FYI Archives - Luci Westphal

Cormorants, Florida, birds, black, orange beak, blue eyes

Refreshed

Testing the air and soon the water.

Jumping Over My Own Shadow: My First Indie Market

In German, we have an expression that translates to “jumping over one’s own shadow” and means to do something that doesn’t come natural to you and is unsettling, even scary to you. It’s usually something that is not scary or even a big deal to others – but just outside of your personal comfort zone or natural behavior.

Why mass shootings are a reason I’m making “All’s Well and Fair”

One year ago today, I was in Gainesville, Florida, to film the 3rd installment of my documentary project All’s Well and Fair. The next morning,…

7 Year-Anniversary + The Last MIN Episode

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Looking for happy new 2015 summer songs!

As I’m in the process of putting together the final mix of my favorite songs of the 2nd quarter of 2015, something I suspected is…

Lily Allen – “Somewhere Only We Know” (MusicMonday)

Tonight, Scott and I are flying back to New York City for a few days. If you know me then you will have an idea…

The Afghan Whigs – “Gentlemen” (MusicMonday)

Beware, this is a special, quite personal album Music Monday post. Thanks to this more detailed article on stereogum, I just realized that the The…

Überlin Berlin Portrait Photo Shoot

James watching Zoë take a picture Last week James Glazebrook and Zoë Noble of the fabulous Berlin blog überlin published a new article in their…

3 Years! … and a big change

On the day of the 3-year anniversary of my web series In A Berlin Minute aka In A Brooklyn Minute I spontaneously decided to make…

Berlin Bears / Bärenzwinger – In A Berlin Minute (Week 157)

Berlin Bears / Bärenzwinger – In A Berlin Minute (Week 157) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. Since 1280 the coat of arms, mascot and symbol…

New Website! > Moving Postcard

Moving Postcard Logo — Theoretically planned for many, many months… then in the works for several weeks… now finally finished: my new website: MovingPostcard.com! On…

The Expat Language and Culture Dilemma or “Can’t we all just get along?”

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You will be missed! You will continue to inspire!

With shock and sadness we found out yesterday that Howard “Howie” Beardslee died in the afternoon when an SUV hit him while he was out…

German NYE Tradition: Bleigiessen (Fortune Telling through Molybdomancy) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 139)

Bleigießen (Molybdomancy) is a North European New Year’s Eve tradition that goes back all the way to Ancient Greece. After you melt a piece…

Being A Guest On Fresh Talk Podcast

This week I had the honor to be the guest on Fresh Art International’s podcast Fresh Talk hosted by Cathy Byrd. Cathy Byrd asked me…

I Dare YOU!

I’m back with a 2nd vlog to show you a glimpse of Florida and to challenge you… Best viewed directly on YouTube in 720p HD…