livingtheamericandreamineurope

Ten things Americans do to save money..

I subscribe to many blogs and newsletters. One in particular I often find very interesting, partially because it is from Tawra Kellum & Jill (last name unknown) at Livingonadime who also publishes: a newsletter, blog and e-books (which they do have physical copies they can mail to you [in the USA]) called Living on aContinue reading “Ten things Americans do to save money..”

Why Can’t Germans Say Squirrel?

Why Can’t Germans Say Squirrel? Linguists Point To Word’s Syllable Structure (VIDEO).

A Reminder…

This seems simple enough but, we often forget!

I have to do it, because I am from Portland…

I said I would post it didn’t I? Yes, I did. Here is the “Shit Portlanders Say” and it is pretty spot on in my opinion. I am guilty of saying many of these things:

Shit people Say….

This is pretty popular right now, “Shit people say…”, and I would like to bring two to your attention that my husband and I found when looking for the video about “Shit people say in Portland” (which I will post separately). I would like to begin this post with a video of “Shit People Say…toContinue reading “Shit people Say….”

Examining What Do Women Want: The Cinematic Wasteland of Female Fantasy

Today I would like to draw your attention today to another writer, Erika Christakis, who is talking about American film culture (yay, culture!)

How Americans See Americans…

For the simple fact that I talk a lot about living in Europe and what Americans think of Germans or other Europeans, I think it only fair to bust out a lighthearted, “This is what America thinks of itself” piece. Ultimately, I am working toward a much more academic and critical look at this forContinue reading “How Americans See Americans…”

My Friends and Neighbors…

As it has been established time and again in numerous posts and places on my blog, I live in Europe – Germany in fact.

Stories…

This past week I gave a short story to my English conversations students to read as homework, titled “The woman at the station” from the most recent edition of Spotlight Magazine.