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

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My Word of the Year 2025
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New York City’s First Snowstorm in Winter 2020-21

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Recipe: Healthy red winter salad

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Beauty: 6 Products to Combat Dry Winter Skin

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Week in review: 8 – 14 February 2021

Posted onFebruary 14, 2021January 19, 2025Leave a comment

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”. Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsImmer wieder sonntags, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, New York, New York City, week in review, Wochenrückblick

Weekend Musings, Vol. 2: On Losing Balance (Literally)

Posted onFebruary 13, 2021January 19, 2025Leave a comment

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. Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsjanavar, Life, Lifestyle, links, weekend musings

The Books I Read in January 2021

Posted onFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021Leave a comment

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 Read More …

CategoriesBücherTagsBooks, Bücher, cozy mystery, janavar, Lifestyle

Week in review: 1 – 7 February 2021

Posted onFebruary 7, 2021February 7, 2021Leave a comment

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 Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsImmer wieder sonntags, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, New York, New York City, week in review, Wochenrückblick

Happy New Year from snowy Istanbul!

Weekend Musings, Vol. 1: A Walk Down Snowy Memory Lane

Posted onFebruary 6, 2021Leave a comment

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 Read More …

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

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