The sun was out for a brief time this weekend. It was so bright and shocking that it woke me up at 8 AM on Saturday (ok so it woke up the dog) and forced me outside to see if some big huge disaster was happening. Nope… it was the SUN.

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

It instantly put me in a good mood, prompted some cool eye fashion (sunglasses) wearing, and a need to be outside – no matter the temperature. Pleasant, but after a brisk walk (it was Decidely FREEZING outside) started me coughing and wheezing I decided to head back inside (I’m still getting over my cold) before I gave myself pneumonia or something.

I saw Lost season 4, episode 3 (OMG! Sayeed is in BERLIN in this one!!) , a movie, then decided to head into Berlin. I’d been looking for some new kind of dressy black walking shoes and after a couple shops headed over to the kudamm. Wound up with my shoes, a new set of comic books to start reading (hooray), a Newsweek, A Foreign Policy Magazine, and then, dinner at Ming’s Garden (Pot stickers and Orange Duck RULE!!)

Sunday, I woke up and headed into Berlin for a 1pm meetup for brunch. I HAD WAFFLES BABY. Yep, the only place in Berlin that has make your own Waffles. It took me 4 trains and 1 hour 15 minutes to get there, but the food was super and the chatting with some old and new friends was fun. We left at 4 PM (yeah, that’s 3 hours later) tipped our waitress well, and then were off for the night.

Considering I’ve had a hankerin’ for some waffles for the better part of a week (and no waffle maker) I was quite pleased.

One final walk of the dog and then I’m off to bed….