Happy happy! Germany is Football World Cup Champion 2014!!

This was the fourth time Germany made it and won the football world cup and everyone around here is very happy!

Pics here:
https://www.google.de/search?q=germany+world+cup+champion&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SWnTU7l044LiBOrCgOgI&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1554&bih=900
Thanks to our Brazilian friends for the hospitality in their beautiful country!

Come and have a good time!

Come and enjoy a wonderful evening full of life and music...
Contemporary Gospel with soul/funk elements! Wow!!

Free childcare will be provided!
Free entry! All donations go to a chill--out-zone for teenagers in summer 2014!

Merry Christmas/Fröhliche Weihnachten!!

Hillsong - Christmas Songs - Darlene Zschech

Do good and dance!

The International Women's Club Stuttgart has another fabulous Charity Event on Nov 9, 2013!
Proceeds go to the battered women's shelter of Frauen helfen Frauen e.V.
There will be a fantastic raffle with amazing prizes from Goldberg restaurant, Mama Spa, Korbmayer, Holiday Inn Stuttgart, Maritim Stuttgart and many more! There will be dance from Mr. Mac's Party team, delicious Hors d'Oeuvres, yummy desserts and certainly a lot of nice people.
Tickets are still available until Nov 2, 2013 ... just email to rsvp@iwcstuttgart.org or go to the direct link to sign up!

Kürbisausstellung - Pumpkin exhibition

Aren't pumpkins beautiful? Such a beautiful sign of autumn...
And pumpkin soup? Pumpkin pie? Just so delicious!
This year, we went to the pumpkin exhibition at Blühendes Barock for the very first time.
Topic for 2013 was SPORTS - just look at the fabulous boxers and skier below!
We were lucky as our visit was at end of September, a very beautiful and sunny Saturday afternoon!
We had picnic on the meadow, ate yummy roasted pumpkin seeds, adults enjoyed chatting and boys running around. Exhibition is still open until 3rd November, 2013.

 

 

 

 

Review: Staatsgalerie for kids

A friend recommended kids tours in Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart's big art gallery.

 

 

We went there on Mother's Day this year. There was a pop art exhibition called "Op+Pop"which I wanted to see anyway. Our tour guide, a young woman, did a wonderful job: She explained screenprint (Siebdruck) with some items she brought She did it in such a simple way that I finally got it too! :-) She showed us a picture of New York where the artist used more than 200 different printings until he was finished! See this picture called "D-train" of Richard Estes here and learn more: Stuttgarter Zeitung
Pop art started in the 1960s. Famous artists are Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns.

What I didn't know at all, there was a close connection to Stuttgart area and the pop art artists: They had their pictures printed for example at the printing plant Domberger in Filderstadt.
I have to say that I learned more at this childrens tour than I recall of some adults tours!
Afterwards children were invited to be creative in the atelier. 

Mezzogiorno!

Valentine's Day is a while ago already, but I still want to write about the lovely Italian restaurant we discovered on this occasion.

Mezzogiorno is situated in the University park in Stuttgart, on the opposite side of the street of the "Katharinenhospital". It was our first try of this restaurant and we were convinced by a laid-back, modern interior decoration with large windows to the park. I loved the big "SALVE" on the wall (see pic above - Italian word for "hello"). The atmosphere is warm and the staff is very nice and contributed to a festive night out.
The food convinced us even more, first of all with the delicious taste (I had bruschetta, dorade and panna cotta) and also with the beautiful arrangement on our plates.
This is a restaurant where you can have a romantic night out, but also have a relaxed time together with your kids. We will definitely come back!