FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

Some more historic pictures, my dear readers. Please check my previous posting for some explanations and placement. This posting provides pictures and some short descriptions from three weekday evening outings in May 2017. Portraits of the evening At a restaurant. Unfortunately, I cannot recall which one. Typically, something in the picture or the dishes themselves (looks like Salmon carpaccio and a shrimp) trigger my memory, but I am at a loss here. If you are a regular reader of my blog and happened to of the observant type, you might notice that this green drinking water bottle has been a staple in my dinners for many years. Obviously, some people are more skilled and others are less skilled at taking pictures. With that finding in mind, I nowadays try to instruct my chosen photographers quite accurately, as to what I want to see in the picture, e.g. my entire head or my feet. This was at one of my favorite former wine bars and most likely, I have an Australian Shiraz (or Syrah, as ...

Regular readers of my blog will know that I occasionally dip into my achieves. I am sure that I told you somewhere in my blog that I have been going out en femme since early 2013 – not talking about the embarrassing half-hearted attempts at passing as a woman during my college years. Since 2013, I have spent 135 days out-and-about, be it a full day or half-a-day or an evening. Why do I know that: Because I have taken pictures from the first day on and they sit nicely organized on my flash drive. Previous postings covering the year 2017 can be found at  Looking back and reminiscing: the year 2017 – Black and white dress Looking back and reminiscing: the year 2017 – Lessons learned   Looking back and reminiscing: the year 2017 – Skirt and pullover during the day … … LBD in the evening I’ve told you that I worked in a different city for a few years, where I spent my weekdays. That provided me with the opportunity to go out during the week. This is how I got to spend a total of 2...

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...