FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

After a relaxed day out-and-about in her new Skinny Jeans, Franzi went home to change into an outfit suitable for the opera. Today’s performance at Opera Frankfurt was “Tosca,” which I hadn’t seen yet, I think. After a day in blue and black, I was in the mood for some color. “Tosca” is an opera in three acts – based on the drama “La Tosca” from Victorien Sardou – which was written and composed by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini. Its premiere was in 1900 in Rome. The story is about love, political intrigue, and betrayal. The singer Tosca tries to save her lover Cavaradossi from the corrupt police chief Scarpia, but deception leads to tragedy and the deaths of all three. Is it culturally particularly valuable? I don’t think so. Was it entertaining? Very few parts were. Nonetheless, it provided a very welcome opportunity for Franzi to dress up and to go out. The outfit of the evening was a lovely LBD that I have had for easily 10 years. You have seen it in previous ...

Have you worn Jeans out en femme? Granted, wearing Jeans is something I do in DRAB very, very regularly. And, obviously, Jeans do not provide that flowing, silky feeling of a dress or skirt that most crossdressers enjoy so much. But, nonetheless, it is (or can be) a decidedly feminine appearance. For the look on that day in late September, I combined a new pair of 31/30 Skinny Jeans and black belt with a tight semi see-through flower-pattern black top (with a black cotton body underneath), a short black leather jacket, hose, and black ankle boots. It was a regular day out-and-about, the ones you have read about many times here on my blog. I got ready in the late morning and headed out around 12 noon. As it was nice weather, I walked the 25 minutes along the river “Main” to downtown Frankfurt, with some photo ops taken on the way. Thereafter, I headed straight to “Kleinmarkthalle,” that temple for food lovers in the heart of the city. Don’t miss it if you ever come to Frankfurt. I visit...

At the end of a long and demanding Friday – and an equally relentless seventy-plus-hour workweek  –  Franzi, a successful corporate hotshot at the center of Frankfurt’s male-dominated financial district, finally shut down her laptop. She wished her associates a good evening and weekend, gathered her things, grabbed her handbag, and left her office on the 34th floor, determined to reward herself with a proper dinner and a drink – or two. Franziska – as her staff respectfully calls her – wore one of her many tailored two-piece skirt suits, seasonally paired with black, soft-shaft boots. As she strode past his desk, her assistant muttered a barely audible “Cute.” Franzi paused, turned around, and responded with one of her captivating smiles and a soft, effortless “Thank you.” His face immediately flushed crimson. First things first: bubbles (I hope you remember my posting on  bubble classification and denomination ). A stylish bar downtown provided exactly what she...

In terms of Franzi’s outings, this week in September 2025 was great. My wife was away for the entire week, and I planned and carried out three outings en femme within 7 days. It is not that I am trying to hide anything from her. It is simply having little better to do when she is away. I mentioned before that our location provides for ample opportunities to enjoy culture, due to the fact that we live in the mini-Metropolis Frankfurt and have two state capitals Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse, the state where Frankfurt is located, and Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, in close proximity (around 45 km each). On that Sunday in late September, I took a day trip to Mainz. I had bought a ticket for “The Addams Family” at “Staatstheater” (Stately Theater) Mainz, and as taking public transport back to Frankfurt late in the evening can be a challenge, I took the car to get to Mainz. And since my wife was away with my car, I got to enjoy taking her convertible. Portraits of the day Dur...

In March 2025, Franzi visited the district of Frankfurt-Bornheim by tram during a weeknight evening outing ( link ). Bornheim is a popular neighborhood with many bars and restaurants. During that visit, only the lower part of Bornheim’s liveline “Berger Straße” was covered, going from “Merianplatz” to “Höhenstraße.” In August 2025, the second part followed, again as a weeknight evening outing, hence, a mere four hours out en femme. Portrait of the evening Outfit of the evening was a long, sleeveless, dotted satin dress – with a neckline that I would not call discreet – 5 denier nylons, black sandals, and a black knit cardigan. I hadn’t worn this dress since Franzi’s first weekend trip crossdressed to Stuttgart in July 2022. This dress also highlights why it is so important for crossdressers to be mindful and watchful of t-shirt arms . “Sehr hübsch” (very pretty) was a comment I received from a gentleman, who passed me by on the way. I took the subway to Bornheim-Mitte, where I happene...

This is the last posting on Franzi’s weekend trip crossdressed to the city of Aachen. After lunch and sightseeing, I went back to my hotel to pick up my luggage and hung out in the lobby for a while, until it was time to leave for the train station. The letters you see on the wall behind Franzi are part of a symbol that you find all over the city of Aachen. Such bronze plates on the ground lead you the historical path through the city of Aachen. But what is it? It is the seal or monogram of Carl the Great, Charlemagne, KAROLUS. But what happened to the vowels? At first you think Hebrew, no vowels! But they are all there: the upper half of the central rhombus represents the letter A, the lower half the letter U, and the rhombus itself the letter O. As Charlemagne could not read or write – like probably 95% of the European population at that time – he signed off on all documents, which had been adorned with his monogram by a writer, by adding the two little streaks or lines in the fo...