Corona’s surprising effect on an evening at the theater My favorite small theater has reopened after months of lockdown and we are attending a two-woman show called Primacomedy. I return here with mixed feelings. Would it be full? How will they deal with the social distancing inside the theater? I…

Read by the author The newest thing at this year’s Oktoberfest was not at the Oktoberfest. The Oktoberfest or Wiesn was on hold for three years, which for Bavarians was almost as bad as canceling Christmas. Restaurant and brewery owners quickly filled the gap — and their cash registers —…

I can so relate to Jay. Right after college, I had two job interviews. Because I was so nervous, I accepted the first job offer I got decided to cancel the second interview, which would have been as a junior writer with a well-known magazine. …

How refreshing to read an honest perspective on what it takes to get to the top. EVERYTHING. I'm glad you were able to pull back in time to enjoy the non-work things life has to offer. I would agree with the benefit of focusing on a particular goal to get…

A great summary of simple things we can do to boost our energy levels. I always take a morning walk first thing in the morning, something I started during the covid lockdown. Drinking water first thing is also a Korean method of flushing out the system.

This is shocking! Yet another example of Blacks being neglected in the healthcare system, again because of racism. If body cameras are required to document and root out such behavior, so be it. We can't stop the fight until it's won.

Very insightful and a helpful reminder to all parents that we're not perfect! The key thing is to keep on trying. Regarding the rift between our expectations and what our child wants, I remember an incident with my younger daughter. We were in a bookstore and she was 8. She…

Read by the author Protesting technology by battling bikes and coning cars Munich is gearing up to host a trade fair on the topic of mobility. …

Interesting! I raised my 2 daughters to be bilingual (I live in Germany) and bought boxes of DVDs of 1960s sitcoms so they would have proper English to listen to for just this reason: modern movies are too hard to understand. So they grew up watching The Munsters and I Dream of Jeannie, and movies like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins. When they got older they discovered how unusual their media "diet" was. But their English is perfect!