Category: At Home

Wheeling around a large suitcase is a pain, especially when you get somewhere only to find that all of your things have settled and there is plenty of empty space that somehow wasn’t there when you

A few weeks ago you may remember the funny story we told you about our silly restaurant idea. The restaurant called “You”? (All About You) Well this story continyoues with more things that are named

One of our travel tips for sleeping in new places is to get a noise app. When we first arrived in Vienna, Austria our apartment was SO quiet. Too quiet! It was actually hard for us to sleep because

The other day I was finishing off the last of a small bag of chips for lunch and happened to come across a chip with an oddly familiar shape. I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to show it along side the

The benefits of a hot water bottle include:
Providing comfort on a cool night
Easing pain
Easy to move around with
Not worrying about getting wrapped up in a cord

I had a few things in the US

We walked a lot in Washington, DC. But we were only on the 1st floor (well, technically we were up a half flight of stairs from the street level) so we didn’t get lots of stairs in our daily activity.

Here

Chris is such an understanding husband. He gets a little embarrassed when I do silly things and he definitely thinks I am nutty for taking roses out of the garbage. We have a florist on the first floor

It seems like such a simple thing to walk into a store and buy a bottle of soda water, especially in the US where you can get Canada Dry, San Pellegrino or just the store brand in bottles as large as 2

I am a side sleeper. I love sleeping on my side. And with our super duper soft pillow top Stearns and Foster mattress I never had any trouble sleeping on my side. But when I stay with friends or family

We are getting settled in to the 4th District here in Vienna.

Chris and James in our favorite park – Schweizergarten:

James near our flat on Argentinierstraße:

How incredible that we live

We went shopping tonight at Leiner on Mariahilferstraße. It is such a beautiful store – I love the architecture, the chandeliers, the staircases and even the eco-friendly escalators that go slow until

One thing you will definitely notice if you come to Vienna is the recycling bins. Vienna is very green and they make it very easy for you to recycle everything.

At our building we have garbage bins

I love the herringbone wood floor pattern in our flat. I always wanted a place with a pretty wood patterned floor and now I have one!

James is quite comfortable in our new flat in Vienna. We brought

When we lived in Orlando, FL we had the corded Dyson Animal. It was a great vacuum cleaner and it was well worth the money for our 1800 square foot house. But when we moved to Washington, DC we didn’t

On Saturday around noon Chris and I were both sitting at our computers when we heard a loud siren. It sounded like the siren you hear in old movies – something to let you know that things were about to

We made it to Vienna, Austria!

Our flat is in the 4th district – just south of the 1st district which is Central Vienna. We can walk to the center of town and it takes about 20 minutes. We can also

We are moving on to our next big adventure – in Austria!!!

We visited Vienna a few years ago and I fell in love with the city. I remember checking into our hotel and opening the windows and I heard