Jan 5








Welcome to my fifth feast… It´s the first in 2007 - so: Happy New Year to all of you =)
Feel free to nible - I hope it´s tasty!


Appetizer (feat. wine: Château Myrat Primeur Cru Classé, vin blanc, 2005)

Which celebrity (or celebrities) do you think will make headlines this year?

Okay, let me get dressed like a fortune-teller! Hmmm, I see:
Paris Hilton and Britney Spears *sigh*, Jen Aniston, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie - just the usual suspects.
And I hope for Johnny Depp - looking forward to Pirates III =)



Soup (feat. wine: Mas de Daumas Gassac Primeur, vin blanc, 2006)

They say that good things come in small packages? What is something little that you think is great?


The newest member of our little family: our son Luis (8 months old). Although my pregnancy-tummy has been everything else but small LOL



Salad (feat. wine: Ausejour Becot Grand Cru, Saint-Emillion AOC, 2000)

Name a song that makes you want to dance.

Although the song´s title does not fit, it´s: I Don´t Feel Like Dancing - The Scissor Sisters

Main Course (feat. wine: Geyser Peak, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County, California, 1997)

What is your favorite font?

Oh, okay, I confess: I am addicted to fonts =)


Dessert (feat. wine: Corton Charlemagne, vin blanc, 2005)

If you were to write a do-it-yourself article, what would it be about?

How to survive do-it-yourself-guides - a do-it-yourself-guide by Sanni J

I hope you enjoyed my feast!

Espresso anybody?

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Duff book of records: Springfield is now the fattest city in the U.S.
Homer: Woo Hoo. In your face Milwaukee.



Dec 22







Welcome to my fourth feast… I hope you´ll enjoy it. And please don´t forget to check out the Peace Globe HQ for the Blogblast for Peace on Dec 24th =)

Appetizer (feat. wine: Château Myrat Primeur Cru Classé, vin blanc, 2005)

What is one of your Christmas traditions?

A typical German tradition is to decorate the Christams tree in the early morning of December 24th… We hang up the Ornaments and usually drink a schnaps for each single ornament or bowl we have placed. YAY! Happy Hangover! =) This is the part of the tradition we skip - There are way too many ornaments and I can´t imagine to prepare the turkey that boozy. But we still keep up the tradition that the “landlord” is the one to place the tree topper on the tree.


Soup (feat. wine: Mas de Daumas Gassac Primeur, vin blanc, 2006)

Who is the easiest person on your list to buy presents for?

That´s easy! The newest member of our little family: our son Luis (8 months old)


Salad (feat. wine: Ausejour Becot Grand Cru, Saint-Emillion AOC, 2000)

What is your favorite Christmas scent?

I love the scent of candles right after blowing them out. I don’t necessarily associate this scent just with Christmas, but during Advent there are tons of candles in our home - so I smell it more often.

Main Course (feat. wine: Geyser Peak, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County, California, 1997)
If you could give a fellow blogger a Christmas gift, who would it be and what would you give them?

I would love to give:
1.) Mimi - The most beautiful Peace-Globe Gallery world wide =)
2.) Bond - A Meet&Great with Robin Williams
3.) Lizza - The most beautiful Bikini the world can imagine (She knows why! Haha!)
4.) Morgen - The one and only “Meth Lab Easy-Bake” *grin*
5.) Caylynn - Group Fitness Music from Burntrax (Frohe Weihnachten!)
6.) Yaxlich - A huge collection of different fart-bombs
7.) Matt-Man - *Peep* (Sorry, this is not family-friendly *giggle*) and a self-refilling bottle of WIR
8.) Sonny -This “special wish” to come true very quick…
And a heart´s desire to be fulfilled for each of you!

Dessert (feat. wine: Corton Charlemagne, vin blanc, 2005)

What’s something on your Christmas wish list this year that you need (not just want)?

Unbelievable, but true: I don´t have any Christmas wish list… Our family disrelished the “shopping mania” it turned out to be in Germany a few years ago. We decided to go back to the roots and celebrate our Christmas with family and friends. The only person to recieve a present will be little Luis =)

Thanks for dining! Espresso anybody?
Merry Christmas to all of you!

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

I want the answers now or eventually!




Dec 15







Welcome to my third feast… This week´s feast will be served as a kind of wine-degustation menu - my blogging-friend Matt-Man missed the drinks last week. So I´m going to serve a harmonizing vintage wine to each served course… and a huge glass of extra-WIR for Matt-Man! Cheers!

Appetizer (feat. wine: Gran Reserva Carinena Bodegas del Senorio, 1987)

What was your very first job with a paycheck?

My very first job with a paycheck was a job I had in a boutique. I wasted my time as a shop assistent selling scuzzy black velvet crushed gear to “Gothics” styled like him (or HER?!?!):

Soup (feat. wine: CHÂTEAU MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD 1973 Cru Classé, Pauillac AOC, Bordeaux)

Did you ever lose something really important to you?

The most important thing I have ever lost are the cuff links my Grandpa handed me down. This is an extraordinary loss to me, the more so as I can´t reconstruct how I lost them. I have never had them on - they were in a small box for many, many years… The box is missing and so do the cuff links. Hopefully they appear someday, but the chance is a tiny one - I turned everything topsy-turvey. Mysterious, isn´t it?


Salad (feat. wine: CHÂTEAU GAZIN vin rouge, 1989, Pomerol AOC, Bordeaux)

What is the best Christmas present you ever received?

