnant, I don't think I will do any of these activities. Sadly.
- [Movie Tip - Hotel Transylvania: Transformania](https://janavar.net/movie-tip-hotel-transylvania-transformania/) - I was super excited to be able to watch "Hotel Transylvania: Transformania" already a few days before its official premiere on Prime Video this Friday, 14 Jan.
- [Week in review: 8 - 14 February 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-8-14-february-2021/) - This week didn't go according to plan at all. First we had another snow day on Tuesday, albeit without any snow actually. Our landlord, who is planning to sell the apartment this summer, also sent a painter for little "touch-ups". Those meant that our whole apartment was full of white dust everywhere and the painter
- [Week in review: 7 - 13 December 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-7-13-december-2020/) - The last week of teaching in school for this year is over. We now have one week of remote learning in order to enable people to travel home. At this point I am
- [All the Books I Read in 2022](https://janavar.net/all-the-books-i-read-in-2022/) - As reading is my favorite hobby, I today want to look back at all the books I read in 2022. Namely 95. Or 22,320 pages.
- [Holiday Gift Guide: For the Person Who Already Has Everything](https://janavar.net/holiday-gift-guide-for-the-person-who-already-has-everything/) - Today's gift guide has ideas for the person who already has everything. Like my grandmother, my parents, my in-laws, my husband, possibly even myself
- [My Year in Books 2021: I Was a Very Hungry Bookworm](https://janavar.net/my-year-in-books-2021-i-was-a-very-hungry-bookworm/) - Last year I read 156 books. So I think I might not even be a bookworm anymore, but a very hungry caterpillar. As I mentioned before, 2021 wasn't an easy year
- [The Books I Read in November 2021](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-november-2021/) - I read only 5 books in November. Not many considering how much I bing-read over the previous months. Then again, "Dune" is a far longer novel and I didn't read
- [The Books I Read in October 2020](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-october-2020/) - With a full week of fall break in October, I was sure I would read a lot. But then we had kittens and we also took them on vacation with us to Maine.
- [The Books I Read in November 2020](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-november-2020/) - November was a good reading month. I finally settled in my routines and, with the days becoming colder and darker, I spent a good amount of time on the sofa
- [The Books I Read in June 2020](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-june-2020/) - I have read so many books this year. Well, 74 to date. I dare say that I might hit the 100 till the end of 2020. Reading is one of my favorite hobbies and esp.
- [The Books I Read in October 2021](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-october-2021/) - I read 24 books in October 2021. Yes, I do have a lot of time. Also, everytime I wake up during the night (which happens rather frequently these days), I read for a while before I fall asleep again. Lately, I have focussed on German crime novels. After a while I needed an alternative to
- [My Year in Books 2020](https://janavar.net/my-year-in-books-2020/) - 2020 was a very good year for me when it comes to reading. When everything else fails, I could (and still can) always bury myself in books. And man, did I need that last year! This is how I read a total of 114 books (according to Goodreads). Or 31,385 pages (which is an average
- [Week in review: 29 June - 5 July 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-29-june-5-july-2020/) - This was an excellent long weekend. On Friday we were lazy, yesterday we were lazy, and - guess what - today we were also lazy. Today though we managed to take
- [10 Things to Do at Home This Week & 10 Free Online Resources](https://janavar.net/10-things-to-do-at-home-this-week-10-free-online-resources/) - It is not like there are that many exciting things waiting for me out there. On day 11 it is definitely time to up my game a little bit
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 March 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-march-2020/) - This is day 10 at home. By now I have emptied my desk (enough) so that I can work from here, right at the window. When I stretch a little, I can look right onto
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 March 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-march-2020/) - Last week was both wonderful and exhausting. I attended a Model United Nations conference with a group of high school students from Wednesday to Saturday.
- [Week in review: 30 December 2019 - 5 January 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-december-2019-5-january-2020/) - 5 days into the new year and I have been to the gym twice (I might have mumbled too often about going there more because my boyfriend now makes me);
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 February 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-february-2019/) - This week has been an especially good one. We went on a road trip from Monday to Friday and explored so many interesting and exciting places in Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 February 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-february-2019/) - So this week happened. And I didn't really participate. On Tuesday after work I dragged myself to urgent care and had them attest that I had yet another bad sinus infection
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 July 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-july-2018/) - I am sitting at my kitchen table listening to the rain slowly and evenly coming down outside. Canavar is taking a long cat nap on the bed. It is one of those
- [My November 2021 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-november-2021-goals/) - In October I wasn't as focused on my goals - and it shows. I only reached 2/3 of my October goals. So I am deferring most of the ones I have not completed to November. On the one hand, these goals help me set up routines. On the other hand, I have to make sure
- [My December 2021 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-december-2021-goals/) - November was much busier for us than expected. I also had several days when I just didn't feel as well. The joys of the third trimester ... It made me grateful for the first time that I stay at home these days and don't have to commute for almost 3 hour daily plus work full
- [My October 2021 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-october-2021-goals/) - There are 3 months left in 2021. A good amount of time to get a few more things done. I quite enjoy my monthly personal goals because it is so easy to make them SMART goals (that is: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and within a Time Frame). This is why I manage to comply with
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 September 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-september-2021/) - Another week has passed without significant news. At least it was a short week. I know that only because Rich didn't go to work on Monday because of Labor Day. To me one day still feels very much like any other. There still haven't been any news about my work permit or my travel permit
- [Week in review: 15 - 21 April 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-15-21-april-2019/) - Yesterday evening I was for the first time able to relate to this dialogue from one of my favorite movies, "Sex and the City 2": Finding the perfect apartment in New York City
- [28 Days of Blogging 2019](https://janavar.net/28-days-of-blogging-2019/) - It is 1 February and that means it is time for another round of "28 Days of Blogging". Just like in previous years I participate again in the project
- [28 Days of Blogging 2018](https://janavar.net/28-days-of-blogging-2018/) - The "28 Days of Blogging" project is becoming a tradition. Nadine from but first create called on bloggers once more to publish one blog post a day during February.
- [Week in review: 19 - 25 June 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-25-june-2017/) - Last week I managed a complete flop. If you follow my Instagram, you might have seen this on my Insta stories on Friday. When I left my house in order to drive
- [Résumé: 28 Days of Blogging 2017](https://janavar.net/resume-28-days-of-blogging/) - Wow, not only is a sixth of this year already over, but today is also the last day of our #28DaysOfBlogging challenge. I have published 27 posts on my blog this
- [Neue Gewalt auf dem Taksimplatz #direngezi](https://janavar.net/neue-gewalt-auf-dem-taksimplatz-direngezi/) - Da bin ich wieder, zurück von unserem Urlaubswochenende in Izmir und wollte euch eigentlich von so vielen schönen Dingen erzählen. Zum Beispiel dass mein Blog am Sonntag bei Ina vorgestellt wurde, worüber ich mich total gefreut habe. Dass wir ein wunderschönes Wochenende hatten. Von der Hochzeit wollte ich euch erzählen. Und vom Strand. Dass ich
- [The winner takes it all](https://janavar.net/the-winner-takes-it-all/) - Erinnert ihr euch an mein kleines Gewinnspiel zum Blognichtgeburtstag? Jetzt haben wir zwei Gewinner, die ich mit Hilfe von random.org ermittelt habe: Das Zuhause-Paket bekommt: Das Schönheitspaket gewonnen hat: Herzlichen Glückwunsch, liebe Amitaf und liebe Wolke! Gleich muss ich auch los zur Arbeit. Diese kurze Woche hat es noch einmal in sich. In vier Tagen
- [Das erste Mal Cake Pops](https://janavar.net/das-erste-mal-cake-pops/) - Im Dezember hatte ich besonders viel Glück und habe auf dem tollen Blog "Anna im Backwahn" ein hübsches Bakerella Cake Pops Mold Set gewonnen, das aus drei Förmchen, zwölf Stielen und einer Anleitung besteht. Über den Preis habe ich mich ganz doll gefreut, weil ich schon ganz lange diese lustigen Minikuchen selbstmachen wollte. Sie standen
- [Auf nach Mecklenburg](https://janavar.net/auf-nach-mecklenburg/) - Gleich geht es los, also zum Zug, mit dem ich in nur 7 Stunden Mecklenburg erreiche. Dabei steige ich noch in Hamburg um und bin heute Abend gegen 17 Uhr in Rostock. Von dort holen mich meine Eltern ab und wir fahren nochmal locker eine Stunde bis zu dem kleinen Dorf, in dem ich aufgewachsen
- [Welcome to the Blog-Awards](https://janavar.net/welcome-to-the-blog-awards/) - Schon vor einigen Wochen hat mir die liebe Quasseltasche Mascha einen Blogaward verliehen, über den ich mich sehr gefreut habe. Noch einmal an dickes Dankeschön nach Wien, von wo die Mascha gerade fast jeden Tag tolle kleine Geschichten aus ihrem Leben bloggt (jedenfalls wenn sie nicht mal wieder in Indien ist)! Außerdem bin ich neidisch,
- [4 Romane & 1 Teeparty](https://janavar.net/4-romane-1-teeparty/) - Mein Irlandurlaub ist vorbei und ich habe nicht nur wieder einen permanenten Internetzugang hier in Mannheim, sondern auch noch einige Sommerlektüren, die ich günstig in Cork erstanden habe. Ich mag nämlich Shops wie Oxfam, EnableIreland und Co. und sogar noch mehr den Oxfam Bookshop in Cork, der eine ziemlich gute Auswahl hat und dessen Preise
- [Happy Ramadan!](https://janavar.net/happy-ramadan/) - Seit 5.49 Uhr heute früh ist es soweit: der neunte Monat des islamischen Kalenders beginnt und somit die 30-tägige Fastenzeit. Ab sofort sieht man tagsüber weniger Menschen auf Istanbuls Straßen, weil es draußen zu heiß ist und die Fastenden nichts trinken dürfen. Aber am Abend nach Sonnenuntergang strömen sie aus ihren Häusern und picknicken auf
- [Die ganze Türkei auf einem Fleck: Miniatürk](https://janavar.net/die-ganze-turkei-auf-einem-fleck-miniaturk/) - In den letzten zwei Tagen hatten wir hier quasi schlechtes Wetter. Auch wenn ich jetzt Gefahr laufe, von Mitteleuropäern virtuell verprügelt zu werden: aber wir hatten nur so um die 28 °C, Wind und schattenbringende Wolken. Gestern Nacht war es sogar so kühl, also um die 24/25 °C, dass ich eine Strickjacke anziehen musste. Und
- [Kaffee, Kuchen und der liebe Gott](https://janavar.net/kaffee-kuchen-und-der-liebe-gott/) - Gestern kamen die Handwerker in die Wohnung über uns und veranstalteten einen Heidenlärm. Ich verstehe gar nicht, wie der Kater da einfach auf dem Fußboden entspannt schlafen konnte. Da vor der Haustür herausgeschlagene Einbauschränke lagen, gehe ich leider davon aus, dass erst die Zerstörungsphase begonnen hat, die in nächster Zeit in eine weiterhin laute Aufbauphase
- [5 Beautiful Things on this Saturday](https://janavar.net/5-beautiful-things-on-this-saturday/) - Five things that make this sunny Saturday beautiful - besides the weather. I am in Murray Hill, in the middle of Manhattan, where I have spent most of the week.
- [Week in review: 27 February - 5 March 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-february-5-march-2017/) - This has been t h e perfect weekend. Despite the biting cold. Seriously, it was this great feeling of getting everything about right. It started on Friday when
- [Looking back at #29daysofblogging](https://janavar.net/looking-back-at-29daysofblogging/) - My #29daysofblogging didn't work out in the end as I had planned them to. There was way to much stress for me in the last week of February, which I hadn't anticipated
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 January 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-january-2017/) - We've made it through the first week of January. Let me tell you that I wasn't very motivated to start work again on Monday, esp. since New Year's Day was
- [Beauty: My first Colourpop order](https://janavar.net/beauty-my-first-colourpop-order/) - I was actually really good on Black Friday. I slept rather than getting up in the middle of the night to go shopping. I only bought convenient things online like
- [Proud of myself](https://janavar.net/proud-of-myself/) - The days all look the same. Routine. I get up at six, stay at work for eight hours, often more, go home, work, eat, go to sleep between ten and eleven in the
- ["Best Blog Award" - Dankesrede und Weitergabe](https://janavar.net/best-blog-award-dankesrede-und-weitergabe/) - Schon letzte Woche habe ich einen Best-Blog-Award von der lieben Paetzilore bekommen. Über Preise freue ich mich immer, über rosane noch mehr und erst recht über welche von anderen Katzenliebhaberinnen ;-). Der Award ist für Blogs mit unter 200 Lesern gedacht. Und so funktionierts: man verlinkt auf den Blog, von dem man nominiert wurde, beantwortet
- [Things about your life: Behind the scene](https://janavar.net/things-about-your-life-behind-the-scene/) - Auf Inas Blog gibt es die Aktion "Things about your life", die jeden Monat ein anderes Thema hat. Diesen Monat ist es "Behind the scenes" und das hat mich
- [Sehnsucht nach Irland: Galway](https://janavar.net/sehnsucht-nach-irland-galway/) - Heute war wieder einer dieser Tage, an denen ich mich weit weg wünsche. Ein kühler, grauer, verregneter Tag. Ungemütlich. Natürlich habe ich am Morgen nicht gesehen, dass es regnete, bis ich unten vor der Tür stand und keine Zeit mehr hatte, um noch einen Schirm zu holen. Da habe ich mich ganz woanders hingewünscht und
- [Wochenendblues](https://janavar.net/wochenendblues/) - Da haben wir es: Ich hatte mich so auf dieses Wochenende gefreut, weil es das erste seit Langem ohne jegliche Pläne war und dann saß ich gestern Abend alleine auf dem Sofa und schaute auf Sat1 "Harry Potter". Immerhin in Jeans und nicht in meiner Comfi-Hose. Draußen leichter Nieselregen. Im Sessel neben mir der schlafende
- ["Ich rühm dich Heidelberg ..."](https://janavar.net/ich-ruhm-dich-heidelberg/) - ... ist übrigens ein Gedicht von Oswald von Wolkenstein (* um 1376, † 1445). Eines der wichtigsten Ergebnisse dieser Sommerferien ist wohl, dass mir Baden-Württemberg (oder zumindest die Ecke hier in und um Mannheim herum) richtig gut gefällt und ich mir gut vorstellen kann, hier in einigen Jahren zu leben und zu arbeiten. Das liegt
- [Freitägliche Gedanken](https://janavar.net/freitagliche-gedanken/) - So langsam gehen mein Aufenthalt in Mannheim und so auch insgesamt meine Zeit in Deutschland zu Ende. Eigentlich habe ich noch so viele Post-Ideen, bin aber heute einfach zu faul, um Fotos von Irland oder Paris herauszusuchen oder Shoppingergebnisse in großen Stil erst zu fotografieren ... Daher hier mal eine bunte Reihe von Erkenntnissen und
- [Definitiv nicht von hier](https://janavar.net/definitiv-nicht-von-hier/) - Heute habe ich einen kleinen Ausflug von Mannheim über eine Rheinbrücke bis nach Ludwigshafen gemacht. Okay, ich wollte mal die Rhein-Galerie, ein Shoppingzentrum, dort angucken, habe aber nichts gekauft :-). Als ich an der Straßenbahnhaltestelle für die Rückfahrt saß, kam ein etwa Fünfzehnjähriger zu mir: "Können Sie mir vielleicht sagen, wo der Laden 'Hollister' ist?"
- [Eine Woche Deutschland](https://janavar.net/eine-woche-deutschland/) - ... und froh wie der Mops im Paletot ... nur das Internet ist zur Zeit eine schwierige und vor allem wenn dann sehr langsame Sache, deren Schuld daran ich meinem Freund in die Schuhe schieben kann: der hat sich von seinem Vermieter in Mannheim überzeugen lassen, dass viel besser als ein Internetstick ein Abo beim
- [Asiatisch satt](https://janavar.net/asiatisch-satt/) - Wenn ich überhaupt keinen Appetit zum Frühstück habe, bedeutet das, dass ich am Abend vorher satt und kugelrund nach Hause gerollt bin. Gestern waren mein Freund und ich beim großen Buffetessen im „The East“ hier in Mannheim. Dort bekommt man abends für 16,95 € eine riesige Auswahl an asiatischen Speisen. Ich habe mich zunächst auf
- [Wichtiges vorm Abflug](https://janavar.net/wichtiges-vorm-abflug/) - Kennt ihr das eigentlich auch? Immer kurz bevor ich verreise, fallen mir 100 Kleinigkeiten ein, die ich noch erledigen oder besorgen wollte. Dann muss ich mit Listen arbeiten, um nichts zu vergessen. Heute (zum Zeitpunkt des Schreibens noch: morgen) fliege ich ja nach Deutschland und gleich für ganze sechs Wochen, so dass ich diesmal für
- [Mein Freund, der Park](https://janavar.net/mein-freund-der-park/) - Meinen neuen Lieblingsplatz für den allmählich heiß werdenden, da die 30°C-Marke überschreitenden Sommer habe ich neulich zufällig entdeckt, als ich durch unseren Stadtteil streifte: ein schattiger Park mit alten, hohen Bäumen und einem beliebten Teegarten im Viertel Kartaltepe. Dort kann ich stundenlang im Teegarten sitzen und lesen oder die Leute um mich herum beobachten. Gestern
- [Bye bye, Taksim! Merhaba Bakırköy!](https://janavar.net/bye-bye-taksim-merhaba-bakirkoy/) - Am Sonnabend war ich das letzte Mal in der alten Wohnung. Trotz der Freude über die neue Wohnung, wurde ich doch ein bisschen melancholisch: schließlich war es
- [Entdeckt: Yeşilköy](https://janavar.net/entdeckt-yesilkoy/) - Am Sonntag Nachmittag wollten wir bei 18°C im Schatten spazieren gehen, aber nicht einfach so. Nein, denn am Wochenende ist das Zentrum von Bakırköy rappelvoll
- [Osmanische Küche im Hacı Abdullah](https://janavar.net/osmanische-kuche-im-haci-abdullah/) - In glücklichen Beziehungen neigen Menschen laut einer Studie des Max-Weber-Instituts für Soziologie der Universität Heidelberg dazu, zuzunehmen. Zum Glück gibt es den Valentinstag nur einmal im Jahr, um noch Schlimmeres zu verhindern. Also zumindest bei Y. und mir. Wir waren vorgestern Abend nämlich groß essen in dem osmanischen Restaurant Hacı Abdullah, das 1888 eröffnet wurde
- [Endlich Frühling](https://janavar.net/endlich-fruhling/) - Mit dem Mai ist nun endlich auch der Frühling in Istanbul eingezogen. Es war ja kein Zustand mehr, selbst mit dickem Mantel draußen zu frieren und sich sogar Ende April manchmal noch Handschuhe zu wünschen. Aber - tada - seit gestern sind auf einmal Sonne und Wärme da und die Istanbuler schwören, dass es bis
- [12 Stunden bis Deutschland](https://janavar.net/12-stunden-bis-deutschland/) - Langeweile kommt bei mir definitiv nicht auf: morgen früh fliege ich nach Kiel zur Model United Nations Konferenz, wo ich auf dreizehn Schüler (ja, alle männlich) meiner Schule achten und sie beraten soll (wobei vielleicht nicht ganz so klar ist, wer eigentlich auf wen aufpasst). Das Programm ist straff, die nächsten Tage sind mindestens von
- [Die Schneekönigin, Atatürk und die Frauen](https://janavar.net/die-schneekonigin-ataturk-und-die-frauen/) - Als ich heute früh aufwachte, herrschte draußen eines reges Schneetreiben. Wie schön - am 8. März. Während in Deutschland endlich der Frühling einzieht, musste ich spontan mein Outfit auf Wintertauglichkeit ändern und mich mit dickem Schal und Kapuze sowie fast flachen Stiefeletten langsam durch die dicken Schneeflocken den glitschigen Berg hinunter kämpfen. Nun habe ich
- [Apple Picking at Apple Dave's Orchards](https://janavar.net/apple-picking-at-apple-daves-orchards/) - When we left the City for Labor Day Weekend, apple picking was high up on my to-do list. After some research online, I found Apple Dave's. It turned out that they just opened their apple orchards that weekend.
- [5 Beauty Products I Love, But Rarely Use](https://janavar.net/5-beauty-products-i-love-but-rarely-use/) - Although I don't buy as many beauty products as I used to, I still own a big amount. While it is easier to use up care products, I have more difficulties with makeup.
- [The Books I Read in 2017](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-2017/) - When I look at my reading statistics, I think that I spend most of my free time reading. Last year I read 88 books in total. Plus I read the New York Times every Friday to Sunday, the Time Magazine every week, a few other monthly magazines, plenty of blogs, etc.
- [Week in review: 1 - 7 January 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-1-7-january-2018/) - I started this week in wonderful warm Istanbul. The first day of the year was sunny and we had about 15 °C. In the morning I went to my favorite hamam.
- [My Christmas 2017 Wish List](https://janavar.net/my-christmas-2017-wish-list/) - The Christmas decoration is up. I wear one ugly Christmas sweater after another. (Ok, I own three. And an ugly Christmas T-shirt.) Alexa plays my favorite Christmas songs to me daily. I baked a lot of Christmas cookies last weekend. I visited a Christmas market and had mulled wine. Since early this morning it has
- [How I Maintain My Dyed Red Hair](https://janavar.net/how-i-maintain-my-dyed-red-hair/) - I actually never saw myself as a redhead. If you had asked me a year ago, I'd have sworn that of all hair colors in the world I'd never choose red. But here I am
- [Fashion Inspiration: Love for Cats](https://janavar.net/fashion-inspiration-show-your-love-for-cats/) - I sometimes wonder what makes me a crazy cat lady? I mean, yes, I have Canavar, but he is only one cat. Granted, I might have more cats if he wasn't so unsocial
- [Read: Can Dündar: "We Are Arrested"](https://janavar.net/read-can-dundar-we-are-arrested/) - Sometimes the books we come across are the ones we can't get out of our heads. This has happened to me with Can Dündar's most recent book "We Are Arrested".
- [Kate & Marc - My new bags](https://janavar.net/kate-marc-my-new-bags/) - My first cold this winter caught me pretty badly. I took an Uber home from work yesterday afternoon and spent the remaining day in bed. It would have probably
- [Things I Can't Live Without + Recipe for Shakshuka](https://janavar.net/things-i-cant-live-without-recipe-for-shakshuka/) - If there ever was a fire, I'd probably only grab Canavar because he is more important to me than anything else in my apartment. And, having the tiny brain he has,
- [Black Friday: My new toys](https://janavar.net/black-friday-my-new-toys/) - Last week I almost wrote a post on what little importance I attach to days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. That was obviously before said days. Experiencing
- [Week in review: 10 - 16 October 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-10-16-october-2016/) - A week of fall vacation is simply wonderful. Basically, I hadn't had any fall break for six years because in Turkey there are only summer and winter vacation,
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 May 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-may-2016/) - On Friday I explained to my friend what a blog actually is, and what I've written about for the last five and half years. We came to the point where I had to ask
- [Week in review: 29 May - 4 June 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-29-may-4-june-2017/) - This week was pretty eventful: 1. My new roommate has moved in, woohoo! It already makes such a difference for me because I love using all the “common areas”
- [Books to read this fall](https://janavar.net/books-to-read-this-fall/) - I have always loved to read books. But this year I feel like I am reading even more because I purposely make time just to sit down and enjoy reading. I regularly
- [Five favorites October 2016](https://janavar.net/five-favorites-october-2016/) - I have to admit that I find it quite difficult this time to get back into my blogging routine - even though many ideas keep buzzing in my head. The problem seems
- [Five books I want to read over Christmas](https://janavar.net/five-books-i-want-to-read-over-christmas/) - It still pains me to remember that I left the majority of my books just like that in Istanbul this year. My exra cargo had been already expensive enough, and here
- [Das erste Mal als papa-paparazzi](https://janavar.net/das-erste-mal-als-papa-paparazzi/) - Gestern war ein Tag, an dem eine ganze Menge schief lief, so dass ich den Resttag am liebsten mit einer Decke über dem Kopf zu Hause verbringen wollte. Aber es kommt ja häufig anders als gedacht. So fragte mich meine türkische Freundin E., ob ich spontan mit ihr in die Oper gehen wollte. Wollte ich
- [Sonntagsausflug auf die Bağdat Caddesi](https://janavar.net/sonntagsausflug-auf-die-bagdat-caddesi/) - Gestern traf ich mich mit einer Freundin zu einem Ausflug auf die Straße, die einzige in Istanbul, mit richtig europäischen Flair, die Bağdat Caddesi in Asien. Dort gibt es nicht nur breite Fußgängerwege, große Bäume sowie unzählige Shops und Cafés, man kann/darf dort sogar im Minirock herumlaufen, ohne dumme Kommentare zu hören. Bis zum Iftar
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-7/) - Plant Food + Wine NYC - end of my first term - slow cooker - "Elanus" by Ursula Poznanski - "Rise of Empires: Ottoman"
- [10 Turkish Movies & Series You Can Find on Netflix & Co.](https://janavar.net/10-turkish-movies-series-you-can-find-on-netflix-co/) - In case you don't feel like watching big romances, I have also chosen other genres. I also watch all of these films and series when I miss Turkey even more
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 January 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-26-january-2020/) - January always feels like the month where we try to change for the better. I am no exception. Besides all my resolutions, we discussed eating better and healthier
- [Week in review: 12 - 18 June 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-12-18-june-2017/) - I am a day late with my week in review. But yesterday I had to do several things for work, and they had priority. The school year is slowly fading out though,
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 January 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-january-2020/) - I am lying on a little sofa in a small cottage. When I look outside, I see everything covered in snow. The road in the background seems ploughed. And I assume
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 December 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-december-2019/) - 2nd Advent - and it is looking a lot more like Christmas! The previous week had still been all about Thanksgiving. But with the first snow storm this week and
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 November 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-november-2019/) - I seem to be socially active in waves. Last week I met friends all the time, this week I have been more of a homebody. We are preparing for Thanksgiving and
- [Week in review: 30 October - 5 November 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-october-5-november-2017/) - This year I decided to wear a very comfortable costume for Halloween. Being a teacher means that both many of my colleagues and students dress up. So obviously I didn't want to be the party pooper. Although I must admit that I felt better driving to work in my own car instead of taking the
- [Beauty: March 2017 Empties](https://janavar.net/beauty-march-2017-empties/) - It is kind of funny how many products I use up when I really concentrate on it. Last month I complained that I never seem to throw away any makeup products -
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 March 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-march-2017/) - Right now I am sitting at a desk in a hotel room on the 21st floor. When I turn my head to the right, I can see half of Boston and even the Blue Mountains behind. It is an amazing view, despite the fact that the roofs are still covered in snow. Since Friday I
- [Three great books I read this winter](https://janavar.net/three-great-books-i-read-this-winter/) - I woke up quite early today since it's Saturday - at 7.30 a.m. After it had first snowed and than rained all week long, the dazzling sun woke me up today.
- [Fashion Challenge: Let's go shopping](https://janavar.net/fashion-challenge-lets-go-shopping/) - This week's topic is: "A shopping day" - a topic that suits me really well because I love to go shopping and I also like to dress up a little for it.
- [Fashion Challenge: Der Frühling kommt, begrüße ihn mit Farbe](https://janavar.net/fashion-challenge-der-fruhling-kommt-begruse-ihn-mit-farbe/) - Manchmal habe ich so Ideen. Zum Beispiel letzte Woche, als ich irgendwie nur zu Hause saß, zu viel Arbeit hatte und dann auf Facebook von einer neuen Gruppe las
- [Fashion Challenge: Ein Outfit mit etwas von Mama](https://janavar.net/fashion-challenge-ein-outfit-mit-etwas-von-mama/) - Ich entschuldige mich für die schlechte Fotoqualität heute, aber ich hatte suboptimale Lichtverhältnisse und sowieso immer gute Ausreden parat: Die Jacke, die
- [#occupygezi - Das passiert in Istanbul jetzt!](https://janavar.net/occupygezi-das-passiert-in-istanbul-jetzt/) - Kurz vor Pfingsten schrieb eine deutsche Fashionbloggerin, dass sie übers Wochenende nach Istanbul fliegen würde und ob ihre Leser noch Tipps hätten, u.a. auch zur Kleidung. Obwohl ich den Blog sonst still lese, habe ich dort kommentiert und auch geschrieben, dass es schwierig sei, mit Miniröcken und kurzen Shorts durch die Stadt zu laufen. Nach
- [The books I read in January and February 2017](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-january-and-february-2017/) - I have had a slow start this year when it comes to reading. Then again this only applies to books. Since January I have subscribed to the New York Times and the
- [The Books I Read in January 2019](https://janavar.net/books-i-read-in-january-2019/) - In January I only read fantasy books, seven in total. I had started to re-read all Harry Potter books at the end of last year and finished that at the start
- [The 10 Best Inexpensive Christmas Activities in New York City](https://janavar.net/the-10-best-inexpensive-christmas-activities-in-new-york-city/) - Christmas might be my absolute favorite season in New York City. Here I have collected my 10 favorite inexpensive Christmas activities in New York City:
- [My Vermont Fall Foliage Trip: In & Around Wilmington](https://janavar.net/my-vermont-fall-foliage-trip-in-around-wilmington/) - After I had walked around the old part of Bennington on my Vermont trip, I took Route 9 to Wilmington. An about 30 minute long drive. I had booked a bed in a hostel near the small town of Wilmington, which was the main reason for stopping there. But since I was already there, I
- [Weekend Musings, Vol. 2: On Losing Balance (Literally)](https://janavar.net/weekend-musings-vol-2-on-losing-balance-literally/) - Every now and then, ok, regularly, I run into things. Sometimes my shoulder already rams the wall when I get up. I also tend to walk into door frames. Oh, and I bump my toes on my great-grandmothers wooden chest. I am not sure why that is. Rich would say we have too many things
- [Week in review: 19 - 25 April 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-25-april-2021/) - Another busy week, and April is almost over. Now that my wrist is back to almost normal (it is still a little stiff sometimes and swollen), I get all my work done much faster. Which feels excellent. It also means that I have a little more time for fun things. Like when I met my
- [Things I Am Eying This Black Friday](https://janavar.net/things-i-am-eying-this-black-friday/) - Can you guess how much I love Black Friday with all the special deals? I have never been the one to enter the actual fray though because I was too lazy to be
- [Week in review: 30 November - 6 December 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-november-6-december-2020/) - What a weekend. It was so full of Christmas fun for us! While the work week before that wasn't that exciting, we took the time to do many Christmas activities
- [Week in review: 3 - 9 August 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-3-9-august-2020/) - I have not been in the best spot this week. We miss Canavar dearly and I haven't really talked to anyone except for my husband. It is not for my friends' lack
- [Und wieder ein Umzug](https://janavar.net/und-wieder-ein-umzug/) - Ich ziehe um. Das könnte schön sein, wenn der Umzug selbst nicht wäre. Aber fast zwei Jahre sind um und wenn ich meine Wohnungsbiographie der letzten Jahre
- [Week in review: 8 - 14 June 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-8-14-june-2020/) - First of all, the most exciting thing that happened this week was that our wedding announcement was published on t h e wedding page of the Sunday New York Times
- [Week in review: 22 - 28 June 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-22-28-june-2020/) - The good news: Summer break has started for me. We are not moving for once. Our new icecream maker is fun and amazing. A few stores have reopened in the City.
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 May 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-may-2020/) - Another week gone by. Actually also another year because it was my birthday yesterday. Most of that year was actually great. I moved to Manhattan.
- [Week in review: 25 - 31 May 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-31-may-2020/) - And just when we had gotten used to the Corona routine, the protests started. After the virus laid bare how broken the U.S. health system is and how unequal.
- [Weeks in review: 13 - 26 April 2020](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-13-26-april-2020/) - Hi, here I am again! The last three weeks were terrible for me. As you know I got sick and then felt better. Unfortunately, in the middle of last week I fell
- [My 12 Year Long Journey as a Blogger](https://janavar.net/my-12-year-long-journey-as-a-blogger/) - In total I have now blogged for just over 12 years. During this time blogging has changed a lot. Blogs were started and then deleted. Influencer marketing has become much bigger than most might have expected. For all those years, blogging was my biggest hobby. So I want to take a look back - and
- [Weekend Musings, Vol. 4: From a Movie to My Time in Ireland](https://janavar.net/weekend-musings-vol-4-from-a-movie-to-my-time-in-ireland/) - Last night I went to the movies to watch "Finding you", a movie about an American college girl going on an exchange to Ireland, meeting a film star and falling in love with him, but mostly a movie about finding herself. It reminded me of all that time I spent in Ireland when I was
- [Week in review: 27 January - 2 February 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-january-2-february-2020/) - It is Super Bowl Sunday! Tonight the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will play against each other. Okay, I am neither much interested
- [Monday Morning Mood #1](https://janavar.net/monday-morning-mood-1/) - A new category for my blog: Monday Morning Mood. But make it positive. Here I'm going to share things I liked, things that stand out to me in a positive way
- [Reintroducing Janavar: Life, Love, and Cats in the City](https://janavar.net/reintroducing-janavar-life-love-and-cats-in-the-city/) - It has been a (too) long time. So I figured I would start with re-introducing myself: Hello, I am Jana. I started this blog in 2010 after I had moved from
- [Lost on a Mountain in Maine: A True Survival Story You Won’t Want to Miss](https://janavar.net/lost-on-a-mountain-in-maine-a-true-survival-story-you-wont-want-to-miss/) - Imagine the courage it takes for a 12-yr-old to survive alone in the wilderness. That’s the heart-stopping story behind Lost on a Mountain in Maine, a powerful
- [Back from Summer Break & Recap of Summer 2024](https://janavar.net/back-from-summer-break-recap-of-summer-2024/) - Even though all of our days and most nights are still over 20°C, it has started to feel like fall around here properly. The biggest reason is after Labor Day
- [My May 2024 Favorites](https://janavar.net/my-may-2024-favorites/) - My May 2024 Favorites: May felt like a really busy month with people visiting, us spending a lot of time outside, my birthday. This month, I loved a few things.
