CURRENT MISSION

Living well is the best revenge

ABOUT ME

Originally from Germany, I have been living in the USA for 9 years. I left Germany in 1990 and moved to London, then to Paris for my work. Am now working as an independent international insurance specialist and am preparing other entrepreneurial projects.

PHILOSOPHY

Living well is the best revenge. (George Herbert 1593-1633)
On n'est pas la pour se faire engueuler (Boris Vian 1920-1959)
Die Ente bleibt draussen! (Loriot 1923-2011)

Interests

When not working on my projects, I am a vegan cook and make a killer baguette, sing as a Soprano with our local church/music group, work in my garden towards my goal of replacing all lawn with flowers, shrubs and no-mow ground covers, attend to the never ending project of renovating a Victorian house and generally let myself be bossed around by my five cats.

• cats
• singing
• festivals
• cooking
• vegan
• gardening
• flowers
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Jane Austen, Boris Vian, P G Woodehouse, Kurt Tucholsky, Mozart, Johann Strauss, Del Amitri, Casablanca, To Catch a Thief, anything Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, C S Lewis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Mont Blanc from the top of the Jura mountain range. Hong Kong from Victoria Peak. Juan Diego Florez in "La Fille du Regiment" at the Met in NYC. Winning the Garlic Festival cooking contest in Hamburg. Singing in the Madeleine Church in Paris with the choir of the American Church in Paris. Singing in Lloyd's of London with Lloyd's Choir.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Denmark, France, Puerto Rico, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States