ZigZagZurich Artist Terry Beach Towel Collection: Art You Can Take to the Beach

There’s something special about products that blur the line between everyday functionality and artistic expression — and that’s exactly why I’ve always loved ZigZagZurich. The Zurich-based design brand has built a reputation for collaborating with artists, photographers, and creatives from around the world to create textiles that feel bold, contemporary, and genuinely unique. Their collections never follow trends in a predictable way. Instead, they transform art, color, and storytelling into objects you actually live with.

The new Artist Terry Beach Towel Collection 2026 continues that vision beautifully:

Life Lately // Vacation Update

Hello there! I just wanted to let you all know I made it to Germany in one piece. It was a loooong trip though, including an 8 hour overlay in London. I was so happy when I finally arrived in Frankfurt! I left Little Rock at 6am. First pit stop in Chicago (I LOVE O'Hare Airport!), and then across the big pond, London-bound.

My sister took this paparazzi snapshot of me. I just closed my eyes for 5 minutes. I promise.

I was cheap when I was booking the flight. That's why I had the 8 hours overlay in London. It wouldn't have been all that bad, but almost every single shop and restaurant was closed. I was a little surprised about everything being closed, since Heathrow is such a huge airport! Even the "Heathrow Express", the train connecting the terminals, was closed for the night. So I had to find the Night Bus stop, and wait 30 minutes to get on a (doubledecker) bus to my departure terminal 5. All this after 2 flights and hours and hours of traveling. Sucks.

Luckily there was a "Marks & Spencer" open at terminal 5, so I stacked up on water, fruit, and vegetables for the night. So I was just sitting there, watching "2 Broke Girl$", eating, drinking, people watching, all night, waiting for the security check-in to open at 5:30am the next morning.

The 3rd and last flight was from London to Frankfurt. Guess who fell asleep even before the plane took off? Yep, this gurrl. I slept the whole flight, only woke up once, when the flight attendant was trying to hand me a croissant. But then I fell back asleep and woke up seconds before we touched down in good old Germany.

The first 3-4 days were like hell, jetlag wise. I was so super sleepy! Now it's been 10 days already, and slowly I'm getting used to the German time zone again.

Watch out for some more posts from my time in Germany! 

And I have an awesome guest post coming up!

 

My "Getting Back Home" Adventure, aka. the 400€ Cab Ride story

Yesterday's "Wordless Wednesday" post was only a hint. Today I want to tell you the whole story! You guys might remember I went on a little vacation to Trier last week, to visit family and friends. I had an awesome time up there, and I will definitely share some more about my hikes on here.

I went there Tuesday, and I had a train ticket to go back home to Fürth that Sunday. Since you can't be sure the "Deutsche Bahn" train company is always on time, I was checking my app while waiting on the first train in Trier. Shocker: I would have to change trains in a city called Koblenz, but the ICE train I was supposed to take to Nuremberg appeared as "Cancelled".

I called my brother, so he could look up some more info about this. FYI: Since I wanted to go to the basketball game of my all time fave German team "TBB Trier", I booked a train ticket for a pretty late train. It was supposed to leave Trier at 7:13pm, I would have had 10 minutes to change trains in Koblenz to take the ICE train to Nuremberg at 8:48pm. So, this didn't happen.

The first train arrived on time. What a surprise! But I got more and more bad news. The ICE train broke (that's what they wrote on the internet). So they had to get another one to replace it. This replacement train left 70 mins late.
AND: Instead of going to Nuremberg, this freaking replacement train would only go to Frankfurt.
Means: I would be stuck in Frankfurt over night.

After arriving in Koblenz, the lady at the Information gave me 2 choices:

1. going back to Trier for free and stay another night with my family
2. going to Frankfurt, stay at a hotel for the night, and go home the next day

Since the "Deutsche Bahn" has to pay if your train is late, plus they have to pay a hotel room if you are stuck, I called my favorite hotel in Frankfurt to book a room for that night. I was REALLY pissed since I wanted to get home and watch the Pro Bowl. I was tired. I missed M.

The stupid train really arrived in Koblenz 70 minutes late. I was at the track all the time. Cold, freezing cold... Ugh.

All of a sudden there was an announcement: All passengers who were supposed to go to Nuremberg should go to the service center at the train station in Frankfurt as soon as we arrive. I was already sure I would be stuck until the next day, so I thought they might just want to give us some vouchers for food and stuff.
But: man was I wrong!

We arrived in Frankfurt, and a group of 20 people made their way to the service center. It seemed as if they were already expecting us: There were more people there with headsets, yelling. It all really felt like a bazaar in the middle east.
It turned out the guys with the head sets where working for taxi companies. As soon as they heard one of the main connections was cancelled, they went buck wild and tried to get all the passengers. Since there was a cab going to Nuremberg, and I REALLY wanted to go home, I decided to join them. We went outside in the pouring rain, put our luggage in the cab, and started out little adventure.

I said it was raining in Frankfurt. As soon as we left the city limits, the rain turned into snow. HEAVY snow. You guys in the states would call it a Blizzard. Winter Storm. Apokalypse. The Autobahn was full of snow, stranded trucks, Police cars, accidents... It was pure horror! We didn't see one snowplow on the whole trip! And the Autobahn A3 is definitely one of the main highways in Germany. It's ridiculous!!!

Our cab driver was a real trooper. He kept driving... Even though we slipped. It was freaking dangerous! Usually the ride would be about 2 hours. It took us almost 4 hours. I arrived at home at 3:30am Monday morning.

The whole trip came up to around 400€ (around $550). I have never seen 3 digits on a taximeter before!!

Since we had a voucher, we didn't have to pay. And instead of kicking us out of the cab at the main train station in Nuremberg, the cab driver brought each and every one of us home!

I was still so nervous, I couldn't go to sleep right away. Since my phone battery died during this trip, I plugged the charger, and skyped M to let him know I made it safe. He was relieved! Why is it that cellphone batteries always die when you need your phone the most???

To sum it up: This trip was one of the scariest things I have experienced so far. I had stomach cramps cause I was so stressed and scared. I kept praying to God. I asked him to get us all home safe.

God bless this cab driver. Seriously!

And I have learned my lesson:
Next time I will definitely just enjoy a night at a hotel instead of risking my life only to sleep in my own bed!

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Me, Myself, and I

1) What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? 
Starting a career as a journalist! I´m even thinking about taking online classes in the future... 
 
2) If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?

Traveling to wonderful places with my family and friends! 

3) If a front page news article was written on you, what would the headline be? 
Tough one... Since I left Trier I became really "quiet" and "settled"... Boring, I know. So the headline might be "Party Girl Finally Settled Down!?"

4) What is your biggest pet peeve? 
I hate people eating Apples/Carrots/Pumpkin Seeds/Peanuts next to me! It makes me FREAK OUT!!

5) What is your favorite chick flick movie? 
Definitely "Message In A Bottle" - I think I cried for 3 hours straight :oD even AFTER the movie!