AK Month-to-month Recap: April 2025

April is without doubt one of the most stunning months in Prague — as a result of it’s when the cherry blossoms burst into bloom. It’s some of the blissful occasions to go to this metropolis.

After spending most of February and March touring, I used to be delighted to spend a complete month throughout the metropolis of Prague. It wasn’t very thrilling — but it surely was precisely what I wanted.

Locations Visited

Highlights

Cherry blossom season. It’s so fleeting and such a stupendous time to be in Prague. I like how my neighborhood is especially awash in cherry blossoms!

Internet hosting Easter dinner in Prague. Charlie and I had a number of pals over, and we had a stunning day. Klara made vitello tonnato, Charlie made roasted lamb and mashed potatoes, and I made dessert (extra on that beneath).

Actually bonding with the cats this month. Charlie is Lewis’s human, and he often simply thinks I’m “the girl,” however this month Charlie went on a enterprise journey and we obtained to bond and cuddle collectively.

And now Murray and I’ve bonded to a degree the place he sleeps towards me each evening, for no less than a bit. I believe I’m formally Murray’s human now.

Celebrating two years of marriage. Charlie and I spent our anniversary at considered one of our favourite Prague eating places, Aromi, consuming considered one of our favourite dishes, their truffle pasta.

My first vintage-fashion-by-the-kilo sale. I ended up getting a Valentino jacket and a Max Mara blazer for simply 55 EUR, in addition to a not-Hermès-but-clearly-Hermès-inspired scarf that felt gloriously silky for simply 5 EUR. It was superb what was simply hanging out on the racks!

Each of them are a bit huge for me, so I’d get them tailor-made down — or promote them for an affordable worth, as bigger garments are sometimes powerful to search out in Europe.

Challenges

Not a lot dangerous occurred this month, aside from some boring enterprise stuff that was extra annoying than the rest.

We did take the cats for an out of doors go to for the primary time ever, taking them out onto our neighborhood sq. of their carriers, with them on leashes and one door open. Earlier than right this moment, they solely went outdoors to go to the vet.

And the cats…have been terrified the entire time. Hid within the nook of their carriers, ultimately obtained up the nerve to show round and take a look at all the things round them. Lewis hissed at slightly canine that obtained too shut; Murray didn’t even need to go after the birds.

So we do need to take them outdoors once more…however I hope they’re much less scared.

I’m nonetheless getting physiotherapy for the hip damage I’ve been coping with, and it’s been taking a bit longer than anticipated to get my baseline degree of mobility again. Generally it’s virtually there; generally it feels frozen. I’m grateful there is no such thing as a extra ache, although.

Weblog Posts of the Month

Most Well-liked Reel on Instagram

This month, I obtained my fifth million-view Instagram reel, and my first-ever million-view TikTok!

It’s about my prediction for the place the 4 season of The White Lotus will happen — and naturally, I embarrassingly pronounced the city improper, which is likely to be why it went so viral!! You possibly can watch it on Instagram or on TikTok.

Different movies of the month embody What’s it actually wish to journey to Bhutan?, Will Individuals Be Handled Badly in Europe?, and What to Put on on an In a single day Flight.

For extra journey movies, observe me on Instagram at @adventurouskate or on TikTok at @adventurouskate.

What I Cooked This Month

This month, I obtained a Le Creuset Petal Braiser, which I noticed and instantly thought it was essentially the most stunning pan I’ve ever seen. They’re dear, however they will final many years, and I intend to make use of mine eternally.

Mine is within the berry coloration that isn’t presently out there within the US, however a number of different stunning colours are!

To this point I’ve cooked a number of focaccias, rooster piccata, pasta sauces, a cacio e pepe Dutch child, rooster cutlets. And for Easter, I baked a large skillet chocolate chip cookie for my pals to share.

I used this recipe from NYT Cooking (gifted hyperlink), and it got here out SO good (although I did use half milk chocolate and half darkish chocolate, which I believe makes an amazing combine). Nothing like a melty-in-the-center cookie to complete a particular meal!

What I Watched This Month

This month, my two huge suggestions are “go in figuring out as little about it as attainable” suggestions.

For TV, I used to be obsessive about Paradise. In case you have a That is Us-shaped gap in your coronary heart, it is advisable to watch this — it has the identical showrunner (Dan Fogelman), similar star (Sterling Ok. Brown), and even the identical composer (Siddhartha Kosla), which provides to the ambiance.

