while googling ideas for a single gal's valentine's day party, i stumbled across a site for international quirkyalone day. it apparently started in san fran and this year's party is at cafe royale (which was right around the corner from where i lived), so i'm surprised i never heard about it before ( Read more... )

madonna's new song "hung up" has turned into my overnight obsession. i downloaded the video the other day, and ever since, i've been watching it and (being the big dork i am) practicing the choreography in my living room (keeping glass tables far out of reach, of course ( Read more... )

for those of you who don't know, st. oberholz @ rosenthaler platz is my new hot(tie) spot. i get good coffee, free internet, and the waitstaff is easy on the eye. so after my first st. oberholz crush turned out to be too short (with overmuscular arms) and my second one i spotted with a girlfriend, i was sourly disappointed. and given this ( Read more... )

my so-called love life has been painfully stagnant for way too long now. recently, only two polar opposites have existed...either creepoids more than just like me and i definitely don't like them: ghetto thugs, doener-kebab-imbiss owners, and elderly croatian men. or i am myself the victim of unrequited like. the newest object of desire i've found ( Read more... )

so i had an amazing interview with an amazing ad agency (that does fun work and actually has fun doing it...plus they're just around the corner from the agency i was working at, which is only 2 u-bahn stops from home). sent everyone i met there a thank you last night, and was hoping i'd get good feedback once they talked to their creative director ( Read more... )

the other night i had a dream where i was reading somewhere that the jelsa police has never been able to solve any murder cases. started thinking (in my sleep) of ways to leave behind evidence/leads should i actually be kidnapped ( Read more... )

so todays been better. stayed in town but been keeping to myself. almost had a run-in with jaschka (the boss guy) but narrowly escaped (accidentally exited the city center toward the pier/harbor an alleyway too soon but managed to do a covert roundabout). then he rode by while i was finishing my lunch at a pizzeria. luckily he didnt notice me. ( Read more... )

my first afternoon in jelsa did not go quite as planned. went to ask the price for renting a bike at some shop. all i wanted to know was the price (i planned to actually rent the bike the next day), and then i was going to walk around the town, get info for visiting neighboring towns, and then hit the beach and read a book again or something. so ( Read more... )

sunny weather in croatia has moved up from tuesday to saturday. so there's still hope yet! plus, i check out the website for the resort hotel. and if i get stuck inside due to icky weather, i'll just have to ueber-indulge in the hotel's massage parlor. plus there's an indoor swimming pool, a satelite tv-lounge, a coffee bar, and an aperitif bar! i' ( Read more... )

just started packing for my trip to croatia (i leave for a week on tuesday). decided to check the weather, and guess what? it's 24 deg c today, but after that it's supposed to be down to the teens and rain all week until my last day there. and of course here in berlin it's supposed to be sunny and in the mid-20s. fuckin-a. i hope the weather people ( Read more... )