- [Turning 40 - My 40th Birthday](https://janavar.net/turning-40-my-40th-birthday/) - Last Friday I finally turned 40: While I expected a rather quiet birthday with my family, Rich absolutely outdid himself. - And I did not see any of it coming.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 40th Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-40th-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 40th year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 39th Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-39th-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 39th year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 38th Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-38th-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 38th year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 36th Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-36th-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 36th year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 37th Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-37th-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 37th year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 35th Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-35th-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 35th year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 34th Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-34th-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 34th year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 33rd Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-33rd-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 33rd year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 32nd Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-32nd-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 32nd year of my life.
- [Reminiscing My 30s: The 31st Year of My Life](https://janavar.net/reminiscing-my-30s-the-31st-year-of-my-life/) - I am turning 40 next week. So, every day for the next ten days, there will be a new blog post reminiscing about one year. Today: The 31st year of my life.
- [Spring Walk on the High Line](https://janavar.net/spring-walk-on-the-high-line/) - I have tried to switch up our afternoons, after we pick up Josephine from daycare. Turns out, the High Line is only two blocks away from her daycare.
- [My Goals for 2024 for Now](https://janavar.net/my-goals-for-2024-for-now/) - My goals for 2024: 2024 has only just begun and, so far, I have been busy with just having a new baby. I would still love to set up routines and goals
- [Say Hello to Ophelia!](https://janavar.net/say-hello-to-ophelia/) - The new year is a few weeks old, and I finally find the time to write this blog post. Our year started with a bang when our second daughter Ophelia was born on
- [Happy Thanksgiving 2023!](https://janavar.net/happy-thanksgiving-2023/) - Happy Thanksgiving 2023! We are off to Rich's relatives in Connecticut today where almost his whole family meets for the big turkey dinner. We are bringing dates wrapped in bacon as well as bagels for tomorrow's breakfast. I am sure we will all contribute to a giant food coma. But at the same time, it
- [My Fall 2023 Plans](https://janavar.net/my-fall-2023-plans/) - The weather tells me no, but I am so ready for fall this year, which is why I cannot wait to share my fall 2023 plans with you. After we spent a beautiful -
- [10th & Last Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/10th-last-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - I am a little late for this final post of my 101 Things in 1001 Days project - but better late than never. When I initially started this project in August 2020,
- [New York City Heat: A Melting Pot of Misery and Air-Conditioned Escapes](https://janavar.net/new-york-city-heat-a-melting-pot-of-misery-and-air-conditioned-escapes/) - It is time to dive into the boiling cauldron of heat that is New York City right now, where the mere thought of stepping outside can make you (but definitely me
- [We Are Having Another Baby!](https://janavar.net/we-are-having-another-baby/) - Let's first give the floor to Lotti, who volunteered to share our piece of great news: We are indeed expecting our second human baby. Now that I am
- [My Summer 2023 Plans](https://janavar.net/my-summer-2023-plans/) - Happy July! We have recently had a few changes to our daily routines, mostly with me starting my new job. So far, I have done a lot of training and
- [The Epic Toddler Cold Saga: How My Family Battled the Tiny Invader](https://janavar.net/the-epic-toddler-cold-saga-how-my-family-battled-the-tiny-invader/) - We all know that toddlers are adorable little germ factories. They have an uncanny ability to attract colds and pass them on to unsuspecting adults.
- [Trying to Empty That Always Overfull Cabinet](https://janavar.net/trying-to-empty-that-always-overfull-cabinet/) - I love things. Much to Rich's chagrin. But I love having things and getting new things and treasuring every-things. Unlike my dear husband,
- [A Little Bit of Chit-Chat](https://janavar.net/a-little-bit-of-chit-chat/) - Good morning, how are you all doing? I am great, although as usual short of time. Josephine has had a bad cold for a week and I am sincerely hoping
- [3 Recent Encounters With People Who Don't Understand or Like Kids](https://janavar.net/3-recent-encounters-with-people-who-dont-understand-or-like-kids/) - We recently experienced these: Our attempt to book a bed and breakfast; Unleashed dogs on playground; On our flight to Myrtle Beach
- [Wishing for Spring on a Snowy March Day](https://janavar.net/wishing-for-spring-on-a-snowy-march-day/) - It is 14 March and, after a rather mild winter here in NYC, it is snowing. Who can I please complain to? Because all I do now is wishing for spring.
- [Mal ein ganz anderes Thema: Essen](https://janavar.net/mal-ein-ganz-anderes-thema-essen/) - Am Donnerstag steht meine erste "Geschäftsreise" an, ich fahre mit meinen Schülern zur Model United Nations Konferenz in Kiel. Abgesehen von dem vollen Programm überlege ich trotzdem seit Wochen, was ich mir alles aus Deutschland mitbringen könnte. Am Anfang meines Istanbulaufenthaltes hatte ich ganze Listen in meinem Kopf von Dingen, die mir fehlten. Schweinefleisch, Stöpsel,
- [9th Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/9th-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - A little later, but here is my 9th Update of my 101 Things in 1001 Days project. It is less than three months now until the finish line. It is unlikely that I'll finish even most of my goals. Then again, I set them in August 2020 when I thought that Covid was almost over
- [How to Make Someone (i.e. Our Baby) a Cat Person](https://janavar.net/how-to-make-someone-i-e-our-baby-a-cat-person/) - All of us (including Lotti and Arti) have tried very hard here, since her birth, to make Josephine a cat person: The cats didn't really know what to think when we brought Josephine home from the hospital. They sniffed her and then decided to ignore her for some time. There was a moment, several months
- [That Was My January 2023](https://janavar.net/that-was-my-january-2023/) - Wrap-up of my January 2023: we visited the Queens Zoo and Flushing, started home projects, some planning of trips and a baby birthday party
- [Recipe: Vegan Blackberry Basil Lemon Cookies - Perfect for Valentine's](https://janavar.net/recipe-vegan-blackberry-basil-lemon-cookies/) - Perfect for Valentine's Day or any other day. More important to me was that I wanted to try and make vegan cookies.
- [Lunar New Year 2022 in NYC's Chinatown](https://janavar.net/lunar-new-year-2022-in-nycs-chinatown/) - On Tuesday there was the Lunar New Year 2022 and the year of the water tiger started. I took the bus down to NYC's Chinatown to watch the celebrations.
- [Our Family Fall Photo Shooting with Shoott in Central Park](https://janavar.net/our-family-fall-photo-shooting-with-shoott-in-central-park/) - Our Family Fall Photo Shooting with Shoott in Central Park A few weeks ago I asked Rich if we could have a professional photo shooting (he agreed).
- [Recipe: Simple & Great Baked Peach Donuts](https://janavar.net/recipe-baked-peach-donuts/) - My favorite situation in which I eat donuts is actually for breakfast on the weekend – with my boyfriend in New York City. He is that awesome person who gets up,
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 January 2023](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-january-2023/) - Week in review: 16 - 22 January 2023: For the first time in six years, I had my winter allergy so badly that it turned into a sinus infection.
- [Rezept: Einfache Schwarzwälderkirschmarmelade](https://janavar.net/schwarzwalderkirschmarmelade/) - Ein schnelles Rezept für eine super leckere und einfache Schwarzwälderkirschmarmelade mit nur 7 Zutaten, in unter einer Stunde selbst gekocht
- [Rezept: Maulbeeren-Schokoladen-Marmelade](https://janavar.net/maulbeeren-schokoladen-marmelade/) - Rezept für eine leckere und einfache Maulbeeren-Schokoladen-Marmelade mit nur 5 Zutaten, fertig in weniger als einer halben Stunde
- [Rezept für die Beste Aprikosen-Melonen-Marmelade](https://janavar.net/aprikosen-melonen-marmelade/) - Rezept für die beste Aprikosen-Melonen-Marmelade: einfaches Marmeladenrezept mit Aprikosen, Melonen und Zucker, fertig in weniger als einer halben Stunde
- [Katergeburtstag - Die Besten Ideen zur Mottoparty: Katzen](https://janavar.net/katergeburtstag/) - Alles Gute zum Katergeburtstag! Die besten Ideen für eine Mottoparty mit Katzen: Kuchen, Torten, Snacks, Dekorationen - Eben alles für die Katz!
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 January 2023](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-january-2023/) - I feel that, this winter, we are focusing much more on apartment projects. I recently fixed our bathtub plug and switch.
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 January 2023](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-january-2023/) - This first week of the year went well. As in nothing too exciting happened, but it also wasn't boring. We booked our first trip for 2023:
- [My Favorite 2022 Moments](https://janavar.net/my-favorite-2022-moments/) - As I mentioned before, 2022 was a wonderful year for me. Here are my personal favorite 2022 moments:
- [Recipe: Healthy red winter salad](https://janavar.net/recipe-healthy-red-winter-salad/) - Recipe for healthy red winter salad with red cabbage and beetroot
- [Happy New Year 2023!](https://janavar.net/happy-new-year-2023/) - I wish you a Happy New Year 2023!The year is still brand new and ... already I am a little tired. Ha ha. That is what you get when you live with a baby.
- [Recipe: Eggs Stuffed With Minced Meat, Perfect For Super Bowl](https://janavar.net/recipe-eggs-stuffed-with-minced-meat-perfect-for-super-bowl/) - My recipe for eggs stuffed with minced meat is perfect for a Super Bowl potluck. You can make it either with animal meat or, as I do, with a vegan alternative.
- [Recipe: Chewy Christmas Brownies with Marzipan for #nationalbrownieday](https://janavar.net/recipe-chewy-christmas-brownies-with-marzipan-for-nationalbrownieday/) - Chewy Christmas brownies with marzipan. Not that I really needed an excuse to make them, but it turned out that today is National Brownie Day in the U.S.
- [Recipe: Gingerbread Dutch Baby with Cranberry Sauce](https://janavar.net/recipe-gingerbread-dutch-baby-with-cranberry-sauce/) - over, but winter is here to stay for a long time still. So the season is still perfect for my gingerbread dutch baby with cranberry sauce.
- [Recipe: Easy Air Fryer Donuts for Valentine's Day](https://janavar.net/recipe-easy-air-fryer-donuts-for-valentines-day/) - I made these easy air fryer donuts for Valentine's Day already this week because 1) we love donuts and 2) most likely we will busy with a little baby on this
- [Kochbuchmittwoch: Kürbis-Risotto mit Esskastanien](https://janavar.net/kochbuchmittwoch-kurbis-risotto-mit-esskastanien/) - Wenn das gewählte Rezept im Kochbuch schon unter die Rubrik "Für Gourmets" fällt, sollte ich erahnen können, dass der Aufwand dafür etwas größer ist. Habe ich aber erst beim Vorbereiten gemerkt. Ich hatte mich zuerst in das Bild des Kürbis-Risottos mit Esskastanien im orange gehaltenen Kochbuch "Kürbis & Co. Überraschende Rezeptideen" verguckt. Los ging es
- [Recipe: Weckmänner (= Bread Roll Men) for St. Martin's Day - One of My Favorite German Traditions](https://janavar.net/recipe-weckmanner-bread-roll-men-for-st-martins-day-one-of-my-favorite-german-traditions/) - This is a recipe for German Weckmänner, sometimes also called Stutenkerle, or literally translated: bread roll men. They are made of sweet yeast dough and traditionally eaten on 11 November. 11 November means two very different holidays in our bi-cultural home: For Rich it is Veteran's Day, for me St. Martin's Day. I have plenty
- [Recipe for the Best Thanksgiving Cake](https://janavar.net/recipe-for-the-best-thanksgiving-cake/) - Our favorite and therefore the best Thanksgiving cake is a: Sweet Potato Cake with Maple Syrup Buttercream & Pecans. The recipe is simple. Plus the two layered cake doesn't
- [Recipe: Almond Streusel Peach Cake](https://janavar.net/recipe-almond-streusel-peach-cake/) - As I love both peaches and almonds, nothing seemed more obvious than an almond streusel peach cake. This moist cake is a great combination of those two flavors. When in the oven, the cake dough rises and the streusel sink in slightly. Recently, I have made quite a few cakes and cookies. The activity
- [Recipe: Pear Almond Cookies](https://janavar.net/recipe-pear-almond-cookies/) - My Pear Almond Cookies are based on the traditional recipe of Turkish elmali kurabiye (or apple cookies). Only I modified the filling by using pears and almonds instead of apples and walnuts. The result are delicious, juicy cookies. I haven't been to Turkey since January 2018, but I can still remember the taste of all
- [Kochbuchmittwoch: Kürbisravioli](https://janavar.net/kochbuchmittwoch-kurbisravioli/) - Fast wäre es am Schnittlauch gescheitert. Es gibt nirgends Schnittlauch zu kaufen. Porree, Frühlingszwiebeln, Zwiebeln, aber keinen Schnittlauch. Zum Glück war ich spontan und habe stattdessen Ruccola mitgenommen. Und so sind meine Ravioli am Ende etwas und sogar richtig lecker geworden. Die Idee dafür stammt aus Anne Wilsons "Italienische Küche" und so geht's (für 2
- [Recipe: Easy Kohlrabi Coconut Soup](https://janavar.net/recipe-easy-kohlrabi-coconut-soup/) - My Kohlrabi Coconut Soup - or how I finally got Rich to like kohlrabi. I love kohlrabi for several reasons. First, it reminds me of my childhood. We regularly ate kohlrabi bulbs both raw and cooked. Second, I like its slightly spicy taste. And last, it reminds me of how my friend in Istanbul tried
- [Recipe: Early Fall Vegan Savoy Cabbage Stew](https://janavar.net/recipe-early-fall-vegan-savoy-cabbage-stew/) - Early Fall Vegan Savoy Cabbage Stew. The perfect dish combining all the produce in season here right now. Zucchini as a remnant from summer, cabbage and parsley roots announcing fall. I must admit that I immensely enjoy going to the farmer's market every Wednesday. That is probably the best part of staying at home. The
- [Recipe: Vegan Swiss Chard Lentil Soup](https://janavar.net/recipe-vegan-swiss-chard-lentil-soup/) - My favorite part of this vegan Swiss chard lentil soup is its color. The deep red fits in with fall just wonderfully. Just as important is, of course, the soup's sweet and earthy taste. My love for chard is still rather new. Initially, I did not think much of chard at all. The vegetable I
- [Recipe: Sourdough Berry Cake](https://janavar.net/recipe-sourdough-berry-cake/) - 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 made it this bright in honor of Valentine's Day, but also think that it might
- [Recipe: Vegan Banana Zucchini Bread](https://janavar.net/recipe-vegan-banana-zucchini-bread/) - Recently, I have come up with recipes to fulfill two goals - and this vegan banana zucchini bread succeeds with both - 1) to use up as many things as possible from our pantry before we move and 2) to make Rich see that zucchini is a wonderfully versatile vegetable that we can use in
- [Recipe: Easy Peach Skillet Blondies](https://janavar.net/recipe-easy-peach-skillet-blondies/) - This summer I feel extra lucky because, since we moved, we have a farmers' market a block away from us every Wednesday. Several of the regional farms there sell freshly plucked peaches. And I am a huge fan of peaches. For the last few weeks I bought a small bowl of peaches every Wednesday and
- [Recipe: Orange Whiskey Crinkle Cookies](https://janavar.net/recipe-orange-whiskey-crinkle-cookies/) - 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
- [Recipe: Peppermint Sheet Cake With White Chocolate Frosting](https://janavar.net/recipe-peppermint-sheet-cake-with-white-chocolate-frosting/) - 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. I still see zero problems here though. I mean there are so many things we
- [Recipe: Chocolate Caramel Sourdough Muffins](https://janavar.net/recipe-chocolate-caramel-sourdough-muffins/) - 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. We sometimes fondly call it "Stinky". Particularly when we lift the lid of its jar
- [Seasonal Eats Better: Zucchini Soup with Fried Apricots](https://janavar.net/seasonal-eats-better-zucchini-soup-with-fried-apricots/) - This summer I learned two food related things: Growing up in similar climates meant that both Rich's and my family have always had zucchini in abundance.
- [Seasonal Eats Better: Caramelized Walnut Pear Tart](https://janavar.net/seasonal-eats-better-caramelized-walnut-pear-tart/) - While I dream of going to a farm this fall for apple picking, I actually prefer to eat pears. I like that they are sweater, less acidic and I can eat all of it
- [Recipe: Browned Butter White Chocolate Chip Blondies](https://janavar.net/recipe-browned-butter-white-chocolate-chip-blondies/) - This year I have definitely rediscovered my love for baking. Well, once we were able to buy flour again. At this point the flour shortage seems a thing of the past though. In the City our kitchen is unfortunately a little small, but at least it is good enough for making some delicious cake. Even
- [Seasonal Eats Better: Twisted Mango Raspberry Cobbler](https://janavar.net/seasonal-eats-better-twisted-mango-raspberry-cobbler/) - I love all the fresh produce in summer. Here in Manhattan the little stalls on the side of the streets now have all kinds of fruits and vegetables in abundance.
- [Recipe: Plum Cheesecake Ice Cream](https://janavar.net/recipe-plum-cheesecake-ice-cream/) - Just in time for summer vacation I bought a new kitchen toy: an ice cream maker. Plus a few pink containers. I have always loved buying kitchen devices, even when I couldn't cook (which wasn't that long ago to be honest). I feel after banana bread, babka and sourdough, homemade ice cream made it to
- [Recipe: Cherry Nutella Babka](https://janavar.net/recipe-cherry-nutella-babka/) - 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
- [Recipe: Turkish Dessert Zerde](https://janavar.net/recipe-turkish-dessert-zerde/) - I remembered that I had bought a big bag of Turkish saffron the last time I was in Istanbul - and one of my favorite desserts is a Turkish saffron dessert, zerde
- [Seasonal Eats Better: Kohlrabi Leaf Mushroom Risotto](https://janavar.net/seasonal-eats-better-kohlrabi-leaf-mushroom-risotto/) - After we had eaten the kohlrabi bulbs, I researched if we could also eat the leaves. Turns out we can. So the other night I ended up making a tasty risotto.
- [Recipe: 4th of July Vegan No-Bake Cheesecake Pie](https://janavar.net/recipe-4th-of-july-vegan-no-bake-cheesecake-pie/) - Recipe for vegan no-bake cheesecake pie made with vegan cream cheese, no cashews necessary.
- [Recipe: Romaine Lettuce and Sweet Potato Salad](https://janavar.net/recipe-romain-lettuce-and-sweet-potato-salad/) - If you, just like me, are not the greatest salad eater, this one might be the one. We love that the sweet potatoes and the eggs are still a little warm.
- [Recipe: Vegan Ramen](https://janavar.net/recipe-vegan-ramen/) - Recipe for easy and quick vegan ramen
- [Recipe: Blackberry Mint Bread](https://janavar.net/recipe-blackberry-mint-bread/) - Blackberries are my favorite kind of fruit. They and black mulberries, but the only country where I found the latter so far was Turkey.
- [Seasonal Eats Better: Vegan Cabbage Rolls](https://janavar.net/seasonal-eats-better-vegan-cabbage-rolls/) - I bought my slow cooker. First of all, I wanted to make something vegan. Second of all, something with cabbage. Thus vegan cabbage rolls.
- [Recipe: Pumpkin Caramel Cupcakes with Salty Caramel Cream Cheese Topping](https://janavar.net/recipe-pumpkin-caramel-cupcakes-with-salty-caramel-cream-cheese-topping/) - One of my favorite parts about fall is pumpkin everything. Pumpkins are so versatile. You can eat, drink and decorate (with) them. Although I have been too lazy
- [Recipe: Maple Butter Roasted Acorn Squash with Quinoa and Pecans](https://janavar.net/recipe-maple-butter-roasted-acorn-squash-with-quinoa-and-pecans/) - The last time my boyfriend came to Boston, that was in mid-January, we went out to meet some friends for dinner. We ended up in a fancy pub
- [Recipe: Pistachio Banana Bread](https://janavar.net/recipe-pistachio-banana-bread/) - These days I find it hard to bring myself to spend much time in the kitchen. That is not because I don't like it. It is an okay kitchen for a rented apartment in Boston. It is small, but one person can still turn around, or two people can stand next to each other. It
- [Recipe: Almond Cookies](https://janavar.net/recipe-almond-cookies/) - Almond is one of my favorite flavors and scents ever. I have got almond everything. Shower gel, body lotion, face cream, candles, and food of course. Almond spread. Stollen. Marzipan. Raw almonds. Slivered almonds. Sliced almonds. Almond extract. If ever I was a character in a game, my weakness most certainly would be "almonds". Or
- [Recipe: Turkish Salty Cookies (Tuzlu Kurabiye)](https://janavar.net/recipe-turkish-salty-cookies-tuzlu-kurabiye/) - I have a big bag full of cookie cutters. Some are still from Germany - like the traditional star shaped ones for Christmas cookies. Others are from Istanbul ...
- [Recipe: İmam bayıldı - or: The Imam Fainted](https://janavar.net/recipe-imam-bayildi-or-the-imam-fainted/) - This Turkish dish is so good that the imam fainted. Or that is at least one version of how this aubergine dish got its name, imam bayıldı. But when the smell of
- [Recipe: Plantain Soup with Plantain Chips](https://janavar.net/recipe-plantain-soup-with-plantain-chips/) - I associate plantains with the south and vacation. Last year when I spent some days with a friend in Florida, we ended up going to many Cuban restaurants.
- [Recipe: Super Easy Oatmeal Cookies](https://janavar.net/recipe-oatmeal-cookies/) - I can't even remember the last time I baked. I only know that I didn't have time to make any Christmas cookies last year. This is kind of weird because I love
- [Recipe: Pecan Pie](https://janavar.net/recipe-pecan-pie/) - Do you know the movie “When Harry Met Sally”? I only watched it last year for the first time, and I don’t understand why I never did before that. It is an amazing
- [Recipe: Yayla Çorbası (Turkish yogurt soup)](https://janavar.net/recipe-yayla-corbasi-turkish-yogurt-soup/) - Recipe for Yayla Çorbası (Turkish yogurt soup): When I was a child, I was fascinated by the German story of the Suppenkaspar (the Soup-Kaspar) - a boy who refuses
- [Recipe: Super Easy to Make Homemade Yogurt](https://janavar.net/recipe-homemade-yogurt/) - Often it is the easiest things you can show off with. For me that is my homemade yogurt. Find here the recipe of how to make your own yogurt at home.
- [Recipe: Octopus in tomato wine sauce](https://janavar.net/recipe-octopus-in-tomato-wine-sauce/) - The one reason why I would ever prefer Greece to Turkey is the octopus. In Turkey you can only find cold octopus pieces in one kind of salad, but in Greece ...
- [28 Days of Blogging 2017](https://janavar.net/28-days-of-blogging/) - Like last year Nia from but first, create! has organized the campaign "28 Days of Blogging", meaning a whole bunch of bloggers is trying to publish one post a day
- [#29daysofblogging - Let's try this](https://janavar.net/29daysofblogging-lets-try-this/) - It is not like I don't have any ideas what to write about here on the blog. Quite the contrary, I have written whole lists of ideas for posts in several note pads and books.
- [Week in review: 22 - 28 July 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-22-28-july-2019/) - I have gradually reached a state of inner balance. After our move, I basically needed three full weeks of sleep. Now I have a lot more energy to walk outside
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 May 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-may-2019/) - Our apartment search continued:Apt. 7: A beautiful one bedroom apartment in Tudor City - a whole neighborhood that looks like Tudor England, but
- [Beauty: A Week of Lips #1](https://janavar.net/beauty-a-week-of-lips-1/) - I have a huge makeup collection. And even though I do not feel like reducing it, I think I should use all products more regularly instead of always just the same ones.
- [International Day of Happiness](https://janavar.net/international-day-of-happiness/) - Recently I’ve felt a little out of luck. I didn’t get to rent the apartment I wanted to, and now that I’m looking for a new roommate almost nobody has answered
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 January 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-january-2017/) - I am a huge fan of long weekends. This one day more makes such a big difference for me because it gives me much extra time. I sleep in every day and start slowly.
- [Week in review: 28 November - 4 December 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-november-4-december-2016/) - This week didn't turn out too well, but I've started to blame it all on 2016. So it's fine. We'll part in less than four weeks anyways. On Friday evening I was
- [Week in review: 15 - 21 June 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-15-21-june-2020/) - This week I was quite pleased with the whole Coronavirus crisis. It was the second last week of the school year and I was so busy and stressed that it felt
- [Week in review: 31 August - 6 September 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-31-august-6-september-2020/) - We are back home from a wonderful weekend in Upstate New York. While we wanted to leave the City, we didn't want to spend much time in the car. So we booked a
- [My 2020 Resolutions](https://janavar.net/my-2020-resolutions/) - New year, new goals. I have set my own 12 goals for 2020. They mostly seem to revolve around the topics of health/exercise and money. Even though this might
- [Week in review: 24 February - 1 March 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-24-february-1-march-2020/) - Today was one of those days when I was supposed to get many tasks done. Instead I felt lousy and did almost nothing. I mean besides drinking coffee,
- [Weeks in review: 5 - 11 November 2018](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-5-11-november-2018/) - Happy Monday! Since it was Veteran's Day yesterday, we have the day off today. I really like the U.S. idea of observing holidays that fall on a weekend on the
- [January 2019 Empties](https://janavar.net/january-2019-empties/) - When I took photos of the products I emptied in January, I was actually a little disappointed that I hadn't managed to use up more. It had definitely felt like more.
- [Week in review: 14 - 20 January](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-14-20-january/) - After almost three months of winter temperatures, the snow has finally caught up. The first snow storm of the season reached New England yesterday evening.
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 January 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-january-2017/) - At least here in the U.S. it was a nerve-wrecking week. Trump has become the new president on Friday, as a reply millions of Americans (and imigrants) took to
- [Week in review: 11 - 17 January 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-january-2021/) - Every year I go through the same phase: the panic just before the last date to enter the marks for the term. It is not even like I am that disorganized or far behind with work. But these last days always have me behave like a tiny terrified rabbit in front of the big bad
- [Week in review: 5 - 11 December 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-5-11-december-2022/) - Week in review: 5 - 11 December 2022 | I find the weeks just before Christmas always rather busy and therefore stressful. There are so many things going on.
- [Week in review: 28 November - 4 December 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-november-4-december-2022/) - Week in review: 28 November - 4 December 2022: This week in 10 questions: 1) Why are the elevators in the NYC subway constantly broken?
- [My Christmas 2022 Wish List](https://janavar.net/my-christmas-2022-wish-list/) - I thought I'd never say this, but this year I have actually found it a little hard to come up with things that make it onto my Christmas 2022 Wish List.
- [Recipe: Cinnamon Orange Mascarpone Cookies](https://janavar.net/recipe-cinnamon-orange-mascarpone-cookies/) - Cinnamon Orange Mascarpone Cookies - so easy and so tasty that they were the first Christmas cookies I made this year.
- [National Clean Off Your Desk Day: The Best Reason to Tackle My Chaos](https://janavar.net/national-clean-off-your-desk-day-the-best-reason-to-tackle-my-chaos/) - It is the second Monday in January and that means it is National Clean Off Your Desk Day. And my desk definitely was in dire need of a real good cleanup.
- [My December To-Do List](https://janavar.net/my-december-to-do-list/) - Can you believe that the last month of 2022 is already here? I am still not totally sure if I feel that this was the fastest or slowest year ever. Possibly everything: with a baby, every day is always both. As it is 1 December, I thought I'd share my December To-Do List with you.
- [Week in review: 14 - 20 November 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-14-20-november-2022/) - That was a very pleasant week. Even though it got pretty cold, the sun was out most of the time. So we actually spent quite a bit of time outside: once around noon for usually a stroller walk, and then again at 5 p.m. when we go to the playground. There we have started to
- [Holiday Gift Guide: For Babies (Before They Tell Us What They Actually Want)](https://janavar.net/gift-guide-for-babies-before-they-tell-us-what-they-actually-want/) - It is holiday gift guide season. I thought we'd start with the tiniest amongst us: babies. From all the baby things and toys we got this year, these have been
- [8th Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/8th-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - A little later than usual, but here is my 8th update for my 101 Things in 1001 Days project. With all of our traveling, I didn't spend much time pursuing goals
- [Week in review: 7 - 13 November 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-7-13-november-2022/) - It has been a long time since my last 'week in review'. But having and living with a baby is a lot more demanding than I thought. Mostly because our 9 months o
- [Checking in: Back at Home, Plans for This Fall](https://janavar.net/checking-in-back-at-home-plans-for-this-fall/) - Can I just start with how, at the same time, amazing and stressful the last two and a half months were? It feels like an endless travel trip. First we spent three and a half weeks in Maine, got home for one and a half weeks, flew to Germany for two and a half weeks,
- [Our First Trip to Germany Since 2019](https://janavar.net/our-first-trip-to-germany-since-2019/) - It has taken three years, but we are finally flying to Germany today. Well, we are actually flying from Newark to Copenhagen because that was the most convenient flight. But then we immediately travel on to Germany. 3 years ago: Rich still had short hair we were not married (or even engaged) Covid didn't exist
- [Back from Summer Break & Recap of Summer 2022](https://janavar.net/back-from-summer-break-recap-of-summer-2022/) - Back from Summer Break & Recap of Summer 2022 I ended up taking pretty much the whole of August off. We went to our summer house in Maine where Josephine and I
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 July 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-july-2022/) - Week in review: 18 – 24 July 2022 It has been the hottest week of the year so far and I am not a fan. I decided to mostly just stay at home, which made the cats
- [Week in review: 11 - 17 July 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-july-2022/) - Week in review: 11 – 17 July 2022 We have reached the part of summer where it gets disgusting. It feels like New York City has turned into a swamp. When it is
- [7th Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/7th-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - 7th Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days Wow, this is already my 7th update on my 101 Things in 1001 Days. Another 7 things done this time. After we have spent the
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 July 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-july-2022/) - Week in review: 4 – 10 July 2022 This week was a week of many firsts for Josephine: It started with her first 4th of July, which we dressed her up for. Only she
- [My July 2022 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-july-2022-goals/) - My July 2022 Goals Wow, so the first half of the year has already passed. Summer is here and we try to enjoy it as much as possible. I feel that the "older"
- [Week in review: 27 June - 3 July 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-june-3-july-2022/) - Week in review: 27 June – 3 July 2022 I wanted to write this blog post on Sunday evening - but then I bumped my head so hard on the edge of our ceiling beam
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 June 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-may-2022-2/) - Week in review: 20 – 26 June 2022 This week was a very mixed bag. On the positive side, we went to Governors Island on Monday as Rich had the day off because of
- [Opinion: The Day After SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade](https://janavar.net/opinion-the-day-after-scotus-overturned-roe-v-wade/) - #post_titleThis is my personal opinion about the SCOTUS' decision to overturn Roe v. Wade - from my point of view as a Green
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 June 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-june-2022/) - Week in review: 13 – 19 June 2022 This week in 10 foods: rhubarb cake: I love rhubarb and am always excited to find it on our weekly farmer's market.
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 June 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-june-2022/) - Week in review: 6 – 12 June 2022 On Wednesday Josephine and I played tourists. We took the subway to Downtown to attend a free baby music class in Rockefeller
- [My Simple 5 Minute Makeup That Lasts All Day](https://janavar.net/my-simple-5-minute-makeup-that-lasts-all-day/) - My Simple 5 Minute Makeup That Lasts All Day Sometimes I am surprised to remember that I used to put makeup on every single day. Before 7 a.m. that was.
- [Week in review: 30 May - 5 June 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-may-5-june-2022/) - Week in review: 30 May - 5 June 2022: We are already in full summer mode. The last week felt so short because there was Memorial Day on Monday and then we went
- [My June 2022 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-june-2022-goals/) - My June 2022 Goals I am really working on achieving my monthly goals. But then there are still many days when I am glad that I get dressed, eat and keep the
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 May 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-may-2022/) - Week in review: 23 - 29 May 2022: I would like to dedicate this post to our air conditioner, which this week we switched on for the first time this year.
