FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

After the visit to the “Kunstmuseum” on Sunday morning, Franziska was about to look for a restaurant to have lunch, when she heard a very familiar and very attractive sound (“Lieblingsgeräusch” is how my wife calls it) coming from the museum café: the popping of a champagne bottle. Magically attracted, Franziska turned around on her heel to check it out. Italian lunch – just a salad of course – and a glass of white wine, sitting outside in Stuttgart, somewhere between the “Kunstmuseum” and hotel (to pick up her luggage). On the train back to Frankfurt – before I remembered that I am to wear a face mask. I tend to wear two necklaces at once, a short one – often with a little heart as a pendant – and a long one. In this case, the pendant of the short necklace says “Franzi,” accompanied by a pink stone, which I really love. I sometimes even wear this in male mode under my shirt. This concludes the documentation of Franziska’s first ever weekend trip en femme. By the time of posting this, ...

Still at “Kunstmuseum Stuttgart” and in Tobias Rehberger’s exhibition >>I do if I don’t<<. Imagine a large screen, a projector, and some controls. When you enter the space between projector and screen and stand still for a second or two, the shadow you create is frozen onto the screen. You move on – in this case from left to right and towards the screen – and repeat. This is how the image below of Franziska’s shadows was created. After a certain time has passed (let’s say 30 seconds), the shadows start to fade in the same sequence as they were created - you fade away (take this as a metaphor if you wish). This is how you become part of a temporary work of art. And if you take photographs of it, it becomes eternal. Fantastic, isn’t it? As much as I enjoy crossdressing, it does not qualify as paradise – for me that is. That may be very different for others in the greater community. Nonetheless, I like this image and the message. The picture was taken by an unsuspecting Korean...

The “Kunstmuseum Stuttgart” is located in a modern glass cube, built in 2005 on “Schlossplatz” (palace square) in downtown Stuttgart. It houses the municipal gallery and provides space for changing exhibitions. Between March and August 2022, Tobias Rehberger, a German sculptor and arts professor in Frankfurt used this space for an exposition named  >> I do if I don’t <<. This is where Franziska headed on Sunday morning, after breakfast at the hotel and check-out.   Portrait of the day, with the “Kunstmuseum” in the background.   One of the displays at the exhibition. Some of you might remember this wonderful short buckskin skirt. It closes in the front with snap fasteners. One of the security guards got a kick out of taking pictures of Franziska, once I had asked him for help. The red sticker says “Kunst” (arts) and is the token that you have paid your entrance fee. Polka dots, of sorts.

"Rusalka" is an opera written by Antonín Dvořák that was first performed in Prague in 1901. It is a sad story, … , but it is also the basis to many modern-day mermaid stories and movies that you might know. In this production of Rusalka at the opera house of the Stuttgart state theaters, several of the characters – including Rusalka herself – were staffed twice, once by an actor and once by an actress. Only one of them sang, while the other one followed around, sort of like a shadow, but displaying the character’s emotional state and inner feelings. There were also some light and funny scenes, e.g., when three wood sprites (sirens, mermaids), all played by men, were teasing Rusalka’s father, the water goblin Vodník, with their feminine charms. This was one of the best, probably  the  best opera performance so far in my life. I had an issue with my camera, for which reason I had to take some of the following pictures with my cellular phone.   Portrait of the evening. Outfi...

This was the first time that I wore this very, very light – it almost feels like being naked – blue fine silk wrap dress. Shaven legs, wearing 5 denier nylons, and a light wind playing with the hem of my dress – I simply don’t know how to describe this feeling to you.   Portrait of the day. Breakfast buffet at the hotel – another novelty for Franziska. A really cute summer dress that I tried on, but that didn’t end up buying. Shopping and sightseeing can be exhausting, hence, opportunities for a prosecco are always welcome. At “Schlossplatz” (palace square) in Stuttgart. Lunch (“Maultaschen” and “Spätzle”, both regional specialties) at a well-known beer house on “Schlossplatz.”  Heading back to the hotel to get ready for the evening, it is a well-proven practice to have a drink somewhere. I did mention before that Franziska loves pink crémant, didn’t I 😀?

“Bohnenviertel” – a really strange name for a borough – is named after the common bean or garden bean, known to be the food of the poorer folks that formerly lived in this now lively and hip neighborhood, in walking distance to the center of town. Antique shops, galleries, cafes, restaurants, and bars line the streets, which – of course – makes this part of Stuttgart highly attractive for food-, wine-, and arts-loving Franziska.   Portrait of the evening. On the way to the “Bohnenviertel” for dinner: A picture of Franziska in a sleeveless, silky wrap dress, black sandals, and a black leather jacket – in two versions. Dinner at a very nice, small, local Mediterranean restaurant, operated by a German chef and his wife. She took that picture and complimented – on my very cute, little camera. It is a great camera, which is small enough to fit even in the small outside pocket of a women's blazer. And – no surprise to all regular visitors to this blog – some red wine at the end of the ev...

On the Friday of my departure, I had reserved ample time to get ready and to get packed. I had made a check list to prevent forgetting something to bring. Around 1 pm, Franziska headed out the door for Frankfurt central station with a suitcase full of dresses, shoes, lingerie, a dressing gown, jewelry, make-up, etc. and a broad smile on her face, as you can imagine. At Frankfurt central station: You might remember this light and simple brown dress from an earlier posting, which seemed suitable for moving about in the summer heat. Matching sandals with a slight wedge heel complete the outfit. You might have also noticed a change in hair style. As already announced, I had Franziska's blonde wig trimmed to shoulder length. Cute, don’t you think? German public transport regulations required face masks to be worn on the train at that time – an annoying, but also a sensible fact, while travelling together with lots of people in one wagon. German trains can be very busy at times, especial...

Thank you very much for visiting my blog. You might have seen the visitors score to this blog go up, thanks to you. I am very happy about it. Google’s Blogger provides some more statistics to the blog owner, such as visits per week, per day, per posting, country of origin, etc. Hence, I do know you are out there 😉 . One of my fellow bloggers compared blogging to hosting a radio show, not knowing who’s listening, if they enjoy the show, and what they might like about it. So h ere’s my pledge: if you leave a comment or question to any of my postings, I’ll promise to reply. In the last seven postings, we covered the first five days out and about in 2022.  Next week, I will begin a series of seven postings with reports and pictures from Franziska’s three-day weekend trip to Stuttgart. As I had said before, I try to challenge myself to new experiences en femme. And one new experience in 2022 was a weekend trip all en femme. I had planned that trip for a couple of months, I booked ...