Vacation Pictures My Style

When I am on vacation, I am never really interested in taking pictures of things that have been taken a million times already (and the postcards always look greater than my photos). So why should I waste my time and take shots from stuff I can look at online or in photo books? My idea of a vacation is to meet the people, connect to nature, see the local wildlife and eat food produced right there....
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How Living in New Orleans Changed my Life

After a week of no blogging, I missed you all! But I spent some great time away visiting my former home-town (was for two years) New Orleans. Love it or hate it, there’s no compromise on this place. I moved to NOLA in 1999, my second job after my 3-year chef’s apprenticeship in Germany. Being an apprentice in a male-dominated profession in Germany is not much fun and there is...
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My Interview at Plano Profile

So I was out of town for an extended weekend attending Brandy Mychals’ “Cracking the Confidence Code” -what a fabulous seminar! And when I came back, I responded to all my emails, updated my stuff online and went through my mail. And yay, there it was… Last month I got interviewed by Barbara Walch, the food editor of Plano Profile. We spent two hours talking (I mean I was...
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Switzerland Series Part II

Switzerland Series Part I: My Life In...
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My Life In Switzerland: Photographs

In 2005, I decided to live in Switzerland for the summer season and I chose one of the most beautiful spots on earth: Zermatt, at the foot of the Matterhorn. As a child, I have been many times to Switzerland learning how to ski at the age of 4 in winter and hiking in summer-time. We spent most of the time in Visperterminen which is in the same valley (Vispa Valley) as Zermatt. Zermatt has always...
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