The boyfriends of birthdays past
My latest birthday (today) has got me thinking of love (or lust) lost. Birthdays, after all, tend to represent memory checkpoints. And being happily paired up does not a Spotless Mind, or Eternal...
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Our guest writer Elizabeth Ferguson talks about her feelings for Leipzig and Paris. Was it love at first sight? Read and find out. (Part of our #LOVEzig special series leading up to Valentine’s Day...
View ArticleDate ideas for every day of the week
Don’t want to wait til the weekend to get next to that potential someone special? Here are some comprehensive date ideas for every day of the week. Keep in mind that these are things I’d personally...
View ArticleFighting creatively for love and career abroad
I’d say many of us know how difficult a long-distance relationship can be. Part of being a “nomad” is getting the chance to meet lots of people in different places, and maybe finding love in the...
View ArticleIdeas for hot Leipzig dates in winter
We’ve suggested you romantic dates for summer and dating itineraries for each day of the week. Now it’s time to tackle winter, which can be a bit trickier – what with slippery sidewalks and times when...
View ArticleLove is a many splendored thing
Maybe it’s not a big deal in Germany, but I grew up with Valentine’s Day. If I’m honest, it does bother me that I won’t be getting special attention from a significant other. And even though I don’t...
View ArticleZagreb’s gallery of broken hearts
A traveling Uno card game that remained unplayed. A guitar given as a gift and refused. A used small shampoo bottle with inscriptions eerily prescient of a lover’s death. A children’s car rescued from...
View ArticleShort story: “The ins and outs of the ring”
She looked at her engagement ring and didn’t know what to do. She’d take it off and put it back on, flick it, spin it on the kitchen table. Thought of melting it in the oven, throwing it out the...
View Article“There’s a love at every corner”
“There’s a love at every corner,” he told me. “You’re on another level for me.” I had learned over to kiss him and, for the first time since we met, he’d refused. For him, I was on the level of his...
View ArticleLady Gaby poetry: “Drape Me”
Drape Me Poem by Gaby Bila-Günther aka Lady Gaby / © Berlin, 2010 Lady Gaby at Neo Dada, Sophiensaele, Berlin, Sept 2016. (Photo courtesy of Lady Gaby)Drape me In jewels With all your gentle tools...
View ArticleThe boyfriends of birthdays past
My latest birthday (today) has got me thinking of love (or lust) lost. Birthdays, after all, tend to represent memory checkpoints. And being happily paired up does not a Spotless Mind, or Eternal...
View ArticleDate ideas for every day of the week
Don’t want to wait til the weekend to get next to that potential someone special? Here are some comprehensive date ideas for every day of the week. Keep in mind that these are things I’d personally...
View ArticleFighting creatively for love and career abroad
I’d say many of us know how difficult a long-distance relationship can be. Part of being a “nomad” is getting the chance to meet lots of people in different places, and maybe finding love in the...
View ArticleIdeas for hot Leipzig dates in winter
We’ve suggested you romantic dates for summer and dating itineraries for each day of the week. Now it’s time to tackle winter, which can be a bit trickier – what with slippery sidewalks and times when...
View ArticleLove is a many splendored thing
Maybe it’s not a big deal in Germany, but I grew up with Valentine’s Day. If I’m honest, it does bother me that I won’t be getting special attention from a significant other. And even though I don’t...
View ArticleZagreb’s gallery of broken hearts
A traveling Uno card game that remained unplayed. A guitar given as a gift and refused. A used small shampoo bottle with inscriptions eerily prescient of a lover’s death. A children’s car rescued from...
View ArticleShort story: “The ins and outs of the ring”
She looked at her engagement ring and didn’t know what to do. She’d take it off and put it back on, flick it, spin it on the kitchen table. Thought of melting it in the oven, throwing it out the...
View Article“There’s a love at every corner”
“There’s a love at every corner,” he told me. “You’re on another level for me.” I had learned over to kiss him and, for the first time since we met, he’d refused. For him, I was on the level of his...
View ArticleLady Gaby poetry: “Drape Me”
Drape Me Poem by Gaby Bila-Günther aka Lady Gaby / © Berlin, 2010 Lady Gaby at Neo Dada, Sophiensaele, Berlin, Sept 2016. (Photo courtesy of Lady Gaby)Drape me In jewels With all your gentle tools...
View ArticleThe boyfriends of birthdays past
My latest birthday (today) has got me thinking of love (or lust) lost. Birthdays, after all, tend to represent memory checkpoints. And being happily paired up does not a Spotless Mind, or Eternal...
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