Culture: Germany: World Cup Soccer—How a Ball Rules the Nations

Culture: Germany: World Cup Soccer—How a Ball Rules the Nations

by Kirstine Fratz Whoever said that the Germans don’t know how to party should be in Germany now. We are hosting the soccer world championship at the moment and the world is our guest. Here in Hamburg one of the biggest adventures is to go to the main station. People from everywhere, wrapped in their…

Style: Amanda Fields: The Model & Entrepreneur Behind StarletCloset.com

Style: Amanda Fields: The Model & Entrepreneur Behind StarletCloset.com

All of us know at least one female friend who has the money to splurge on a whole wardrobe of the latest designer clothing every season. However, most of us can only gaze with green-eyed envy. The alternative to staying trendy every season without burning a hole in your pocket is StarletCloset.com. StarletCloset is the…

My Pet Peeves

Restaurants that have bathrooms a floor above or below the dining level. If I wanted to go on a hike, I wouldn’t have worn stilettos. Women who take waaay too long in a single stall bathroom. United Airlines Men who want to go dutch and/or cheap on a first date. Do I want to ‘meet…

Wassup Rockers

This film is hitting the West Coast hard and fast – just like the skaters it profiles. Wassup Rockers, directed by Larry Clark, is a jarring look at inner city life and the innocents that grow and play amongst the violence and general craziness of South Central Los Angeles. I did flinch at the punk…