Oh, I recieved lost of great presents - but the one I can remember best is my teddy “Baby”. Santa brought him to me by order of a loved person 17 years ago. Baby is a true friend standing sentinel over my sleep every night =)

Main Course (feat. wine: Los Curros Yllera Reserva 1991)

Tell about a favorite “hang out” place for you and your friends when you were in high school.

Mmmmmh, I guess the place we loved most has been “Atlantico Café” in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany - a Mexican Bar and Bodega serving Tex-Mex-food (excellent scalloped Nachos) and drinks… Hooray! Corona beer!

Dessert

Name something that always brings a smile to your face.

- Watching the adventures of our little son Mr L

…our Dog-Diva Mrs J and Mr L are passing the buck to each other every day =)

- A hug or a kiss or just a glance of my beloved Mr F

- My Mommy´s daily phone call

- A nice comment on my blog

- An “oldfashioned” letter of… Oh, is the Dessert strictly limited to ONE smile??? Oooops… Sorry, I´m a kind of Cheshire cat =)))

Thanks for dining! Espresso anybody?


And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Lisa: I’m an ugmo.
Homer: Now, that’s not true. You’re cute as a bug’s ear.
Lisa: Father’s have to say that little stuff.
Homer: Dad, am I cute as a bug’s ear?
Grandpa: No. You’re homely as a mule’s butt.
Homer: There. See?



Dec 8







Welcome to my second feast… Feel free to taste!

Appetizer
Which language would you like to learn and why?

I´d like to learn Dutch and Flemish.

Dutch because the Netherlands are our nearest neighboring state. Much to my regret we did not learn it at school - although it takes just about 45 minutes by car to visit the Netherlands. I think it´s a matter of courtesy to speak your neighbor´s language - even when you visit his country.

Felmish because we consider Mr L to attend a European International School. Those of you who are not new to Coffee 2 go may ask yourself: “They are planning school attendance? He´s just 7 months old!”
Yes, he is =) - but most of the European International Schools mostly begin at Kindergarten… and they have a 2 up to 3 years queue time… We found a very good one in Brussels/Belgium. Belgium is multilingual - parts of it speak French, other parts speak German and a huge part speaks Flemish… might be a good idea to speak all 3 languages of our new home if we move =)


Soup
What’s the funniest thing you’ve heard or read so far this week?

There were lots of funny things I´ve read or heard about this week… but the funniest thing I saw yesterday - Mr L´s newest hobby: Imagine a 7 month old bold as brass baby boy starting a campaign to conquer our Labrador diva´s doss. After several minutes of crawling, climbing and fighting… he finally made it… sitting inside like a little king on his ascending the throne =)


Salad
Which movie was so bad you couldn’t watch the whole thing?

I did not leave cinema yet - but I´ve been watching a few movies I considered being bad enough I nearly did:
1.) Donnie Brasco - an awful bore to me
2.) Mars Attacks! - simply cruft, although many great actors participated
3.) Borat - I was not able to get into this… most of the time I sat there and thought: That´s enough and to spare, he can NEVER exceed this tasteless scene - what can I say? He did… again and again. The “nude fight” almost made me puke all over the cinema…
By the way… relating to “Soup”- the most stupid thing I´ve heared last week is a German couple wants to get a divorce after watching Borat. He liked the movie… she didn´t?!?!?!


Main Course
If there were a holiday in your honor that didn’t use your actual name, what would the day be called?

“For The Love Of Coffee”-holiday - we celebrated the first “Day Of Coffee” (I apologize this post is written in German) in Germany this year, but nobody had a day off by reason of this =)

Dessert
Name one movie which is coming out soon that you would like to see.

Pirates Of The Caribbean - At Worlds End - I confess: I´m a coffee-addicted pirates bride =)

Thanks for dining with me,


And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Operator! Give me the number for 911!




Nov 24

Welcome to my frist Friday´s Feast.
Hopefully you´re not too stuffed after yesterday´s Thanksgiving =)
Feel free to nibble!

1.) Appetizer
Have you ever changed a flat tire by yourself?

I´ve had two flat tires to date *KnockOnWood*.
I have changed the first one by myself. HA! Great experience… *kidding* Last year I touched the curbstone driving our Mini Cooper - the conclusion: A huge hole in the tire. I wanted to change the falt tire, but: Surprise, surprise - NO spare wheel. The Cooper has a kind of second skin inside the tire, so you can drive to the garage if anything happens. Not necessary to tell the security skin had a hole as well?! I got hauled off to the next BMW-garage… and about $ 170,00 went *poof* out of my wallet.


2.) Soup
Do you have an “innie” or an “outie” belly button?

I am the “innie” type (again). During pregancy I spent 2 months being an “outie” ;-)


3.) Salad
Name a new paint color and describe it.

Silvuccino - a mixture of cappuccino color and sparkling silver glitter… like a very festive dressed Latte Macchiato… ;-)


4.) Main Course
What is your favorite holiday tradition?

I love love LOVE Christmas… my favorite childhood memory is decorating the Christmas tree with Mommy and Daddy. It´s our sons 1st Christmas this year… and I can´t wait to decorate EVERYTHING - exceptionally the tree!


5.) Dessert
If you were a cookie, what kind of cookie would you be, and why?

An Oreo cookie - just because I always dreamed of swimming in this: =)

I hope you enjoyed the feast… Espresso anybody…?

Thanks for stopping in,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Lisa: Dad, don’t you think you’re overreacting?
Homer: Don’t you think you’re *under*reacting?
Lisa: This conversation is over.
Homer: This conversation is *under*.
Lisa: Goodbye.
Homer: *bad*bye



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