Lëtz have coffee

There’s nothing like a nice cup of something warm this time of year! It also matters where you have it, not only for the coffee beans or the tea selection, but for the importance of having a café life. Here are some suggestions in Lux. Black Notes Coffeeshop, 42, Avenue de la Liberté, Luxembourg-Gare. Café des Capucins, 14a, […]

Capturing winter

CLEW photographer Anje Kirsch captures winter – beauty, simplicity, fragility. Photos by Anje Kirsch, January 2015. © 2015 Anje Kirsch

Brrr… a blanket please!

I admit it; one of my favourite hobbies this time of year is to snuggle up in my leather chair with a great book, a cup of tea and a blanket – or two. My white wool blanket has been with me for over 20 years, now that’s what I call a great investment! Yes, I […]

Be a cartoon heart

Charlie: From Germanic “Karlaz” meaning free man. It somehow seems impossible to write about Charlie – and not to. There are no words, yet you have to speak. That is why artistic director and music journalist Joachim Roncin came up with the “Je suis Charlie” image that in no time became a world wide symbol of […]

Winter Poem

   Winter Poem once a snowflake fell on my brow and i loved it so much and i kissed it and it was happy and called its cousins and brothers and a web of snow engulfed me then i reached to love them all and i squeezed them and they became a spring rain and i stood perfectly still […]

A simpler life: Make space for yourself

January. A new year, new resolutions and new plans. You might be going through your home trying to find space for all the gifts Santa brought. Promising yourself to be more tidy. Buying new boxes, color coordinating clothes, wrapping papers and candles in their respective drawers and cupboards. Your home will look clean and organized […]

Tuesday is Clew’s day

When I was a little girl, I couldn’t wait for Tuesday. Every Tuesday I’d run – because back then you could run both through the neighbours’ gardens and in the streets – to the local grocery store, because back then there was always a tiny grocery store near your house. I’d fling the door open and the […]

What’s under your feet?

When the days are getting shorter and colder, it’s time to think about what’s under your feet. Having lived with floor tiles (and without floor heating) for quite a few years, I now feel for a really fluffy, cosy and welcoming carpet. Carpets are great for reducing the acoustics in bigger rooms, they’re soft to walk on […]