Dear Reader, Our newsletter has its 50th anniversary! At least this email will be the 50th we upload into our newsletter archive since 1999. From approximately 4,000 subscribers in August 1999 we could increase the number to more than 65,000 over the past five... More

The results of the last green card lottery 2003 have now been officially confirmed. We still received winners' notifications from the US State Department until the first week of August. A short while ago we have finally sent out the last notifications to the... More

Starting October 26, 2004, only machine-readable passports may be used to enter the US. From this point on, preliminary passports and the listing of children in the parents' passports is no longer sufficient (the interim regulations have expired). You children, however, may soon also obtain... More

*Statue of Liberty partly reopened *After three years, the 117-year old Statue of Liberty in New York has been partly reopened on Tuesday. For now, the 16-storeys high observation platform on the statue's pedestal has been reopened. The statue itself remains closed. *"The Color... More

Elvis Week in Memphis. The Heartbreak Hotel has been fully booked, the souvenir shops along Main Street are selling small bottles with real "Elvis-sweat," there's an Elvis Gospel Brunch in the nearby Baptist church and at the University of Memphis producers like Greil Marcus... More

As always, we will use this chapter to answer some exemplary questions we have been asked via the internet over the past days and weeks. In general, answering questions via the internet (free of charge) may take a while, since we get dozens of... More

Florida, the Sunshine State, is a popular destination among Germans who want to buy a holiday home in the US or want to retire there. The reason: sunshine, the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Everglades and numerous golf courses. There are... More

www.usa-kulinarisch.de Gabriele Frankemölle seems to be a real fan of American food and has compiled a list of American recipes here. www.dienannyfanpage.de Extensive German homepage about the successful US sitcom "The Nanny" - with background information and fan forum. www.klangundkleid.ch/memorabilia/elvis/gallery.asp Mail order service - everything... More