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

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Recipe: Cinnamon Orange Mascarpone Cookies

Recipe: Cinnamon Orange Mascarpone Cookies

Posted onDecember 3, 2022December 3, 20223 Comments

Cinnamon Orange Mascarpone Cookies – so easy and so tasty that they were the first Christmas cookies I made this year. Read More …

CategoriesBackenTagsChristmas, Christmas cookies, Cookies, Food, janavar, Recipe

Holiday Gift Guide: For the Person Who Already Has Everything | janavar

Holiday Gift Guide: For the Person Who Already Has Everything

Posted onNovember 17, 2022January 19, 2025Leave a comment

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 (although of this list I am definitely the one who still loves to get more things). Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsChristmas, gift guide, Gift Ideas, janavar, Life, Lifestyle

Gift Guide: For Babies | janavar

Holiday Gift Guide: For Babies (Before They Tell Us What They Actually Want)

Posted onNovember 16, 2022November 15, 2022Leave a comment

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 our favorites. And they definitely make for great gifts. Personally, Read More …

CategoriesFashionTagsbaby, Christmas, family, gift guide, janavar, Lifestyle

Merry Christmas 2021!

Posted onDecember 25, 2021Leave a comment

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 Read More …

CategoriesLife, UncategorizedTagsChristmas, christmas 2021

The 10 Best Inexpensive Christmas Activities in New York City - janavar

The 10 Best Inexpensive Christmas Activities in New York City

Posted onDecember 11, 2021January 19, 2025Leave a comment

Christmas might be my absolute favorite season in New York City because this is when the magic is even more tangible. Also, there are so many things to do, so many things to see around Christmas. Many of those are Read More …

CategoriesNew York CityTagsChristmas, Christmas in New York, Christmas in NYC, New York, New York City, Reisen, Travel

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Little Island NYC 🏝🌸 Ophelia and I spent ye Little Island NYC 🏝🌸

Ophelia and I spent yesterday morning on the artificial island on the West Side, in the Hudson River. It was quite empty and quiet at that time. So Ophelia could explore the many stairs and fences and flowers. ☺️ And I had a lot of exercise. 🤣
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Summer in the City is great. But leaving for a bea Summer in the City is great. But leaving for a beach day is also awesome. 🌞
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We met friends for dinner and ended up at the #Cam We met friends for dinner and ended up at the #CambridgeDanceParty last night 🪩

It was fun with all the people dancing in the street (and a no kids evening for us). 😊 Sadly, I cannot recall if I ever went to one of those annual parties when I still lived there.

But one question: What's up with so many men now having a mustache??? 🤔👨
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Hot summer 🔥 Yesterday, I wished I wore even le Hot summer 🔥
Yesterday, I wished I wore even less 😅 (and to think that, once upon I time when I moved from Europe to the U S., I claimed one didn't need ACs 🙈)
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