- [Here's to 38! And 38 Points to Sum Up My Life That Year](https://janavar.net/heres-to-38-and-38-points-to-sum-up-my-life-that-year/) - Here's to 38! And 38 Points to Sum Up My Life That Year: It was my birthday on Tuesday, but with the Texas shooting it didn't seem the right day to post
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 May 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-may-2022/) - Week in review: 16 - 22 May 2022: Summer is basically here. We had a heat wave over the weekend and therefore also switched on our AC for the first time this
- [Handwrytten Notes With a Little Assistance](https://janavar.net/handwrytten-notes-with-a-little-assistance/) - AD | When was the last time you wrote a card or letter by hand? While I love writing mail (as in paper mail!), I mostly do not find the time for it. Luckily there is Handwrytten to help me out. When our baby was born, we received gifts and cards from so many people
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 May 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-may-2022/) - Week in review: 9 - 15 May 2022: I can't believe our baby turned already 3 months this week. After I mentioned how great of a sleeper she is, she obviously felt
- [Three Months with Josephine](https://janavar.net/three-months-with-josephine/) - Three Months with Josephine: Three months ago our Josephine was born - and I can hardly believe it. It feels like it was yesterday, and at the same time an
- [My May 2022 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-may-2022-goals/) - My May 2022 Goals: Well, it turned out that April was highly unsuccessful when it came to the goals I set myself. That was mostly because I got Covid (again)
- [Our 5 Top Tips for a Great Night's Sleep](https://janavar.net/our-5-top-tips-for-a-great-nights-sleep/) - Sleep is one of the activities I attach utmost importance to. Over the years I even convinced my husband of a much better sleep routine. Now that we have a baby, we value our sleep even more. So I talked to Rich and we came up with our 5 top tips for a great night's
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 April 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-april-2022/) - We slowly set up new routines - only to be always surprised with a new growth spurt as soon as we feel we have settled a bit. This week we had several nights where Josephine suddenly woke us up three or four times instead of the usual two. At least I am feeling pretty recovered
- [Happy Easter 2022 & a Few Baby Photos](https://janavar.net/happy-easter-2022-a-few-baby-photos/) - Happy Easter 2022 to all of you who are celebrating! This photo is from a photoshoot I did with Josephine on Roosevelt Island a few weeks ago. The bunny suit
- [6th Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/6th-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - This 101 Things in 1001 Days project has now gone on for 1 3/4 years and I have about one year left. I find it interesting how my focus has changed over those
- [Books I Read in Spring 2019 Pt. 1](https://janavar.net/books-i-read-in-spring-2019-pt-1/) - I read many books this spring. As soon as I discover a good series, I feel compelled to read all volumes. Recently, I have mostly stuck to the same genre,
- [Travel: First impressions from Eastern Turkey](https://janavar.net/travel-first-impressions-from-eastern-turkey/) - From Kars to Van. Ca. 365 kilometers. Traveling through Eastern Turkey. Stopping at many awesome places. Making a few detours. Others take three weeks time for
- [My April 2022 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-april-2022-goals/) - My April 2022 Goals: I am back with my monthly goals. While March was a month that I needed to adjust to our new everyday life, I feel that April is perfect to
- [Stiller Tag, heiliger Tag](https://janavar.net/stiller-tag-heiliger-tag/) - Wenn draußen Schnee läge, wäre heute die perfekte Weihnachtsstimmung, denn: Mit ihren geschätzten 13.000.000 Einwohnern ist diese Stadt eigentlich niemals still. Besonders im Stadtzentrum, also dort wo ich wohne, hört man ohne Unterbrechung Autos, Polizei- und Krankenautosirenen, Hubschrauber, Schiffshörner, Baustellenlärm, Hunde, kreischende Katzen, schreiende Straßenhändler und so weiter. Aber heute ist alles anders: bis mittags
- [Eine Bootsfahrt, die ist lustig ...](https://janavar.net/92/) - Ich entschied mich vor allem aus praktischen Gründen, im europäischen Teil Istanbuls zu wohnen, weil ich von meiner Wohnungstür bis zur Arbeit maximal dreißig Minuten brauche, wenn ich die Straßenbahn nehme. Außerdem war ich im Juli nur sehr kurz hier und ließ mir von genau einem Makler genau drei Wohnungen zeigen. Nachdem mir die erste
- [Wunderbarer Wochenmarkt in Beşiktaş](https://janavar.net/wunderbarer-wochenmarkt-in-besiktas/) - Die gute Nachricht: ab heute habe ich wegen des Opferfestes eine Woche frei. Die nicht unbedingt gute Nachricht: nun muss ich mich eine ganze Woche lang selbst
- [Pellkartoffeln dreimal am Tag](https://janavar.net/pellkartoffeln-dreimal-am-tag/) - Ich liebe Kartoffeln. Am liebsten täglich. Am allerliebsten Pell-, Salz- oder Stampfkartoffeln. Brat-, Rosmarinkartoffeln und Kartoffelaufläufe zwischendurch zur Abwechslung. Eintöpfe nur mit Kartoffeln. Folienkartoffeln vom Grill im Sommer. Muttis Kartoffelsalat an Heiligabend. Pommes frites und Kroketten unterwegs. So weit, so gut. Aber in Istanbul gibt es keine Kartoffeln zum Mittagessen, stattdessen Reis, Bulgur, Mante (türkische
- [Es gibt gar kein schlechtes Wetter?!](https://janavar.net/es-gibt-gar-kein-schlechtes-wetter/) - Die ersten zwei Sätze, die ich korrekt auf Türkisch sagen konnte, waren: "Bugün çok güzel." (Heute ist es sehr schön.) und "Çok yağmur." (Es regnet (zu) viel.)
- [Spaziergang durch Istanbul am Nachmittag](https://janavar.net/spaziergang-durch-istanbul-am-nachmittag/) - Da das Wetter immer noch so schön hier ist, was ich gar nicht oft genug betonen kann: heute wurde die 20°C-Grenze wieder überschritten, entschied ich mich, nach
- ["New York'ta beş minare" - Ein genialer Film](https://janavar.net/new-yorkta-bes-minare-ein-genialer-film/) - Am Freitag war ich hier zum zweiten Mal im Kino. Die Werbung zu "New York'ta beş minare" ("Fünf Minarette in New York") hatte mich so gereizt, dass ich den Film auch mit meinen mehr als mangelhaften Türkischkenntnissen unbedingt sehen wollte - und zwar gleich am ersten Kinotag. Ich kaufte also eine Karte für die englisch-türkische
- [Billanz nach zwei Monaten Istanbul](https://janavar.net/billanz-nach-zwei-monaten/) - Vor acht Wochen, ganz genau am 16. September, flog ich mit zwei Koffern nach Istanbul. Seitdem lebe ich in einer wunderschönen großen Wohnung direkt im Zentrum
- [Week in review: 28 March - 3 April 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-march-3-april-2022/) - Week in review: 28 March – 3 April 2022: This week started slightly stressful when I didn’t wake up early enough on Monday morning. Then I had to rush to make it
- [Week in review: 21 - 27 March 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-21-27-march-2022/) - Week in review: 21 - 27 March 2022 - This week in 10 questions: 1. Is spring finally here to stay? 2. I bought a ticket for ...
- [Week in review: 14 - 20 March 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-14-20-march-2022/) - Last week Rich returned to work. So now it is just Josephine, the cats and me at home on most days. We are slowly figuring out a proper routine. Although that is mostly dictated by the baby's feeding and napping times. I am still very much in the baby bubble and enjoy our time together
- [My Push Present Box for New Dad Rich](https://janavar.net/my-push-present-box-for-new-dad-rich/) - While push presents seem to be usually more for new moms, I figured that I really wanted to give a push present box to Rich as a new dad. After all, he had to
- [Welcome to the World (& Blog), Josephine!](https://janavar.net/welcome-to-the-world-blog-josephine/) - It has been quiet on this blog for the last few weeks. For a very good reason: Our daughter Josephine was born on 10 February by planned C-section.
- [Chrissy's Socks - A Wonderful Selection of Thigh Highs](https://janavar.net/chrissys-socks-a-wonderful-selection-of-thigh-highs/) - AD| I love fun socks. Particularly since I have been pregnant, I need something fun for my outfits. When Chrissy's Socks asked me to try their thigh high socks,
- [Some of My Thoughts about Parenthood](https://janavar.net/some-of-my-thoughts-about-parenthood/) - Some of My Thoughts about Parenthood: I have now been pregnant for officially 10 months. Or 40 weeks. It feels like a long time and no time at all. I still
- [The Books I Read in January 2022](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-january-2022/) - I started the year off with great books. There were ten books I read in January, some new ones and some I re-read. I even read three non-fictional books, which
- [Week in review: 31 January - 6 February 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-31-january-6-february-2022/) - Week in review: The pregnancy is now full term. Most of the time I just relax and wait for something to happen. It is weird to think that we will be parents
- [My February 2022 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-february-2022-goals/) - My February 2022 Goals: January passed by in a jiffy. At least for me. The first month of 2022 was characterized by getting everything ready for the baby.
- [Week in review: 24 - 30 January 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-24-30-january-2022/) - Week in review: Yesterday we finally got all the snow I had wished for. It started snowing on Friday and continued all through Saturday. Unfortunately, we
- [Week in review: 8 - 14 November 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-8-14-november-2021/) - My absolute highlight this week was "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" at the MET Opera. Granted, the opera plus two intermissions took 6 hours - but I enjoyed the experience enormously. My German and music teacher from 7th to 11th grade had told us about that opera and apparently that got stuck somewhere in my head.
- [Recent Empties - Starting New in 2019](https://janavar.net/recent-empties-starting-new-in-2019/) - I used to share my emptied beauty products with you regularly and it helped me a lot in being more conscious about all the products I own.
- [What Is on My Sephora Beauty Sale 2021 Shopping List](https://janavar.net/what-is-on-my-sephora-beauty-sale-2021-shopping-list/) - The biannual Sephora Beauty Sale has started and it is definitely a shopping event I am looking forward to every single time. Depending on the tier of your Sephora membership you can save up to 20% on almost all products. You can join Sephora here for free. Use the code YAYHOLIDAY to get the discount
- [Week in review: 30 August - 5 September 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-august-5-september-2021/) - When it rains, it pours. This weekend we wanted to go away and relax in the Pocono Mountains. But when I wanted to pick up my car on Friday, it wouldn't start. With the help of a nice AAA service person, it became clear that the problem wasn't the battery, but more likely the alternator.
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 February 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-26-february-2017/) - A whole week of vacation has passed and also February is almost over. I actually didn't leave Boston at all because there quite a few things for me to take care of.
- [Week in review: 1 - 7 November 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-1-7-november-2021/) - It is November and chilly temperatures have arrived even in the City. I am grateful for our central heating system that keeps our big apartment warm, even though we only have two radiators. Our cats still cover themselves with our big fleece blanket before they take their long naps. This week I watched my first
- [Week in review: 15 - 21 November 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-15-21-november-2021/) - The high(s) this week revolved all around the baby. This weekend we attended a birth class - the only in-person one we could find in Manhattan.
- [Week in review: 22 - 28 November 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-22-28-november-2021/) - Happy 1st of Advent! I can't believe it is Christmas time already. I mean it was just Thanksgiving three days ago. This year we spent that holiday in Boston with Rich's family. And we had such a good time with eating lots of delicious meals, playing board games, and meeting a few friends. It felt
- [Happy New Year 2022 & My January Goals](https://janavar.net/happy-new-year-2022-my-january-goals/) - Happy New Year 2022!!! May it be a little better than the last two years. I hope you have had a wonderful New Year's Day. We got up early enough to see the sunrise at the East River, even though it is rainy and gloomy today. Then we went to our favorite diner for breakfast.
- [My 10 Best Buys This Winter](https://janavar.net/my-10-best-buys-this-winter/) - I am happy that, over the last few months, I purchased 10 amazing products to get me through winter 2022. Here are my 10 best buys this winter:
- [Week in review: 17 - 23 January 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-17-23-january-2022/) - Week in review - A week full of questions: Why does the baby love her breech position so much? How successful will our external cephalic version be?
- [Week in review: 10 - 16 January 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-10-16-january-2022/) - It has become bitterly cold in New York City and I am glad that, most days, I can just stay at home. I really don't envy Rich who has to go to work when
- [Week in review: 3 - 9 January 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-3-9-january-2022/) - This week it finally snowed properly in New York City for the first time this season. We got a bit more than 10 cm of snow on Friday and I was super excited. So far it has predictably snowed every winter in the City since I have been here. As this was only a bit
- [Gelesen: "blogging for creatives"](https://janavar.net/gelesen-blogging-for-creatives/) - Womit habe ich die letzten drei Stunden verbracht? Mit der "5-Minuten-Installation" (die heißt wirklich so) von wordpress.org. Ohne Erfolg. Natürlich. 5 Minuten und ganz leicht, quasi für ganz Dumme versprechen sämtliche Quellen - und dennoch bin ich noch dümmer als wordpress.org erlaubt. Obwohl: die Dateien ändern und starten hat auch nicht länger als 5 Minuten
- [Best of 2021 on the Blog: Your Favorite Posts](https://janavar.net/best-of-2021-on-the-blog-your-favorite-posts/) - I published 94 blog posts in 2021. That is something I am proud of, esp. considering that I had 3 months when I published almost nothing. Those were March and
- [Week in review: 27 December 2021 - 2 January 2022](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-december-2021-2-january-2022/) - After Christmas with the extended family and then Rich's parents visiting us for another few days, I really needed a few days to just be alone and get even more
- [5th Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/5th-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - Wow, I am already halfway through this 101 Things in 1001 Days project, which, to be honest, comes a bit as a surprise to me. I mean I haven't achieved even
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 December 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-26-december-2021/) - I hope you had a good Christmas 2021! We really enjoyed the celebrations this year - the last with just the two of us. I think a big part was that I had enough time to prepare everything and could then just relax. This was probably my least stressful Christmas as an adult. I had
- [Merry Christmas 2021!](https://janavar.net/merry-christmas-2021/) - Merry Christmas 2021! We wish you happy and relaxing holidays! We are enjoying our German American Christmas to the fullest. Yesterday, we put on our most comfortable Christmas PJs and had a quiet day at home. We always celebrate Christmas Eve according to my German culture: there is the traditional dinner with potato salad and
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 December 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-december-2021/) - As you might be able to tell from the lack of new posts on my blog this week, I didn't feel that well on most days. While the baby moved away from my ischiatic nerve so that I can move without pain, she also moved right onto my stomach. For several days I had stomach
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 December 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-december-2021/) - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... Our Christmas cards that we had created last weekend arrived this week and we immediately sent them out to family and friends. Better late than never ... Although I have a feeling that at least letter delivery to Europe is faster than it was a year
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 May 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-may-2016/) - Sometimes it is way too easy to spoof me: yesterday my best friend said we'd take the car and go to a beautiful part of New England where there are mountains,
- [Merhaba from Turkey!](https://janavar.net/merhaba-from-turkey/) - How do I start? It's been two months and I hadn't planned to take a break from blogging at all. I suppose my favorite motto sums it up very well: "Life contains
- [Travel: One week in Bodrum](https://janavar.net/travel-one-week-in-bodrum/) - By now I am a little torn if it is good to book a summer vacation seven months in advance. But I had collected so many frequent flier miles with Turkish Airlines
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 July 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-july-2016/) - This week I've thought for the first time how much Turkey can exhaust people. It is tiring when you always have to pay attention, when you have to be careful
- [Week in review: 25 - 31 July 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-31-july-2016/) - I've been in Turkey now for almost four weeks. This is quite a long time, especially considering that I have seven weeks of summer vacation in total. It struck me
- [Week in review: 1 - 7 August 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-1-7-august-2016/) - There is a huge difference between first spending time in the giant city of Istanbul and then arriving at the tiny village I grew up in. It made me realize how
- [Week in review: 19 - 25 September 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-25-september-2016/) - On Friday I went to the opera, "Carmen". I had bought the ticket only at the beginning of the week. Luckily I wasn't too tired when I returned home after a
- [Week in review: 26 September - 2 October 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-26-september-2-october-2016/) - Recently I surprise myself because I am out so much more often than I used to. I go to many cultural events, be it readings, concerts, or the opera last week.
- [5 things to do in Boston in October](https://janavar.net/5-things-to-do-in-boston-in-october/) - I'm already dreading the Boston winter, even though it is only October. Canavar eats like a horse and has become very fluffy, which normally isn't a sign for a
- [Week in review: 2 - 9 October 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-9-october-2016/) - Today is one of those disgusting fall days when it never got light or stopped raining. It was the perfect day to look at my to-do list which I specifically wrote
- [Week in review: 24 - 30 October 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-24-30-october-2016/) - This week wasn't very exciting, but more like a little break in between. I managed to finally set up a new bookshelf that had been standing in the hallway for
- [Beauty inventory: My bath and shower products](https://janavar.net/beauty-inventory-my-bath-and-shower-products/) - The last time I got an overview of all my beauty products was in 2014, i.e. two years ago. At the time I used many of them up because I knew I was going to move
- [Beauty inventory: Shampoos & conditioners](https://janavar.net/beauty-inventory-shampoos-conditioners/) - I think I haven't yet told you that I've found a great hairdresser here in Cambridge. In my opinion finding one resembles having three numbers in the lottery
- [Have a spooktacular Halloween 2016!](https://janavar.net/have-a-spooktacular-halloween-2016/) - Can you believe that it's already the last day of October? For the last few days there have been many funny animals, batmen and skeletons running around because
- [Week in review: 17 - 23 October 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-17-23-october-2016/) - I was out so much this week – four evenings and almost all of today – that I feel exhausted. But in a really good way. There will be enough days soon when I’ll
- [Travel: New York City on a November day](https://janavar.net/travel-new-york-city-on-a-november-day/) - Every now and then I need a day in a really big city. New York City. Boston isn't exactly a small town, but it doesn't have the big anonymity or countless
- [Week in review: 31 October - 6 November 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-31-october-6-november-2016/) - Halloween is past and everyone prepares for the Thanksgiving Holidays. While I enjoyed dressing up on Monday very much, something left a sour taste: I thought
- [Living in the US: Let's talk about garbage](https://janavar.net/living-in-the-us-lets-talk-about-garbage/) - Recently, two pieces made me think of the important topic of garbage, or rather how to deal with it: Corinna's post on waste disposal in Italy and this short video
- [2016, we need to talk](https://janavar.net/2016-we-need-to-talk/) - Dear 2016, I was really looking forward to meet you. It was the last day of 2015 and it snowed so much in Istanbul, where I was to visit some of my best friends
- [5 things to cheer us up](https://janavar.net/5-things-to-cheer-us-up/) - This week could have been better, but then again I guess it could have been a lot worse. Most of us need some cheering up though, so here are my five things that
- [Week in review: 7- 13 November 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-7-13-november-2016/) - Yesterday I went with two friends to New Hampshire to go shopping because they don't have any sales tax there. In the outlet we went to they had already put up
- [Outfit: Throwback to the beach](https://janavar.net/outfit-throwback-to-the-beach/) - I am still struggling to adjust to the late fall weather. On Saturday I wore my warm winter coat for the first time, and in contrast to when I was younger ...
- [Happy Thanksgiving!](https://janavar.net/happy-thanksgiving/) - I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving (or/and a great end of this week since I know only the US celebrates that holiday today)! I am going to a friend's house today
- [Week in review: 14 - 20 November 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-14-20-november-2016/) - I must admit that buying my television set was my best recent investment. Of course I always used my laptop to watch news and movies, but the feeling is different
- [Week in review: 21 - 27 November 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-21-27-november-2016/) - I hope you all have had a nice and cosy first Advent today! I haven't really done much, although I got to know our new superintendant this morning. Of course I
- [Friendsgiving dinner 2016 (+ recipes)](https://janavar.net/friendsgiving-dinner-2016-recipes/) - First of all, please let me introduce you to Jacques! Those of you who follow me on Instagram might know Jacques already. Our relationship was short, but amazing
- [DIY: Quick and simple Advent wreath](https://janavar.net/diy-quick-and-simple-advent-wreath/) - Thanksgiving is past, Christmas is coming up! I already got my Christmas decorations out on Wednesday, yesterday my friend and I made the first Christmas cookies,
- [Travel: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting](https://janavar.net/travel-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-lighting/) - I am a huge fan of both "Home Alone" movies. I still remember when I watched the first part for the first time. It was just before Christmas at the start of the
- [Outfit: Abercrombie & Fitch full-zip hoodie](https://janavar.net/outfit-abercrombie-fitch-full-zip-hoodie/) - December 5, 2016 | 0 Comments Outfit: Abercrombie & Fitch full-zip hoodie Some wishes are totally irrational. For me one of those dated back to 2006 when I
- [Coffee love](https://janavar.net/coffee-love/) - Until ten years ago I didn't even like coffee. At all. Then I went to Ireland in 2006 and that was the time when all those coffees with sweet sirups came into
- [A Christmas Wonder Story (of course it involves a cat)](https://janavar.net/a-christmas-wonder-story-of-course-it-involves-a-cat/) - As long as I can remember my granny has always had cats - well, mostly just one at a time. And these have had the funniest names like Boris Becker for a ginger
- [Week in review: 5 December - 11 December 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-5-december-11-december-2016/) - This one has been a very long week. I am glad that it is only another five days until Christmas break. 4 1/2 days strictly speaking because we finish work early
- [My 5 Favorite Trips of 2016](https://janavar.net/my-5-favorite-trips-of-2016/) - This year started very well: I was in Istanbul visiting some of my best friends. Ok, on New Year's Eve it actually snowed so much that we stayed at home, but
- [Week in review: 12 - 18 December 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-12-18-december-2016/) - The best thing that can happen on the first day of Christmas break are tons of snow because it's the perfect timing. The worst thing that can happen are tons of snow and a winter weather advisory when you want to fly away on that first day of Christmas break. That is what happened yesterday.
- [Christmas break 2016: My plans](https://janavar.net/christmas-break-2016-my-plans/) - The first day of vacation is always the greatest in my opinion because there are so many days off ahead, so many possibilities. My Christmas started yesterday
- [Week in review: 19 December - 25 December 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-december-25-december-2016/) - Christmas always passes pretty quickly. I spent two days at and with my friends, and now I am back at home. Canavar and I spend some more time on the sofa.
- [Top 10 posts of 2016](https://janavar.net/top-10-posts-of-2016/) - This is my 118th blog post this year. Considering that I hardly blogged from June till September, that is a pretty high number. I find it always interesting to
- [Travel: First impressions from Las Vegas](https://janavar.net/travel-first-impressions-from-las-vegas/) - I am back from my trip to Las Vegas. Actually, I already arrived home yesterday morning and used the day to rest and recover. Unfortunately not from any crazy
- [Merry Christmas 2016!](https://janavar.net/merry-christmas-2016/) - Christmas Eve has finally arrived. For us Germans it is the most important of these holidays because we already receive our presents this evening. No patience
- [Outfit: Rocking around the Christmas tree](https://janavar.net/outfit-rocking-around-the-christmas-tree/) - To be honest, I am way too lazy to really rock around the Christmas tree. Also it would prove too difficult since I've put my Christmas tree into a corner of
- [Travel guide: Las Vegas (Part I)](https://janavar.net/travel-guide-las-vegas-part-i/) - I can't believe it's already two weeks since I have returned from Las Vegas. By now I have told many people how normal the city is. One American colleague then
- [The books I read in 2016](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-2016/) - 2016 was a great year for me when it comes to books. I managed to read 73 books in total. That were 26,623 pages. Since I use Goodreads, I have a much better
- [My plans for 2017](https://janavar.net/my-plans-for-2017/) - I rather use the word plans than resolutions because it makes me feel that I'll rather accomplish them. Also I'm not good with the usual resolutions. I can never
- [Week in review: 26 December 2016 - 1 January 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-26-december-2016-1-january-2017/) - Happy New Year! I hope you had wild parties last night and a quiet day today! I had a very pleasant evening: I met my friends to watch the big fireworks in Boston
- [7 things that made me stronger in 2016](https://janavar.net/7-things-that-made-me-stronger-in-2016/) - This year definitely had its ups and downs. More downs though I believe. But I am also a rather pessisimistic person. I do have my bright moments (like yesterday
- [Winter in Boston 2017](https://janavar.net/winter-in-boston-2017/) - Winter has arrived in Boston. Recently I was afraid this was never going to happen. We had warm 5 to 10 °C - which totally contradicted Canavar's very thick
- [Beauty: November & December 2016 empties](https://janavar.net/beauty-november-december-2016-empties/) - For a while I just threw the packages away once I had emptied a beauty product. But I like to read the empties posts on other blogs. And when I collect them, it
- [My Travel Bucket List 2017](https://janavar.net/my-travel-bucket-list-2017/) - I feel like I can never travel enough. 2017 will not be any different to all the previous years when I tried to explore many new places. But, saying that, I must
- [Photos from the Women's March Boston](https://janavar.net/photos-from-the-womens-march-boston/) - Over 100,000 people gathered today for the Women's March Boston. I was supposed to meet my friends at 10.30 a.m., but had totally underestimated that everybody
- [Outfit: My Favorite Turtleneck Sweater](https://janavar.net/outfit-my-favorite-turtleneck-sweater/) - My favorite item of clothing this winter is the turtleneck sweater I ended up buying after I had been soaked during the Rockefeller Christmas Center Lighting.
- [Week in review: 29 November - 5 December 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-29-november-5-december-2021/) - We have fully started the Christmas season this week. On Thursday we went to see the Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and
- [My Christmas 2021 Wish List: Books, Shoes, and Other Pretty Things](https://janavar.net/my-christmas-2021-wish-list-books-shoes-and-other-pretty-things/) - I might be a little late with finally creating my Christmas 2021 wish list - but better late than never. Santa still has 3 weeks to figure out what to give to
- [Happy Thanksgiving & What I am Grateful for in 2021](https://janavar.net/happy-thanksgiving-what-i-am-grateful-for-in-2021/) - Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate! We flew to Boston yesterday in order to celebrate Thanksgiving 2021 with my in-laws. Today then was full of sleeping in, eating bagels (we brought a big bag from New York City), playing board games, taking a good afternoon nap, and, of course, having a big dinner. Now our bellies
- [Cozy Up at Home on Cold Winter Nights](https://janavar.net/cozy-up-at-home/) - The first snow storm of the season has arrived. It started to snow this afternoon and by now snow is covering all of Midtown. It is really pretty, esp.
- [Free Printable New York City 2022 Calendar](https://janavar.net/free-printable-new-york-city-2022-calendar/) - Something new this year: A free printable New York City 2022 Calendar for you. Every year I take several thousand photos. While I share a few with you on my blog and social media like Instagram, many never get published. So I thought I'd create a little freebee, namely a 2022 wall calendar for you
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 January 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-january-2017/) - I know it's already Tuesday and this review is about last week. I am very late. To be honest with you this last week I have felt mostly paralysed, which is also
- [Protest Photos: No Ban, No Wall](https://janavar.net/protest-photos-no-ban-no-wall/) - On Sunday I participated once more in a protest against President Trump and his politics. This time the main topic was the newly applied travel ban for refugees
- [My February 2017 goals](https://janavar.net/february-goals/) - On a personal level January was a really good month for me. I mostly managed to get enough sleep, to quit working at 8 p.m. latest, and to go out often. It is
- [Week in review: 30 January - 5 February 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-january-5-february-2017/) - Change of plan: After I felt so much better yesterday, I am back in bed today. I couldn't go to today's protests against Trump, and I had to cancel watching the
- [Outfit: Waiting for Spring](https://janavar.net/outfit-waiting-for-spring/) - Participating in #28daysofblogging and being sick at the same time have forced me to look into older photo folders. There is actually much material left that I
- [Travel: Rize - Where the tea comes from in Turkey](https://janavar.net/travel-rize-where-the-tea-comes-from-in-turkey/) - Two years ago I flew to Trabzon, a Turkish city at the Black Sea, for my birthday. I still remember how I left the airport and was questioned by the guy from the
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 February 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-february-2017/) - Great news for me: Because it is snowing so much and there is even a snowstorm forecast for tomorrow, Boston's mayor has called out a snow day for schools tomorrow.
- [10 Facts about Me](https://janavar.net/10-facts-about-me/) - This is a post I always like to read on other blogs, so here are 10 facts about me:
- [15 Things to Do on a Snow Day (or on Any Other Day Off)](https://janavar.net/15-things-to-do-on-a-snow-day-or-on-any-other-day-off/) - Today was an amazing day. I mean every extra day off is wonderful. I am grateful to Mother Hulda and the masses of snow she is granting us with.
- [Beauty: January & February 2017 Empties](https://janavar.net/beauty-january-february-2017-empties/) - I know it is only mid-February, but looking at all my other products I don't think another one will be empty before the end of the month. Actually, I find it
- [Why I stay in Boston for winter break](https://janavar.net/why-i-stay-in-boston-for-winter-break/) - There are only 16 hours left between me and the start of winter break. And just like I was looking forward to all holidays when I was a student, I am as a teacher
- [Travel: Sumela Monastery in Turkey](https://janavar.net/travel-sumela-monastery-in-turkey/) - The main attraction I wanted to visit for my birthday two years ago when I went to the region of Trabzon was Sumela Monastery. Rize and Uzungöl were stunning, but
- [My Playlist to Relax](https://janavar.net/my-playlist-to-relax/) - Do you also have these songs that you can listen to again and again? I have many different playlists that I listen to depending on my mood. The great advantage
- [Outfit: All Black and White](https://janavar.net/outfit-all-black-and-white/) - When I collected all the documents for my tax filing, I also came across my coloring book for adults, the "Enchanted Forest", which you might have heard of.
- [Beauty: Shimmery Makeup for Spring](https://janavar.net/beauty-shimmery-makeup-for-spring/) - I know it's only the end of February, but I can't wait for spring anymore. Today I saw the first snowdrop buds. Since it's supposed to be around 10 °C for the
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 February 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-february-2017/) - Some days are just awful. Today for instance. I woke up with a horrible sore throat, even swallowing hurts. I know the symptoms, it is definitely a sinus infection
- [A Walk through Boston's North End](https://janavar.net/a-walk-through-bostons-north-end/) - So we had the first summer day of the year today. More than 20 °C. On 24 February. Concerning the climate change, this is very alarming. For me, on a personal note
- [Outfit: That 90s Summer Feeling](https://janavar.net/outfit-that-90s-summer-feeling/) - I spent most of my summers in the 1990s in Germany because my parents had the idea of first exploring our home country before going abroad. So we went to another
- [Week in review: 6 – 12 March 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-march-2017/) - It's already Tuesday, and there is only one thing to say about last week: it was a total flop. Or to put it differently: everything that could go wrong did go
- [My March 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/march-goals/) - New month, new luck. In February I didn't get much done because I spent so many days sick in bed. Therefore I'm building my hopes on March. Actually, March is
- [Week in review: 20 March - 2 April 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-march-2-april-2017/) - To be fair not everything is bad. The last two weeks were divided in two sections. The first week was awesome, especially since I spent the weekend in warm and
- [My April 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/april-goals/) - It wasn't for lack of trying, but March really went down like a lead balloon. That was mainly for two things: First, we have had one snow storm after another.
