Every once in a while I treat myself to watching a video from the “A Taste of TED Talks” podcast collection. Today, while trying to…
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Happy New Year (In Photo and Video)
Because I knew a few people were going to send me holiday cards this year, including ShooterHatesYou (who had announced on his vlog that he…
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MusicMonday: Favorite Songs of 4th 1/4 of 2010
Here is the list for my mix CD of favorite songs from the last three months of 2010. As usual there were more favorites than…
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Snow Country – In A Berlin Minute (Week 35)
The Christmas holidays I spent with my family in the country north-west of Hamburg: the Haseldorfer Marsch. On the 25th we all went for a walk…
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Christmas Market – In A Berlin Minute (Week 34)
The Christmas Markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) around Alexanderplatz offer all the usual gifts, foods and atmosphere… and a few more surprising thrills… Happy Holidays, Everyone! – Luci…
View More Christmas Market – In A Berlin Minute (Week 34)MusicMonday: Poly Styrene – “Black Christmas”
Just heard this very dark and quite catchy Christmas song and had to recommend it to you immediately: “Black Christmas” by Poly Styrene (singer of…
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Caitlin revisits Bremen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 33)
Caitlin revisits Bremen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 33) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. This week my friend Caitlin Cassaro from Brooklyn visited me…
View More Caitlin revisits Bremen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 33)MusicMonday: jj – “Let Them” and “Let Go”
The new single by Swedish band jj (Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander) “Let Them” doesn’t have a video yet, but you can download it for…
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Snowfall – In A Berlin Minute (Week 32)
The first snowfall of the season! Well, okay, actually it did already snow last week. But I was in NYC during that time. So this…
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Made it back to Germany just in time for my dad’s birthday. A present I brought him back from New York was the first solo…
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Thanksgiving In Brooklyn – In A Berlin Minute (Week 31)
Thanksgiving in Brooklyn – In A Berlin Minute (Week 31) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. For the second year in a row we had the…
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Between Brooklyn and Berlin
After six consecutive months in Berlin, I’ve been back in Brooklyn for a little over a week. On Friday I’ll be back in Berlin. Saturday…
View More Between Brooklyn and BerlinMusicMonday: Lykke Li is back (!!!) with “Get Some”
The incredibly charismatic and energetic* Swedish singer Lykke Li is finally coming out with her sophomore album Wounded Rhymes. Unfortunately it won’t be released until…
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Back In Brooklyn – In A Berlin Minute (Week 30)
Back in Brooklyn – In A Berlin Minute (Week 30) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. Just in time for my 30th week of life in…
View More Back In Brooklyn – In A Berlin Minute (Week 30)Ian McEwan – “The Innocent”
The Innocent by Ian McEwan My rating: 3 of 5 stars “The Innocent” is the joyful, light, amusing, a bit suspenseful and quite insightful, if…
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TV Tower (Fernsehturm) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 29)
TV Tower / Fernsehturm – In A Berlin Minute (Week 29) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. Usually I try to shoot fresh footage during the…
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