As of the first words in the movie I'm watching

Late and tired in Berlin… Feeling kind of blue. I don't like being away from family on the weekend… Especially the holiday weekend.

I'm watching one of my favorite movies: wings of desire by Wim Wenders . It's called Himmel uber Berlin (heaven over Berlin) in German. It's a wonderfully slow movie about an angel comes back to earth. He and his fellow angels can hear our thoughts. All day I've been wandering through the crowds trying to read people's thoughts. Sometimes I think I'm able to do it

This is not the kind of movie to cheer you up… But I like it very much

Night all, night Sam

– Me

Hello again from Berlin… Long day work meetings and looking around this conference. So far pretty interesting. This evening had dinner with good friends and then met up with my friends Veena, Ryan and Henning at a karaoke place that Henning knows.he's a local and goes there pretty often to practice. And he's really good. We spent a fun hour they're making up songs about the block Jang… (If you don't know what that is… You will soon) my favorite of the night was a rendition of Paul Simon's 50 ways to lose your ledger… A geek joke put to music

OK time to sleep… Another full day tomorrow.

OK time to sleep… Another full day tomorrow.
Nite all, night Sam
-me

greetings from Berlin.. John f Kennedy came here during the cold war and said ‘Ich bin  in Berliner” ..  from what i understand he basically said ‘I’m a jelly donut’..

i feel like a jelly donut

super late and no energy to blog met my friend Henning  for a beer.. then dinner  with work friends

gotta sleep now !

-jc

Down in Boston about to get on a plane to Berlin. Spent the afternoon with my mother who’s birthday is today (Brother Billy’s too !)

We had a really nice time.. our plans for taking a walk melted in the 92 degree heat.

Instead we did something nice and cool. we went to a nearby mall and shopped for a replacement sport coat for me. I left my last one in a cab in NYC last week. It’s the fourth i’ve lost in as many years. I feel like peter rabbit

It was fun playing shopper for a while while we soaked in Macy’s luxuriant air conditioning. I found the right coat quickly and managed to get a quick couple of questions to the staff in on their use of technology.

a bit later on we went to our favorite Mexican place.. Aztec in Framingham..

last stop was Wendy’s .. because mom loves their frosty..

Happy birthday ma.. We love you !

Happy birthday too to my amazing baby brother Billy.. rock and roll heart surgean and master invented.. Today I think he’s in Belgium. Happy birthday bro.. wherever you are. Love you !

gotta get on the plane now..

more from Germany

nite all, nite sam

-me