- [The books I read in March 2017](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-march-2017/) - I read quite a few books in March - thanks to one visit I paid to my local public library at the start of the month. I really picked novels I liked. I still have
- [Week in review: 10 - 16 April 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-10-16-april-2017/) - Happy Easter to all of you celebrating! There are many things I'd like to write about today, like the referendum in Turkey. But right now I am so emotionally
- [Week in review: 17 - 23 April 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-17-23-april-2017/) - I am back home from my two week vacation. I flew back last night. Even though I am not a big fan of flights departing in the middle of the night, i.e. 4 a.m. in
- [Week in review: 3 - 9 April 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-3-9-april-2017/) - Last week seems so far away, which is of course because I'm in total vacation mode. Since I've arrived at the hotel on Saturday morning just before 6 a.m.,
- [Outfit: First Summer Dress](https://janavar.net/outfit-first-summer-dress/) - Hi from the Dominican Republic! I am very much in love with everything right now - the dark-green palms, the warm sea, the perfect climate with high temperatures
- [5 Times I Stepped out of My Comfort Zone during My Vacation](https://janavar.net/5-times-i-stepped-out-of-my-comfort-zone-during-my-vacation/) - Spring break is over. I am back to work. All that reminds me of my recent vacation right now is a big pile of dirty clothes. Haha. No. Of course I've also got a
- [Week in review: 8 - 14 May 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-8-14-may-2017/) - Everything is slowing down now, which feels great after I feel that esp. the last few weeks were immensely rushed. But my biggest projects are finished now
- [Beauty: What I ordered from Germany](https://janavar.net/beauty-what-i-ordered-from-germany/) - The U.S. is a shopping paradise for many things, and I still can't enter a Sephora store without ending up buying something. When I still visited the U.S. as a
- [My May 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/may-goals/) - May is my favorite month. We might be still working on the reasons this year, but I'm sure I'll eventually grow my deep love also for May 2017. Surely, I won't
- [Weeks in review: 24 April - 7 May 2017](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-24-april-7-may-2017/) - For the last two weeks I had so many different things on my plate that I simply couldn't find any time for blogging. It's sad, I know. Even the cat was angry at
- [Outfit: Flamingo Love](https://janavar.net/outfit-flamingo-love/) - My endless love for cats is widely known, and I can only hope that I won't get only things with cats on them for my birthday this year. No, seriously, even
- [Week in review: 15 - 21 May 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-15-21-may-2017/) - On a personal level, this has been a crazy week. In an utterly positive way. I fulfilled one of my biggest dreams I had had for years. And no, it isn't another
- [Travel Photo Diary: Atlanta, Georgia](https://janavar.net/travel-photo-diary-atlanta/) - It was about two months ago when I was so sick of the Boston winter that I needed to escape. I flew to Atlanta for a weekend because it was warm there. Although
- [Week in review: 22 - 28 May 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-22-28-may-2017/) - My exuberance has continued this week. On Monday I was incredibly lucky and managed to get my license plates, the E-Zpass for driving on interstates, and my
- [The Books I Read in April 2017](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-april-2017/) - I've recently read many books. In April especially because I spent two weeks on the beach or at the pool. To me there is hardly anything better than lying in
- [Road Trip to Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts](https://janavar.net/road-trip-to-manchester-by-the-sea/) - A long weekend asks for going to the sea. So I drove up to the North Shore on Saturday when the sun was out in the morning. Friends told me that Manchester-by-the-Sea
- [Dream Big, Live Bigger](https://janavar.net/dream-big-live-bigger/) - I have always been a great dreamer. For my family and I guess also for everybody else, I was the one with the big ideas. But people don't usually believe in you
- [My June 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/june-goals/) - I am sure that June will pass really fast, esp. since it is only four more weeks until summer vacation starts. Also, because this is usually the month when we
- [The Books I Read in May 2017](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-may-2017/) - I had a much better work-life balance in May which becomes totally obvious when I look at all the books I read last month. Sixteen in number. That's a little
- [Photo Diary: Gloucester & Rockport, Massachusetts](https://janavar.net/photo-diary-gloucester-rockport/) - I have been to Rockport, a little town on the North Shore, several times over the last two years because it is that lovely there. Now that I own my car, it is
- [Summer Wish List](https://janavar.net/summer-wish-list/) - While we (that is Canavar and I ) are transpiring at 32 °C, we are also happy that it finally is this hot. Of course, it would be nice if our apartment had an AC
- [Outfit: Colorful Laundry Dress](https://janavar.net/outfit-colorful-laundry-dress/) - I spent most of the day outside in the sun because there was a sports day at school today. Obviously, I was only responsible for supervision, but didn't do any
- [Week in review: 5 - 11 June 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-5-11-june-2017/) - Here, we are slowly counting down the days until summer vacation starts. From today on it's another three weeks or 19 days or 15 school days. It even looks like
- [Outfit: Beach Life](https://janavar.net/outfit-beach-life/) - I am one of those people who love to spend whole days on the beach. I alternate between eating, sleeping, reading, and swimming. Well, maybe, that depends on
- [My July 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/july-goals/) - Woohoo, summer vacation has started. Obviously, relaxing is quite exhausted so that I couldn't bring myself to blog. I mean lying on the beach and celebrating
- [Miss that feeling](https://janavar.net/miss-that-feeling/) - After work I drove to Watertown today to do some food shopping in one of the Armenian shops. There are actually three shops next to each other. Now that I have
- [Beauty: My Favorite Summer 2017 Lip Colors](https://janavar.net/beauty-my-favorite-summer-2017-lip-colors/) - It is summer, it is warm, I feel much more energetic, and I have way more fun doing my makeup every morning. What helps is that the creams my dermatologist
- [Weeks in review: 26 June - 9 July 2017](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-26-june-9-july-2017/) - These days I can hardly believe my luck. Having lived together with my roommate a little over a month, I realize that we get on really well. Sometimes we just
- [Outfit: The Little Grey Summer Dress](https://janavar.net/outfit-the-little-grey-summer-dress/) - I can't believe that I've already been on the road for more than a week. My suitcases have stood in the same hostel room since Friday evening though, and I am leaving Toronto only tomorrow. Of course I packed way too many clothes, which doesn't matter as much because there is enough space in my
- [Travel: Starting My First Road Trip with a Pinch of Drama](https://janavar.net/travel-starting-my-first-road-trip-with-a-pinch-of-drama/) - On Monday morning I finally brought myself to pack my suitcase, book a hotel room online, get into the car and start driving towards Upstate New York. After I had said goodbye to Canavar and my trunk was filled to capacity (oopsies, but I do have a lot of photography gear, a small camping chair,
- [Weeks in review: 10 – 16 July 2017](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-10-16-july-2017/) - It is a perfect Sunday. I am sitting in a pleasant café, drink latte and blog. Said café is in the probably coolest area of Toronto, just next to the hostel I stay at. I've been in love with Toronto for almost two days. It might turn into a great summer love story. I wasn't
- [The Books I Read in June 2017](https://janavar.net/books-read-june-2017/) - I'm back in Boston and might need a few days to recover from my road trip. I didn't know that they can be so exhausting. But walking around every day takes its toll. Today I've spent most of the time on my wonderful, comfortable sofa instead. This is also the perfect moment to present to
- [My August 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/august-goals/) - July was the first month which I accomplished all my goals in. That makes me wonder if I set myself too easy objectives or if I have improved in meeting them. I am going to examine this further in August. In August I want to: start exercising three times a week; tidy my desk and
- [The Books I Read in July 2017](https://janavar.net/books-read-july-2017/) - I expected me to read more books this summer. In July I only finished eight - but while I was on my road trip, I didn't find the time to concentrate on reading. Unfortunately, two books were bad, but I still read to the end. On the other hand, I read a superb thriller set
- [Travel: Cornell Botanic Gardens in Ithaca, NY](https://janavar.net/travel-cornell-botanic-gardens-ithaca-ny/) - After I had slept in a quiet motel and my check engine light had gone off [here], I drove on to the famous town of Ithaca. Which is just around the corner from Rome, Syracuse, and Etna by the way. I just love the way U.S. Americans have named their towns. Ithaca itself would probably
- [Week in review: 31 July - 6 August 2017](https://janavar.net/week-review-31-july-6-august-2017/) - There were several things I wanted to tell you about today, but then I woke up last night at 3 a.m. and had to confront fear. The cat was making so much noise that I was wide awake. When he didn't react on my shushs like he normally does, I switched on the light. He
- [Weeks in review: 17 – 30 July 2017](https://janavar.net/weeks-review-17-30-july-2017/) - The longer this summer break is the more I lose track of the time. Until Friday I was sure that I had another three weeks off. Then I realized that it is already almost August, meaning it was only two weeks. When I walked through Boston today, it struck me that August is so long
- [Week in review: 7 - 13 August 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-7-13-august-2017/) - I didn't like this last week because 1) I am afraid of wars and 2) I hate neo-Nazis. That is why it was horrible for me to follow U.S. American politics. In 2015 I didn't want to stay in Turkey because I didn't agree to its politics. When I moved to the U.S., the country
- [My September 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/september-goals/) - It has been a while. First, I was too lazy to blog, then I was too busy. All my friends returned at once, then work started. I found it easier to solely concentrate on work tasks and got much done in little time. In August I realized as well that I have quite time consuming
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 September 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-september-2017/) - I saw an advertisement on the T only last week that Cirque du Soleil was in town, and bought a ticket for the last show. So today I went to see "Ovo" - a story set in the world of insects. The juggling ants, trampoline jumping crickets, etc. were very impressive. Circus doesn't need real
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 November 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-november-2017/) - On Friday I blogged while being on the bus from Boston to NYC, right now I am on the bus back home. In between I had a fantastic long weekend in New York City. Minus the snoring guy in my hostel dorm last night, whom I woke up after a few hours. Okay, after four
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 October 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-october-2017/) - I have collected a few questions that I came up with during the week: There is now a rather mild winter predicted for New England. Now, I hate cold winters, but could I/we still get a few snow days, please? How often do people dust their car? What will the people think when they empty
- [My October 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/october-goals/) - Fall and October are finally here. But I am not too sad. The second half of September wasn't utterly great, or that's at least how I have felt since I cut my finger. I am convinced that October will be so much better - at least I try not to break any of my belongings
- [Travel: Les Jardins Gamelin in Montreal](https://janavar.net/travel-les-jardins-gamelin-in-montreal/) - Just around the corner from my hostel in Montreal [here] and next to the metro station UQAM is the Place Émilie-Gamelin. While I was there, there was still the exciting market Les Jardins Gamelin going on. That was open every day or rather afternoon and evening until 15 October. It was a great installation consisting
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 October 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-october-2017/) - I am back in Boston. Yesterday evening I took the bus from Montréal, and after an eight hour drive I eventually arrived at home to take Canavar into my arms. I actually loved the city of Montréal very much. After Toronto in summer it is the second time this year that I went to Canada
- [M Montreal - My Favorite Hostel Ever](https://janavar.net/m-montreal-my-favorite-hostel-ever/) - When I travel alone - which is most of the time - I try to stay in inexpensive accomodations, esp. in cities. That allows me both to travel more and to have more money to spend on my trips. When I booked my hostel in Montreal though, I didn't expect much. I paid 113 USD
- [Life Update - I minus a tiny piece](https://janavar.net/life-update-i-minus-a-tiny-piece/) - You might be wondering why I haven't blogged in almost two weeks. Again. Obviously, something happened that prevented me from writing - and still kind of does. That something was last week on Friday. It was just before lunchtime, I could already feel the weekend approaching. I was still at work and I had to
- [Week in review: 25 September - 1 October 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-september-1-october-2017/) - Slowly, my finger is healing and working again, i.e. typing becomes easier. After almost two weeks of hurting, it feels quite numb now. So there is more to watch out for. But besides the finger issue, life has been pretty good to me. It is only five days until fall break - and I have
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 October 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-october-2017/) - Right now I am on the Amtrak train from New York City to Montréal. We are somewhere in Vermont where there is a nice degree of foliage. There are also many lakes the train passes. I am utterly happy because taking this train had been on my bucket list for a while. Once I'll arrive
- [My November 2017 Goals](https://janavar.net/november-goals/) - The year is flying by, it is already November. That sounds weird to me because we still have more summer than fall days here in Boston. But even the White House this week published a paper admitting that humans cause the climate change. Finally some understanding. I mean what if we got a really mild
- [Week in review: 23 – 29 October 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-october-2017/) - This week didn't start well for me. I had a strong allergic reaction at the end of last week and had to stay at home for two days. In contrast to most people, my allergy season starts in fall, and my sinuses become awefully infected. Despite tests I don't know what I am actually allergic
- [Beauty Products to Extend That Summer Feeling](https://janavar.net/beauty-products-to-extend-that-summer-feeling/) - I can't complain although I would always prefer summer. At least it isn't too bad because I use several beauty products that help to extend that summer feeling
- [15 Things I Look Forward to before 2017 Ends](https://janavar.net/15-things-i-look-forward-to-before-2017-ends/) - There are eight weeks left of 2017. This is still almost a sixth of the whole year. I usually don't believe that the year changes much within its last two months. So far 2017 feels to me like the year where so far I have had to adult most of all. I really hope that
- [About Missed Opportunities](https://janavar.net/about-missed-opportunities/) - Yesterday after work I spontaneously went to the cinema to watch "Murder on the Orient Express" (my best reason: it rained and I couldn't find a parking spot in my street so I continued to drive to the cinema - when I came home a few hours later, I could park very close to my
- [Another Weekend in New York City](https://janavar.net/another-weekend-in-new-york-city/) - In my last post I shouldn't have been too hopeful for not having to adult too much anymore for the rest of the year. Or in other words: my car gave up yesterday morning. I had just started it, drove around the first corner, and the engine switched off - while driving. I couldn't restart
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 November 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-26-november-2017/) - The week started with two mice incidents at home. When I came home on Monday evening, I heard something squeaking behind the stove. A mouse must have gotten into a trap. Unfortunately, the terror squeaking went on for hours. On Tuesday Canavar chased a mouse through the living room and murdered it. Unfortunately, my roommate
- [Week in review: 11 - 17 December 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-december-2017/) - It was a busy week. I did hardly anything else than working. That isn't always great, but necessary. And I have realized that it is more or less the same every
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 November 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-november-2017/) - Something I love about autumn and winter is that most of the good movies are published during these two seasons. This also means that I go to the cinema much more often. I went twice alone this week. First I watched "Murder on the Orient Express", then "Justice League". I am especially fond of superhero
- [Happy Thanksgiving & What I am Grateful for](https://janavar.net/happy-thanksgiving-what-i-am-grateful-for/) - Happy Thanksgiving to you! If you live in the U.S. you are probably in food coma right now due to huge amounts of food. This year I decided not to stay at home for Thanksgiving, but to visit Montreal once more. I am glad I did, even though (or because?) there aren't any turkeys or
- [10 Reasons to Visit Montreal](https://janavar.net/10-reasons-to-visit-montreal/) - I am in Montreal for vacation for the second time in five and a half weeks (and I am already plotting when to go again). Obviously there are many reasons why I visit the same city again and again. I have collected ten why you should visit Montreal. It is a big city. I am
- [December Goals](https://janavar.net/december-goals/) - The last month of the year obviously is always about Christmas and New Year's Eve, which includes a lot of socializing. This year I am at least in so far prepared as I bought and set up my Christmas tree yesterday. After last year's disaster of not finding one just before Christmas [here], I wouldn't
- [Week in review: 27 November - 3 December 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-november-3-december-2017/) - I hope you have had a pleasant first Advent! This week had its ups and downs, but overall it ends well. It also started well - on Monday I took Canavar to school with me. Since the exterminator came to our apartment and I didn't know where else to put the cat, I just took
- [Travel to Montreal: My First Ice Hockey Game](https://janavar.net/travel-to-montreal-my-first-ice-hockey-game/) - What soccer is for Germans is ice hockey for Canadians. It's the national sport. I had never been to an ice hockey match before, but really wanted to go. So the last time I went to Montreal, I bought a ticket for the game of the Canadiens de Montréal against the Buffalo Sabres. Unfortunately, tickets
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 December 2017](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-december-2017/) - I often feel the world is going haywire. So today I want to focus only on the good things that happened this week: I went to my second Jake Bugg concert. It was only he and his guitar on the stage - and it was an amazing acoustic concert. Apparently, he is still quite unknown
- [My 2017 Travels](https://janavar.net/my-2017-travels/) - Let's talk about more positive things. Like my travels this year. Although I always feel like I don't see enough of the world, statistics paint a different picture.
- [Happy New Year & January 2018 Goals](https://janavar.net/happy-new-year-january-2018-goals/) - Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you started the new year well! I spent the last few days in Istanbul, but arrived home yesterday evening.
- [10 Things I Learned in 2017](https://janavar.net/10-things-i-learned-in-2017/) - I call 2017 the year of absolute adulting. It was good in many aspects and bad in many others. It wasn't a year of big changes, but overall I am content.
- [Week in review: 15 - 21 January 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-15-21-january-2018/) - I had intended to blog much more regularly this year, but things always seem to fall apart when I make plans. I can't tell you much yet, but there are a few life changes in progress right now.
- [Fünf Fragen am Fünften: January 2018](https://janavar.net/funf-fragen-am-funften-january-2018/) - There are so many great blogger projects this year. I so far like Luzia Pimpinella's most of all. She asks five questions every month and everybody is free to answer them. This reminds me of Max Frisch's "Questionnaire"
- [February 2018 Goals](https://janavar.net/february-2018-goals/) - This is how I usually work towards a goal at the example of my residency parking permit: I got a reminder at the end of November that I had to renew my parking permit in Cambridge for 2018.
- [Travel: Taughannock Falls & Mecklenburg in the Middle of Upstate New York](https://janavar.net/travel-taughannock-falls-mecklenburg-in-the-middle-of-upstate-new-york/) - Last summer I went on my exciting road trip from Boston to the Finger Lakes to the Niagara Falls to Toronto. All the more exciting because my car kept grunting.
- [Week in review: 5 – 11 February 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-5-11-february-2018/) - Yesterday evening I went to the movies with a friend to watch "The Post". I hadn't given that movie much thought before and was therefore very positively surprised:
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 August 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-august-2018/) - Today is my last day of summer vacation. It is a little sad when I think about how time flies. But I also had a great summer - maybe not so much on the first weekend
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 July 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-july-2018/) - Just like that my first week of summer vacation is over. It started with me unpacking lots of boxes after I had moved into my new studio here in Cambridge
- [Week in review: 28 May - 3 June 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-may-3-june-2018/) - |Watched| Deathpool 2, You've got mail |Read| Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son, Harun und das Meer der Geschichten |Listened to| Placebo, Jage Bugg, Yüksek Sadakat, Philipp Poisel |Done| worked, got the annual state inspection for my car, went to see my friend and her family on Sunday |Eaten| not so much cause my stomach was mostly
- [Travel: Strolling through Warnemünde in Winter](https://janavar.net/travel-strolling-through-warnemunde-in-winter/) - When I visited my parents over Christmas, we also went to Warnemünde, which is a beautiful town at the Baltic Sea. Even as a kid this was the place I wanted to go to to the beach. Later on I studied in Rostock, which Warnemünde nowadays is a part of.
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 July 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-july-2018/) - I have spent most of this week in Germany. On early Monday evening I said goodbye to Canavar and headed to the airport. For the first time ever it took me ...
- [Week in review: 29 January - 4 February 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-29-january-4-february-2018/) - We have to talk about tonight. Super Bowl. The New England Patriots vs. the Philadelphia Eagles. I went to a friend's house to watch. Everything was great. The people, the atmosphere, the food.
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 August 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-26-august-2018/) - I always considered myself a huge summer lover, but this year I begin to find summer annoying. Or maybe not summer, but this summer. It just never seems to stop
- [Back](https://janavar.net/back/) - And then I suddenly stopped blogging. And reading blogs. There were so many other things going on that I couldn't concentrate on my oldest hobby. For a while I didn't even miss blogging.
- [20 Reasons to Like Winter](https://janavar.net/20-reasons-to-like-winter/) - Today we were allowed to leave work early. Normally, we work until 5 p.m. every Wednesday, but today the weather was horrible. First, there were several centimeters of snow; then in the afternoon it suddenly started pouring. Hooray for black ice!
- [A Summer without Plans](https://janavar.net/a-summer-without-plans/) - Every year I used to have to-do lists for my summers. Sometimes even two, like in 2015 [here and here]. Two years ago I had planned a six week vacation in Turkey
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 July 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-july-2018/) - This post had been almost done, and then I did something incredibly stupid. Or good. I am not sure yet. After having my boyfriend watch playing League of Legends
- [Fünf Fragen am Fünften: February 2018](https://janavar.net/funf-fragen-am-funften-february-2018/) - It is almost mid-February and therefore time again for the next set of five questions that Nic asks on her blog luziapimpinella every month:
- [Boston: The Museum of Science](https://janavar.net/boston-the-museum-of-science/) - Although everybody recommended the Museum of Science in Boston to me, I never went there until two weeks ago. On a Saturday afternoon my friend, her kids, her kids' friends and I drove to the Museum that is on the banks of the Charles River.
- [2018.2](https://janavar.net/2018-2/) - I recently haven't blogged as much as I announced. My year so far has been a little chaotic - or let's say it had some start-up difficulties. While I was hoping for everything to stay as it was in the new year, life thought differently.
- [Week in review: 3 - 9 September 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-3-9-september-2018/) - Of the last six weekends, I spent only two at home. One of them being this. While I was still a little active and social yesterday, e.g. we met friends for lunch
- [Week in review: 27 August - 2 September 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-august-2-september-2018/) - It is just after eight in the morning and I am sitting at the kitchen table in a more than 200 year old house in Maine. Today is Labor Day, i.e. we have
- [Travel: Why I love Manhattan](https://janavar.net/travel-why-i-love-manhattan/) - Sometimes my boyfriend and I joke that I am a lot more excited about him living in the middle of Manhattan than he is. I would totally move there if I could
- [The Books I Read in 2018](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-2018/) - Reading is one of my favorite activities. There is nothing like relaxing on my sofa, sipping a hot coffee, and losing myself in a good book. I also fall asleep
- [My October](https://janavar.net/my-october/) - My October had its ups and downs. I still remember how I sat on my sofa on the first Saturday in October and wished I could just stay at home. Ever since I moved
- [Week in review: 8 - 14 October 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-8-14-october-2018/) - This week was almost like one in my ideal world. First of all, I had a whole week of fall break which I spent in Manhattan. Second, until Friday the weather
- [Week in review: 31 December 2018 - 6 January 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-31-december-2018-6-january-2019/) - So much for an unexcited start into 2019 ... This morning I wanted to take a photo of Canavar because he looked especially cute while lying on the kitchen table
- [Happy New Year & 2019 Goals](https://janavar.net/happy-new-year-2019-goals/) - Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you have had a wonderful start into the new year! I celebrated the turn of the year in Montreal where I went to with a friend
- [7 Years with Canavar](https://janavar.net/7-years-with-canavar/) - I really like Facebook's memory feature because it reminds me daily of many happy events. This morning for instance it showed to me that exactly seven years ago
- [Week in review: 26 November - 2 December 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-26-november-2-december-2018/) - The last week wasn't very exciting because I mainly spent it with working. I am still missing the weekend I didn't have. I already can't wait for Friday to arrive.
- [Fünf Fragen am Fünften: January 2019](https://janavar.net/funf-fragen-am-funften-january-2019/) - Last year I participated about twice in Luzia Pimpinella‘s five-questions-each-month-project. After that I lost my motivation to blog in general because
- [Week in review: 12 - 18 November 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-12-18-november/) - This morning I went into the basement to get some more of my winter clothes, i.e. scarves, hats, gloves, and boots. In summer I had piled book boxes and plastic
- [15 Things I Am Looking Forward to This Holiday Season](https://janavar.net/15-things-i-am-looking-forward-to-this-holiday-season/) - Until yesterday I wasn't really sure if I'd be the Grinch or the happy elf this year. When I went grocery shopping in the evening, I could not pass by the
- [Week in review: 24 – 30 September 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-24-30-september-2018/) - The last two weeks were both great and exhausting. I went on a school trip to Germany, first to Hamburg, then to Berlin. I have always preferred Berlin
- [Week in review: 19 - 25 November 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-25-november-2018/) - This week was amazingly quiet and relaxing. Thanksgiving is one of the few days when pretty much all shops are closed in the U.S. We started the Thursday by
- [Week in review: 7 - 13 January 2018](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-7-13-january-2018/) - Last week wasn't very exciting. I worked six days and then felt really tired and sick. I even had to call in sick yesterday and spent the day sleeping. I guess my body just isn't anymore what it used to be. I dimly remember that, when I was at university, I sometimes would party until
- [Week in review: 21 - 27 January 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-21-27-january-2019/) - Do you remember how I complained about all the snow and ice last Sunday? I couldn't even clear my car properly. When I got up on Monday morning
- [My Winter Vacation Plans](https://janavar.net/my-winter-vacation-plans/) - Do you know what one of the most pleasant feelings for a teacher is? The last day of school when a break starts. You have the evening off, you do not have to work
- [Boston: Downeast Cider House Tour](https://janavar.net/boston-downeast-cider-house-tour/) - Last Friday I went out with colleagues for a Downeast Cider House tour. I have been a big cider fan ever since I lived in Ireland (a loooooong time ago).
- [Thoughts on Who I Was and Who I Am](https://janavar.net/thoughts-on-who-i-was-and-who-i-am/) - On Wednesday evening I went to a Damien Rice concert here in Boston. While it was absolutely wonderful, it also gave me food for thought.
- [How I Come Through the Cold](https://janavar.net/how-i-come-through-the-cold/) - This week has been especially cold. Even here on the East Coast windchill temperatures reached a low of minus 25 °C. They made my car give up once more,
- [Travel: Things to Do in Montreal in Winter](https://janavar.net/things-to-do-in-montreal-in-winter/) - Montreal is one of my favorite cities. To me it is the perfect blend of Europe and America. The landscape is obviously Northern American,
- [Book Challenge 2019](https://janavar.net/book-challenge-2019/) - Reading is one of my favorite activities. Over the last few years, I have always read about 70 years annually. I have also realized that I tend to read mainly books
- [Week in review: 28 January - 3 February 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-january-3-february-2019/) - It is only an hour until the Superbowl starts. And I have to hurry writing these lines as we still have to pick up chicken wings we have ordered on our way to watch the Superbowl with friends. I am still more interested in the halftime break, but with all those proper Bostonians and Patriots
- [Fünf Fragen am Fünften - February 2019](https://janavar.net/funf-fragen-am-funften-february-2019/) - Since it is the 5th of February, it is time for more questions from Luzia Pimpinella‘s five-questions-each-month-project.
- [5 Netflix Series I Recommend Right Now](https://janavar.net/5-netflix-series-i-recommend-right-now/) - I am, just like most of you probably, waiting for the final season of "Game of Thrones". But I actually also enjoy many other series and thought I'd present the ones
- [Food: 3 Easy Avocado Toasts](https://janavar.net/food-3-easy-avocado-toasts/) - One of my favorite German words is "Stulle". I have had endless discussions with students about its meaning because every region uses different words or varies the meaning slightly.
- [Travel: My 7 Favorite Cafés in Montreal and 1 Restaurant](https://janavar.net/travel-my-7-favorite-cafes-in-montreal-and-1-restaurant/) - Coffee coffee coffee Coffee Coffee coffee Why are you talking Coffee This is one of my favorite poems. I simply love coffee.
- [Recipes: My 5 Favorite Turkish Dishes](https://janavar.net/recipes-my-5-favorite-turkish-dishes/) - For a very long time I almost only went shopping in Middle Eastern food markets in and around Boston and almost only bought Turkish foods. I missed Turkish food
- [Week in review: 11 - 17 February 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-february-2019/) - Hi from Las Vegas! It is 10 p.m. here and I am totally knackered. I mean it is already three hours later at the East Coast. We arrived here yesterday evening and enjoyed our first full day of vacation today. We ate a lot, walked around and went to see a Cirque du Soleil show
- [May 2019 Goals](https://janavar.net/may-2019-goals/) - May is one of favorite months. And while I'm writing this post with the heating on once more, I get my hopes up that spring is just around the corner.
- [Week in review: 29 April - 5 May 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-29-april-5-may-2019/) - It is exactly eight weeks from today that I'll move to New York City. And I must admit that panic is slowly setting in. I am looking around me and all I see is
- [Recipes: 3 Smoothies](https://janavar.net/recipes-3-smoothies/) - I have a feeling that I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables. Especially in winter. I don't like cold salads so much and I have become lazy in buying enough vitamins.
- [Janavar Moves to New York City](https://janavar.net/janavar-moves-to-new-york-city/) - So much for my goal to blog more regularly. But the last few weeks were slightly insane and I needed the first week of spring break to catch up on sleep and
- [My Best Amazon Buys](https://janavar.net/my-best-amazon-buys/) - I am a big Amazon fan when it comes to the easy ordering and fast delivery. I also think the company does a great job in promoting itself.
- [Travel: Impressions from Las Vegas](https://janavar.net/travel-impressions-from-las-vegas/) - We only spent two nights and a full day in Las Vegas before we picked up our rental car and drove East to the national parks. But we still had a fun time in that weird city in the middle of the desert. I had been to Vegas before, just before Christmas 2016, so I
- [My last straw is stainless steel](https://janavar.net/my-last-straw-is-stainless-steel/) - Today was the first day at school after winter break. In one high school German class I repeated how to write an argumentation with my students.
- [10 Wonderful Things on this Vacation](https://janavar.net/10-wonderful-things-on-this-vacation/) - After spending almost two days in the area of the Grand Canyon South Rim, we drove on north to South Utah. Since this vacation is utterly wonderful, I want to share ten things that I especially liked so far. We saw the Grand Canyon covered in snow, which, according to locals, is a very rare
- [Conclusion: 28 Days of Blogging](https://janavar.net/conclusion-28-days-of-blogging/) - February is ending and so is our 28 Days of Blogging challenge. This is the fourth year I participate and I still like it very much. Blogging to me is a wonderful
- [10 Tips How to Gain More Time for Yourself](https://janavar.net/10-tips-how-to-gain-more-time-for-yourself/) - Recently I have worked about 60 hours a week and when I looked into my planner today, I was getting the sense that that might not change any time soon.
- [Week in review: 25 February - 3 March 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-february-3-march-2019/) - Even though this is already a new week, I want to share my favorite piece of news with you: I have got a snow day today. Now that it is March,
- [Week in review: 22 - 28 April 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-22-28-april-2019/) - I thought I'd use my weekly reviews to tell you more about our apartment search: Apt. 2: Well, we never got to see it because they didn't allow cats. Although the apartment was listed as petfriendly. Interestingly, the agent just blamed the website. Sure ... Apt. 3: Close to 54th Street. We were there a
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five/) - 1) Spring time: Spring has finally reached even New England. And I was brave enough to put my winter clothes away this week and take out my summer clothes.
- [5 Fragen am Fünften - June 2019](https://janavar.net/5-fragen-am-funften-june-2019/) - Since it is June, it is also time for more questions from Luzia Pimpinella‘s five-questions-each-month-project. This month it is all about summer and vacation.
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-2/) - - The beginning of summer - FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 - a funny film - an entertaining AR game - favorite songs of the week
- [Fünf Fragen am Fünften – May 2019](https://janavar.net/funf-fragen-am-funften-may-2019/) - Since it is May, it is also time for more questions from Luzia Pimpinella‘s five-questions-each-month-project.
- [Week in review: 3 - 16 June 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-3-16-june-2019/) - In two weeks I have to move out of current apartment. I think this year I am pretty good with packing as there are already plenty of full boxes standing around.
- [5 Places To Visit in NYC](https://janavar.net/5-places-to-visit-in-nyc/) - I thought that now that I am going to move to t h e city (in 39 days by the way), I slowly want to shift the focus to New York. Today I want to introduce to you five places
- [The Beauty of a Summer Storm](https://janavar.net/the-beauty-of-a-summer-storm/) - I love summer. Really. I love the heat and the sunshine. I love lying in the sun for hours. After our last winter in Boston lasted seven months,
- [NYC Bloggers: My First Ever Blogger Meeting](https://janavar.net/nyc-bloggers-my-first-ever-blogger-meeting/) - I have blogged for about ten years, more or less consistently on this blog (with a few name changes) since 2010. And it took those ten years before I finally
- [Week in review: 20 May - 2 June 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-may-2-june-2019/) - This has been a wonderfully slow weekend. I slept each night for about 11 hours and cuddled so much with Canavar. There are a million things I feel I should do
- [Books I Read in Spring 2019 Pt. 2](https://janavar.net/books-i-read-in-spring-2019-pt-2/) - I know I know. It is the height of summer and I still haven't even presented all the books I read this spring. When I have little time, I tend to rather read than write.
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 May 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-may-2019/) - A few questions that came up:Has Canavar reached a second puberty? Or does he have spring feelings despite being neutered? Or what is his problem when
- [July 2019 Goals](https://janavar.net/july-2019-goals/) - So. July. The month I waited for so eagerly. The beginning is mostly characterized by our house moving. Over the course of the next few weeks this will hopefully
- [June 2019 Goals](https://janavar.net/june-2019-goals/) - Wow, I can hardly believe that it is finally June. It even looks like winter has left us after seven months. This now is my big month – my last month in Boston
- [Women's Soccer - Welcome to 21st Century!](https://janavar.net/womens-soccer-welcome-to-21st-century/) - My relationship with soccer started when I was a small child. My parents still tell the story where I apparently planted myself in front of my dad and told
- [Week in review: 1 - 7 July 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-1-7-july-2019/) - Hello, I am Jana and a Manhattanite. As you might guess just to write this one short sentence means that one of my life goals has come true. For six days ...
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-3/) - 1. My view when I leave the house. I can't get enough of just walking around and looking up. Someone please pinch me because I really really live in Manhattan.
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-4/) - 1. The hottest weekend is lying ahead. For NYC there are an excessive heat warning and an air quality alert. Temperatures are said to reach 37°C (almost 100 °F)
- [Week in review: 8 - 21 July 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-8-21-july-2019/) - Almost three weeks in Manhattan ... ... and I am finally sitting at a proper desk again and, after four years, I finally have a big computer monitor (23") again
- [Walking in the German-American Steuben Parade 2019](https://janavar.net/walking-in-the-german-american-steuben-parade-2019/) - I am not sure if you know how much I enjoy watching street parades. So when I heard that my new school participates in New York City’s Steuben Parade, I got thrilled.
- [Weeks in review: 5 - 18 August 2019](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-5-18-august-2019/) - The last two weeks were wonderful – we spent the first of these at the EJC in England and this week I enjoyed being at home. I finally feel properly relaxed.
- [Fall Bucket List - 20 Things to Do This Fall](https://janavar.net/fall-bucket-list-20-things-to-do-this-fall/) - Happy Beginning of Fall! Today is the automnal equinox and from now on the days become shorter and shorter (FYI: I checked the times for New York City and
- [5 Fragen am Fünften - August 2019](https://janavar.net/5-fragen-am-funften-august-2019/) - Since it is August, it is also time for more questions from Luzia Pimpinella‘s five-questions-each-month-project. This month it is all about summer and vacation
- [5 Fragen am Fünften - September 2019](https://janavar.net/5-fragen-am-funften-september-2019/) - It is September and Luzia Pimpinella asked more questions for her five-questions-each-month-project.
- [4 Weeks in Manhattan](https://janavar.net/4-weeks-in-manhattan/) - I can hardly believe that it has already been four weeks since Canavar and I moved to Manhattan and in with my boyfriend. Sometimes I just look around and I am
- [Week in review: 29 July - 4 August 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-29-july-4-august-2019/) - Hi from England! Strictly speaking from an old RAF field just outside of Newark-on-Trent where we are to attend the European Juggling Convention (please read: my boyfriend attends it actively, I am the accompanying girlfriend and a passive watcher). I believe it is not too far away from Nottingham. When we picked up out rental
- [TBR: Books Found on My Shelf](https://janavar.net/tbr-books-found-on-my-shelf/) - During the last year most of my books had to stay in the basement due to lack of space. I didn't like this solution, but my studio in Cambridge was too tiny to
- [My Shower Products](https://janavar.net/my-shower-products/) - When we looked for an apartment, one of my priorities was to have a bath tub. (Fyi, my first priority was of course finding a cat friendly apartment, and then I had written a list of ten priorities almost all of which were fulfilled.) Then I took over most of the space on the shower
- [Impressions from European Juggling Convention 2019](https://janavar.net/impressions-from-european-juggling-convention-2019/) - When my boyfriend asked me in March if I wanted to go to the European Juggling Convention (EJC) with him, I immediately booked my flights - not because of the
- [Week in review: 19 - 25 August 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-25-august-2019/) - There is a whiff of change in the air. Since Friday evening all the humidity is gone, the air is much fresher. For the first time this summer in the City
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-5/) - Five things I want to share with you this Friday.
- [Weeks in review: 26 August - 8 September 2019](https://janavar.net/45/) - Summer vacation has ended and I am back to my everyday life as a teacher. Every morning when I leave the house, I love that the first thing I see is
- [Outfit: Light Colors in Late Summer](https://janavar.net/outfit-light-colors-in-late-summer/) - So much for me posting my fall bucket list on Monday - the weather tells us very clearly that it is still summer in New York City. And yes, I am normally
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 September 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-september-2019/) - This was the first weekend to ourselves this month. Two weeks ago we went to Boston to pick up my car, last weekend my boyfriend's sister visited us -
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 September 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-september-2019/) - I love that moment in the morning when I pull up our shades, look out on the street and feel like I have opened our world up to Manhattan again.
