Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for January, 2008

As the Poststrasse curves left in Boeblingen, there are several good restaurants to the right on the Breitegasse: Schwanen, da Alfredo, and more. But if you go to the left instead, you’ll find a little treasure in the Pfarrgasse: Finca Enoteca.
Location and reviews are here: Finca Enoteca map and reviews
We made a reservation for a [...]

Read Full Post »

Customer service can be great in Germany. Last Christmas, I entered a magical world of good customer service when I received a Nespresso machine for Christmas.
OK, ok, I know that it’s an amazingly frivolous way to get coffee, but it’s cheaper than Starbucks, and much less trouble as well. For 31 Euro cents, I get [...]

Read Full Post »

Yay! I finished it using my little ol’ cheap sewing machine bought at Real. It’s a nice size for a lap, or for a tabletop, as you see in the picture.
Now on to my next project – a crazy quilt. I’m collecting fabrics as we speak, and will make this one a large size, maybe [...]

Read Full Post »

The quilting bug has caught me, and it taught me something about getting to know people in the area. It’s really hard to find good fabric stores, and quilting stores are non-existent, or so I thought.

A web search brought these links to light, and it seems that the best way to connect with others is [...]

Read Full Post »