FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

Today, I am going to take you into the wilds of culinary Frankfurt and along with Franzi on a long and fun-filled day en femme. The day started out as so often on “Saturdays out and about,” my wife being out with a friend, Franzi home alone, enjoying the transformation process. I work with a check list – don’t laugh, I am an engineer and I love check lists. I have often forgotten certain things or aspects during preparation, such as fake lashes or earrings or blush or my debit card. That is why I developed a two-page long check list, page one covering the preparatory steps that can be taken the evening before and page two detailing the step-by-step transformation. One fun aspect in Franzi’s preparation and an early entry on page two of my check list is “girly music.” Lately, I have been listening to an Apple music play list called “Girl Power” during my transformation. Portrait of the day In the late morning, Franziska left home and took the bus from the bus stop around the corner to F...

Yesterday, Franziska joined the crowd in downtown Frankfurt on day two of the European football championship. After a short opening ceremony on Friday and the opening game, in which Germany beat Scotland, this major sports event is now in full swing. In downtown Frankfurt a “Fan zone” has been established for public viewing of all games, not just those taking place in Frankfurt’s stadium. It was a very windy day, though, as you can tell. The nice aspect about this Frankfurt EURO 2024 map – and this is also why I am sharing this with you – is that it covers Franzi’s home turf and playground with all the vanues that you have gotten to know through my blog, foremost: Alte Oper, Oper Frankfurt, Hauptwache, Shopping on Zeil, Römer, New Old Town, Cathedral, Paulskirche, Städel Museum. I love it. A more extensive review of this day out and about with many more pictures will follow at a later point. A particularly lovely aspect of this day was the meeting with a crossdresser sister for dinner ...

The first church of the day, “Paulskirche” (St. Paul's Church), right in historic downtown, is not used for church services anymore. Originally built between 1789 and 1833, it served as a protestant church until 1944, before being converted (no pun intended) into an assembly hall. One of the most significant current uses is for the award ceremony of the “Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels” (Peace price of the German book trade). Recipients of this price range from Max Tau in 1950 to Salman Rushdie in 2023.  Franziska, taking seat in the audience. Unfortunately, there was no event that day to attend. The speaker’s desk Paulskirche in Frankfurt also has high significance for Germany’s democratic development. It served as assembly hall for the first ever democratic convention on German ground, the Frankfurter Nationalversammlung, which took place in 1848/49. On display in the main hall of Paulskirche, you find the German national flag (above Franzi) and the flags of the 16 states...

I have had this dress for a number of years and it remains to be one of my most favorite ones, if not  the  most favorite (“Lieblingskleid”) and regular readers of this blog have seen it before. It is fairly short and as it is very light and silky, the lightest wind makes it move about or up, making me somewhat self-conscious wearing it. But I simply love it, especially when worn with very thin 5 or 7 denier nylons. The blazer goes very well with it (I think), also as it provides for a certain level of modesty – and I tend to wear flats with this dress.  Portrait of the day As the weather was fantastic, I walked from home to downtown Frankfurt, crossing the “Old Bridge.” Wikipedia knew to tell me that it was first mentioned in writing in 1222 and that it had been destroyed and rebuilt at least 18 times since. Its current form was opened in 1926 by mayor Ludwig Landmann and it is built from local red sandstone. In the background on the left, you see Frankfurt’s skyline, wh...