FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

This headline is the first ever AI generated content that I post on this blog. And I like it. Following that fantastic Altbier, it was time to get something to eat. Knowing Franziska’s culinary inclination, you did not expect her to pick anything but one of the top restaurants in that part of town. I had written earlier about my preparations for such a trip. And one of the very important planning steps is to pick a restaurant for Friday night, to avoid any poor ad hoc decisions in that respect. Especially for dinner on Friday night – shortly after arrival at my destination – I do my research well ahead of time and book a table. That is different for lunch and/or dinner on Saturday, where I might find inspiration during the day, in hope to still get in. For this Friday evening, I had picked a French seafood restaurant right on the edge of Düsseldorf’s Old Town. And it was fantastic – at least food and drinks were – while service at French restaurants (here as well), tends be incidental,...

After the welcome drink at the hotel lobby, Franzi headed up to her room to unpack. Unpacking my suitcase is almost as much fun as packing it at home. Whenever I travel – be it vacation with my wife, be it business, or be it Franzi out-and-about, I unpack all major items after having arrived at my hotel room and put them in the cabinet. Besides the practical aspect that the clothes can straighten out after having been crammed in a suitcase, I like to remind myself what I have and when I am planning to wear it. Each item had been carefully selected and combined with all it needs to form a complete outfit. And there is a plan what to wear when. Hey, cute or not, I am still an engineer. Portrait of the evening Tonight’s plan called for this wonderful multicolored pleated dress, which you might have seen before. I find it adorable and I love wearing it. Because it was a little chilly for this time of the year, I wore this plain brown leather jacket with it, as well as a matching scarf. You...

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...

Museum Ludwig in Cologne houses " Eu­rope’s most ex­ten­sive col­lec­tion of Pop Art, the third-largest Pi­cas­so col­lec­tion in the world, one of the most im­por­tant col­lec­tions of Ger­man Ex­pres­sion­ism, out­s­tand­ing works from the Rus­sian avant-garde, and an ex­cel­lent col­lec­tion on the his­to­ry of pho­tog­ra­phy: To­day the Mu­se­um Lud­wig is home to one of the most im­por­tant col­lec­tions of twen­ti­eth- and twen­ty-first-cen­tu­ry art in the world. And, un­like roy­al col­lec­tions, it owes its ex­is­tence to the ex­traor­d­i­nary ded­i­ca­tion of pri­vate ci­t­izens. The corn­er­s­tone for the found­ing of the mu­se­um was laid in 1976 with a do­na­tion of 350 works of mod­ern art to the ci­ty of Cologne by the col­lec­tors Peter and Irene Lud­wig" *. And Franziska loves the arts, as all of my regular readers know. So, let's dive in into this wonderful (to the author's opinion) collection of "crossdressing and arts" photography.   * fr...

The third and last day out and about with my new wig, before having dropped it of at Franzi’s hairdresser to have it washed, groomed, and styled. It was very early in January 2024 and very cold out, hence, it was a good opportunity for my long beige winter coat to make a showing. During my weekend trip crossdressed to Cologne in June 2023, I had missed the opportunity to visit one of the top museums in Cologne, because I had to return early on Sunday morning and in drab. As it is just a little more than one hour on the ICE high-speed train between Frankfurt and Cologne, I took the opportunity to pay a visit to “Museum Ludwig,” which is located next to “Kölner Dom” (“Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus" or "Cathedral Church of Saint Peter"). In this posting, I will report on everything   but   the actual visit to the museum. The museum and its fantastic pieces of art will be covered in a separate posting that will follow shortly. Portrait of the day  Escalator down to the Frankfu...