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Lebkuchen
The run-up to Christmas is a beautiful time, but the Vorweihnachtszeit doesn’t feel quite right without one quintessential item: Lebkuchen. They’re almost impossible to find in the U.S., especially the originals, so my family came to the rescue and sent a generous care package from Germany. Lebkuchen are traditional German Christmas cookies, originally from Nuremberg,…
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Pumpkin season
New York is in full autumn mode. The air feels crisper, the days a little shorter, and the streets are filling up with signs of fall — pumpkins, wreaths, and autumn leaves decorating stoops and shop windows. Many of these classic stoops belong to the city’s brownstones — row houses built in the late 19th…
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International Coffee Day
Today is International Coffee Day—a perfect excuse (as if I needed one) to write about something I truly love. Coffee isn’t just how I start my mornings; it’s a treat. Not because I can’t function without caffeine, but because I love the taste. That first warm sip—the pause it creates—pure bliss. Do you recognize the…
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Little Garden
For a while now, I’ve been eyeing this little community garden tucked between high-rise buildings—wondering how one could get access. In the past, I could only look at it somewhat longingly from the outside, but today the kind community leader let me in. I wandered along rows of vegetables and flowers stretching in every direction,…
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Capital of Influence
Living in a city overrun with influencers, content creators, and wannabe starlets, I wasn’t surprised to pass by a TikTok-sponsored workshop in Chelsea’s art district. The scene? Merch everywhere, people promoting themselves, and ring lights capturing the action. Did I go in? Absolutely not. Watching from the outside was entertainment enough. Living here often feels…
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Next-level Marketing
Say what you will about luxury brands, but they certainly know how to make a statement with their marketing. Take the flagship Louis Vuitton store in Manhattan, for example. Covering the building in ugly scaffolding? Absolutely not! The solution? A creative cover-up mimicking the design of their iconic trunks. I caught a glimpse of it…
Josephine in New York City 