…”A Midsummer’s Night”, by Wm. Shakespeare. Er, no. It’s actually Zettel’s Theater, a local troupe of thespians, who do an annual Shakespearean season in wineries and churches. This performance was…
>This is just the nicest place. “Shakespeare und So” (“Shakespeare and the like”) in the Gaustrasse, which links the city centre with St Stephans. You won’t find those cheap glossy…
The Osteiner Hof at the head of the Schillerplatz has a bit of history. Even for Mainz The Osteiner Hof (“Court of Ostein”) is one of several Baroque-era palatial mansions…
The Gaustrasse – the main route from town to the top of town – is a bit of a mess at the moment. The tram lines are in the process…
They could have organised the meteorological side of things a bit better and Ms jb could have not been suffering from TFA (Totally F@#&ed Ankle) Syndrome, but apart from that,…
One of Shakespeare’s most famous stage directions: “Exit, pursued by a bear.” “The Winter’s Tale” as performed by Zettels Theater in the Geromont vineyard’s courtyard the other week Antigonus. Come,…
Just what the doctor ordered – a pop-up bar selling decent beer. Leonidas Lazaridis und Philip Vogel, design students at the University for Applied Sciences in Mainz came up with…
This morning, I did my Good Samurai act in saving Cynthia, Judy and Carol (all originally from New Jersey, but now spread between there, Baltimore and Texas) from a fate…
Markus Wehrle (pictured) and Kai Tietze (with a little help from their friends) have turned a direly neglected and unbelievably scruffy building in the Gaustrasse into “Lönneberga“, a “café for…
…there’s a way. Reusable shopping bags from the ever-excellent Shakespeare & So in the Gaustrasse. True story: Ms jb’s English is so excellent, because her mother (would have been her…
The characters: Ferdinand – King of Navarre Lord Berowne – attending on the King (also spelt Biron) Lord Longaville – attending on the King (also spelt Longueville) Lord Dumaine –…
> (book)worm turns… I’m a sucker for bookshops. I’ll look at a book I’ve never heard of about a subject of which I have zero knowledge (lots of those…) and…
> …there’s a Miguel. Both Will Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died on 23 April. It all gets a bit confusing, because one was Gregorian and the other Julian (calendar-wise)…
> Bookshops aren’t about books. They’re about people. Borders isn’t a real bookshop as far as I’m concerned. It’s just the “mortar” bit in the “Clicks and Mortar” business model.…
> …are made for reading… Nida Kilian – being somewhat vertically challenged – was standing on a chair, sorting some books on one of the top shelves in “Shakespeare &…
>Rue – Ruta graveolens – is one of those herbs that you’ll rarely find a use for. It featured prominently in Middle Eastern and Roman cuisine in ancient times, but…
