This last weekend we went to Santa Cruz and later on to Monterey. Both René and Nick are vivid kite surfers and wanted to get a peek at the Californian surfer scene. What better place than Santa Cruz? So, in the…

Family time! My sister Anke is in town from Germany with Lynda, my niece, my sister’s boyfriend René and his son Nick. Full house! I will take some time of work to show them all around California. We went to the us…

My friend and practice partner David san posted recently about our Sunday coffee ritual. Same as for him I enjoy this quiet time with discussions and good hot brew. I already talked about the positive impacts of…

The numbers for “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer – Sacramento” are in. The whole event raised $413,640 with a goal of $277,000. This is truly amazing to end the fund drive with a plus of over $130k! The visio…

Last Sunday my fund raiser project came to an end. As the final step, the Zen Martial Arts Striders walked around the Capitol with 20,000 other participants to raise awareness to breast cancer. Our Zen Martial Arts…