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• Summer 2017 Book Reviews 23 hours ago   In June I wrote about the 7 books I wanted to read this summer. Now that it is officially fall (!) I thought I’d share what I thought of some of these books. I didn’t read all 7 because finishing my other book (Dark Money) took me way longer than I anticipated, but I did manage to read 4...
• 5 Must-Do's in Tokyo, Guest Post from Tea for Dinosaurs 3 days ago   Today I have something a little different. I have a guest post from fellow Marquette alum, Victoria, who moved to Tokyo with her husband and son about a year ago. We have connected and bonded over being expats and adjusting to life abroad. Victoria has a blog, Tea for Dinosaurs, and we decided...
• Surviving German Office Culture, 5 Small Differences 4 days ago   I am lucky that when my husband and I packed up everything and moved from Michigan to Germany in February 2016 for his job that I was able to get a job in my chosen field 5 months after moving. You can read that story here. I had visited a German office once before so I had some idea of what to...
• Movies to Watch When You're Sick 1 week ago   I have been on the couch sick for the past three days. And it is the worst. I have a sore throat, cough and a runny nose. A cold. I am not the best patient when it comes to being achy, but Vinn has been the absolute best. He’s made dinners, brought me tissues and really taken care of me. Since...
• 7 Fall Recipes to Try 1 week ago   Germany has decided that there’s no need to transition from summer to fall slowly. We woke up one morning and Mother Nature just decided to be fall. No warning. No transition from the 90 degree weather to 75 degrees for a while. Nope, it went from 90 to 61 overnight. The air has been crisp,...

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