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 September 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-september-2019/) - All the things that made us happy this week: the summer weather because we get to spend so much time outside still; the British supreme court declared ruled
- [Week in review: 30 September - 6 October 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-september-6-october-2019/) - On the weekend I felt especially lucky. On Friday I went to a sample sale for the first time ever. I had read about Rent the Runway plenty of times and I am a
- [Weeks in review: 7 - 20 October 2019](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-7-20-october-2019/) - I don't think I ever made use of a one week vacation as much as of the one last week. We left New York City right after work on the Friday before to take a
- [3 Months in Manhattan](https://janavar.net/3-months-in-manhattan/) - I find it hard to believe that it has been three months already since I moved to Manhattan. Three whole months in the City. I am so used already to living here.
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-6/) - 1. As you can see, my blog has gotten a new look. I hadn’t really planned this … but it was my fault that I “broke” my blog and it was offline for more than
- [Week in review: 21 - 27 October 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-21-27-october-2019/) - As much as I love traveling, it is also great to be at home again. I think I can still feel some aftermath from going back and forth between Boston and New York
- [Travel: Tivoli in Fall](https://janavar.net/travel-tivoli-in-fall/) - I love Tivoli, the world’s second oldest operating amusement park, right in the center of Copenhagen. So when we spent two and a half days in Denmark’s capital
- [Outfit: Plaid Dress for Fall](https://janavar.net/outfit-plaid-dress-for-fall/) - I have noticed that my style is slowly changing now that I live in Manhattan. Boston was more of a city where people wear casual clothes and dress conveniently
- [Happy Halloween! - Get the Creeps on the Upper East Side](https://janavar.net/happy-halloween-get-the-creeps-on-the-upper-east-side/) - Happy Halloween, my little ghosts! Here at least the weather is appropriately grey, foggy and a little creepy. I was already the only one this morning
- [Weeks in review: 28 October - 10 November 2019](https://janavar.net/weeks-in-review-28-october-10-november-2019/) - I am a little cranky. I had such a great weekend last week - on Saturday I met friends from Boston. We first had brunch at Sarabeth's (I highly recommend them!), then took the ferry to Williamsburg, and I walked with one friend all the way to Dumbo and eventually the Seaport District. In the
- [Week in review: 25 November - 1 December 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-november-1-december-2019/) - What a wonderful week! It started with 15 °C and sunshine and finishes with 0 °C and snow (a tiny bit at least). Thanksgiving took place and the Advent time
- [Week in review: 11 - 17 November 2019](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-november-2019/) - Moment 1 this week: I met with a friend on Tuesday night in the West Village. We were hoping to watch a documentary in a cinema, but the line was way too long.
- [Happy Turkey in the Oven](https://janavar.net/happy-turkey-in-the-oven/) - Or: How I Deal with This Year's Thanksgiving Pressure. It is only two days until Thanksgiving. Since we were eager to present our new apartment, we invited my
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 January 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-january-2020/) - The first full week in 2020 has passed. To me it felt more like a shallow babbling. I couldn't quite find back into my routines yet. It wasn't like I was
- [Welcome 2020 & A Little Review](https://janavar.net/welcome-2020-a-little-review/) - Happy New Year to all of you! I have enjoyed my so far one and a half week of vacation. I have mostly slept, read, watched TV and made food. Oh, and I have
- [My Year in Books 2019](https://janavar.net/my-year-in-books-2019/) - 2019 was another good year for reading. I read 53 books. That is about one per week. Not too bad. Besides, I also read the New York Times from Friday to Sunday
- [What I wore: 6 - 12 January](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-6-12-january/) - I want to try a new format this year, namely a weekly "What I wore" post. I love my many many clothes, but we never quite seem to find the time to shoot more
- [New York City: Essex Market - A New Alternative to Chelsea Market?](https://janavar.net/new-york-city-essex-market-a-new-alternative-to-chelsea-market/) - Even though Essex Market itself has existed since 1888, it only recently moved into a brand-new building. Once I heard about it, I wanted to go because there
- [Travel: Ashokan Rail Trail](https://janavar.net/travel-ashokan-rail-trail/) - When we went to Upstate New York for a long weekend in January, we passed by signs saying "Ashokan Rail Trail" near Shokan. My boyfriend asked me how I felt
- [Week in review: 3 - 9 February 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-3-9-february-2020/) - Right now I am on an Amtrak somewhere between Washington D.C. and New York City. I spent the last four and a half days near and in the U.S. capital.
- [Travel: A Walk through Washington D.C.](https://janavar.net/travel-a-walk-through-washington-d-c/) - I spent a few days in Washington D.C. last week because I attended a professional development just outside of the city. Once that had finished,
- [Update on my 2020 Resolutions](https://janavar.net/update-on-my-2020-resolutions/) - The first month of 2020 has passed and I dare say that it was a very good and exciting one for me. I started the year all relaxed and awake after my two weeks
- [My Current 10 Favorite Beauty Products](https://janavar.net/my-current-10-favorite-beauty-products/) - For all my adult life I have loved to try new beauty products. Every now and them I stick to some because I love them more than others. Last year I noticed
- [What I wore: 13 - 19 January](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-13-19-january/) - We lived through at least two seasons last week: spring and winter. While the week started warm, it ended with a snow storm and freezing cold. I am still
- [What I wore: 20 - 26 January](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-20-26-january/) - Another week - 7 more outfits from my closet. I am slowly getting sick of winter clothes. Although I am aware that winter is yet to arrive - and will most
- [Launching: 29 Days of Blogging 2020](https://janavar.net/launching-29-days-of-blogging-2020/) - It is the first of February and this can only mean one thing: the challenge 29 Days of Blogging is starting once more. This is the fifth year in a row that it
- [What I wore: 27 January - 2 February 2020](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-27-january-2-february-2020/) - Last week I tried to wear more colorful clothes. That helps to lift the mood I feel. I also realized that it was a week full of jeans. They are just so
- [Personal News: We are Engaged](https://janavar.net/personal-news-we-are-engaged/) - I posted this photo on Instagram already in January, but I also want to tell you on more on my blog about how I got engaged almost four weeks ago.
- [Valentine's Day Inspiration](https://janavar.net/valentines-day-inspiration/) - It is less than a week until Valentine's Day. And while I don't give or need a big gift (actually, I would just love to have my engagement ring by then),
- [What I wore: 3 - 9 February 2020](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-3-9-february-2020/) - All my outfits from the week of 3 to 9 February 2020
- [My First Ever NYFW Event](https://janavar.net/my-first-ever-nyfw-event/) - It is New York Fashion Week right now. Being the big Sex and the City fan I am, attending any event was always a dream. Because I am on winter break this week
- [Travel: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History](https://janavar.net/travel-smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history/) - If you ever visit Washington D.C., take the time and go to as many museums as possible. They are marvellous. They are not only for free, they also contain exciting
- [10 Things You Might Not Know About Me](https://janavar.net/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-me/) - 1. I am always cold. It doesn't really matter what season it is. Especially my hands and feet are freezing at all times. My boyfriend appreciates this much more
- [Week in review: 10 - 16 February 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-10-16-february-2020/) - Can I just say how exhausted I am?! Tomorrow is the last day of my winter vacation (we get an extra day thanks to President's Day), but I don't feel recovered.
- [What I wore: 10 - 16 February 2020](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-10-16-february-2020/) - All my outfits from the week of 10 to 16 February 2020
- [Tested: How Well Do Trader Joe's Non-Dairy Milks Froth?](https://janavar.net/tested-how-well-do-trader-joes-non-dairy-milks-froth/) - As we buy groceries at Trader Joe's, I also tried their non-dairy beverages. Over the last few weeks I tested their coconut, the organic soy and the oat beverage
- [Wedding Wish List - Some German Traditions, Please!](https://janavar.net/wedding-wish-list-some-german-traditions-please/) - I know that we have only been engaged for five and a half weeks. And still we are already in the middle of our wedding preparations. We both didn't feel like we wanted to wait a long time
- [Recommendation: Free Walking Tour of Downtown Manhattan](https://janavar.net/recommendation-free-walking-tour-of-downtown-manhattan/) - When we were in Copenhagen in October, we booked one of Sandeman's free walking tours there and enjoyed it very much. At least in Europe the company is known
- [Week in review: 17 - 23 February 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-17-23-february-2020/) - Today was such a pleasant day! We had spring weather and took a long walk along the East River - all the way from 34th Street to Chinatown. Since we both worked
- [What I wore: 17 - 23 February 2020](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-17-23-february-2020/) - Now that we have had a few spring days, I can't wait for spring to properly arrive. I want to put all my winter clothes away and wear all my more colorful
- [Beauty: 6 Products to Combat Dry Winter Skin](https://janavar.net/beauty-6-products-to-combat-dry-winter-skin/) - For the first time in my life I am dealing with dry facial skin. While New York City has humid summers, the winters are extremely dry.
- [5 Thought-Provoking Movies](https://janavar.net/5-thought-provoking-movies/) - While the majority of movies is entertaining, there are always a few that are more thought-provoking. I am presenting 5 of those that I watched recently to you
- [My Tattoos](https://janavar.net/my-tattoos/) - Since you ask every now and then about my tattoos, I thought I'd dedicate a whole post to them. I have four tattoos in total (so far) and I got my first one
- [Conclusion: 29 Days of Blogging 2020](https://janavar.net/conclusion-29-days-of-blogging-2020/) - For the fifth year in a row I participated in the challenge 28 Days of Blogging, i.e. publish a blog post on every day of February. This year is the first time
- [Life Update: Life in the City Right Now](https://janavar.net/life-update-life-in-the-city-right-now/) - 8 days ago, the Coronavirus still seemed like a possible threat. Something that affected other people. I read Corinna's blog posts about how the virus
- [What I Wore: 24 February - 1 March 2020](https://janavar.net/what-i-wore-24-february-1-march-2020/) - All my daily outfits from the week of 24 February to 1 March
- [Week in review: 11 – 17 May 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-may-2020/) - I have now spent 9 weeks at home. While it seems like a long time, it hasn't felt that long to me. I am still waiting for that moment where I am just utterly
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 March 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-march-2020/) - Questions that I asked myself this week: Why does that mask poke into my eyes? Will I ever be out on the streets again and not suffer anxiety?
- [Week in review: 30 March - 5 April 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-30-march-5-april-2020/) - 24th day at home. The last week had its ups and downs. It was the last week before spring break. That lifted the mood a bit.
- [Week in review: 6 - 12 April 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-april-2020/) - Happy Easter! I hope you have all enjoyed the day. We skipped the Easter egg hunt this year and had a relaxing day on the sofa. Overall, this week was not great
- [Spring 2020 Photos from the City](https://janavar.net/spring-2020-photos-from-the-city/) - 4 1/2 weeks at home. Or 33 days. I initially hadn't been outside much anyways. But today was our first short walk outside in what feels like forever.
- [Week in review: 27 April - 3 May 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-april-3-may-2020/) - Another week gone. I finally started working again on Monday, i.e. I feel much much better. At one point I longed more and more to go outside.
- [My May 2020 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-may-2020-goals/) - It is 4 May and I am really happy to be rid of that April. While it was supposed to be such a great month ...
- [Easy DIY: Crochet Face Mask](https://janavar.net/easy-diy-crochet-face-mask/) - If you know how to crochet, you will find that my masks are very easy to make. It took me about 30 to 40 minute for one.
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-8/) - Sourdough - Outer Banks - Daily walks - Bread with butter and chives - Support local bookstores
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 May 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-may-2020/) - This week was so-so. The great thing was that I started my daily walks through Manhattan. It is so much better to be outside for at least two hours every day.
- [Daily Walks Through New York City in the Time of Corona. Week 1.](https://janavar.net/weekly-walks-through-new-york-city-in-the-time-of-corona-week-1/) - So I thought for now I post photos of my daily walks through New York City in the time of Corona once a week.
- [My Birthday Wish List](https://janavar.net/my-birthday-wish-list/) - It is only 10 more days until my birthday. It is going to be weird this year. While my birthday is always around Memorial Day Weekend in the U.S.,
- [Daily Walks Through New York City in the Time of Corona. Week 2.](https://janavar.net/daily-walks-through-new-york-city-in-the-time-of-corona-week-2/) - Last week started with rain and chilly temperatures, but ended with summer. I continued my daily walks through New York City. In total I traveled
- [My Recent Sephora Shopping Haul](https://janavar.net/my-recent-sephora-shopping-haul/) - In April Sephora had their bi-annual discount weeks. Since I spent three weeks of that month in bed, I felt like splurging a little (okay, quite a lot)
- [Third Time Lucky - We Are Married](https://janavar.net/third-time-lucky-we-are-married/) - We had to postpone our wedding twice due to the general Coronavirus crisis and when we got sick with Covid-19. But on our third attempt we finally tied the knot
- [What I Miss and Don't Miss RN, and What I Will Miss and Won't Miss Once Coronavirus Is Over](https://janavar.net/what-i-miss-and-dont-miss-rn-and-what-i-will-miss-and-wont-miss-once-coronavirus-is-over/) - And then there are all those lists in my head about things I miss or don't miss, and the ones I will miss and won't miss once Coronavirus is over.
- [Daily Walks Through New York City in the Time of Corona. Week 3.](https://janavar.net/daily-walks-through-new-york-city-in-the-time-of-corona-week-3/) - I wasn’t as successful with my daily walks through Manhattan last week. I walked only 18.35 km and cycled another 4.5 km. The main reason for this decrease in
- [Week in review: 1 - 7 June 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-1-7-june-2020/) - This week was a mixed bag again. On a personal level: After our fridge broke last weekend and our landlord still hasn't managed to even order a new one,
- [Friday's Five - 5 Things That Make Me Happy](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-5-things-that-make-me-happy/) - 1) Positive news about the Black Lives Matter movement - 2) The music I listened to all through my teenage years - 3) The Avery Shaw Mystery series - 4) ...
- [My Summer Break 2020 Bucket List](https://janavar.net/my-summer-break-2020-bucket-list/) - Oh sweet summer break! I had longed eagerly for you to arrive. And now that you are here, I am overjoyed. I don't have to spend all my days in front of my ...
- [All My Face Masks](https://janavar.net/all-my-face-masks/) - Here in Manhattan everybody always wears their face masks. They still seem to be the safest way to protect ourselves from Coronavirus. In the beginning I had
- [Update on My 2020 Resolutions After the First Six Months](https://janavar.net/update-on-my-2020-resolutions-after-the-first-six-months/) - The first half of 2020 is over and I thought it would be a good time to have a look at my resolutions again. I first wrote about them on 2 January [here] and gave a short update in February [here]. Obviously, 2020 has turned out very differently than I thought at the start of
- [Week in review: 6 – 12 July 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-6-12-july-2020/) - I am slowly reaching my vacation mode - the do as little as possible and your body and mind will relax mode. It always takes me a little time to get there.
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 July 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-july-2020/) - What a wonderful week it has been! I spent it, together with a friend, mostly on Long Island. Our hotel room, a suite with two queen sized beds, was clean and
- [Travel: Long Island & The Hamptons - First Impressions](https://janavar.net/travel-long-island-the-hamptons-first-impressions/) - My five day vacation on Long Island last week was the first proper vacation this year. It had taken my friend a while to convince me to go and I am happy she did.
- [New in Beauty and Makeup Products](https://janavar.net/new-in-beauty-and-makeup-products/) - In general I have used a lot less makeup this year. It just doesn’t seem worth the effort when I am mostly at home. On work days I only use brow gel, eyeliner
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 July 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-26-july-2020/) - Another vacation week and we are now up in Maine. That only took us 10 hours yesterday – mostly driving, but also a break in New Hampshire to buy groceries ...
- [Wild Blueberry Picking on Whitecap Mountain](https://janavar.net/wild-blueberry-picking-on-whitecap-mountain/) - I obviously still refuse to do that activity starting with “h”. But when people mentioned wild blueberries, I was immediately willing to walk up a (smaller)
- [Week in review: 27 July - 2 August 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-july-2-august-2020/) - I would have loved to write more about how great our vacation in Maine was and how I decided to stay a week longer. But on Sunday Canavar passed away and
- [Week in review: 15 - 21 February 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-15-21-february-2021/) - I have had better weeks than this. Esp. considering that this was my one week of winter break. My one week to gather energy for the next few months. But after all my energy levels feel more like minus 10. A full success so to speak. First I had to recover from my previous fall.
- [The Books I Read in July 2020](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-july-2020/) - 9 books. That's not too bad for July, considering that I was on vacation for two weeks and didn't have much time for reading. In July I rediscovered my old
- [101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/101-things-in-1001-days/) - I tried this project before when I started it in 2012 and then aborted it in spring 2014 after a breakup. But recently I have felt eager to try the 101 things
- [Week in review: 10 - 16 August 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-10-16-august-2020/) - Life in the City has changed much over the last few months, esp. here in Midtown. Tourists stay away, but also commuters. We notice almost every day another shop
- [Week in review: 17 - 23 August 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-17-23-august-2020/) - I can't believe that summer vacation is almost over. Actually, I think I say this every year. It is true though. I haven't done half the things I wanted to.
- [NYC: Orchard Beach & City Island](https://janavar.net/nyc-orchard-beach-city-island/) - The one thing we are missing in Midtown is a beach. In July I looked for a beach nearby and discovered Orchard Beach in the Bronx - a beach I had never heard of
- [Transition into Fall](https://janavar.net/transition-into-fall/) - 1st of September. Esp. as a teacher I always find this day special. It is when the new school year starts and the lazy days of summer vacation have really come
- [Week in review: 24 - 30 August 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-24-30-august-2020/) - Yesterday I had an interesting encounter on Instagram: A German beauty blogger with a medium amount of followers posted a photo of herself with the caption that
- [The Books I Read in August 2020](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-august-2020/) - August was another great reading month. In total I read 12 books. I mean August was also the last month of my stay at home because of Coronavirus and of summer
- [Week in review: 7 - 13 September 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-7-13-september-2020/) - I got one important thing done this week: I cancelled my gym membership. While I felt good about having it, that was about the only thing I liked about it. I don't enjoy going to a gym. Actually, the only gym I ever liked was a very fancy one in Istanbul that also came with
- [Week in review: 14 - 20 September 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-14-20-september-2020/) - Cold cold cold. We have had three quite cold days for mid-September. The temperature during the last few nights was down to 8 or 9 °C. And during the days the
- [Week in review: 21 - 27 September 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-21-27-september-2020/) - It has been a week that didn't go according to plan at all. I woke up with a cold on Monday morning. So instead of going to work, I walked to our closest Covid
- [The Books I Read in September 2020](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-september-2020/) - After six months at home, September was the first time that I was fully back at work. That brought along a getting used to an old new routine. I haven't managed
- [10 Years Abroad](https://janavar.net/10-years-abroad/) - On 16 September 2010 I took the afternoon flight from Düsseldorf to Istanbul. A Thursday. I had waited for weeks for my German service passport with the visa
- [Week in review: 28 September - 4 October 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-september-4-october-2020/) - What a week! We started it with feeling a little defeated. Then on Tuesday we watched the first presidential debate and were flabbergasted. At least we already
- [Week in review: 5 - 11 October 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-5-11-october-2020/) - On Friday we drove all the way up to the family house in Maine. A 9 hour drive. And that is only to the southern part of Maine. But it was the right decision to drive the whole way because we then had all of Saturday already as our first proper day of fall break.
- [Week in review: 12 - 18 October 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-12-18-october-2020/) - We had the most wonderful week in Maine. The kittens slept on or snuggled up to us every night. When we got up, we had several cups of coffee, read, played
- [5 1/2 Fast & Easy Halloween Costume Ideas](https://janavar.net/5-1-2-fast-easy-halloween-costume-ideas/) - Halloween is only 9 days away. While it looks like we won't go out to celebrate on that Saturday night that does not mean we will not get dressed up.
- [Week in review: 19 - 25 October 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-25-october-2020/) - Wow, it is already the end of October. My feeling is that it was only just March and everything closed. Sadly, I saw this week that one of my favorite diners
- [Travel: Fall Photos from Maine](https://janavar.net/travel-fall-photos-from-maine/) - We went on vacation twice this year. Twice to Maine. Once at the end of July and then again in October. It made me be immensely grateful for the homestead
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 November 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-november-2020/) - Overall this week felt a lot quieter than the previous ones. With the presidential election over, we finally slept sound again. For us the result also means
- [Happy Halloween 2020 - The Kitten Edition](https://janavar.net/happy-halloween-2020-the-kitten-edition/) - Happy Halloween 2020! This year has been rather scary so I am not sure how much horror we need today - but just in case we stay away from the news today and
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 November 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-november-2020/) - What a week! Most of the time we were just really anxious about the election. Then we woke up once more yesterday morning without any clear result. I had just
- [Week in review: 26 October - 1 November 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-26-october-1-november-2020/) - Halloween is over. I think I want to get out our Christmas decorations soon. Normally I'd wait until after "Totensonntag" (the last Sunday before Advent
- [Friday's Five](https://janavar.net/fridays-five-9/) - The presidential election: It has been such a long week and we have anxiously waited for the result. Normally sleeping is my superpower, not so much this week. The election has still not been called, but it looks like Biden will be the winner. On Wednesday I attended a protest to count every vote. I
- [Praising My Desktop Computer](https://janavar.net/praising-my-desktop-computer/) - I always used to have a desktop computer. When I still lived with my parents, during university, during teacher training, in my five years in Istanbul. Most of
- [Favorite Recent Beauty Buys](https://janavar.net/favorite-recent-beauty-buys/) - Until October I was almost only interested in skincare products. I can't even remember when I last wore so little makeup like in 2020. On the other hand, I
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 November 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-november-2020/) - It is only three more days until we get a short break for Thanksgiving. Until recently I felt I did really well with my work-life balance. But then work caught
- [1st Update after 100 Days: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/1st-update-after-100-days-101-things-in-1001-days/) - The first 100 days are done and I feel quite good about reaching my goals:
- [Happy Thanksgiving 2020!](https://janavar.net/happy-thanksgiving-2020/) - Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate! I started today with an early round of ice-skating at 8 a.m. Although this morning it was more like
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 November 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-november-2020/) - Happy 1st Advent! The last chapter of 2020 has finally started and I am hoping for no extra plot twist just before the end. Instead I want to enjoy our
- [My Christmas 2020 Wish List](https://janavar.net/my-christmas-2020-wish-list/) - It is only 3 more weeks till Christmas Eve - and just like every year, we are very obviously going to open our presents on Christmas Eve. Following the German
- [New York City's First Snowstorm in Winter 2020-21](https://janavar.net/new-york-citys-first-snowstorm-in-winter-2020-21/) - The first snow storm of the season is over and New York City is even more beautiful than before. It was all covered in snow although much of it has now been
- [Week in review: 14 - 20 December 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-14-20-december-2020/) - It is only four more days until Christmas and we have started making lists with all the groceries we still need to buy. Besides that our plans are very easy:
- [Merry Christmas!](https://janavar.net/merry-christmas/) - Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate! The four of us have stayed at home of course. Yesterday was a busy day with us making potato salad, having a video call with my parents unwrapping some presents in Germany, doing laundry, a big video call meeting with Rich's extended family, setting up all the
- [Macht glücklich: Rezept für Bananen-Schoko-Kuchen](https://janavar.net/macht-glucklich-bananen-schoko-kuchen/) - Was ich auf anderen Blogs lese, zeigt mir, dass Mitte Januar eine der stressigsten Zeiten im Jahr ist. Ich fand diese Woche auch ganz furchtbar und freue mich, dass erst einmal drei oder vier ruhigere Wochen vor mir liegen. Weil der Stress aber an meinen Reserven zerrt, brauchte ich gestern ein Stück Glück. Also einen
- [Week in review: 25 - 31 October 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-31-october-2021/) - Happy Halloween! 4:00, wallow in self-pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss. 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me. I can’t cancel that again. 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing. I’m booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in
- [I Am Pregnant and I Just Got the COVID-19 Booster Shot](https://janavar.net/i-am-pregnant-and-i-just-got-the-covid-19-booster-shot/) - I know that the topic of Covid-19 vaccinations seems controversial, esp. when I read comments on social networks. To me it is not. I have been fully vaccinated since February, got pregnant in May - and received my Covid-19 booster shot this week. Today I want to share with you my thoughts why I went
- [My Vermont Fall Foliage Trip: Bennington](https://janavar.net/my-vermont-fall-foliage-trip-bennington/) - It was Saturday, 2 October when I hit the road to Vermont. For weeks I had carefully watched this year's fall foliage prediction and had then loosely planned my trip. By that I mean I had booked two hotels for my stay and got an overview of Vermont in general. I even only decided on
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 October 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-october-2021/) - This week was an up and down to be very honest. Nothing particularly bad happened, but neither did something particularly good. I felt more like stagnating and not feeling balanced. Good news is that we have hit the third trimester of the pregnancy already, but also my body is changing at an even higher speed.
- [Bump Friendly Halloween Costumes 2021](https://janavar.net/bump-friendly-halloween-costumes-2021/) - Halloween is coming up in 10 days and I am a little excited. The Village Halloween Parade is taking place and, now that it is my third Halloween in the City, we finally plan to go. That, of course, raises the question of the costume. Certain options from previous years don't work this time -
- [Week in review: 11 - 17 October 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-october-2021/) - This week had several highs: By reading our community board newsletter always carefully, I found out about recreation centers - public centers in New York City that offer small gyms, in and outdoor swimming pools and even classes for little money. Well, right now, until the end of this year, every NYC resident can even
- [Travel: One Night in Croton Point Park Campground](https://janavar.net/travel-one-night-in-croton-point-park-campground/) - Before I tell you all about my Vermont trip, I have a tip for you if you live in the New York City area: the Croton Point Park Campground. If you have followed me for a while, you know that I do not think much of camping or hiking. Not much at all. But it
- [Travel: Photo Diary of My Foliage Road Trip in Vermont](https://janavar.net/travel-photo-diary-of-my-foliage-road-trip-in-vermont/) - Hi from Vermont! The last three days were already wonderful - or should I say colorful since Vermont is full of fall foliage. While I now stay at an inn in Killington, in the middle of the small state, I drive around every day to visit the many sights. That includes plenty of farms with
- [Our Best Fall Decorations at Home](https://janavar.net/our-best-fall-decorations-at-home/) - One of the best things about living in a new apartment (and even better: we own it) is that my motivation to decorate it is very high. Of course, I also have the time and brain capacity to do so this year. Especially when it comes to our fall decorations. Fall is the first season
- [Week in review: 27 September - 3 October 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-27-september-3-october-2021/) - So it is October. I have finally put my plan into action and have gone on a road trip to Vermont. It took me a long time to really sit down and just book my overnight stays. But then I left yesterday and I am glad I have done so. It is always good to
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 October 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-october-2021/) - I have had the best week in a long time. From last weekend until Thursday I explored Vermont with all its beautiful fall foliage. Every day I drove to different little towns and sights and drifted. I walked through forests. I visited the maple syrup museum. I visited several farms and enjoyed their fresh products.
- [Travel: Quick Trip to Jersey City](https://janavar.net/travel-quick-trip-to-jersey-city/) - I had never been to Jersey City, although it is so well visible from the Manhattan West Side - and easily reachable. But I am also terribly stubborn and love to stay in the City instead of venturing into New York City's other boroughs or suburbia. I even wrote a post about this once: Why
- [Week in review: 20 - 26 September 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-20-26-september-2021/) - This week I felt a bit like a good house-wife from ca. 1950. One day Rich had forgotten his lunch at home. So I reminded him and then walked over to his hospital to bring him the food. A bit like in those old books when the wife took the food to her husband who
- [15 Recipes for a Warm and Cozy Fall](https://janavar.net/15-recipes-for-a-warm-and-cozy-fall/) - Fall has officially begun and I am quite excited. It is finally cool enough that we don't need to run the A.C. at all anymore. Plus - more like a blessing in disguise - I have the time to enjoy fall to the fullest this year. Normally I would work a lot because it is
- [Apple Picking at Dr. Davies Farm](https://janavar.net/apple-picking-at-dr-davies-farm/) - September after September ... We have established to go apple picking once a year. Last Saturday we went to Dr. Davies Farm in Congers, New York, on the left side of the Hudson River. We had found their farm online and had reserved a time slot for apple picking on their website, just in case.
- [Week in review: 13 - 19 September 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-13-19-september-2021/) - The absolute low this week was when I was in the bathroom and suddenly found a giant cockroach crawling on the floor. It must have fallen out of the ceiling vent. While I screamed for help from superhero Rich, the animal quickly made it from the bathroom across the hallway to the kitchen. That is
- [4th Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/4th-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - Little by little, the bird builds its nest. I find some tasks I have set myself easy, esp. when it comes to cooking and baking. Others are harder than I expected. In particular the traveling and even blogging tasks. Part of that is definitely that I underestimated how long the Covid pandemic would be with
- [Weekend Musings, Vol. 3.: April Views](https://janavar.net/weekend-musings-vol-3-april-views/) - Spring has arrived in the City. We even missed most of the magnolia bloom because that took mainly place when we were in Florida last week. At this point most trees have little green leaves. It even feels like, that with spring, New York City has regained some of its bustling. There are more people
- [Books: 5 chick lit novels worth reading](https://janavar.net/books-5-chick-lit-novels-worth-reading/) - I seem to read different book genres in phases. At the beginning of the year I devoured fantasy novels, and for the last few weeks I have got totally lost in
- [Beauty: My first US favorites](https://janavar.net/beauty-my-first-us-favorites/) - I live in paradise, at least when it comes to beauty products. Here I can find everything, and if I can't, I can order it from somewhere. I kind of knew before
- [Istanbul - Because great loves deserve a second chapter](https://janavar.net/istanbul-because-great-loves-deserve-a-second-chapter/) - My theorie is that, when a big love ends, you don't talk to each other afterwards anymore because there isn't any real ending for big loves, only decisions against
- [July 2015 favorites](https://janavar.net/july-2015-favorites/) - July is at an end, and I've lived in the US for four weeks. I gradually realize that I don't stay here just for the summer holidays only, but I'm really staying
- [Glücksstreben 10: Vom Schenken & Spenden](https://janavar.net/glucksstreben-10-vom-schenken-spenden/) - Natürlich bekomme ich gerne Geschenke, ich liebe vor allem Überraschungen und wenn ich sehe, dass sich die Leute wirklich Gedanken gemacht haben.
- [Travel: When dreams come true - US trains](https://janavar.net/travel-when-dreams-come-true-us-trains/) - Gestern habe ich mir einen riesigen Traum erfüllt und bin zum ersten Mal in den USA Zug gefahren, nämlich von Boston nach New York City.
- [38 Antworten](https://janavar.net/38-antworten/) - In letzter Zeit wurde ich häufiger getaggt und dachte mir, ich beantworte euch die Fragen heute einmal gesammelt: 11 Fragen von meinselbermachjahr 1. Wenn Geld keine Rolle spielen würde, welchen Gegenstand/Produkt würdest du dir kaufen wollen? Ein Ferienhaus. Nein, drei. Eines in Irland, eines in Dänemark und eines in der Türkei. 2. Auf welches Beautyprodukt
- [Gelesen: "Hotel Bosporus" von Esmahan Aykol](https://janavar.net/gelesen-hotel-bosporus-von-esmahan-aykol/) - Nach dem Urlaub habe ich direkt Migräne bekommen und lag flach. Daher konntet ihr die letzten Tage hier immer noch nichts Neues lesen. Wer ein gutes Mittel oder Rezept gegen die bösen Kopfschmerzen weiß, immer her damit! Heute geht es aber hier auf dem Blog weiter. Im Urlaub habe ich zwei tolle Romane gelesen, einer
- [Immer wieder sonntags #53](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-53/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 7. bis zum 13. April 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #42](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-42/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 13. bis zum 19. Januar 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #52 & Einundzwanzigster Zwischenstand 101/1001](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-52-einundzwanzigster-zwischenstand-1011001/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 31. März bis zum 6. April 2014 & Einundzwanzigster Zwischenstand des Projektes 101 Dinge in 1001 Tagen
- [And that's who I am - 10 facts](https://janavar.net/and-thats-who-i-am-10-facts/) - Ich habe ja schon gesagt, dass diese Woche etwas vollgepackt ist mit letzten Vorbereitungen auf mein Osterwochenende in Mecklenburg und auch auf die nächste (Schul-)Woche, deshalb zeige ich euch hier einmal ein paar Bilder, die auch viel über mich sagen. Vielleicht erfahrt ihr ja noch die ein oder andere neue Sache über mich :-) Gesehen
- [Graffiti in Thessaloniki](https://janavar.net/graffiti-in-thessaloniki/) - Gestern habe ich eine kleine Reise nach Tekirdağ, eine Stadt im europäischen Teil der Türkei, unternommen, wie ihr auf Facebook [klick] und Instagram [klick] an den Bildern schon erkennen konntet. --- Eigenwerbung Ende --- :-) Jedenfalls ist mir heute beim Einsortieren der gestrigen Fotos auf meinem Computer aufgefallen, dass ich euch noch gar nichts von
- [Coole Cocktailkleider](https://janavar.net/coole-cocktailkleider/) - Gestern ging es um die Katze, heute um mich. Ich fliege ja in genau zwei Wochen nach Deutschland, worauf ich mich schon sehr freue. Abgesehen von Ostern feiern meine Eltern da auch ihre großen Geburtstage zusammen, einmal den 65. und einmal den 60. (sorry, Mutti, du siehst sowieso 10 Jahre jünger aus!!!). Soweit ich weiß,
- [Immer wieder sonntags #87](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-87/) - I am officially living in the US now and can hardly believe it myself. Until Thursday at noon I was still in chaotic Istanbul, now I live in a very pretty, big
- [Schokoladen-Ingwer-Plätzchen](https://janavar.net/schokoladen-ingwer-platzchen/) - Nachdem ich gestern Großeinkäufe in den tollen Backläden hinterm Gewürzbasar getätigt habe (diese Läden haben alles - außer Marzipanrohmasse), ging es ans Plätzchenbacken. Dieses Jahr gibt es zuerstt Schokoladen-Ingwer-Plätzchen, deren Formen bei mir nicht nur weihnachtlich sind. Auch der Kater hat sich reingeschumelt. Auf instagram konntet ihr das alles auch gestern schon sehen ;-): janavar_net.
