FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

We are still on that same day when Franzi visited the EURO 2024 “Fan Zone” in Frankfurt. I headed back east towards the city center, with a view on the western flank of the “Iron Bridge.” The river Main meanders some 500 km east to west through the center of Germany and flows into the river Rhein, right across from the city of Mainz, a mere 40 km from Frankfurt. The Rhine flows north towards the Netherlands, where it flares out and eventually reaches the North Sea through different streams. If you get off your boat on the northern bank next to the “Iron Bridge” (say, at a river cruises Rhein-Main-Donau), you find yourself right at the historic city center. On the right side in this picture, situated on southern bank, you can see Dreikönigskirche (Church of the Three Kings). “Römer square” with Frankfurt’s town hall “Römer,” which has served this purpose since the 15 th  century already. No outing without a stop at some shopping location – just for good measure. Did I tell you about...

I have watched live sport competitions in my life in American football, Aussi football, rugby, US National basketball, US and European ice hockey, and a number of these more-or-less odd sports, you can watch at Olympic Games, of which I visited two in my life. I even watched a game of cricket once (early in my life), at least to the point when I fell asleep and was scolded by my seat neighbors. Consequently, I never watched a live game of baseball, because I was afraid that the same thing would happen. The last time I watched soccer live at a stadium, was in the early 1980s, when my home team had a chance to advance from 3 rd  to 2 nd  level in the German Bundesliga. On this wonderful day in late spring, Franzi visited the Frankfurt public viewing area of EURO 2024, just the enjoy the atmosphere and international audience. This championship takes place every four years (between the FIFA world cups), with one country or two neighboring countries as hosts, and is organized by UE...

This brief posting covers one single event only, visiting a drag show, hosted by the Frankfurt-based drag artist Jessica Walker, together with my wife. My wife had met her before at some other occasion and she might have recognized my wife but likely did not make the connection that Franzi actually is the husband of my wife. At least that is what I was thinking. Portrait of the evening The show consisted of four drag artist that took turns performing. Outfit of the evening is this wonderful very light black silk dress that you might have seen in an earlier posting, completed with a matching scarf and glasses. As the weather was very poor that evening, we took a cab to get there and another one to get home. And as the cab was already waiting, I forgot to have a picture taken with the Night Queens. What a bummer.

I had bought this long skirt and matching cardigan at a market in the Netherlands. After having completed it with some matching golden sneakers, I wore this outfit for the first time on this fine day in May 2024.   Portrait of the day  As I was out the door fairly early that day, my first stop was at a nice little café not far from our home, where I hung out for half an hour, before heading on to the city center. Along the river “Main” on the northern bank. The northern bank is the “Frankfurt side” vs. the “Sachsenhausen side” on the southern bank, or – in local dialect – “Hipp de bach” (above the brook) vs. “Dripp de bach” (beneath the brook). In the background you can see “Alte Brücke” (Old Bridge, the oldest one crossing the “Main”) and on the left-hand hand side the small  exhibition hall “Portikus,”  that Franzi visited in September 2023 (please see my posting “ Lieblingskleid ” from 01.06.2024). Lunch at “Kleinmarkthalle.” No explanation needed, as I had descri...

Long blond hair, a skimpy pink dress, high heels, and big boobs have a certain allure to the common crossdresser, and I am the first one to admit that. But sometimes, I just want to take on a more moderate look, less flashy, less risky (if you happen to care more for passing than for humiliation), but no less feminine that is.   On this day in April 2024, Franziska picked her brunette wig, a lovely and unobtrusive knee-length, cottony dress with covered shoulders, and some nicely color-matched wedge sandals, with moderate heel. And off she went to enjoy a day out on the town with a little highlight and new experience in the evening. Portraits of the day At the local bus stop, having asked a fellow passenger to take a photo. Again, this is one of my earlier CDH contributions. Franzi’s public pictures at CDH tend to cover the most recent outing, weeks or months before I am able to cover the whole day and story here in my blog. You can find a link to the most recent contribution as th...

Today is October 31, it is my two-year blog anniversary, and this is posting #100, with some blog statistics, some links on where to find me or how to follow me, and a special edition called "The culinary crossdresser." So here is to crossdressing, to blogging, to the great contacts I have made through my still young blogging career, to fine foods, to clueless Italian waiters, to pink  Crémant , and to all the other bubbly and still wines that I love, both in drab and drag. Thanks for reading my blog, for following me, and for commenting 😀. Two-year blog statistics # of postings: 100 (within 105 weeks) # of clicks overall: 53.700 # of comments (including my replies): 324 (more would be great, as I am very curious what you like, dislike, or would like to see or hear about) # of followers: 14 (here on Blogspot) The most popular posts of my blog continue to be those on weekend trips crossdressed. And my #1 posting “Weekend trip crossdressed: perfect weather, perfect dress, perf...