Sterling Ok. Brown performs the lead Secret Service agent for the U.S. President, who has been murdered. After which the present goes in an surprising path.

And for films, I completely liked Sinners. Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring not one however two Michael B. Jordans (one thing I’ll by no means complain about, ever), it’s a interval piece set within the Mississippi Delta in 1932 — and goes in some really wild instructions.

That is technically a horror film — however in the event you’re a scaredy-cat like me, don’t let that hold you away. There aren’t any jumpscares; it’s extra of an motion film. I even walked house alone at evening after seeing it with no points.

(And since I dealt with Sinners so effectively, just a few days later, I made a decision to observe Us for the primary time. Now THAT is a really scary movie! I couldn’t sleep for days!!!)

What I Listened To This Month

I’m listening to all 500 of Rolling Stone‘s 500 Best Albums of All Time, which I’m having fun with immensely. I’m loving discovering new artists and listening to albums I’ve by some means missed my total life till now!

In April, I listened to albums 400-373. Listed here are the highlights:

Favourite Discovery: In Rainbows by Radiohead. This album was famously the world’s first pay-what-you-wish album by a serious artist, launched in 2007, however I had no thought how stunning an album it was. I’ve by no means actually listened to Radiohead; I’ve solely heard their songs right here and there. However that is so LIGHT and PRETTY and FULL OF STRINGS. God, I like strings. Give me all of the strings.

I even have to provide a shout-out to Brian Wilson Presents “Smile” by Brian Wilson for being such a posh, surprising album. There may be a lot lore behind this album I received’t go into — however suppose The Seashore Boys, solely darker, extra mature, and blended up in a carnival. I needed to hearken to it twice to actually get it, however WHAT A RIDE.

Different Favourite Discoveries: Diana by Diana Ross; One thing/Something? by Todd Rundgren; Younger, Gifted and Black by Aretha Franklin; Kaleidoscope by Kelis; When We All Fall Asleep, The place Do We Go? by Billie Eilish.

Favourite Revisited Album: The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey. This was Mariah’s huge comeback album when it got here out in 2005 — and truthfully, it’s rattling near PERFECT. Mariah’s inimitable voice, Jermaine Dupri’s manufacturing, among the greatest songs of the period, wrapped up in love, heartbreak, and empowerment. It additionally doesn’t sound dated in any respect.

Honorary point out to Black Messiah by D’Angelo and the VanGuard, an album I’ve listened to usually because it got here out in 2014. D’Angelo hadn’t launched an album since 2000’s Voodoo, and since then he almost died in a automobile accident and determined to study to play guitar from scratch for his subsequent album. And the album is SO good. Darkish. Fierce. Romantic.

Favourite Songs: “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “The Second” by Tame Impala, “New Romantics” by Taylor Swift, “Ghetto Kids” by Kelis, “Keep the Night time” by Mariah Carey, “Bizarre Fishes / Arpeggi” by Radiohead.

Get the playlist: I’m making a playlist of my favourite songs from the five hundred albums — most one per album — on Spotify. You possibly can hearken to it right here.

Lowlight of the Month: Shifting Footage by Rush. I didn’t get this album, nor the sound of the band, in any respect. It sounded…virtually like a joke?! In all probability greatest to say that I’m not the audience.

Random Ideas: My favourite tune of the month was “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which I had heard from time to time however by no means actually listened to intently. Oddly, I couldn’t stand a lot of the album till that tune.

And a few enjoyable details: Kelis and Juvenile each have songs referred to as “Ghetto Kids.” Taylor Swift and Todd Rundgren each have songs referred to as “Slut.” And apparently a number of songs about Kokomo exist, as a result of Aretha Franklin has one referred to as “First Snow in Kokomo.”

Coming Up in Could 2025

This month will almost totally be spent in Prague as effectively. Towards the top of the month, Charlie and I are throwing a celebration for Charlie’s fiftieth birthday and our second anniversary, and we will likely be welcoming plenty of family and friends to our metropolis.

On the finish of the month, my buddy Cailin and I will likely be heading to Kraków, Poland, for just a few days. I visited Kraków again in 2016 and completely fell in love with town. I hope it’s nearly as good as I keep in mind.

What are your plans for Could? Share away!