- [Shoppingverbot: Tod dem Hamstern](https://janavar.net/shoppingverbot-tod-dem-hamstern/) - Irgendwann im Laufe des Sommers ist mir aufgefallen, wie viele Sachen ich horte - und zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben hat es mich gestört. Auch noch im Bad als erstes
- [Bücher: "Istanbullular: Die Istanbuler"](https://janavar.net/bucher-istanbullular-die-istanbuler/) - Klappentext von Istanbullular: Die Istanbuler : (ich habe die englische Ausgabe) I am Istanbul, city of cities, mistress of metropolises, community of poets, seats of emperors, favorite of sultans, pearl of the world! And of all the world's cities, I am without doubt the most magnificent, mysterious and terrible, a city upon whose shores pagans,
- [Kaufrausch bei Zara](https://janavar.net/kaufrausch-bei-zara/) - Das war ja irgendwie klar. Ich habe einen schweren Shoppingausbruch erlitten, wie die Fans meiner Facebook-Page ja schon wissen. Nach meinem Tief gestern bin ich an die frische Luft gegangen, schließlich wollte ich die 23 °C und Sonne noch einmal genießen. Der Wetterbericht sagt für die nächsten Tage kühlen Regen an. Meine Füße steuerten automatisch
- [Zucchini-Apfel-Kuchen](https://janavar.net/zucchini-apfel-kuchen/) - Rezept für Zucchini-Apfel-Kuchen
- [Kochbuchmittwoch: Bohnen mit Apfelmus](https://janavar.net/kochbuchmittwoch-bohnen-mit-apfelmus/) - Wir haben tatsächlich Sommer. Der Kater schläft am liebsten im Schatten und inzwischen häufig sogar auf dem Rücken mit den Pfötchen in der Luft. Ich schwitze leicht, wenn ich aus der Dusche komme, und draußen braucht niemand mehr eine Jacke oder einen Pullover. Das heute frei ist, passt also perfekt, um die Sonne zu genießen.
- [Weekend Musings, Vol. 6: More Than 20 Years of Magic](https://janavar.net/weekend-musings-vol-6-more-than-20-years-of-magic/) - On Thursday I went to the movies to see "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on its 20th anniversary. That made me realize that, wow, I have loved Harry Potter and his world for more than half of my life. I still remember discovering the books. It was the summer of 1999 when I sometimes
- [My September 2021 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-september-2021-goals/) - Woah, can you believe that it is September already? I feel the year only just started. Although at this point I think I shall be glad once 2021 is over. Staying at home right now makes me reflect my goals. Most of my monthly goals are little things to improve my routines or try out
- [Week in review: 23 - 29 August 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-23-29-august-2021/) - Another week has passed - and still no work permit. It is not easy, but I am slowly coming to terms with the situation. Mostly because there is nothing left for me to do. On the plus side - and this is an insight I gained after talking to my ob-gyn this week - I
- [Week in review: 16 - 22 August 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-16-22-august-2021/) - It is almost the end of August and normally I would prepare for the new school year. This year I am more in a state of frightened rabbit in front of a snake because I still haven't received my work permit. No work permit - no work. I am unsure how to deal with the
- [Week in review: 9 - 15 August 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-9-15-august-2021/) - This week we finally announced more publicly that we are expecting our first baby. Also, our big order of furniture was delivered. So it seems to be all coming together. There are still quite a few boxes standing around and it will take us a bit of time to unpack, but mostly our apartment is
- [We Are Expecting a Baby](https://janavar.net/we-are-expecting-a-baby/) - Now that we have moved and settle down, it is time to share some more good news with you: I am pregnant. We are expecting our first child in February 2022. We recently revealed it with Lotti's help: * Grellis = the portmanteau created from Rich's and my last names We are super excited. Well,
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 August 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-august-2021/) - This week was a great mix of socializing and introverting. Somewhere between taking plenty of naps together with the kittens and meeting actual people in real life. My most important appointment was the biometrical one on Friday afternoon. I needed to go to the Manhattan USCIS office for them to take my photo and fingerprints.
- [Weekend Musings, Vol. 5: Keep the Summer Going](https://janavar.net/weekend-musings-vol-5-keep-the-summer-going/) - A few days ago I realized that it is four weeks until Labor Day Weekend. On which I hope to go away with Rich, just like we did last year [here]. It also means that there are four more official weeks of summer left this year. Summer break even ends before. And it also means
- [3rd Update: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/3rd-update-101-things-in-1001-days/) - I am late to post this 3rd update of my 101 Things in 1001 Days project. Then again, better late than never. At least I have reached several goals in the meantime. Particularly our move helped this because it made us update furniture and even made me file away all the papers I had lying
- [My August 2021 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-august-2021-goals/) - It is already August. This year seems to be flying by. I am glad I still have another about 3 weeks of summer break because so far this break hasn't been relaxing for me. Mostly because we had to postpone our move so often and so much. Of course, after the move is before the
- [Week in review: 19 - 25 July 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-19-25-july-2021/) - I didn't expect to take a break of two months from blogging at all. Unfortunately, the stress of the end of the school year paired with us buying an apartment turned out to be a bad mix for most other things. Moreover, the purchase was delayed. A lot. We were supposed to move in by
- [Week in review: 17 - 23 May 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-17-23-may-2021/) - This week New York City fully reopened (I mean minus the tourist crowds and still with a mask mandate in place for many situations like in stores and on public transport) - and everybody is enjoying this relaxing of regulations to the fullest. It definitely also helped that we suddenly had the best summer weather
- [Week in review: 10 - 16 May 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-10-16-may-2021/) - This week was rather stressful. Sometimes I am not sure why we felt the need to apply for my Green Card pretty much at the same time as to buy an apartment. And deal with Arti's regular pet hospital visits (her heart seems much better now and she only needs one medication once a day
- [Week in review: 3 – 9 May 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-3-9-may-2021/) - Today we got up at 7.20 a.m. Way too early for my liking on a Sunday morning. Esp. since our new coffee machine hasn't arrived yet. So I sipped one cup of instant coffee before our friends picked us up at 8 to go to Palisades Interstate Park on the Hudson River. I was lucky
- [My Birthday Wish List 2021](https://janavar.net/my-birthday-wish-list-2021/) - My birthday is coming up in less than 3 weeks. So I thought about all the pretty things I wish for - and I realized that this year they are mostly sparkly because I long for activities and events I can dress up for. And I really don't want to be unprepared in case something
- [My May 2021 Goals](https://janavar.net/my-may-2021-goals/) - May might become quite an exciting month. It seems that New York City is fully reopening over the next few weeks. Plus the weather of course only improves from this point on. So we can hopefully restart social activities again. So far it has felt like I moved to the City - and then it
- [Week in review: 26 April - 2 May 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-26-april-2-may-2021/) - May is my favorite month - I mean obviously, esp. since my birthday is coming up. But also because right now the weather is perfect. As in it is warm, but not too warm. And also not too cold. Last night Rich and I walked all the way home from the top left corner of
- [Week in review: 12 - 18 April 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-12-18-april-2021/) - This was a busy week. Even though I normally rather dislike them, I wrote a list with all my tasks for work so that I wouldn't forget any. But eventually I finally caught up and can now take a breath. Although on Friday I got home so late that I missed our dinner date. We
- [Life Update: March & April 2021](https://janavar.net/life-update-march-april-2021/) - Hi everyone, I hadn't intended to take a longer break from my blog. Sadly, but obviously I had my reasons: 1) My broken wrist was a huge problem. While I am ambidextrous, I realized how often I need both my hands and arms. Like for typing. Or opening bottles. The first few weeks I was
- [2nd Update after 200 Days: 101 Things in 1001 Days](https://janavar.net/2nd-update-after-200-days-101-things-in-1001-days/) - 200 days are done and I must admit that following the goals is not in my focus very much these days. I am mostly busy with getting through the days with my stupid broken wrist. Nevertheless I am happy that I managed a few more things from my list during the last three months -
- [Beauty: My Morning Routine This Winter](https://janavar.net/beauty-my-morning-routine-this-winter/) - Last winter I already experienced how the dry New York City air effects my skin negatively. This winter the dry air is paired with maskne, making everything even worse. My adult skin has embraced both problems. So my else combination skin (during the other three seasons) has turned dry with rather painful pimples on my
- [The Books I Read in January 2021](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-january-2021/) - Last year I developed a great reading habit and I have kept it. In January I read 11 books. Most of them were part of one cozy mystery series. Those are the books that I read when I go to bed. So if I fall asleep and can't remember the last page I read, it
- [Week in review: 1 - 7 February 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-1-7-february-2021/) - While it is snowing heavily outside again, we are all snuggled up inside. After all it is Sunday and I feel absolutely no motivation at all to step outside today. This morning we were woken up with a loud bang - Lotti had jumped up on a bathroom shelf and pushed down all plants. A
- [Weekend Musings, Vol. 1: A Walk Down Snowy Memory Lane](https://janavar.net/weekend-musings-vol-1-a-walk-down-snowy-memory-lane/) - The snow storm also had me say repeatedly that we had snow days every year in Istanbul. This always leads to a disbelief in whoever I tell. Yes, Istanbul is not a city with eternal warmth. Not that I knew that when I signed my work contract in July 2010 and then moved there. I
- [NYC Snow Storms and I - a Story of Already 4 Parts](https://janavar.net/nyc-snow-storms-and-i-a-story-of-already-4-parts/) - While I took a pleasant walk through Central Park yesterday, I remembered my snow storm experience that I have had in New York City. I mean after all I have only lived in the City for 1.5 years. And last winter was absolutely disappointing when we had almost no snow at all. But I seem
- [Week in review: 25 - 31 January 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-31-january-2021/) - January was overall a good month (lots of kitten snuggles, a bit of winter, my first shot of Covid vaccine, ...) and it ends on a high note: a beautiful snow storm has started tonight and we expect about 30 cm of snow in the City. Ok, I admit that the storm is mostly beautiful
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 January 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-january-2021/) - This week was, eh, interesting. It started so euphoricly. The previous president left Washington D.C. and we all celebrated Biden's inauguration. I also had my first Covid-19 vaccination appointment on Wednesday afternoon, which I was stoked about ... fast forward ... On Thursday morning I woke up with a fever. That alone made me call
- [Optimism on 20 January 2021](https://janavar.net/optimism-on-20-january-2021/) - Today has been a wonderful day. First of all, it snowed when we got up. After I had wined for a while for snow (I mean even Istanbul and Northern Germany had recently gotten snow after all), we finally got our own fine covering of snow this morning. Obviously, this wasn't the most exciting event
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 January 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-january-2021/) - This week started well, had a horrible middle and ended on a positive note. That is at least how I sum it up. On Monday school started again and this week we taught from home, which was a nice way to get back into routines after Christmas break. Tomorrow we'll return to the school building
- [Your 10 Favorite Blog Posts in 2020](https://janavar.net/your-10-favorite-blog-posts-in-2020/) - In 2020 I published 141 blog posts. While I enjoy the process of collecting ideas, taking photos and writing the posts themselves, I also like that you read them. Here are your favorite 10 favorite blog posts from 2020. 1. Tested: How Well Do Trader Joe’s Non-Dairy Milks Froth? I am not sure I expected
- [The Books I Read in December 2020](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-december-2020/) - In December I was at home a lot and had two weeks of vacation. That gave me a lot of reading time. So I finished 10 books. Funnily enough all of them are cozy mysteries. Why not, I love this genre and they felt fun and easy on the first cold days of the season.
- [My 2020 Recap](https://janavar.net/my-2020-recap/) - Is she still talking about 2020? Yes, I am! I think it is good to recap the year and slowly come to terms with it. First of all, the good things (my year in books is still coming up as an extra post): My favorite series: Great British Bake Show Outer Banks Dash & Lily
- [Week in review: 28 December 2020 - 3 January 2021](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-december-2020-3-january-2021/) - Three days into the new year and I feel rather tired. That is not 2021's fault though, but more Arti's. Our kittens have recently both gone through their first heat. While Lotti didn't cause any problems, Arti decided that it was time to mark a few pieces of furniture in our apartment. Her favorite: the
- [Happy New Year 2021!](https://janavar.net/happy-new-year-2021/) - Happy New Year 2021!!! Doesn't it already feel like a better year? Yeah, yeah, no, I know. It doesn't really. But I hope we will get there over the next few months. And until then some (new found) optimism definitely helps. Even though I put on my glittery outfit last night, we had a very
- [Recap of My 2020 Resolutions](https://janavar.net/recap-of-my-2020-resolutions/) - Man, I feel I was so motivated to start the year on 2 January when I wrote about my 2020 resolutions [here]. Even still when I gave a short update in February [here]. Then March hit and Covid-19 and suddenly everything went down the drain. Particularly my resolutions. Or, more importantly, my motivation. So I
- [Week in review: 21 - 27 December 2020](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-21-27-december-2020/) - What a nice Christmas! Yes, we did not see our families. But we spent a cozy long weekend at home and properly relaxed. And we talked to both our families on the phone. As it first rained heavily and then got really cold, I didn't even step outside for a few days. I don't think
- [Aprikosen-Garnelen-Salat](https://janavar.net/aprikosen-garnelen-salat/) - Wenn es nicht so warm wäre, hätte ich sowohl mehr Hunger als auch mehr Muße, lange in der Küche zu stehen. So muss es aber schnell gehen und dafür habe ich ein super Rezept in der Marie Claire Idées Nr. 91 (die neuste Ausgabe - und ja, wenn ich will, verstehe ich alles auf Französisch)
- [Kochmittwoch: Kartoffel-Bohnen-Salat](https://janavar.net/kochmittwoch-kartoffel-bohnen-salat/) - Rezept für Kartoffel-Bohnen-Salat
- [Kochbuchmittwoch: Falafel & Hummus](https://janavar.net/kochbuchmittwoch-falafel-hummus/) - Wir haben ziemlich viele getrocknete Bohnen, Bulgur usw. hier, weil der Lieblingsmensch von seiner Firma als Urlaubs- und Weihnachts- (oder Neujahrs-?)Geld Naturalien bekommt. Da dachte ich mir, ich muss auch mal irgendetwas damit zubereiten und damit es sich so richtig lohnte, die Kichererbsenpackung aufzureißen, standen sowohl Falafel als auch Hummus auf meinem Kochplan. Die Rezepte
- [Kochbuchmittwoch: Scharfes vegetarisches Curry](https://janavar.net/kochbuchmittwoch-scharfes-vegetarisches-curry/) - Ich liebe ja asiatisches Essen und vermisse, dass es hier kein indisches Take-away gibt und überhaupt nur viel zu wenige indische Restaurants und in unserem Stadtteil sowieso keines. Deshalb muss ich also Currys selbst kochen, aber auch das ist wieder gar nicht so einfach, denn nur in den ganz großen, extratollen Supermärkten gibt es Currypaste.
- [Breakfast ideas #1: Selbstgemachter Sojajoghurt](https://janavar.net/breakfast-ideas-1-selbstgemachter-sojajoghurt/) - Rezept, wie man Sojajoghurt selbst herstellt
- [Kochbuchmittwoch: Suppe aus Kürbis und Bohnen](https://janavar.net/kochbuchmittwoch-suppe-aus-kurbis-und-bohnen/) - Rezept für die französische Suppe aus Kürbis und Bohnen
- [Nohut - Kichererbseneintopf](https://janavar.net/nohut-kichererbseneintopf/) - Zur Zeit habe ich einen totalen Heißhunger auf Nohut - einen Eintopf aus Kichererbsen und Tomatensoße, der gerade im Herbst heiß total lecker ist. Da ich aber nicht jedes Mal hinaus zu Lokantas gehen will, wenn ich Appetit habe, und das Gericht auch überall etwas anders schmeckt, habe ich selbst den Kochlöffel geschwungen. Für mich
- [Food: Roast beetroot & avocado dip](https://janavar.net/food-roast-beetroot-avocado-dip/) - In the past I cooked a lot more, but my gas range hasn't been connected for security reasons for a year. Thus I only sometimes use my oven. Most of the time I'm
- [Food: Cucumber hummus](https://janavar.net/food-cucumber-hummus/) - It is Saturday and I am exercising patience. But I can say for sure that it's just not in me. Today my moving boxes should be delivered, but at 8 a.m. the company
- [Recipe: Couscous with sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts](https://janavar.net/recipe-couscous-with-sweet-potatoes-and-brussel-sprouts/) - Sometimes I feel a craving for certain foods for the weirdest reasons. I might just talk about Turkish food for a second, then I immediately want içli köfte.
- [Recipe: Vegan beetroot soup](https://janavar.net/recipe-vegan-beetroot-soup/) - What I have always liked to eat is beetroot in all kinds of form. Raw in salads, pickled, and cooked which my favorite of is the borscht my mother cooked every
- [Reisen](https://janavar.net/reisen/) - Ich bin für dieses Wochenende noch einmal nach Deutschland geflogen, um meinen Freund zu sehen und ein paar Kleinigkeiten noch von meinem damals so dick gewordenen Sommergepäck abzuholen. Ich fliege natürlich immer und liebe es, dass wir jetzt so dicht am großen Atatürk Flughafen wohnen (und trotzdem keine Flugzeuge hören). Am liebsten fliege ich übrigens
- [Immer wieder sonntags #76](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-76/) - "Manche Dinge können klein und doch wie ein Leuchtturm sein. Kaum zu hören und doch Sirenen, die alles übertönen. Wie der Sinn zwischen den Zeilen, so kannst du
- [Immer wieder sonntags #77](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-77/) - I'm departing in 67 days. Exchanging my 3-room apartment for a room in a shared apartment, chaotic Istanbul for tidy Boston. A year ago I didn't know I wanted
- [Immer wieder sonntags #78](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-78/) - Ich kann es nicht anders ausdrücken als: Vergesst Kappadokien, die Mittelmeer- und die Schwarzmeerküsten, die Ägäis ist irrelevant ... der schönste Teil der Türkei
- [Immer wieder sonntags #73](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-73/) - Das mit dem richtigen Maß habe ich nicht raus - und ich meine nicht beim Alkohol, wobei ich auch da nicht richtig maßhalten kann. Aber seitdem ich das eingesehen
- [Immer wieder sonntags #74](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-74/) - Ich hoffe, ihr hattet alle einen schönen Ostersonntag! Meiner ist gut verlaufen und die einzige Blessur, die ich habe, ist an meinem Daumen - die aber schon seit Freitag
- [Immer wieder sonntags #75](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-75/) - Last summer my best friend returned to Berlin from Istanbul - after we had gone to partys and shopping, on holiday and had hunted down great wigs for halloween
- [Immer wieder sonntags #71](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-71/) - Happy International Women's Day to all my female readers! I know that this day doesn't play such a big role in Germany, but here in Turkey it does.
- [Immer wieder sonntags #72](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-72/) - Sometimes I really want to be a princess. Yesterday I watched the new "Cinderella" movie and liked the story a lot. Especially the part where I would wish for
- [Immer wieder sonntags #69](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-69/) - Der Winter meint es in diesem Jahr zwar nicht gut mit meiner Gasrechnung, dafür umso mehr mit mir selbst. Seit Januar hatten wir in Istanbul schon sechs schneefreie Tage
- [Immer wieder sonntags #70](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-70/) - The weeks are passing by quickly, and I get the feeling that I don't get enough done. When I'm getting up in the morning, I'm tired.
- [Immer wieder sonntags #65](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-65/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 22. bis zum 28. September 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #67](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-67/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 13. bis zum 19. Oktober 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #68](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-68/) - It's one of my favorite blog categories, this "Every Sunday ...". Again I'm sitting at my netbook in my favorite Istanbul Starbucks, writing e-mails, and ...
- [Immer wieder sonntags #63](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-63/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 7. bis zum 14. September 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #64](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-64/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 15. bis zum 21. September 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #60](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-60/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 18. bis zum 24. August 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #61](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-61/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 25. bis zum 31. August 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #62](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-62/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 1. bis zum 7. September 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #56](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-56/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 7. bis zum 13. Juli 2014
- [Immer wieders sonntags #57](https://janavar.net/immer-wieders-sonntags-57/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 21. bis zum 27. Juli 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #59](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-59/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 11. bis zum 17. August 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #54](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-54/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 23. bis zum 29. Juni 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #55](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-55/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 30. Juni bis zum 6. Juli 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #51](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-51/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 17. bis zum 23. März 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #47](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-47/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 17. bis zum 23. Februar 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #48](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-48/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick für die Woche vom 24. Februar bis zum 2. März 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #49](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-49/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 3. bis zum 9. März 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #50](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-50/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 10. bis zum 16. März 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #46](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-46/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 10. bis zum 16. Februar 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #41](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-41/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 6. bis zum 12. Januar 2014
- [Immer wieder sonntags #45](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-45/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 3. bis zum 9. Februar 2014
- [Neunzehnter Zwischenstand 101/1001](https://janavar.net/neunzehnter-zwischenstand-1011001/) - Machen wir es kurz: in diesem Monat ist nichts Besonders in meiner Liste passiert. Ich habe ein paar Dinge erfüllt, wie aus dem Urlaub ...
- [Immer wieder sonntags #38](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-38/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 2. bis zum 8. Dezember 2013
- [Immer wieder sonntags #39](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-39/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 9. bis zum 15. Dezember 2013
- [Zurück aus dem Weihnachtskoma](https://janavar.net/zuruck-aus-dem-weihnachtskoma/) - Tja, da habe ich mal wieder eine unfreiwillige Blogpause eingelegt. Eigentlich wollte ich am 20.12. nach Deutschland fliegen und euch von dort auf dem Laufenden halten, aber...
- [Mein Montag](https://janavar.net/mein-monday/) - Mein Tag in Bildern ... ... und hier die Erklärungen: Das erste Mal stand ich heute um 3:50 Uhr auf. Vor dem Gebetsruf, also vor dem Sonnenaufgang. Und begleitete meinen Freund zum Flughafen, von wo aus er heute früh das Land für die nächsten drei Monate wegen der Arbeit verließ :-(. Und wohin ging es?
- [Snapshots from last weekend in NYC](https://janavar.net/snapshots-from-last-weekend-in-nyc/) - The previous week was exhausting so that I didn't feel like blogging in the evening. You could already see on Instagram and Snapchat that I went from my work
- [Outfit: Pink dress on Key West beach](https://janavar.net/outfit-pink-dress-on-key-west-beach/) - eriously, I always seem to get it wrong when I move. My favorite climate zone is in the south where it's always warm, like in the subtropics or tropics. And still
- [Travel: Branch Pond, Maine in fall](https://janavar.net/travel-branch-pond-maine-in-fall/) - I actually wanted to go to the Niagara Falls when we started to discuss that we might go away together for Columbus Day weekend. But my friends outvoted me which
- [Travel: Sunrise at Branch Pond, Maine](https://janavar.net/travel-sunrise-at-branch-pond-maine/) - In the past I was a real morning person. My alarm clock rang at five thirty-five, at six twenty-five I walked to my school bus. In between I dressed, had breakfast
- [Immer wieder sonntags #81](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-81/) - Oops, it is already Monday today, but I was away for the whole weekend and did not have time for a Sunday post on time. I went on my probably last weekend trip
- [Immer wieder sonntags #82](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-82/) - The weeks are flying. There is hardly any time left. And I'm coming up with more and more things I still want to do, more and more people I still want to see.
- [Immer wieder sonntags #83](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-83/) - My excitement about moving to Boston increases with every passing day. Half-full trash bags stand in my apartment containing things I throw out. There are piles
- [Immer wieder sonntags #79](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-79/) - This week this one was again in the absolute center of my attention: Canavar. He was not only chipped and on his best behavior when three people had to hold him
- [Immer wieder sonntags #80](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-80/) - This week got a lot better after I had been injured on Monday. Most wounds have healed, but unfortunately my right index finger still can't hold any red pen
- [Immer wieder sonntags #36](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-36/) - Wochenrückblick vom 18. bis 24. November 2013
- [Immer wieder sonntags #37](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-37/) - Wochenrückblick vom 25. November bis zum 1. Dezember 2013
- [Glücksstreben 8: Freunde fürs Leben](https://janavar.net/glucksstreben-8-freunde-furs-leben/) - Ein Text über Freundschaften und wie sie mich glücklich machen
- [Immer wieder sonntags #31](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-31/) - Nun ist schon Dienstag, nicht mehr Sonntag, aber hier im Hotel ist es gar nicht so einfach, ins Internet zu kommen. Deshalb liege ich stattdessen lieber in der Sonne und im warmen Mittelmeer und der Rückblick auf die letzte Woche kommt erst jetzt: |Gesehen| Doc meets Dorf |Gelesen| Happier at home, "Migrantenliteratur" |Gehört| n-joy, Placebo,
- [Immer wieder sonntags #32](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-32/) - Gerade bin ich aus dem Urlaub zurück und melde mich nun auch wieder bei euch - nachdem ich natürlich schon ordentlich mit Canavar gekuschelt habe. Ich bin erholt, habe eine Menge Fotos mitgebracht, von denen ich euch die schönsten präsentieren werde, wenn ich sie mal alle gesichtet habe. Ansonsten fällt mir für heute nur noch
- [Immer wieder sonntags #33](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-33/) - So ganz klappt das mit dem "sonntags" gerade nicht. Aber das Wetter gestern war einfach zu schön, um am Computer zu sitzen, weshalb ich lieber mit meiner Freundin in Asien an der Küste spazieren war. |Gesehen| Keinohrhasen, Zweiohrküken |Gelesen| Magazine |Gehört| 90s Songs, James Blunt "Bonfire heart"; Mousse T., der am Samstag hier im Indigo
- [Immer wieder sonntags #34](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-34/) - Gestern war es mir wichtiger, über Atatürks Todestag und Erdoğans neuste Pläne zu schreiben als meinen Wochenrückblick. Am Nachmittag war ich dann mit meiner Freundin Istanbuls neustes Shoppingcenter "erkunden", was ziemlich lange gedauert hat, weil der Gebäudekomplex schon so unglaublich schön ist. Ach ja, und wir waren etwas high, nachdem wir lauter teure Designerklamotten (Victoria
- [Immer wieder sonntags #35](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-35/) - Wochenrückblick der Woche 11. bis 17. November 2013
- [Immer wieder sonntags #30](https://janavar.net/5249/) - |Gesehen| Blue Jasmine, Julie & Julia, Love actually |Gelesen| Happier at home, Be awesome |Gehört| n-joy, Jason Mraz |Getan| gearbeitet, einen faulen 3. Oktober gehabt, am Freitag aus-, am Sonnabend ins Kino gegangen |Gegessen| Köfte, Kokossuppe mit Garnelen, Linsensuppe, weiße Bohnen |Getrunken| weißen Tee, Wasser, irische Cider (yeah! im Pub am Freitag) |Gedacht| Nur noch
- [Immer wieder sonntags #28](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-28/) - Ich darf euch verkünden, dass es endlich den Like-Button wieder gibt (für Wordpress-User). Ihr habt es ja schon häufiger in den Kommentaren erwähnt, dass ihr ihn vermisst - nun habe ich endlich in den Einstellungen gefunden und konnte ihn wieder einbetten. Meine Woche war übrigens so: |Gesehen| Doc meets Dorf, Coyote Ugly, Galatasary vs. Beşiktaş-Spiel
- [Glücksstreben 2: In meinem Kleiderschrank gibt es jetzt Platz](https://janavar.net/glucksstreben-2-in-meinem-kleiderschrank-gibt-es-jetzt-platz/) - Das Ergebnis seht ihr schon in meinem Titel: Ich habe mein mir letzte Woche selbst gestecktes Ziel erreicht und meinen Kleiderschrank aufgeräumt. Wieder einmal habe ich gemerkt, wie sehr ich mich ablenke, wenn ich etwas Bestimmtes erledigen will/soll. Aber am Dienstag Nachmittag war es so weit, ich entleerte meinen riesigen Kleiderschrank im Arbeitszimmer (zwei Flügel,
- [Wieder Tränengas und Wasserwerfer bei Protesten in Istanbul am 10.09.2013](https://janavar.net/wieder-tranengas-und-wasserwerfer-bei-protesten-in-istanbul-am-10-09-2013/) - Ohne viele Worte zeige ich euch heute Fotos der erneut stark entflammten Proteste in der Türkei. In der letzten Nacht - mitten in der Woche - gab es wieder schwere Auseinandersetzungen am Taksimplatz, aber auch auf der asiatischen Seite in Kadiköy, wo die Polizei erstmals Wasserwerfer und Tränengas einsetzte. Ein Fußballspiel der U21 Schweden gegen
- [Immer wieder sonntags #27](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-27/) - |Gesehen| Doc meets Dorf, Alice im Wunderland |Gelesen| Cloud atlas, Das Blütenstaubzimmer, Ruhm |Gehört| n-joy, einige ???-Hörspiele zum Einschlafen, 5 Freunde-Hörspiel, Şebnem Ferah |Getan| puh, wieder viel gearbeitet, gestern ganz frei gehalten und den Tag mit dem Lieblingsmenschen verbracht |Gegessen| Schulessen, Pide, Pizza |Getrunken| Wasser, Kaffee, weißen Tee, Bier |Gedacht| Woher kommt eigentlich auf einmal mein
- [Glücksstreben: Der Anfang](https://janavar.net/glucksstreben-der-anfang/) - Was ich in letzter Zeit festgestellt habe, ist, dass ich sehr gut prokrastinieren kann und mich beschweren. Wie viel Zeit ich häufig verliere, ist mir so richtig aufgefallen, seitdem ich mein Galaxy Tab benutze und nun viel schneller z.B. neue Blogposts lese, ohne danach noch drei Stunden lang ziellos herumzusurfen. Das mache ich nämlich, wenn
- [Immer wieder sonntags #21](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-21/) - Wochenrückblick
- [Immer wieder sonntags #23](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-23/) - Wochenrückblick
- [Immer wieder sonntags #24](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-24/) - Wochenrückblick
- [Immer wieder sonntags #25](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-25/) - Wochenrückblick
- [Immer wieder sonntags #26](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-26/) - |Gesehen| Doc meets Dorf - finde ich super, kann mich mit der sehr direkten Fritzi gut identifizieren |Gelesen| nichts, weil keine Zeit |Gehört| aktuelle Popsongs, einige ???-Hörspiele zum Einschlafen |Getan| mit Schülern eine internationale Konferenz durchgeführt, neue Kollegen eingeführt, auf sämtliche Social Events gegangen, seit Freitag geschlafen, gestern an einem Krimidinner teilgenommen |Gegessen| Schulessen, Meze,
- [Immer wieder sonntags #19](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-19/) - Wochenrückblick
- [Immer wieder sonntags #20](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-20/) - Wochenrückblick
- [Immer wieder sonntags #16](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-16/) - Gestern Abend sind wir erst um Mitternacht nach einer dreistündigen Fahrt zurückgekommen von unserem Wochenende im Sommerhaus. Bis auf die Rückfahrt war alles fantastisch. Nur hatten wir verdrängt, dass am Sonntagabend ganz Istanbul zurück in die Stadt muss und die Autobahn war auf einem winzigen Abschnitt nur einspurig befahrbar. Entsprechend gab es einen kilometerlangen Rückstau.
