These boots are made for walking.

This picture was taken on Saturday, Jan. 5th...five days after Silvester. By this point they had at least got all the fireworks, champaign bottles and confetti off the streets and sidewalks and in small piles by the side of the road for the city to come pick up.




R and I decided to wait until after the Christmas rush to do our Christmas shopping. We just couldn't stand to go out because Alexanderplatz (at this point) is basically a big tower surrounded by a bunch different malls next to each other...so it was crazy. This ended up being a good idea though because there were great after Christmas sales. I bought R these 'Hausschuhe'. Germans love house shoes and these are very German.



Before I left for Germany my boots died. I tried to fix the soles but they are far too gone. With some of my Christmas money (thanks parents!) I bought a new pair of boots for myself. These are leather and heavy canvas so should be good for the snow. They are quite warm.



Last Saturday, when the ground was covered with ice and everyone was sliding around, I thought that it would be a good idea to carry home this enormous rug that we found on the street on the way to brunch. It was huge and heavy and took both of us to carry it...not to mention the fact that we had to go really slow because of the ice. R said, "This is exactly what we should not be doing right now." But, we got it home and it was in excellent condition and way bigger than we thought. It almost fills the whole bedroom!



For now, I am working at home instead of trying to rent another studio space. R and I went out today and bought some studio furniture and I got this great table with legs that fold up under the top and then collapses in the three sections. It even has a metric ruler on the side. It is the perfect long skinny work table for the bedroom and I can easily carry it around on the train if I need to move it somewhere. It was pretty cheap but I figure if it doesn't work out I will just take it apart and use the panels for paintings.