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

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Beauty: 6 Products to Combat Dry Winter Skin

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Friday’s Five

Posted onNovember 6, 2020November 13, 2021Leave a comment

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 Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsfriday, friday's five, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, New York, New York City

Week in review: 26 October – 1 November 2020

Posted onNovember 2, 2020November 13, 20211 Comment

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 commemorating the dead). But this year everything is different and I don’t want to wait Read More …

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

Happy Halloween 2020 – The Kitten Edition

Posted onOctober 31, 2020November 13, 20211 Comment

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 rather play with our kittens. Later on Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagscats, costumes, Halloween, halloween 2020, kittens, Life, Lifestyle, New York, New York City, USA

Travel: Fall Photos from Maine

Posted onOctober 27, 2020November 13, 2021Leave a comment

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 Rich’s family has owned there since 1795 – an old Read More …

CategoriesMaineTagsfall, fall 2020, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, photography, Reisen, Travel

Week in review: 19 – 25 October 2020

Posted onOctober 25, 2020November 13, 2021Leave a comment

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 has closed for good. Scotty’s Diner hadn’t been open 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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