- [Immer wieder sonntags #17](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-17/) - |Gesehen| "Die Konferenz der Tiere", GZSZ, Sat1 Frühstücksfernsehen, "Im Brautkleid meiner Schwester", TV5 Monde (ich stelle gerade gest, dass am Sonntag Vormittag das Programm mit fantastischen französischen Untertiteln unterstützt wird, gut für eine kleine Auffrischung meiner Sprachkenntnisse),Tekirdağ |Gelesen| "Aylin", Mails, Reiseführer, Häkelanleitungen |Gehört| n-joy, Celine Dion, eindeutig den Abhörer und seine Maschinen in meinen Telefongesprächen
- [Immer wieder sonntags #18](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-18/) - |Gesehen| "Türkisch für Anfänger" Staffel 1 & 2, "Ich steig dir aufs Dach, Liebling" |Gelesen| aktuelle InStyle, "blogging for creatives" [hier schon einmal vorgestellt], "Aylin", "Sprich langsam, Türke" |Gehört| n-joy |Getan| ausgeruht, ausgeschlafen, das Blog auf wordpress.org installiert, mit Freunden zum Frühstück getroffen, heute Abend geht es noch auf eine Hochzeit |Gegessen| Kirschauflauf, Feigencreme, Muhammara,
- [Neues von den Protesten//8. Juli](https://janavar.net/neues-von-den-protesten8-juli/) - Heute Vormittag wurde der Gezi-Park feierlich wiedereröffnet, nachdem er vor drei Wochen geräumt und geschlossen worden war. Übrigens auch wiedereröffnet, weil ein Gericht bereits Anfang Juni die Bebauungspläne gekippt hatte - diese Entscheidung ist seit letzter Woche bekannt. Jetzt ist der Park wieder geschlossen. Genau genommen war er nur etwa drei Stunden für die Öffentlichkeit
- [Things about your life: 5 Dinge übers Bloggen](https://janavar.net/things-about-your-life-5-dinge-ubers-bloggen/) - 5 Dinge über mein persönliches Bloggen
- [Immer wieder ... eigentlich sonntags #13](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-eigentlich-sonntags-13/) - Okay, ich bin einen Tag zu spät dran. Offenbar war ich die ganze letzte Woche immer etwas zu spät (siehe |Geärgert|). Aber mein Wochenende mit Freunden in Izmir war megasupertoll und ich bin erst gestern Abend um 9 wieder in Istanbul gelandet. Etwas braun bin ich auch geworden und heute haben alle Sekundarschulen in der
- [Immer wieder sonntags #14](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-14/) - |Gesehen| The Great Gatsby, Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland |Gelesen| "The Great Gatsby", E-mails, Zeitschriften |Gehört| n-joy, Clubmusik |Getan| Montag ausgeruht; Dienstag/Mittwoch/Donnerstag gearbeitet; Freitag Geburtstag gefeiert; Samstag mit meinen Mädels gebruncht, abends mit einer Freundin ausgegangen; Sonntag mit dem Lieblingsmenschen zum Absolvententreffen "unserer" Schule (er als Absolvent, ich als Lehrerin) gegangen |Gegessen| Steak, türkisches Frühstück,
- [Immer wieder sonntags #15](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-15/) - Die letzte Nacht war furchtbar, der heutige Tag geht in der Türkei gewaltsam weiter. Einen Bericht dazu werde ich später schreiben, weil ich meine Gedanken erst einmal sammeln muss. Nach zwei ausgefallenen Wochenrückblicken möchte ich heute erst einmal wieder die letzte Woche zusammenfassen: |Gesehen| Bilder, Videos, Live-Berichte über die Proteste in der Türkei |Gelesen| viele
- [Die Situation eskaliert](https://janavar.net/4323/) - Ehrlich gesagt: mir fehlen immer noch die Worte. Gestern war der Protest fast vorbei, fast eingeschlafen. Es war so normal, dass ich gebacken habe und wir abends essen gegangen sind. Als wir zurückgekommen sind, plötzlich überall die Nachricht: die Polizei hat direkt nach dem Ruf zum Abendgebet den Gezi-Park angegriffen. In dem Park befanden sich
- [Immer wieder sonntags #12](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-12/) - So eine halbblöde Woche. Die ersten Tage gab es bei uns die mündlichen Abiturprüfungen, danach lag ich mit einer Nasennebenhöhlenentzündung flach und musste auch einen Tag zu Hause bleiben, an dem ich eigentlich nur geschlafen habe. Immerhin ist der Kater immer ganz süß und ruhig, wenn ich krank bin. Danach lief die Woche zum Glück
- [Gesammeltes](https://janavar.net/gesammeltes/) - Heute mal Gesammeltes der letzten Tage: 1) Wie ihr (hoffentlich) erkennen könnt, habe ich etwas am Bloglayout gebastelt. Der Header ist größer und nur noch schwarz-weiß; die Schrift in den Artikeln ist größer und in der Sidebar gibt es auch ein paar Änderungen. So langsam taste ich mich an das CSS ran, ist einfacher als
- [Immer wieder sonntags #10](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-10/) - |Gesehen| einen Sat1-Film, DSDS, erste Staffel von "Türkisch für Anfänger" (da kann man ganz toll bei korrigieren!) |Gelesen| "Blogging-Queen", Instyle |Gehört| n-joy |Getan| korrigiert (jetzt fertig, juhu!), gearbeitet, mit dem Lieblingsmenschen durch Florya spaziert, mich über den letzten Schultag meiner 12er gefreut |Gegessen| selbstgemachte Pizza, Rosinenbrötchen, Omelett |Getrunken| Kaffee, Marzipancappuccino, weißen Tee, schwarzen Tee |Gedacht|
- [Immer wieder sonntags #11](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-11/) - |Gesehen| DSDS, GNTM, Fußball |Gelesen| Instyle Beauty, britische Glamour |Gehört| n-joy |Getan| gearbeitet, geputzt, zum großen Picknick mit Freunden und Bekannten auf der asiatischen Seite gestern gefahren |Gegessen| Kuchen, deutschen Käse, weiße Bohnen mit Apfelmus |Getrunken| Kaffee, weißen Tee, Raki |Gedacht| Ich kann sogar auf Highheels elegant zum Bus rennen ^^ |Gefreut| endlich ein ganz
- [Zehnter Zwischenstand 101/1001](https://janavar.net/zehnter-zwischenstand-1011001/) - 300 Tage sind gerade um und es geht langsam, aber trotzdem voran. Ich stelle fest, dass ich vor allem Kategorien wie "Shopping" sehr schnell abarbeite, in meinen baldigen, drei Monate langen Sommerferien kann ich mich dann auf den Freizeitbereich konzentrieren. Darauf freue ich mich auch schon sehr. Nur noch ein paar Wochen durchhalten, der Stress
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-8/) - Eigentlich war gar keine Pause beim Bloggen geplant, aber dummerweise habe ich am Donnerstag erst geputzt und wollte danach schreiben. Nur dann war die Dusche nass, als ich hineinstieg und so rutschte ich elegant wie beim Balletttanzen die Duschwanne entlang und stürzte dann - so wie ich mir Benjamin Blümchen als Ballerina vorstelle. So einen
- [Immer wieder sonntags #9](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-9/) - |Gesehen| Soloalbum, Keinohrhasen, DSDS, GNTM |Gelesen| das erste Modul meines Journalismus-Fernstudiums |Gehört| n-joy, Bosse, The Gypsy Queens, Soundtrack "Dirty Dancing 2" |Getan| gearbeitet, draußen spazieren gegangen, den Lieblingsmenschen zum Essen eingeladen, die Wäsche 5 Tage in der Waschmaschine vergessen :-(, viel ausgeruht |Gegessen| Fisch, den der Lieblingsmensch zubereitet hat (zum ersten Mal überhaupt, "Wo ist
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-6/) - |Gesehen| The Carrie Diaries; viel deutsches Fernsehen |Gelesen| lauter deutsche Zeitschriften |Gehört| N-joy, das neue Album von Bosse |Getan| 4 Tage gearbeitet, einen Tag gereist, zwei Tage ausgeruht |Gegessen| Rosinenbrötchen, Macarons, Schweinebraten, Kürbissuppe, gefärbte Eier, Schokoladeneier, Marzipaneier, Marzipantorte, Mohnkuchen, Bienenstich, Schokoladenkuchen, Matjeshering |Getrunken| weißen Tee, Kaffee, Chai Tea Latte, Wasser, Hugo |Gedacht| In Deutschland gibt
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-7/) - |Gesehen| The Carrie Diaries, den Frühling |Gelesen| deutsche Zeitschriften |Gehört| das neue Album von Bosse |Getan| von Hamburg nach Istanbul geflogen; die Durchführung einer Sprachprüfung organisiert, koordiniert und mitgeprüft; Marmelade gekocht; meine Freundin besucht, die ein 4 Wochen altes Baby hat |Gegessen| deutschen Käse, Gerstenbrot, Maulbeeren, Maulbeerenmarmelade, Erdbeeren, Franzbrötchen, türkisches Frühstück |Getrunken| Kaffee, Cappuccino, weißen
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-5/) - Heute bin ich mit meinem Wochenrückblick spät dran, was daran liegt, dass wir so schönes Wetter hatten und ich den Lieblingsmenschen überredet habe, draußen auf einer Starbucksterrasse zu arbeiten. Einen Satz Klassenarbeiten kann ich nun wieder zurückgeben. |Gesehen| The Carrie Diaries; "Anja & Viktor 3, 4 & 5"; GNTM |Gelesen| Klassenarbeiten, britische Glamour, US-Cosmopolitan |Gehört|
- [Alles mit der Katz](https://janavar.net/alles-mit-der-katz/) - Mittlerweile dürftet ihr ja alle mitbekommen haben, dass ich nicht nur eine große Katzennärrin bin, sondern auch einen Katzenfimmel habe, was Deko usw. angeht. Daher präsentiere ich euch heute einmal meine Klamotteneinkäufe mit Katze der letzten etwa vier Monate. Die Fotoqualität ist leider nicht so gut, weil ich mit dem Selbstauslöser der Handykamera leichter zurechtkam.
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-2/) - |Gesehen| GNTM, "Herztöne", 7 Tage Sex (wir haben nur RTL und Sat1), The Carrie Diaries |Gelesen| Spiegel, Stern, "Confessions of a love come undone" (sehr schönes neues Buch) |Gehört| N-joy, Zaz-Album |Getan| Bestätigung meiner letzten Einreise bei der Polizei geholt, in der Sonne spazieren gegangen |Gegessen| Dessertkuchen, Kürbisravioli, Brokkolisuppe, Kötbullar bei Ikea |Getrunken| Wasser, chinesischen
- [Achter Zwischenstand 101/1001](https://janavar.net/achter-zwischenstand-1011001/) - Der achte Monat hat nicht so viele Erledigungen gebracht, dafür war die Anschaffung unseres Geschirrspülers aber auch eine große Aufgabe. Aber für den Rest ist auch noch genug Zeit: 24,5 % meiner 1001 Tage sind heute um, ganz erfüllt sind bereits 22,8 % der 101 Aufgaben und viele ziehen sich ja über den gesamten Zeitraum
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-3/) - |Gesehen| The Carrie Diaries; "Anja & Viktor: Kærlighed ved første hik" (dänisch, einer meiner Lieblingsfilme: "Anja & Viktor: Liebe auf den ersten Hicks") |Gelesen| "Confessions of a love come undone" |Gehört| "De Største" von Nik & Jay (ein dänisches Hip-Hop-Duo, ältere CD) |Getan| Küche etwas für den Geschirrspüler umgeräumt; an stressigen Tagen einfach mal eine
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-4/) - Heute ein bisschen später, weil ich heute Vormittag groß mit meinem besten Freund, der gerade für eine Woche in Istanbul ist, frühstücken war. |Gesehen| The Carrie Diaries; "Anja & Viktor 2"; "30 über Nacht" |Gelesen| die letzten Deutschabiturklausuren |Gehört| viel von meiner alten Computerplaylist, N-joy |Getan| gearbeitet, Mittagsspaziergang in der Sonne, endlich meine CDs sortiert
- [Immer wieder sonntags](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags/) - Ich lese auf einigen Blogs jeden Sonntag diese Reihe von Wochenrückblicken und finde die Idee schön, so dass ich sie für meinen Blog ebenfalls aufgreifen möchte. Immer wieder sonntags lest ihr jetzt bei mir also: |Gesehen| Finale des Bachelors, Die Jagd zum magischen Berg |Gelesen| Spiegel, Petra, Jolie, Deutschabiturklausuren, Blogs |Gehört| wie immer N-joy Radio
- [Schnee in Istanbul - Teil 2](https://janavar.net/schnee-in-istanbul-teil-2/) - In diesem Winter sind wirklich alle meine Schneewünsche erfüllt worden, denn wir hatten nicht nur schon kurz vor Weihnachten einen richtig schönen Schneetag und anschließenden schneefreien (= schulfreien) Tag [siehe hier], sondern auch in dieser Woche hat es ab Montag kräftig geschneit, was zu weiteren zwei Tagen schneefrei und einigen schönen Fotos geführt hat. Besonders,
- [Weihnachtsgeschenke 2012](https://janavar.net/weihnachtsgeschenke-2012/) - Ich hoffe, ihr seid alle gut im neuen Jahr angekommen! Bei mir zieht allmählich wieder der Alltag ein, meine beiden netten Besucherinnen sind heute früh abgereist, die Arbeit startete gestern wieder richtig, unsere Weihnachtsschokoladenvorräte sind kleiner geworden und reichen maximal noch bis Ende Januar und fürs Blog habe ich auch wieder mehr Zeit. Ich wollte
- [Wunschzettel](https://janavar.net/wunschzettel/) - Lieber Weihnachtsmann, wie geht es dir? Bist du schon im Stress? Ich finde, ich war in diesem Jahr ziemlich gut und ausnahmsweise bin ich sogar so gut organisiert, dass ich dir rechtzeitig einen Wunschzettel schicken kann bzw. möchte, weil ich mir gut überlegt habe, was ich gern zu Weihnachten hätte - anstatt der üblichen Verlegenheitsshampoos,
- ["the superblogger issue"](https://janavar.net/the-superblogger-issue/) - Gestern habe ich wieder prokrastiniert und bin auf der Suche nach der aktuellen Marie Claire Idées, die es natürlich nicht gab, an der Januarausgabe des englischen Magazins "Company" hängen geblieben. Der große Titel "the superblogger issue" und der Eindruck beim ersten Durchblättern sprachen mich an, deshalb durfte die Zeitschrift mit nach Hause. Eigentlich kenne ich
- [Blogs I ♥ #1](https://janavar.net/blogs-i-♥-1/) - Schon als ich in New York war und wenig aktiv im Internet, hat Sarah von Just like me mein Blog auf ihrem, nämlich hier, kurz vorgestellt, worüber ich mich sehr gefreut habe. Schon weil die von ihr ausgewählten Fotos so hell und optimistisch aussehen und Kater Canavar gut zu erkennen ist :-). Und die steigenden
- [Kleiner Wunschzettel an mich selbst](https://janavar.net/kleiner-wunschzettel-an-mich-selbst/) - Heute war ein guter Tag: ich habe von der Polizei einen Extranachweis bekommen, wann ich das letzte Mal in die Türkei eingereist bin, damit wir das Handy
- [Einmal Urlaub türkisch bitte, in Dänemark](https://janavar.net/einmal-urlaub-turkisch-bitte-in-danemark/) - Ich habe in diesem Jahr bisher dreimal spontan Urlaube gebucht. Die meisten bewunderten meine Fähigkeit zur Spontaneität, ich nenne das eher Hang zu Überreaktionen oder positiv ausgedrückt: Temperament. Wie auch immer, ich war im Februar im sommerlichen Kemer (Antalya) und im März im hübschen Izmir. Seit Sonnabend urlaube ich auf meiner Lieblingsinsel Rømø in Dänemark,
- [Bartın: Von Amasra bis Zauberei](https://janavar.net/bartin-von-amasra-bis-zauberei-2/) - Nach mehr als fünf Wochen Herbstwetter in Dänemark und Deutschland war ich vor allem eines: absolut urlaubsreif. So nahm ich die Einladung meiner Freundin D. gerne an und besuchte sie und ihre Familie in der Region Bartın am Schwarzen Meer. Kreative Beschäftigung am Strand Alleine die Hinfahrt lohnte sich schon - als Anbieter kann ich
- [Long time no see, aber da war eine schwarze Katze!](https://janavar.net/long-time-no-see-aber-da-war-eine-schwarze-katze/) - Und plötzlich wachte ich auf und stellte fest, dass ich seit fast zwei Monaten nichts mehr geschrieben hatte ... Zwei Monate sind eine lange Zeit, in der viel passieren kann. Daher lasst mich als erstes meinen neuen Liebling vorstellen: Wildkatze junior. Die Sommerferien waren lang, das Wetter in Istanbul unerträglich heiß und da ich mir
- [Television ohne Visionen](https://janavar.net/television-ohne-visionen/) - “Ich fand das nicht gut. Also dass sie die ganze Zeit mit dem Murat geredet hat. Dabei wusste sie doch, dass ich den Murat süß finde. Also das fand ich echt nicht gut von ihr.”- Nach über einem Jahr Abstinenz besitze ich endlich wieder einen Fernseher mit einem voll funktionierenden Programm. Mein neuer bester Freund
- [Party girls, Boy George, and the city](https://janavar.net/party-girls-boy-george-and-the-city/) - Seit Jahren bin ich ein riesiger Fan von "Sex and the city" - Kunststück, wenn man wie ich Schuhe, Kleidung, Handtaschen, kurz Shopping liebt und mitten in einer der größten Städte der Welt lebt (genaugenommen sogar in der viertgrößten der Welt, wenn man die Vororte der anderen Metropolen nicht mitzählt). Gut, ich habe leider keine
- [Beängstigender Nationalismus](https://janavar.net/beangstigender-nationalismus/) - "Nationalismus. Eine Kinderkrankheit, sozusagen die Masern der Menschheit." - Albert Einstein - Versteht mich nicht falsch. Ich bin generell gegen extremistische Haltungen. Ich mag weder die krassen Katholiken oder Protestanten in Irland, die alle meinen, die Insel gehöre ihnen, und nebenbei versuchen, alle Atheisten zu missionieren; noch Leute in meiner Heimat, die unbedingt die DDR
- [Here I write again](https://janavar.net/here-i-write-again/) - Drei einhalb Monate später ... ... und ich wollte immer wieder schreiben und habe doch nicht die Zeit dafür gefunden. Aber jetzt ... endlich ... und hoffentlich immer wieder und wieder regelmäßig! Kater Bodrum sagt hallo ... und aus meinem Katerchen ist ein Panther geworden. Naja, wenigstens fast, denn in den letzten zwei Wochen, als
- [Zur Abwechslung das touristische Istanbul](https://janavar.net/zur-abwechslung-das-touristische-istanbul/) - Die letzten drei Tage habe ich mein geliebtes Istanbul mal aus den Augen eines Touristen gesehen. Mit meinen Eltern war ich lange unterwegs - also nach jeweils zehneinhalb Stunden Schlaf (zeigt, wie fertig ich bin) und einem ausgiebigen Frühstück mit viel Obst (sehr leckere Erdbeeren kosten gerade ca. 2€/kg; grüne, saure Pflaumen); viel türkischem Joghurt,
- [Hoppe, hoppe Reiter …](https://janavar.net/hoppe-hoppe-reiter/) - Die letzten Wochen war mal wieder geprägt von Arbeit, Arbeit, Arbeit, kleinen schreiberischen Seitensprüngen auf suite101 und noch ein wenig anderen dramatischen Entscheidungen - oder sagen wir mal: Entscheidungen, die ich wohl überlegt getroffen habe, aber weiß, dass sie noch sehr viel Drama nach sich ziehen werden (aber dazu dann, wenn es so weit ist).
- [Wie mich ein Rosenstrauß 600 Lira kostete](https://janavar.net/wie-mich-ein-rosenstraus-600-lira-kostete/) - Okay, das war gelogen. Es waren zwei Rosensträuße. Aber von demselben Mann. Von dem ich absolut Nichts will und dem ich aus meiner (deutscher) Sicht auch niemals Hoffnungen gemacht habe. Das ist die Wahrheit. Also bekam ich zum Geburtstag von diesem Mann zwei Blumensträuße, einen mit roten, einen mit weißen Rosen, was mich übrigens total
- [Die Arbeit, das süße Leben und so](https://janavar.net/die-arbeit-das-suse-leben-und-so/) - Wenn keine neuen Blogeinträge mehr erscheinen, ich seit fast drei Wochen nicht mehr mit meiner besten Freundin telefoniert habe, mein Mitbewohner die neue Roxette-CD auswendig mitsingen kann und sich darüber beschwert, wenn ich meine Lesebrille wegen Kopfschmerzen nach Monaten wieder trage, ist eines klar: ich arbeite zu viel! Am Marmarameer auf der europäischen Seite Gut,
- [Willkommen im Wahnsinn](https://janavar.net/willkommen-im-wahnsinn/) - Warum wir unbedingt den Islam dem Christentum vorziehen müssen, erkläre ich einer Freundin im Traum. Ich verteidige meine Haltung und sage noch, dass der Islam Männern und Frauen wenigstens genaue Verhaltensregeln vorschreibt, als ich aufwache. – Fantastisch, mein Gehirn verarbeitet also tatsächlich all die Informationen, die ich gerade in meinen Sachbüchern und Zeitschriften lese. Als
- [Das bisschen Arbeit ...](https://janavar.net/das-bisschen-arbeit/) - Manche Wochen bringen wenig Neues. Weil sie mit Arbeit Arbeit Arbeit gefüllt sind. Diese Woche ernenne ich mich mal selbst zum Helden der Arbeit Normalerweise bin ich inklusive Pausen genau 24 Stunden pro Woche in der Schule. Aber in dieser Woche waren es - wenn ich die zwölf Stunden Aufsicht in Deutschland mitzähle und dank
- [Meine Küche bleibt geschlossen](https://janavar.net/meine-kuche-bleibt-geschlossen/) - Ich kann mich stundenlang mit Essen beschäftigen. Was nicht heißt, dass ich alles esse. Ich kann mir eine halbe Ewigkeit Bilder in Kochbüchern anschauen oder das Essen im Supermarkt und in den Auslagen der Restaurants. Ehrlich gesagt esse ich letzten Endes sogar ziemlich wenig - außer wenn es Schweinebraten und Kartoffeln in Deutschland gibt. Für
- [Gib's mir, İzmir](https://janavar.net/gibs-mir-izmir/) - Donnerstag Nacht um zehn entschied ich mir zur Flucht. Ich hatte die ganze Woche täglich bis etwa halb zwölf durchgearbeitet und alles, was für das Wochenende geblieben wäre, wäre ein Putzmarathon gewesen. Aber Putzen liegt mir ja nicht so und außerdem hätte es meinen Kopf so schrecklich frei gemacht. Also eine Flucht vorm Putzen und
- [Wer hat Angst vorm bösen Wolf?](https://janavar.net/wer-hat-angst-vorm-bosen-wolf/) - Es war einmal ... bla bla bla ... und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind ... ja, bin ich nicht auch dort? Ich lebe, habe genug Geld für meine Bedürfnisse und bin sozial aufgestiegen. Aber in den meisten Märchen (pure Tiermärchen ausgenommen) ist das Happyend erst mit der Hochzeit erreicht und die meisten Mädchen sind eher
- [Nacht-Leben auf der anderen Seite](https://janavar.net/nacht-leben-auf-der-anderen-seite/) - Manchmal läuft alles etwas anders als geplant. So wie dieses Wochenende. Gestern hat der Winter auch Istanbul erreicht, innerhalb einer Nacht sank die Temperatur um zwölf Grad, starker Wind setzte ein und es begann ohne Unterbrechung zu plattern. Auf dem Weg zur Arbeit wurde ich vom Oberschenkel abwärts vollkommen durchnässt, aber wenigstens mein 2,50€-Schirmchen von
- [Maschendrahtzaun auf Türkisch](https://janavar.net/maschendrahtzaun-auf-turkisch/) - Als Jugendliche wollte ich unbedingt Gitarre spielen lernen. Ein paar Jahre später erzählte eine Nachbarin: "Zu Anfang klang das Üben ganz fürchterlich, aber irgendwann konnten wir wenigstens ungefähr heraushören, welches Lied du gespielt hast." Nachbarn hören viel. Meine hatten leider Pech, weil ich bis zur großen Erleuchtung (bzw. dem eindeutigen Hinweis einer Freundin, ich solle
- [Istanbul, seni seviyorum!*](https://janavar.net/istanbul-seni-seviyorum/) - * Istanbul, ich liebe dich! Heute vor genau drei Monaten reiste ich mit meinen zwei Koffern in Istanbul ein. Das heißt, ich habe mittlerweile 13 Wochen oder 91 Tage oder 2184 Stunden oder 131040 Minuten oder 7862400 Sekunden in dieser einzigartigen Stadt verbracht. Okay, einmal verließ ich die Stadt für etwa zwanzig Stunden, um im
- [Driving home for Christmas](https://janavar.net/driving-home-for-christmas/) - Dass ich die letzten eineinhalb Wochen nicht gebloggt habe, liegt daran, dass ich zum ersten Mal seit meinem Umzug nach Deutschland geflogen bin. Obwohl Weihnachten im türkischen Alltag keine Rolle spielt, gibt es einige wenige Ausnahmen und so bekamen wir fünf Tage Weihnachtsferien. Nachdem ich tagelang den Wetterbericht und die Flughafennews beobachtet hatte, kam ich
- [Winterferien Teil 1: Reise nach Iznik](https://janavar.net/winterferien-teil-1-reise-nach-iznik/) - Nach einer stressigen Phase - daher auch die Schreibpause - begannen vor einer Woche meine lang ersehnten Winterferien. Zwei Wochen absolut frei, keine Korrekturen, keine Examensvorbereitungen, kein Umzug, das hatte ich das letzte Mal etwa Weihnachten 2009. Daher freute ich mich riesig, mit zwei Freundinnen für fünf Tage wegzufahren. Wir wollten raus aus Istanbul, aber
- [Kachelshopping in Iznik](https://janavar.net/kachelshopping-in-iznik/) - Iznik – Schon 1000 v. Chr. gegründet und – damals noch unter dem Namen Nicaea – über zweitausend Jahre lang eine bedeutende Stadt wurde es im Osmanischen Reich für seine Kachelkunst berühmt. In der Stadt am Izniksee finden sich heute noch recht gut erhaltene Reste der historischen Stadtmauer und eines alten römischen Aquädukts. Diese Informationen
- [Bursa. Oder: Die Jagd nach der heiligen Postkarte](https://janavar.net/bursa-oder-die-jagd-nach-der-heiligen-postkarte/) - Bursa. Eine Zweimillionenstadt. Viertgrößte Stadt der Türkei. 90 km südlich von Istanbul. Am Fuße des Uludağ-Gebirges. 20 km vom Marmarameer entfernt. Heiße Thermalquellen im Stadtteil Çekirge. Mehr mussten wir nicht wissen, als wir unseren Winterferientrip planten und zwei Tage in Bursa zu verbringen gedachten. Wir drei Mädels sahen uns entspannt in den heißen Quellen liegen
- [Cause, baby, you're the one](https://janavar.net/cause-baby-youre-the-one/) - Vor einer Weile wollten mir meine Schüler unbedingt diese türkischen Wörter vermitteln, "seni seviyorum", mit der Begründung, ich müsse doch die wichtigste Aussage der Welt auf Türkisch kennen. Meine Antwort? "So einen komplizierten Satz benutze ich nicht." "Ich liebe dich." habe ich bisher zu genau zwei Männern gesagt und dies liegt bereits so weit in
- [Frühlingsexplosion](https://janavar.net/fruhlingsexplosion/) - Auf einmal ist der Frühling in Istanbul eingezogen, wie ich heute früh um halb acht bemerkte, als ich auf einer Bank in Sultanahmet saß und die Blaue Moschee im ersten Sonnenlicht betrachtete, während ich auf eine Freundin wartete, um vor der Arbeit frühstücken zu gehen. Mein erster Frühling in Istanbul. Auf einmal ist alles heller,
- [Istanbul - meine bewusstseinsschärfende Droge](https://janavar.net/istanbul-meine-bewusstseinsscharfende-droge/) - Gestern - an meinem halbjährigen Jubiläum in Istanbul - fand ich zwei interessante Dinge: Erstens sah ich ein Foto, dass an meinem ersten Wochenende in Istanbul gemacht wurde: Im Park der Sommerresidenz des deutschen Botschafters in Tarabya feierten wir den Beginn des neuen Schuljahres. Auf dem Foto stehe ich gemeinsam mit drei Kolleginnen, die ich
- [Elf neue Männer und ein Löwe](https://janavar.net/elf-neue-manner-und-ein-lowe/) - Eines vorneweg: Ich habe keine Ahnung von Fußball. Die Abseitsregel habe ich erst mit siebzehn kapiert, als sie mir jemand übertragen mit Schachfiguren erklärte. Ich schaue zwar gern Fußballspiele, dies aber erstens (und am allerwichtigsten) wegen der gutaussehenden Männer, und zweitens wegen dem Spaß, wenn man mitfiebert, sich mitaufregt, mitgrölt, mitschreit. Weiterhin spricht dagegen, dass
- [... eine Landpartie aber viel schöner!](https://janavar.net/eine-landpartie-aber-viel-schoner/) - Nachdem ich nach meiner unangenehmen Fährfahrt (mehr dazu hier) endlich in Kadiköy eingetroffen war, traf ich meine Freunde und schon ging es weiter im Dolmuş, einem Sammeltaxi, bis in das Viertel Göztepe. Dort spazierten wir am Wasser entlang, das 1. schon zum Marmarameer gehört und 2. sogar einen richtigen Strandabschnitt hat. Dort zu wohnen kostet
- [Und was habe ich diese Woche gelernt?](https://janavar.net/und-was-habe-ich-diese-woche-gelernt/) - Zwar hatte ich eine Woche frei, aber Zeit zum Erholen hatte ich nicht. Statt endlich mehr von der Stadt zu sehen oder das Jogastudio in der nächsten Straße auszuprobieren, habe ich Kartons ausgepackt, Schränke eingeräumt, Möbel gerückt, Möbel gekauft, Möbel aufgebaut, geputzt und einiges für meinen Job nachgearbeitet und vorbereitet. Da freue ich mich richtig,
- [Heute will ich meine Mutti!](https://janavar.net/heute-will-ich-meine-mutti/) - Der heutige Tag begann für mich heute früh exakt um 2:28 Uhr, als mein Festnetztelefon schrill klingelte und mich jäh aus meinem Schönheitsschlaf riss. Dabei gibt es zur Zeit nur zwei Kollegen, die diese Nummer haben und da garantiert schliefen. Immer wieder kommt es vor, dass mein Telefon - gewöhnlich jedoch tagsüber - klingelt und
- [Parkspaziergang im November](https://janavar.net/parkspaziergang-im-november/) - Ein Spätherbsttag wie heute, während der Rest Europas in Schnee und Eis versinkt und man sich daher umso mehr über die 20°C und den Sonnenschein freut, ist die beste Gelegenheit, um nach der Arbeit in den Gülhane Park in der Altstadt zu gehen. Der seit 1912 öffentlich zugängliche Park, der zum Topkapi Palast und somit
- [Brumm brumm auf Istanbulisch](https://janavar.net/brumm-brumm-auf-istanbulisch/) - "Warum ist es 'das Auto'? Es muss 'der Auto' sein. Auto ist männlich." Das war das Erste, was ich über Türken und Autos gehört habe. Die Aussage stammt übrigens vom türkischen Ehemann einer deutschen Bekannten. Diese kurze Erklärung fasst den Fahrstil des Durchschnittsistanbulers perfekt zusammen oder anders: "Ich Tarzan, ihr alle Janes. Platz da. Jetzt
- [9 tips to save money easily](https://janavar.net/9-tips-to-save-money-easily/) - I could call this post also: "What I am good at: spending money". Or: "Minimalism? No thank you!" Because the truth is that I will never be one of those peope
- [Week in review: 11 - 17 April 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-11-17-april-2016/) - In case you were wondering, I have deciced to continue writing my blog in English only for now. When I started my blog in 2010, being a German native speaker I
- [Immer wieder sonntags #106](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-106/) - It is always towards the end of the year that I start thinking about where I stand and where I still want to go to in life. This is when I always realize that
- [Immer wieder sonntags #90](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-90/) - Suddenly I felt like being seventeen again when I was watching "Engel & Joe" - a German movie from 2001 about punks and a girl who wears sneakers and a jeans skirt
- [4th of July 2015 in Boston](https://janavar.net/4th-of-july-2015-in-boston/) - I can best describe Independence Day 2015 in Boston with this one word: WOW! For me it was the first time that I’ve ever celebrated this day. Boston is famous
- [Meine Winterferienpläne: Zwei Wochen Polen](https://janavar.net/meine-winterferienplane-zwei-wochen-polen/) - In zwei Wochen habe ich schon meinen ersten Tag Sprachkurs hinter mir, denn ich werde meine Winterferien in diesem Jahr vor allem in Krakau verbringen.
- [Persönlicher Jahresrückblick 2013](https://janavar.net/personlicher-jahresruckblick-2013/) - Insgesamt fand ich das Jahr nicht besonders berauschend und setze große Hoffnungen auf 2014. Andererseits merke ich, wenn ich darüber nachdenke, dass 2013 mir viele wundervolle Dinge beschert hat.
- [Gelesen: "Braune Erde" von Daniel Höra](https://janavar.net/gelesen-braune-erde-von-daniel-hora/) - Rezension vom Jugendroman "Braune Erde" von Daniel Höra
- [Herbstfavoriten](https://janavar.net/herbstfavoriten/) - Noch haben wir Herbst und ich zeige euch heute meine Lieblinge, die mir die windige Jahreszeit verschönern.
- [Immer wieder sonntags #29](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-29/) - Manchmal ist es gut, an einem Sonntag nicht so spät aufzustehen und noch die Morgensonne durchs offene Fenster genießen zu können. Gleich fahre ich zu einer Kollegin, bei der wir heute mit unseren neuen Kollegen brunchen. Ich hoffe, ihr habt heute auch etwas Schönes vor! Ich wünsche euch einen tollen Sonntag! |Gesehen| Doc meets Dorf,
- [Bereit für Olympia 2020, aber nicht fürs eigene Volk](https://janavar.net/bereit-fur-olympia-2020-aber-nicht-furs-eigene-volk/) - Heute Abend wird in Buenos Aires vom IOC der Austragungsort für die Olympischen Spiele 2020 gewählt. Zur Wahl stehen Madrid, Tokio und Istanbul. Bei Twitter stellten die türkischen Bewerber heute früh folgendes Bild online: "Ihre Stadt Istanbul ist bereit. Die Augen sind auf Buenos Aires gerichtet." Ehrlich gesagt - und ich hoffe, ich bin nicht
- [Turkey Tuesday: Asan'Sir in Izmir](https://janavar.net/turkey-tuesday-asansir-in-izmir/) - Kurze Beschreibung und Fotos des wunderschönen Ladens Asan'Sir in Izmir.
