January 2016 passes here a little rainy, but quite calmly. Our daughter grows like a weed, we already have the first da-da (to Dean’s delight), and we are simply waiting her to start crawilng. We discuss various plans and projects for the New Year, including a gradual renovation of our… Read more »
Wesołych Świąt! This year we spend Christmas in the States. This time there are three of us, and we celebrate in our new house. We have quite rainy and windy weather – apparently even colder than in Poland 🙂 We did not go crazy on house decoration, but were did purchase… Read more »
Today, I invite you to read the Christmas memories of my father-in-law! Connable Wills spent his childhood in the thirties (the years of the Great Depression) in Los Angeles. When we recently visited him in Southern California, I asked him how he and his family celebrated Christmas. When I was… Read more »
Las Vegas is a city that you can either love or hate – tackiness radiates from every corner, imitations of ancient monuments startle the eyes, but gamblers and hotel guests don’t seem to mind. After all, who wouldn’t like a photo of the Eiffel Tower without needing to buy a ticket to Europe? It’s… Read more »
Last week we took a roadtrip to Nevada. There was no summer heat, so Rose bravely embraced the journey. It took us two days to drive 450 km. Since I hadn’t been driving for over a year, Dean was the only driver.. The views along the way were splendid. Sometimes the scenery reminded… Read more »
This is my third Thanksgiving in the United States. Two years ago I wrote about it on my blog. For Dean Thanksgiving is much more important than Christmas. For me, certainly not yet, but I do appreciate its message. This year we also went to friends in San Francisco. Food… Read more »
Last year I followed the case of a young American woman applying for a job at an Abercrombie&Fitch store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Samatha Elauf did well during the interview, but there was a problem. During the conversation she was wearing a headscarf hijab and she wasn’t offered the job. With the… Read more »
We have just wrapped up our first Halloween in Berkeley! This time I really saw how small disguisers and their parents go from house to house in search of surprises. Our daughter presented herself as an enchanted bunny. This year she is still too small for candy (although to be… Read more »
There’s no place like home. I am lucky that I have two homes – one in Krakow and now a second in Berkeley. We have been here for fewer than two weeks, and it already feels like at home. The first week after returning from Poland was focused on trying to overcome jet-lag, unpacking… Read more »
Our trip passes perfectly. Autumn weather is very pleasant, Rose seems to be satisfied with walks in the Old Continent, and I am catching up with social and family life. The flight went without any major problems. I did not really watch movies, because I was resting with sleeping baby, and for… Read more »
