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14 Oct

Mainz. Market. Autumn

14 October, 2022 at 20:17 Leave a comment
11 Sep

Blebee on dahlia

You can’t see the rest of the insect, which is, of course, its bum. In America, of course, it’s called the Assblebee…
11 September, 2022 at 19:23 Leave a comment
05 Feb

Doesn’t time fly when you’re having a good time?

Let’s roll the clock back 10 years. There’s an article in Sensor magazine about a couple of young dudes opening a pop-up espresso bar at the corner of Gaustrasse and…
5 February, 2022 at 08:42 Leave a comment
28 Oct

Lyttelton Coffee Company

28 October, 2021 at 23:15 Leave a comment
29 Sep

All the leaves are brown..

…sang the Mamas and Papas. Autumn creeps into Mayence
29 September, 2021 at 16:28 Leave a comment
28 Sep

Truth in advertising. Or creative recycling…

How it started Ursula Groden-Kranich (CDU = centre-centre-centre-right) was Mainz’s directly elected MP for the last 2 legislative sessions of the Bundestag. Place was plastered with her election posters, along…
28 September, 2021 at 09:51 Leave a comment
07 Sep

Watt’s your poison?

Scheck-In (no, don’t ask me…) is a local supermarket belong to the Edeka chain, one of the 2 legacy supermarket groups fighting for their lives against the discounter (Aldi, Lidl…
7 September, 2021 at 17:36 Leave a comment
28 Aug

Pylon those twigs…..

Scratch a German and you’ll likely find a nature lover hidden inside that humourless exoskeleton. Proof of this are the nesting structures for storks they’ve set up all over the…
28 August, 2021 at 16:22 Leave a comment
27 Aug

Baldy? No, that’s….

…the other one. This would be Olaf Scholz, SPD chancellor candidate in the upcoming federal election with a good chance of succeeding Angela Merkel, who could possibly have a chat…
27 August, 2021 at 18:25 Leave a comment
14 Aug

Now, *that’s* a well-fitting toupé….

But you should see the *other* guy…
14 August, 2021 at 12:02 1 Comment
30 May

I scream, you scream…

..we all scream for ice-cream. The queue (“line” for the colonials..) at Piccin in NQM Nieder-Olm stretched right around the building last week…
30 May, 2021 at 18:41 Leave a comment
28 May

Coffee’s more than black and white

Says Paul Bonna, barista extraordinaire, owner and proprietor of the exquisite Kaffeekommune in the Breidenbacherstarsse and friend (despite my having a good decade on his Mum) for close on a…
28 May, 2021 at 18:00 Leave a comment
08 Feb

Impressum

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8 February, 2021 at 12:26
09 Jan

Mooring ring. Towpath. Rhine

9 January, 2021 at 18:17 Leave a comment
26 Dec

“And no, I DON’T like it….”

“OF COURSE it’s going back…!” Some people are just a bit too choosy. Gridlock at the post office in Klaa-Winnerum
26 December, 2020 at 09:00 Leave a comment
25 Dec

Tree-less

So what do you when the budget doesn’t run to a premium conifer this year? Pile all the baubles into a bowl. Better for the environment anyway… Off to watch…
25 December, 2020 at 12:42 Leave a comment
22 Dec

Amaryllis?

Actually, it’s a Hippeastrum. From South America. Indoor bulb. Amaryllis (Amarylli?…) hail from South Africa. Outdoor bulb. But they generally run under Amaryliss and you have to fight your way…
22 December, 2020 at 19:18 Leave a comment
14 Dec

The joys….

…of winter cycling. Somewhere down there is a concrete farm road. Somewhere…
14 December, 2020 at 10:52 Leave a comment
12 Dec

Devo in bloom….

…Mainz in gloom. My mate Houghton – connoisseur, master mariner, nautical historian and surrogate bro-in-law – who lives in Devo(nport), a village suburb of Auckland in New Zealand takes great…
12 December, 2020 at 12:11 Leave a comment
08 Dec

Nepotism

Fine piece of festive artwork from Year 2 first cousin twice removed Thomas of the Hilltop Primary Academy, Tingley. Self-published, no less. Boy’s got a future….
8 December, 2020 at 10:27 1 Comment
04 Dec

I could get quite attached…

…to Glue Wine. Oh. Glühwein… That‘s how you spell it? Live and learn…
4 December, 2020 at 09:00 1 Comment
03 Dec

Minimalism

Christmas tree decorations at Paul’s ever excellent Kaffeekommune. That’s it. Seriously…
3 December, 2020 at 16:43 1 Comment
02 Dec

Er, maybe not….

Bro Paul of Auckland-West fame (and too good a photographer not to resurrect his site) reminded me today that I should by rights be in New Zealand. Thanks for that,…
2 December, 2020 at 09:55 Leave a comment
27 Nov

I see a DIY Xmas tree bauble….

Other people see a pomegranate aka Punica granatum I reckon a spray can of red paint and a handful of glitter would be just the job. But let me tell…
27 November, 2020 at 09:00 1 Comment
26 Nov

A tale of two cities

On the left bank of the Rhine, we have Mainz – cathedral domes and church spires and stuff. On the other side of the river, we have Mainz-Kastel. Which gets…
26 November, 2020 at 09:00 Leave a comment
24 Nov

Balls…..

…to..for Xmas
24 November, 2020 at 09:00 1 Comment
24 Nov

Tripping…

..the Light (and dark) Fantastic.
24 November, 2020 at 09:00 Leave a comment
23 Nov

What’s the collective noun…

…for Saint Nick? Based on this lot, I think it’d be “A horrific of Santa Clauses”…
23 November, 2020 at 09:35 Leave a comment
21 Nov

Best thing since sliced bread..

Cheese puffs. World famous in New Zealand. They are really good. Easy as, too
21 November, 2020 at 15:46 Leave a comment
20 Nov

N’Eis idea

Hard times for anyone in hospitality these days. Germany’s currently back in a mild version of lockdown for the month in an effort to get daily infection rates down from…
20 November, 2020 at 13:55 1 Comment
19 Nov

All the leaves are….

… brown red, and the sky is grey blue, I’ve been for a walk On an autumnal …… (choose your own…)
19 November, 2020 at 14:28 1 Comment