Category: Big city life
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Reflections
This is my last post of 2025—and what a year it has been. So much happened: travel to faraway and beautiful places, returns home and reunions with old friends, great times with new ones, and busy work schedules made easier by fun and relaxing weekends. There were ups and downs, as there always are, but…
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
I kept my best Christmas picture for last: the famous tree at Rockefeller Center. I managed to catch a short window in the run-up to Christmas and ran over during a work break to see it. Even on a weekday, at a very random time, it was already crowded with people. So yes — I…
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Carnegie Hall
Today is Christmas Eve—Heiligabend– the main event in Germany with afternoon cake, traditional food, presents and one of my favorite parts: my mum revealing her special surprise for the holidays. Always treating us to a concert, the ballet, or a cabaret. Even though I’m not spending Christmas in Germany this year, I’m keeping that tradition…
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Christmas Trees
This year I’m spending Christmas in Manhattan, which means scaling things down — but of course not the level of cosiness. After choosing a cute, real fir tree, decorations followed: lights and a variety of ornaments. But have you ever wondered where this tradition actually comes from? It goes back much further than modern Christmas…
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Hot chocolate with a kick
This Saturday I popped by a Baileys pop-up — the tasty, creamy liquor that’s especially famous during the holidays. I had a hot chocolate with Baileys and whipped cream on a very cold December day, surrounded by fairy lights and Christmas trees. A nice little warm-up. It reminded me of all those beautiful Christmas markets…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Unverhofft kommt oft. Some things really do happen out of the blue — like getting a Thanksgiving invitation three hours in advance from my friend in California to her parents’ house in New York. She wasn’t even there, but I went anyway and ended up spending a wonderful evening. It was a traditional Thanksgiving dinner…
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Meow Parlour
Have you heard about cat cafés? Probably at some point in a documentary about Japan. But guess what — New York has one too! Meow Parlour, the city’s first cat café, is tucked away in the Lower East Side. A small, cozy space filled with thoughtfully arranged climbing and chill areas, warm light, and —…
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Radio City Music Hall
I went to a concert at Radio City Music Hall last Sunday. Opened in 1932 as part of Rockefeller Center, it was once the largest indoor theater in the world and quickly became known as the “Showplace of the Nation.” Over the years, it’s hosted everything from movie premieres to major concerts and award shows.…
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Joint Effort
Only in New York: where a prison-style bootcamp gym called Conbody takes the top floor, and right underneath it sits a cannabis shop named Conbud. Just rewind a few years and cannabis is exactly the thing that could have landed you in prison in the first place. To me, it’s such a contradiction—work out while…
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New York Fashion Week goes Underground
This year, New York Fashion Week spilled into the subway. It probably wasn’t even an official show, but that’s the charm—people just jumping on the excitement wagon. The looks ranged from sculptural headpieces to barely-there outfits, all paraded through a station hallway like it was the most natural runway in the world. Super weird, especially…
Josephine in New York City 