a fall in two cities

Fall has arrived all around the world!! Okay..maybe not all around the world.. but at least in Frankfurt and Calgary! But can I tell you a secret.. I took these pictures last week and I was hoping to get some more pretty fall pictures with fallen leaves, but winter came and stole away my perfect opportunity! Darn! Today we had rain in the morning and snow in the afternoon! Brrr..it feels like it could be Christmas tomorrow! But living in Calgary for five and a half years, if there's one thing that's consistent.. it's that the weather is very inconsistent!  Anyways. These are some pictures I took in my backyard. I live in an interesting area of the city, where behind me are farms (yes I see horses and cows occasionally) and in front of me are completely modern houses that I like to call "art galleries"! -JM

Last sunday, I went to the campus of my university, the Goethe-University in Frankfurt. It is a pretty new campus and has a lot of space! Next to that campus, there is a park with a small "Korean Garden" which I really really love. We have around 15 degrees right now but you can feel it is gonna be very cold very soon......The riverside in Frankfurt must be really pretty right now, but unfortunately I had no time to go there and check out the fall there yet :(  -MJS

Two falls in two cities <3

How does your fall in your town look like? 

recommendation for colder days..

  recommendation for the chilly fall: fresh peppermint tea with some honey <3

   october in frankfurt. 

Rock & Shop 2012

Offenbach, Germany. 05.10.2012

goodbye summer-internship..

 alice francis. check out her songs here 

  trademark from tel aviv, israel. it was so much fun to have them in the studio! 

(the girl in the middle is conny, also an intern at radio freeFM)

you can listen to my interview with trademark here

my internship at Radio freeFM in Ulm is over :(

i had a great time interviewing musicians, listening to a lot of great music and being able to even shoot a little live-session video of the band Cortex (link will be uploaded soon;) )

great time, somehow i gotta find a way to keep on doing those things in frankfurt, too!

i'm currently working on some plans...we'll see we'll see..

café naschkatze [neu-ulm]

It's the last weekend in September now - I look back on this summer and yes, I can say: 

life is good:)

So I hope you're all having a great time and living your life to the fullest out there!

Right now in Germany - it's Oktoberfest-time!

As you might know, Oktoberfest starts in September and ends on the first weekend of October.

I have to admit I have never been to the original Oktoberfest in Munich...

But thinking of Oktoberfest and very German things, I took a Brezel-picture for you ;)

I took the pictures in a coffe shop called Café Naschkatze which is placed in Neu-Ulm, South Germany. 

I love this café -  they have homemade cake everyday, great coffee and the inside of the coffee shop is really cute and cosy...

I might share a link to a video that a friend of mine and I have taken of this coffee shop. 

It's not finished yet, so please be patient;)

How are you today?

Travelling from one city to another and back...time to rest a bit..
or...travel on to new places..?

                           

bubbles in september.

bubbles. i missed bubbles so much.

busy days in september but still a lot of fun - 

yesterday i've been to a concert of a bavarian band kellerkommando  that combines bavarian folk music with hiphop.
really interesting and great experience :D
 i went there because i was interviewing them in the evening at freefm, the radio station i m doing an internship at. 

they were reaaally nice people and it was a great show! 

Obstwiesenfestival.

i visited the 20th obstwiesenfestival [OWF] in dornstadt, germany.

i've been excited for it for months now and on august 23- august 25, it was finally time for the 

greatest festival in this area (around ulm): OWF-time!! and it was all for free!!

the line-up this year was amazing:

the hidden cameras (CA), japandroids (CA), breton (UK), the hundred in the hand (US), we invented paris (CH/GER), casio kids (NOR)  etc.

......and my favourites: THE GO! TEAM (UK)!!!!!!

they were all amazing, especially The Go!Team had a great show on that rainy saturday, but everyone was

dancing to their songs "T.O.R.N.A.D.O." or "huddle formation. 

i highly recommend all of the bands i just mentioned - check them out online or just click on the playlist-link

--> owf 2012 playlist

ayia napa and its cats....

adorable cats on cyprus. they were everywhere!

and the lovely streets of nicosia were hot but empty- 

apparently all the residents of nicosia leave the

hottest town in summer for vacation because of the heat (over 40°C)

back in 2012.

after a long-time break of 9 months,  boiling beans is back!

we are sorry for not being able to update our beloved blog

but we were both busy being good students ;) or with other things in life.

but now we're back!

meanwhile, i was traveling a little in the US and in london, taking a lot of videos in Germany at festivals

and now i'm back from my vacation in cyprus and in doing an internship at a small radio station in my

home town in ulm, germany.

so i'll update you with a lot of pictures and playlists- hope you'll like it:)

i'll start with some cyprus impressions.

and a summer playlist.

         8 songs for this hot but rainy summer

// august playlist.

I love Urban Outfitters!

today i went to urban outfitters, and all their sale stuff was an extra 50% off!

so of course i tried on everything that i loved (which was almost everything) and ended up with these lovely four items :)

the maxi dress should look really great in mexico, and the black tank top can be a bikini coverup or really pretty if worn on top of a tank top! i love the cut out shoulders on the nude dress, and the sweater is perfectly soft, cozy, BRIGHT for winter

ps- and this photo was taken with my iphone4s, edited with diptic and instagram!

pss- a little list of music that i'm liking at the moment:

without you - david guetta and usher

paradise - switchfoot

we found love - rihanna feat. calvin harris

souvenirs - switchfoot

a thousand years - christina perri

taxi driver - gym class heroes

mr. know it all - kelly clarkson

letter from an occupant - the new pornographers

just a kiss - lady antebellum

if i die young - the band perry

fly - nicki minaj feat. rihanna

don't you wanna stay - jason aldean feat. kelly clarkson

a cup of coffee - katy perry

beautiful girl - inxs

..hmm, that wasn't such a "little" list. but you get the idea!

happy birthday janice.

happy birthday janice <3

this is what i'm wearing today

outfit of the day 10142011: forever 21 chiffon top, urban outfitter jeans, aldo leather boots

gold necklace from hongdae in seoul, s. korea

arm candy - right hand - pandora charm bracelet with 'heart' and 'bunny'
forever21 friendship bracelet given by a friend

left hand - forever21 faux leather wrap bracelet

DIY Backpack!

it's a beautiful morning friday in october (my favourite month of the year)..what better to do before class than wake up early and get creative!

I'm obsessed with this new website that shows a lot of DIY projects (check out my account @ www.pinterest.com/jamjamjam), so I got inspired to make something of my own. Here is a plain lavender back pack from Urban Outfitters dressed up with some studs.

i forgot to take a "before" picture, so i borrowed this one from www.urbanoutfitters.com (but it's sold out, sorry)

made by "deux lux" sold at Urban Outfitters

put studs along a row on the pocket and one on each zipper detail :)

tada! the final product!

trying it out, i think it looks nice paired with a feminine outfit

studs i used - bought 100 pieces bulk from ebay

just playing around with the studs.. <3

this might be one of many DIY projects to come..

Hennes & Mauritz.

 

my first little shopping day after a long time.

h&m has incredible sales now - sleeveless shirts in 3 really nice colors for 3€ each.
these tops, especially the white one, can be combined with girly plaid shirts (e.g. the famous ones by hollister)

 and with nice and colorful scarfs. 

 brown/cognac coloured boots would make the outfit perfect.

the ring (4,95€) and the two bracelets (2,95€ each) are really pretty accessories in autumn colors...

i love sale .

now let's thank sweden for their genius Erling Persson - founder of H&M