American Idol turns into a shocking night when season favorite Jessica Sanchez almost got booted out. Jessica sang Jazmine Sullivan’s ballad “Stuttering” for this episode’s theme song of this decade. Perhaps not her best performance this season, alright, but it was…
The Living Camera, Savant Stephen Wiltshire
Stephen Wiltshire is a British architectural artist known for his ability to draw from memory a landscape after seeing it just once. He would most of the time fly over a city in a helicopter and draw it the following days in a panoramic canvas….
Teaching kids a Language
I love learning new languages. Should I have been younger I would have learned all the languages that I possibly could. 😀 I don’t think it’s too late to learn but my brain is not like a kid’s anymore. Theirs…
The Wonderful World of Arrietty
My son’s class went to a trip to the cinema some time ago and I didn’t bother asking him then what the film would be. That day, he came home excited and told me about Arrietty…he said that it is…
Out in the City
When I first came to Vienna I had a photo of me taken beside a golden robot statue (painted living statue). For some, those statues are nuisance but to tourists they are added attraction. Through the years, these street performers…
Pirate Ship Playsets
Our trip to Zirndorf’s Playmobil is still fresh in the boys’ minds, particularly the pirate ship and log raft adventure that they would often play pretend as pirates using their bed bunks. They’ve often asked for a playset. Pirate ship…
Why an Accountant Will Make Life Easier
The obligations and requirements set by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can be a real mine field if you are not familiar with keeping financial records. Becoming self-employed is an exciting time, but it is important you are aware of…
Will Employers Continue to Offer Health Care?
Today, the question of whether or not employers will continue to offer health care plans is up in the air. At this point, too many factors remain undecided. This includes the current legislation passed in order to create health care…
Juan Gris on Google Doodle
Google honors Spanish painter and sculptor Juan Gris with a doodle representing his art as one of Cubism’s most distinctive work. In actuality, the Spanish artist’s name was far from what he is known for. On 23 March 1887…
Printing your own Photo Book
To someone who’s been taking photos the past 12 years, a coffee table photo book showing the best photos is but a dream come true. Well at least for me. In any case, a personal photo book of my kids is…
Bunk Beds
That Pinteresting is addictive and totally inspiring is a given. I’ve been meaning to try the recipes I’m seeing there, to visit the places that are so picturesque and do the do-it-yourself home improvement ideas such as the one above….
Frühlingstagundnachtgleiche /Spring Equinox by Marimekko on Google Doodle
Google celebrates the official start of spring today with a Google Doodle. On this day that astronomers call the equinox, day and night are exactly equal in length. Now the days are getting longer…of course it means waking up earlier too! Spring is here! I’m happy and sad, happy coz I’d be seeing…
