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Had SLO much fun celebrating @colleenlundrigan & @itsa_beautyfulworld 😌💍❤️

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🇩🇪 33 years ago (!!!) we hosted Ulrike (Ulli “Ricky” Meisner @ullilex) in our exurban Pennsylvania home. As our (former East) German exchange student, Ulli was ready to learn, primed for adventure, and seemingly years more mature than I was, despite being only 6 months older than I. Well, some things never change.

Today, Ulli is an orthopedic surgeon in Bayreuth, married to a fellow doctor, Benno @benno.lex , and raising 3 of the best kids I’ve ever had the pleasure of hanging out with. Her 19 year old, polyglot Emma @emm.lex6, is basically my peer, except she’s insightful and knows how to do her makeup.

Anyway, I have a lot of photos of the back of Ulli’s head: she used her days off from work to lead us all around her town and region. She greeted us at the airport with pretzels 🥨, kept us awake through jet lag, prepared homemade pastries and a typical Bavarian breakfast, and brought us to traditional restaurants as well as Maisel’s Brewery. She found fun activities and REALLY interesting museums to show us, and entertained our curiosity about everything from important historical events to random observations. And she ran in the rain to fetch the car when we were too pooped to follow her back to the parking lot. AND she and Benno SOMEHOW got us front row tickets to the FC Bayern München game (one of these photos is of Harry Kane, not of Ulli).

Ulli managed to “repay” her year’s stay decades ago within 4 days. Thank you so much and I can’t wait to visit again, Ulli! There’s so much more to see with you. ❤️🤍❤️
#germany #bayreuth #exchangestudent

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Germany with my travel buddy, Dad! Gazer of cars, appraiser of real estate, master of historical factoids, and the man on a mission to find the local ruddergesellschaft 🇩🇪🍻🏰🥨

I just got back from an 18 day excursion in Germany and Belgium and want to post a few reflections on the grid. First up, for the guy who made it happen, my dad.

I don’t think I could have picked a better person to wander a new-to-me country. Whereas he has studied and spoken German for decades, visited several times —including as an exchange student in 1963– I have never had the pleasure. I suggested we go, but dad cooked up a plan to get there this May, 2026. We visited our former exchange student, Ulrike (Meisner) Lex (more on her later) then joined a beercentric tour of Bavaria and the Rhein hosted by our alma mater, Carleton College.

From crushing beer and pretzels (and endless pork dishes) at several Brauerei to floating past castles on the Rhine to climbing the Cologne Cathedral, we made a lot of memories. Dad, thank you for saying “yes and” to this adventure, for making this trip feel like the greatest gift, and for being the perfect fellow introvert companion (we’re both quite comfortable with not-awkward-to-us silences).

#Germany #TravelBuddy #fatherdaughter #carletoncollege #Wanderlust

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Lovely! This was my dinner companion at Himalayan Cafe in San Dimas. Eight of us around the table, passing bottles and stories from all over. It paired nicely with the food, meeting it in the middle — structured enough for the bold flavors across a table of varied dishes, yet balanced enough to stay out of the way. It complemented the cuisine's spice, richness and savory depth without overwhelming it.

📝 THE AVA: Ballard Canyon syrah stands out in California's Central Coast as a true "Goldilocks" style — the climate is neither too cool nor too hot. There is a balance between cool coastal influence and inland warmth, allowing the grapes to ripen fully without going over the top. It is one of the few regions in the country focused primarily on syrah. The wines tend to be medium to full-bodied, with good texture, fresh acidity and smooth tannins — richer than cooler-climate syrahs, but more restrained than hotter ones. In the glass, that usually means dark fruit alongside black pepper, herbs, a hint of floral notes and a savory character, without the heavy, jammy feel often found in warmer regions.

🏆 93 Wine Enthusiast: Dense and tarry aromas of packed violet, light pepper and rich dark fruit show on the nose of this wine. There's ample viscosity on the sip, where savory uncracked peppercorn flavors lift the elderberry juice, lilac and lavender elements. — Matt Kettmann, Nov 2, 2022 issue

🐰 Nabor Wines 'Bolt To' Syrah 2020, Ballard Canyon [14.5%]

📆 Thursday, April 2, 2026

#syrah

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Colin Feral aka Chonk, the Honkey Tonk, is 2 years old today. Happy birthday little baby. You absolutely make our lives better. He sleeps HARD and plays harder. @ronanferal @karinlanger #nebelung #nebelungcat #cat #cats #cats_of_instagram

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It’s so cool having a park like this in Thousand Oaks. Not many people even know it’s here. Wildwood Park is an absolute gem. #hiking #wildwoodpark #thousandoaks

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Announcing our partnership with @cawildlife. 15% of all sales at dustynaborwines.com will be donated to the California Wildlife Center. Now until Dec 31st. Use code CALWILDLIFE2025 to flag your sale for donation. If you’d like to just make a straight donation, go to cawildlife.org.

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We are thankful to have so many Chicago Marathon runners stop by The Glunz Tavern for a meal. Congratulations to all the runners & @karinlanger for this great shot!

#glunz #glunztavern #houseofglunz #chicago #chicagomarathon #chicagorestaurants

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✶ “I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.”
✶ This city embraced my great-grandparents, took in so many during the Great Migration, and continues to be a sanctuary. There’s no way I would return to run the Chicago Marathon without something to say about current events. The City of Big Shoulders simultaneously protected her denizens out in the neighborhoods, and threw us runners a party.
✶ I had a perfect day, with a(n almost) 5-minute PR, thanks to so many friends and strangers.
✶ Thank you, again, Chicago.
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This summer I learned how to run a 10k pretty fast, and how to do needle-turn appliqué with Lycra, kind of. Next up, Chicago Marathon. Fuck ICE.

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Hi!

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Yup. This is @karinlanger and my life now. Waiting for something cute to happen and then trying to record it. It’s a good life. Colin Feral doing Colin things.

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