- [Zwölfter Zwischenstand 101/1001](https://janavar.net/zwolfter-zwischenstand-1011001-2/) - Genau ein Jahr ist es heute her, dass ich das "101 Dinge in 1001 Tagen"-Projekt gestartet habe. Mehr aus Langeweile, weil ich an dem Tag auf den Ikea-Lieferservice warten musste. Aber trotzdem bin ich von dem Projekt begeistert und immer wieder darüber froh - besonders wenn ich wieder einen Punkt abhaken kann :-). Besonders stolz
- [Turkey Tuesday: Izmirs Basar](https://janavar.net/turkey-tuesday-izmirs-basar/) - Nachdem ich es in den letzten Wochen angetestet habe, bin ich mit meiner neuen Kategorie zufrieden: der Turkey Tuesday. Immer dienstags zeige ich euch Bilder der Türkei und stelle euch viele, hoffentlich auch unbekannte Orte und Plätze vor. Dieses Mal ist es der Basar in Izmir. Die Stadt selbst liebe ich sehr, an diesem Wochenende
- [Erfolg im Job](https://janavar.net/erfolg-im-job/) - Manchmal passiert im wirklichen Leben so viel mehr, dass das Blog vorübergehend zurückstehen muss. Die letzten Wochen waren für mich etwas anstrengend, weil ich so angespannt war, aber nun hat sich alles zum Guten gewendet und ich kann vermelden, dass ich einen kleinen Karriereaufstieg geschafft habe. Bild via pinterest 1 Normalerweise schreibe ich hier wenig
- [Zu Hause in Mecklenburg](https://janavar.net/zu-hause-in-mecklenburg/) - Gestern bin ich gut in Deutschland angekommen und sogar ohne Probleme zu Hause auf meinem kleinen Dorf in der Mitte Mecklenburgs. Sogar die Deutsche Bahn war pünktlich. Allerdings entspricht das Weiß draußen so gar nicht meinen Vorstellungen von einem Osterwochenende. In Istanbul werden für dieses Wochenende Sonne und 20 °C erwartet. Hier in Mecklenburg schneit
- [Kein Mann hat das Recht, eine Frau zu schlagen](https://janavar.net/kein-mann-hat-das-recht-eine-frau-zu-schlagen/) - Diesmal ein ernstes Thema: Letzte Woche hörte ich von einer amerikanischen Bekannten, die sei über einem Jahr in Istanbul lebt, dass sie von ihrem türkischen Freund zusammengeschlagen wurde. Sie war für ein paar Tage bei ihm in Izmir und als sie sich stritten, würgte er sie, schlug ihren Kopf immer wieder an die Wand, bis
- [Kompromisse bei der Urlaubsplanung*](https://janavar.net/kompromisse-bei-der-urlaubsplanung/) - * Oder: Wie ich mich am Ende doch durchsetzte Seit vorgestern befinden mein Lieblingsmensch und ich uns in der Region Antalya in einem netten Hotel mit all-inclusive, Strandabschnitt am Mittelmeer, Sauna, Hamam, Mini-Fitnessstudio, zwei Außen- und einem Innenpool, deutschem Fernsehen und und und. Um bis hierher zu kommen, war es ein weiter Weg. Der begann
- [Mastress of Disastress](https://janavar.net/mastress-of-disastress/) - Nun wurde es aber dringend Zeit für ein gepflegtes Kaffetrinken bei mir, damit meine Freunde endlich auch einmal unsere Wohnung und den groß gewordenen Kater sehen. Der erste Besuch im April war geplatzt, weil ich so lange krank im Bett lag. Dann waren Sommerferien, dann andere Ausflüge. Aber gestern hat es endlich geklappt und ein
- [Meine Türkeireisen](https://janavar.net/meine-turkeireisen/) - Als ich vor zwei Jahren nach Istanbul gezogen bin, dachte ich, ich würde die Türkei sehr schnell und viel bereisen. Tatsächlich habe ich einige Freunde, die den Reiseführern folgend jeden Winkel anschauen und dann im Buch alles abhaken. Nur ich selbst habe meinen Plan irgendwie nicht in die Tat umgesetzt. Leider. Aber an Wochenenden oder
- [Reisen: Izmir](https://janavar.net/reisen-izmir/) - Nachdem diese Woche noch einmal so richtig anstrengend war, dürfen meine Gedanken sich jetzt ausruhen und von Urlaub träumen. Weil der Lieblingsmensch wegen seines Jobs für zwei Tage nach Izmir geflogen ist, habe ich an unseren letzten Wochenendurlaub dort gedacht. Im Juni sind wir an einem Freitagabend in einer Stunde an die hübsche Stadt an
- [Übers Bloggen](https://janavar.net/ubers-bloggen/) - Mittlerweile blogge ich wieder aktiv seit 3 1/2 Monaten, mein Blog ist zwei Jahre alt und ich evaluiere an dieser Stelle mal mein Hobby Bloggen. Meine Haupttätigkeit beim Bloggen ist das Schreiben. Ich l i e b e Schreiben. So lange ich denken, äh schreiben kann. Ich weiß, dass ich meinen ersten richtigen Brief nach
- [Picknick und Pannen](https://janavar.net/picknick-und-pannen/) - Als ich das letzte Mal zum Picknick mit Grillen einlud, beschwerte sich mein Freund, weil er schon in Deutschland war. Also habe ich ihm ein exklusives Picknick versprochen und gestern war es soweit: Am Vormittag habe ich alles vorbereitet, was in einer nicht ausgestatteten Küche nicht so einfach ist :-). Die Gläschen habe ich alle
- [Le Kater, le barbecue et les muffins de Brombeere](https://janavar.net/le-kater-le-barbecue-et-les-muffins-de-brombeere/) - Oh, ich bin begeistert. Zum ersten Mal seit sehr, sehr langer Zeit sitze ich wieder an meinem großen PC und sehe die schönen Farben der Blogs. Es ist mir an meinem kleinen Baby-Netbook gar nicht aufgefallen, wie strahlend alles online sein kann. Und wie groß alles an einem vernünftigen 17-Zoll-Monitor ist. Wow!!! (Mein) Man(n) beachte
- [Tipps fürs Wochenende in Istanbul](https://janavar.net/tipps-furs-wochenende-in-istanbul/) - Bei diesem kalten Winterwetter würde es prinzipiell ausreichen, einfach zu Hause an der warmen Heizung zu sitzen und so wenig wie möglich zu tun, aber für die Aktiveren von uns gibt es eine ganze Menge Veranstaltungen an diesem Wochenende. Hier eine Auswahl: Am gesamten Wochenende und eigentlich bis zum 26. Februar findet das 2001 gegründete
- [Madonna in Istanbul](https://janavar.net/madonna-in-istanbul-2/) - Die mittlerweile 53-jährige Madonna geht 2012 auf Welttournee, nachdem ihr neustes Album, "MDNA", Ende März erscheinen wird. Noch gibt es Tickets für das diesjährige Madonna-Konzert in Istanbul zu kaufen. Nachdem ich es fast vergessen hatte vor lauter Arbeit, habe ich heute Abend doch noch schnell online zugeschlagen und mir zwei Tickets in der billigsten Kategorie
- [Das Osterwochenende in Istanbul](https://janavar.net/das-osterwochenende-in-istanbul/) - Endlich gibt es - zumindest für einige wenige von uns - auch in Istanbul ein langes Wochenende, an dem man bei 20°C und Sonne viele schöne Dinge unternehmen
- [Last night a dj saved my life](https://janavar.net/last-night-a-dj-saved-my-life/) - Wenn ich gewusste hätte, wo ich lande, hätte ich meine Highheels wohl nicht angezogen. Aber so stöckelte ich gestern Abend los, um mich mit meinem besten Freund
- [Nette Erinnerung an die böse Nachbarin](https://janavar.net/nette-erinnerung-an-die-bose-nachbarin/) - Nachdem der Tag durchmischt begann (positiv - negativ - positiv - negativ ...), gab es dann doch ein sehr schönes Erlebnis zwischendurch: Ich musste noch einmal
- [Jahresrückblick 2012](https://janavar.net/jahresruckblick-2012a/) - Nach Canavars Jahresrückblick [klick] will ich euch auch noch mein Jahr in Bildern zeigen. 2012 war insgesamt wieder ein ereignisreiches Jahr und dabei immer positiv: der Lieblingsmensch und ich sind zusammengezogen, ich habe erfolgreich mit Schülern eine internationale Konferenz organisiert, habe einen anderen wichtigen Posten übernommen und seit Dezember studiere ich nebenbei an der Freien
- [Bloggeradventskalender: Ohne diese Filme & Lieder wird bei mir nicht Weihnachten](https://janavar.net/bloggeradventskalender-ohne-diese-filme-lieder-wird-bei-mir-nicht-weihnachten/) - Meinen persönlichen Lieblingsfilme und -songs zur Weihnachtszeit
- [Immer wieder sonntags #40](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-40/) - Persönlicher Wochenrückblick vom 30. Dezember 2013 bis zum 5. Januar 2014
- [Nachtrag zu gestern: Videos vom Taksimplatz](https://janavar.net/nachtrag-zu-gestern-videos-vom-taksimplatz/) - Ich hatte es vorhin nicht geschafft, sie hochzuladen, aber auch gestern habe ich wieder mit meinem Handy Videos gefilmt: Gleich ist es 21 Uhr, die ersten Töpfe höre ich bereits klappern. Immer um 21 Uhr äußern alle ihren Protest, indem sie die Fenster ihrer Wohnungen öffnen, mit Topftrommeln lärmen und Lichtzeichen geben. Demonstranten versammeln sich
- [Lieder der Proteste](https://janavar.net/lieder-der-proteste/) - Alles ist ruhig. Also in Istanbul. In Ankara wurde letzte Nacht weiter Gas auf die Demonstranten geschossen. Auch letzte Nacht hat Erdoğan sich angeblich zu einem Kompromiss bereit gezeigt: Sollte das Gericht den Abriss des Gezi-Parks untersagen, will er sich daran halten. Sollte das Gericht den Abriss bejahen, soll es ein Referendum geben. Im Moment
- [Gelesen: "Mrs. Atatürk Latife Hanim" & "Aylin" - zwei starke türkische Frauen](https://janavar.net/gelesen-mrs-ataturk-latife-hanim-aylin-zwei-starke-turkische-frauen/) - Die Biographien "Mrs. Atatürk Latife Hanim" & "Aylin" werden vorgestellt. Es geht um zwei türkische Frauen, die ihren eigenen Weg gegangen sind.
- [Glücksstreben 3: Wenn der frühe Vogel zwitschert](https://janavar.net/glucksstreben-3-wenn-der-fruhe-vogel-zwitschert/) - Auf meiner Suche nach mehr Zufriedenheit und innerer Ausgeglichenheit hatte ich letzte Woche die Idee, jeden Morgen beim Aufstehen zu singen. Was für eine dämliche Idee! Wenn morgens um halb sieben viel zu früh der Wecker klingelt, möchte ich alles tun - mir die Decke über den Kopf ziehen, schlafen, träumen, die Augen schließen -
- [#occupyturkey - Friedliche Proteste letzte Nacht in Bakırköy](https://janavar.net/occupyturkey-friedliche-proteste-letzte-nacht-in-bakirkoy/) - Gegen 21 Uhr gestern Abend ging es los. Durch unsere Straße zogen Frauen, die mit Löffeln auf Töpfen trommelten. Immer mehr Fenster öffneten sich und antworteten ebenfalls mit lautem Trommeln. Wie viele andere nahm ich zwei Küchenutensilien und ging durch unser Viertel bis zum Bakırköy Özgürlük Meydanı, dem Platz der Freiheit, wo sich mehrere tausend
- [Die Sache mit dem Kühlschrank](https://janavar.net/die-sache-mit-dem-kuhlschrank/) - "Hurra, hurra, der Kühlschrank, der ist endlich da! Hurra, hurra, der Kühlschrank, der ist da!" - Dass ein Kühlschrank so glücklich macht, passiert wohl nicht so häufig. Aber genau dies ist heute geschehen und zwar mir. Als ich vor langer langer Zeit meine Wohnung mietete, fiel mir auf, dass es in der Türkei üblich ist,
- [NYC-Souvenir: Endlich Druckerpatronen](https://janavar.net/nyc-souvenir-endlich-druckerpatronen/) - Ja, liebe türkische Verkäufer in Elektroläden, so wird es gemacht: Erinnert ihr euch an meine erfolglose Suche nach Druckerpatronen in Istanbul? Ich erinnere mich sehr gut. Heute bin ich einfach in das nächste Staples-Geschäft gegangen, wo alle Druckerpatronen an einer sehr großen Wand hinter den Kassen ordentlich aufgereiht sind. Wenn ich alle sage, meine ich
- [Shoppingsünde](https://janavar.net/shoppingsunde/) - Diesen Artikel habe ich vorbereitet, da es besser ist, dass zwischen meinem Freund und mir etwa 1.300 km liegen, wenn er das hier liest. Ich wandele also
- [Mitbringsel aus Deutschland](https://janavar.net/mitbringsel-aus-deutschland/) - Da haben wir es! Ich fliege für ein Wochenende nach Deutschland und komme natürlich nicht an den Läden vorbei. Andererseits habe ich mich dieses Mal stark
- [Neues für Istanbuler Shopaholics](https://janavar.net/neues-fur-istanbuler-shopaholics/) - Kleine Dinge machen manchmal so glücklich, bei mir hilft Shopping jedenfalls ungemein, v.a. diese Neuigkeiten:
- [Souvenirs aus Tángrénjiē](https://janavar.net/souvenirs-aus-tangrenjie/) - Die Chinesen nennen Chinatowns auf Mandarin Tángrénjiē - die Straße der Tang-Menschen, wobei Tang ursprünglich eine erfolgreiche Kaiserdynastie vom 7. bis zum
- [Aufgebraucht im März](https://janavar.net/aufgebraucht-im-marz/) - Nach einer kleiner Pause, die eher unfreiwillig war, weil bei meinen Eltern das Internet auch 2013 immer noch Glückssache ist ("Ihr Dorf liegt am letzten Ende der Leitung.")
- [Aufgebraucht im April](https://janavar.net/aufgebraucht-im-april/) - Meine Selbstmotivation funktioniert - wenn ich hier jeden Monat einen Artikel schreiben will, muss ich auch mehr als zwei Produkte verbrauchen :-).
- [Ich packe meinen Koffer ...](https://janavar.net/ich-packe-meinen-koffer/) - ... und versuche, so wenig wie möglich mitzunehmen, weil der Koffer wirklich klein ist und ich nur zwei Tage in Izmir bin.
- [Freundschaftsbänder, Nagellacke & DIY - gleich 3 Dinge auf einmal](https://janavar.net/freundschaftsbander-nagellacke-diy-gleich-3-dinge-auf-einmal/) - Als ich elf oder zwölf war, ging ich eines Sonntags zu meiner besten Freundin und sie hatte d e n neusten Trend mitgebracht, gelernt einen Tag vorher von
- [Aufgebraucht im Juli & August](https://janavar.net/aufgebraucht-im-juli-august/) - Das waren zwei gute Monate für den Badschrank. Es ist so einiges leer geworden und im Urlaub habe ich vor allem Proben benutzt, die nun nicht mehr im Weg
- [Aufgebraucht im September & Oktober](https://janavar.net/aufgebraucht-im-september-oktober/) - Auch in den letzten zwei Monaten habe ich wieder ordentlich Produkte verbraucht und damit etwas Platz im Badschrank geschaffen. Na gut, nicht unendlich viel
- [Kochbuchmittwoch: Schokoladen-Bananen-Mousse](https://janavar.net/kochbuchmittwoch-schokoladen-bananen-mousse/) - So lecker! Es wird Frühling und gegen die Frühjahrsmüdigkeit lässt sich nur mit ganz harten Mitteln kämpfen. Zum Beispiel Schokolade und Bananen zusammen in einer Mousse. Okay, es gibt auch andere Möglichkeiten, kalt duschen zum Beispiel. Oder draußen joggen. Aber die sind nicht so lecker wie die Mousse. Dazu fröhlich farbige Förmchen. Und natürlich habe
- [10 Gründe, warum ich die Türkei liebe](https://janavar.net/10-grunde-warum-ich-die-turkei-liebe/) - Da gebe ich hier groß meine Bloggingpläne bekannt und dann hatte ich gestern keine Zeit mehr für den ersten Post meiner Türkischen Woche :-(. Denn als wir gestern früh mit dem zweiten Bus in Yalova ankamen, war unsere Wunschfähre natürlich ausgebucht, so dass wir eine andere zu einem anderen Anleger nehmen mussten. Kartal liegt aber
- [Schöne Orte in Deutschland](https://janavar.net/schone-orte-in-deutschland/) - Zum Abschluss meiner Deutschlandwoche habe ich noch einmal über die für mich schönsten Orte in Deutschland nachgedacht. Mittlerweile war ich in fast jedem Bundesland (außer Bremen und dem Saarland). Trotzdem habe ich mir im Sommer erst einmal den "Lonely Planet Germany" gekauft, weil ich viele schöne bzw. interessante Orte noch nicht gesehen habe. Vielleicht könnt
- [Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann?](https://janavar.net/wer-hat-angst-vorm-schwarzen-mann/) - Ostern 2012 gehört für mich zu den Dingen, die die Welt wirklich nicht gebraucht hat. Das begann schon Mittwoch Abend, als ich mir entweder an einem Hähnchendöner
- [Leise rieselt der Schnee](https://janavar.net/leise-rieselt-der-schnee/) - Heute kann ich mich nur ganz schwer aufraffen, aufzustehen. Es ist der 1. März, der meteorologische Frühlingsanfang. Aber von Frühling ist weit und breit keine
- [Umzug überlebt](https://janavar.net/umzug-uberlebt/) - Huih, zum Glück sind die letzten drei Wochen um: erst der Umzug; dann so viel Arbeit, dass Y. oft erst abends um zehn von der Arbeit nach Hause kam (los geht's
- ["Die Welt ist schön mit euch!"](https://janavar.net/die-welt-ist-schon-mit-euch/) - ... so der Spruch auf dem türkischen Bild links. Heute ist Internationaler Frauentag und daher wünsche ich euch allen auch einen schönen Tag! In der Türkei wird
- [Fashion: Stripes, pink & happy](https://janavar.net/fashion-stripes-pink-happy/) - One of the scariest things happened when I looked into the mirror last weekend: I thought it is really cool to be in my thirties. I am glad I am not in my teens
- [Travel photo diary: Miami](https://janavar.net/travel-photo-diary-miami/) - know, I know. I've been back from Miami for four weeks, but I still post mostly Florida pictures. I promise that this is one of the last big Miami photo posts
- [My birthday wish list 2016](https://janavar.net/my-birthday-wish-list-2016/) - It is this time of the year ... it's my birthday in two weeks, well and a day. In two weeks and a day. I think I don't really like having my birtday in the middle
- [Week in review: 2 - 8 May 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-2-8-may-2016/) - What I have learned this week that you always have to be careful no matter what. I experienced this physically on Thursday: it had been raining for days, it was
- [Travel: From Miami to Key West - Road trip to paradise](https://janavar.net/travel-from-miami-to-key-west-road-trip-to-paradise/) - Key West - the southermost city in the continental US, the southern terminus of Highway 1. Of course we wanted to go there while we stayed in Miami Beach, and
- [Beauty: My favorite makeup sticks](https://janavar.net/beauty-my-favorite-makeup-sticks/) - I remember a friend from university who always used a foundation and a blush stick from Schlecker, a German drugstore that has long since been closed down.
- [Outfit: Blue shirt dress in NYC](https://janavar.net/outfit-blue-shirt-dress-in-nyc/) - I love two things: spring and shirt dresses. Spring is self-explaining I guess. As for the shirt dresses: There are always two or three in my closet. For some
- [Week in review: 25 April - 1 May 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-25-april-1-may-2016/) - Can you believe that one third of this year has already passed? But May is one of my favorite months because that's when it usually becomes warm, when nature
- [Home, sweet procrastination](https://janavar.net/home-sweet-procrastination/) - This is the first of the last four weekends that I am at home. First I was in Florida, then in New York City, and last Saturday I went on a day trip to Cape Cod
- [Week in review: 18 - 24 April 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-18-24-april-2016/) - I need to hurry up today, writing this post. Basically, I've got 12 minutes left because that is when Game of Thrones starts. I have waited for months for the sixth season to start, and it took me some time today to figure out how I can stream HBO online using my Xfinity account (that
- [My 5 favorite things to do in Miami Beach](https://janavar.net/my-5-favorite-things-to-do-in-miami-beach/) - I can't believe that it has already been a week since I returned from my vacation in Florida. If I had the time to, I'd fly there again immediately. At least
- [10 random facts about me](https://janavar.net/10-random-facts-about-me/) - While I am sitting on the train from New York City back to Boston, and can't decide if I want to show you some more photos from Florida first or rather those
- [Outfit: South Beach at sunset](https://janavar.net/outfit-south-beach-at-sunset/) - Sometimes it just feels right to be in a certain place. Miami Beach was one of those places. As soon as I was on the beach, I felt calmer, and more aware of the
- [Welcome to Miami](https://janavar.net/welcome-to-miami/) - My friend and I have been in Miami Beach since yesterday evening, and it honestly is like paradise. Ok, last night many people looked a little tacky, but in
- [Week in review: 4 - 10 April 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-4-10-april-2016/) - Das Leben kann so schön sein, wenn man am Strand liegt und zwischendurch zur Abkühlung mal kurz ins türkisfarbene Meer springt. Viel mehr fällt mir zur letzten Woche kaum ein - dabei bin ich erst am Freitagabend nach Florida geflogen. Aber so ein Wochenende in den Subtropen lässt mich jeden vorherigen Stress sofort vergessen. Ich
- [Travel: Rockport in March](https://janavar.net/travel-rockport-in-march/) - Last summer I was in Rockport for the first time, and I knew immediately that it is one of these small coastal towns you can go visit again every now and then.
- [Outfit: Leather miniskirt and sneakers](https://janavar.net/outfit-leather-miniskirt-and-sneakers/) - o you know what it's like when the last few days just before a vacation drag on forever? On the one hand, I am still working, make important appointments (I just
- [Week in review: 28 March - 3 April 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-28-march-3-april-2016/) - I am absolutely ripe for hibernating again. While there were temperatures around 10 °C last week, it started snowing yesterday morning, and it stopped just tonight
- [Bucket list for April 2016](https://janavar.net/bucket-list-for-april-2016/) - Incredible that it is April already, i.e. the first quarter of this year is over, and I have lived in the US for nine month even. Besides, snow is forecast once
- [Travel: Concord, MA](https://janavar.net/travel-concord-ma/) - To me US-American history isn't that exciting because it is way too young, and not that much has happened. I am much more fascinated by ancient Greece or Ghengis
- [Week in review: 21 - 27 2016](https://janavar.net/week-in-review-21-27-2016/) - This weekend I totally left my comfort zone: I drove a car in the US for the first time, and also an automatic one for the first time ever. Well, I had to call
- [Travel: The United Nations Headquarters in NYC](https://janavar.net/travel-the-united-nations-headquarters-in-nyc/) - I was responsible for the Model United Nations club at my last school, I often discussed politics with my students, we went to conferences, and every year we
- [Outfit: Just don't care](https://janavar.net/outfit-just-dont-care/) - When I was in New York City last weekend, I stayed in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan for the first time. Inside I feel rather like a Manhattan girl, but my bank
- [Immer wieder sonntags #119](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-119/) - I am sitting on the bus from New York City back to Boston, it has turned dark some time ago, and it has already started snowing slightly. Most passengers are
- [Beauty: Clinique Pop & Origins mask sets](https://janavar.net/beauty-clinique-pop-origins-mask-sets/) - Recently, I arranged my beauty products in a new way - it may be that I have got enough lipsticks for my lifetime, and also for the ones of my great-great-great-
- [First spring weekend in Boston](https://janavar.net/first-spring-weekend-in-boston/) - I mentioned it before: we had a wonderful weekend in Boston with a lot of sun and warm temperatures. That doesn't seem to normally happen here in the middle of
- [Immer wieder sonntags #118](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-118/) - And it's Monday evening again. Sometimes I don't know the time has gone. But I remember of course. The weather last week was fantastic. Suddenly, we had
- [Immer wieder sonntags #117](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-117/) - And as usual things never turn out the way I expect. I returned from Washington and immediately caught a bad cold. My last week was very boring after all: I went
- [Beauty: My travel makeup essentials](https://janavar.net/beauty-my-travel-makeup-essentials/) - All in all I am pretty proud of myself because this time I only travel with my valise. And in there, my camera and two big novels take up most of the space. But
- [Wie ich vom bösen Blick befreit wurde](https://janavar.net/wie-ich-vom-bosen-blick-befreit-wurde/) - Eines vorneweg: ob ihr die folgende Geschichte glaubt, müsst ihr selbst entscheiden. Ich bin nicht religiös, ich glaube nicht an Leben nach dem Tod, aber ich
- [There is something not quite right about my February](https://janavar.net/there-is-something-not-quite-right-about-my-february/) - Recently I haven’t been very successful with my #29daysofblogging. But in the end things like ordering my own furniture for my living room are more important to
- [Travel: Castles in Eastern Turkey](https://janavar.net/travel-castles-in-eastern-turkey/) - Was mache ich am besten, wenn mich der Stress übermannt? Drogen wären eine Lösung, sind aber leider nicht so gut, und ja, ich zähle da gerade auch Schokolade und
- [Immer wieder sonntags #116](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-116/) - Is it possible to feel more stressed after the vacation than before? Yep, I have managed that. And that isn't because of myself at all. But it actually makes me
- [Books: Percy Jackson & Co.](https://janavar.net/books-percy-jackson-co/) - Fantasy gehört mit zu meinen liebsten Genres. Nicht umsonst habe ich alle meine "Harry Potter"-Bücher noch und lese sie eigentlich jedes Jahr einmal durch, und bei meinen
- [Beauty: Essie Revival Collection](https://janavar.net/beauty-essie-revival-collection/) - I still remember my first Essie polish: a-list. It was in summer 2012 and I was in the TK Maxx in Mannheim. Using this first Essie I quickly learned that these
- [My winter vacation in Vermont](https://janavar.net/my-winter-vacation-in-vermont/) - I would have liked to show you many photos from beautiful Vermont, but the weather was against us. During our five vacation days there, it was way to cold on the
- [My desk: From where I blog](https://janavar.net/my-desk-from-where-i-blog/) - esides my bed my desk is probably the most important piece of furniture I own. I had my last desk for seven years and I really loved it because it consisted of
- [Fashion: Fluffy in winter](https://janavar.net/fashion-fluffy-in-winter/) - To me winter isn't as bad as I had always thought. I have to admit that it will always stay my least favorite season, but it does have its positive sides.
- [Immer wieder sonntags #115](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-115/) - Like every year I would like to quote one of my favorite heroes of serials, Samantha Jones: "Happy fucking Valentine's Day!" But when I ignore all those hearts
- [My travel bucket list for the first half of 2016](https://janavar.net/my-travel-bucket-list-for-the-first-half-of-2016/) - To me traveling is even more awesome than buying shoes and petting my nail polish collection. I am glad that I can go on trips so often, even though I often realize
- [Travel: Ortaköy](https://janavar.net/travel-ortakoy/) - From Turkish sweets yesterday to sights in Istanbul today. One of favorite places there is Ortaköy, a neighborhood which is under the first Bosphorus bridge.
- [Recipe: Karyoka (or: chocolate covered candied chestnuts)](https://janavar.net/recipe-karyoka-or-chocolate-covered-candied-chestnuts/) - I just really wanted to brag with my title today. Karyoka sounds nearly simple, at least in contrast to chocolate covered candied chestnuts. Only nobody knows
- [Beauty: 7 Lipsticks like in the 1990s](https://janavar.net/beauty-7-lipsticks-like-in-the-1990s/) - Since I thought of my teenager me yesterday, I have also remembered my love for the 1990s. I love love love the 1990s, with all the cropped tops, spaghetti straps
- [Immer wieder sonntags #114](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-114/) - This was a really good week. Even though I accidentally shut my cat in my closet for several hours - but he forgave me. Fortunately, it was the closet in which
- [15 things that make me happy](https://janavar.net/15-things-that-make-me-happy/) - 15 things that make me happy at the moment: 1. Because of the snow day yesterday I have a long weekend.
- [Wishlist for winter vacation](https://janavar.net/wishlist-for-winter-vacation/) - Sometimes I look back at my first semester in university and would love to be a student once more. It was when I had just moved from a tiny village to the big city
- [Travel: Manhattan in snow](https://janavar.net/travel-manhattan-in-snow/) - Sometimes you I am just really lucky. This afternoon the weather forecast suddenly announced a winter storm watch for Boston, and we all hoped to get a snow day
- [Beauty: 7 new favorites](https://janavar.net/beauty-7-new-favorites/) - I wonder if I will ever reach a point when I say that I really don't need any new makeup products. Only: why should I; and even more: what would I then use to
- [Immer wieder sonntags #113](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-113/) - All in all this hasn't been a good week. I knew already on the way back from NYC last Sunday that I'd have to stay in bed on Monday because I had also got the really bad
- [#blizzard2016 - Impressions of Jonas in NYC](https://janavar.net/blizzard2016-impressions-of-jonas-in-nyc/) - We made it to New York City because we took the bus at 7 a.m. today - just one before all trips were cancelled. It also took us one and half hours longer than
- [My souvenirs from Istanbul](https://janavar.net/my-souvenirs-from-istanbul/) - Multicolored lamps, big blue glass eyes, small carpets, soft hammam cloths ... there are so many things from Turkey that I would love to have. But since both my room and
- [Immer wieder sonntags #112](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-112/) - o you know what is even cooler than going to Ikea on a Saturday with my best male friend here, and if only to eat hotdogs? Next weekend we are going to New York
- [Travel: Whirling dervishes in Galata](https://janavar.net/travel-whirling-dervishes-in-galata/) - I have been fascinated by the Persian poet and mystic Rumi (or Mevlana) for a long time, and I also regret a little that in my five years in Turkey I didn't make
- [I love my new dentist, or: My goals for 2016](https://janavar.net/i-love-my-new-dentist-or-my-goals-for-2016/) - The first two weeks of 2016 are over, and for me personally the year has started well. I wasn't jet-lagged when I came back home from Istanbul that Sunday night,
- [#Sultanahmet - Terrorism is evil, always and everywhere](https://janavar.net/sultanahmet-terrorism-is-evil-always-and-everywhere/) - This morning was one of the few when I just didn't feel like going online, but instead looking through cookbooks during breakfast. Only right before I wanted to
- [Recipe: Turkish açma](https://janavar.net/recipe-turkish-acma/) - One of the things I miss most about Turkey is Turkish breakfast. As in the really big one on weekends and during vacation, which you meet friends for, sit together
- [Immer wieder sonntags #111](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-111/) - First, I had a lot of snow in Istanbul, then minus 12°C in Boston. That doesn't fell that good, even though the days here are unbelievably bright. By now it is
- [The books I read in 2015](https://janavar.net/the-books-i-read-in-2015/) - I had actually intended to read more last year, but moving abroad took up a lot of time. Still - reading 40 books isn't bad, and I hope of course that it's going
- [Immer wieder sonntags #110](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-110/) - 24 hours, four airports, three flights, and I made it back to Boston. Of course only my last flight was delayed because they were one crew short. Eventually
- [2015 End of year review](https://janavar.net/2015-end-of-year-review/) - When I look back at last year, I realize that it was overall simply brilliant. In the heat of the moment I sometimes forget this, e.g. when it becomes really
- [Happy New Year from snowy Istanbul](https://janavar.net/happy-new-year-from-snowy-istanbul/) - I wish you a Happy New Year and hope you have arrived well in 2016! My last year was exciting enough, and I am going to write a throwback. But I don't know if I
- [Immer wieder sonntags #109](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-109/) - I know, I know, I am late for my Sunday post - late even for Turkish standards. But I also have got a few good excuses and some first expressions from Istanbul:
- [My Christmas presents 2015](https://janavar.net/my-christmas-presents-2015/) - Canavar loves presents, I love presents, everybody loves presents! I think I haven't got as many Christmas presents for many years as this year. I have got the
- [Merry Christmas 2015](https://janavar.net/merry-christmas-2015/) - Canavar and I wish you a merry Christmas 2015! Like almost every year we celebrate apart from each other - he by sleeping a lot at home, playing with his Christmas
- [Immer wieder sonntags #108](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-108/) - I am terribly excited. In twenty hours I'll already be sitting in a plane to Istanbul or rather first in a plane to Rome and then in one to Istanbul. That happens
- [My first day of Christmas vacation](https://janavar.net/my-first-day-of-christmas-vacation/) - The first day of vacation is always the best one - because it feels like having an endless amount of free time. It is the day when I stay in bed even though my cat
- [Immer wieder sonntags #107](https://janavar.net/immer-wieder-sonntags-107/) - It is only three and half days until I can sleep in and just relax for almost two and half weeks. Until I can go and buy the last Christmas presents, and have
- [Schnee gewünscht](https://janavar.net/schnee-gewunscht/) - Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen, wann kommst du geschneit? Du wohnst in den Wolken, dein Weg ist so weit. Da höre ich von allen Seiten, dass es in Deutschland am Wochenende geschneit hat - und obwohl ich meine sonnigen 16 °C liebe, bin ich nun doch neidisch. Wo bleibt der Winter (der schöne)? Ich will auch Schnee! Wenigstens
- [Cutting down our Christmas tree](https://janavar.net/cutting-down-our-christmas-tree/) - I already promised my cat in spring that this year we were going to have a real Christmas tree. No matter how big or small, but a real one. That is because in
- [Recipe: Christmas "Amerikaner" cakes](https://janavar.net/recipe-christmas-amerikaner-cakes/) - Two candles of my Advent wreath are already lit, next weekend my roommate and I will cut our Christmas tree (although I still hope that clumsy old me doesn't
- [Plätzchen-Dezember: Cranberry-Makronen & Stollenwürfel](https://janavar.net/platzchen-dezember-cranberry-makronen-stollenwurfel/) - Rezepte für Cranberry-Makronen und Stollenwürfel

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- [10 Things I Would Love to Do in NYC This Winter](https://janavar.net/web-stories/https-janavar-net-10-things-i-would-love-to-do-in-nyc-this-winter/) - 10 Things I Would Love to Do in NYC This Winter - 10 Great Winter Activities for New York City

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