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23 Feb

Wouldn’t want to leave anyone out – #1817

It all started with a group of artists in Tasman, a small village 30km from Nelson, with Steve Fullmer, internationally acclaimed ceramicist (I have the honour of doing his website…
23 February, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
22 Feb

And very nice,too #1816

3 pieces of Ribaldo, 2 (which turned out to be 4…) mussels and a scoop of chups from the Smokehouse on Mapua Wharf. A pint of California Ale and a…
22 February, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
21 Feb

Bloody seagulls….#1815

An avian Dick Turpin at Mapua Wharf. Check tomorrow to see what the other gannet scoffed…. iPhone 4, by the way. And don’t say it was luck. This is a…
21 February, 2013 at 13:00 7 Comments
20 Feb

This is the life #1814

20 February, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
19 Feb

Crikey, it’s good to be back…… #1813

I don’t what it is – is it the arrival staff at the aircraft door with big smiles and saying “Welcome”. And meaning it. Or is it the light that…
19 February, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
18 Feb

Zen whatever-day-or-timezone-it-is #1812

Not even Not the Nelson Daily Photo yet. In the fine tradition of Petrea’s Zen Monday series over on Pasadena Daily Photo (whereby she posts an incongruous image and let’s…
18 February, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
17 Feb

Winter? #1811

All yours! I’m taking Kate‘s lead and sodding off to sunnier climes for a bit. Probably breaking all sorts of rules. Whatever.
17 February, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
16 Feb

A bird on the knee #1810

is worth a….no, better not go there….. Seraphic avian feeding at the Gutenberg Museum
16 February, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
15 Feb

Blowing our own trumpet #1809

A cherub (or is it a seraph…?) serenading from a safe height at the Gutenberg Museum
15 February, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
14 Feb

Those were the days – #1808

The Fischergasse – as the name indicates – was in days gone by the centre of all things piscatorial in Mainz, in the same way that the Eisenturm marked the…
14 February, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
13 Feb

How excellent! #1807

Paul Bonna and Sebastian Lösch ran a pop-up cafe in the Gaustrasse for 5 weeks at about this time last year and called it Kaffeekommune Eins. Hardcore espresso-based drinks by…
13 February, 2013 at 13:00 3 Comments
12 Feb

Buchkreuzung #1806

The local (low-tech..) version of BookCrossing, which involves Taking a book you’ve finished reading to the tram stop in Bretzenheim Putting it in the glass=fronted (and backed) cabinet Choosing one…
12 February, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
11 Feb

If you’ve any sense….#1805

..you’ll be following me with great haste to the nearest emergency exit to avoid this bloody Karneval business….
11 February, 2013 at 13:00 3 Comments
10 Feb

Some things are meant to be…#1804

Rocked on up to “La Gallerie” the other day, a very fine Italian restaurant in the Gaustrasse  shadowed by St Stephan’s church and nodded to the folks at the adjoining…
10 February, 2013 at 13:00 5 Comments
09 Feb

For a mere €19.99……#1803

…you too can be the epitome of sartorial elegance for the Rosenmontag parade on …er…. Montag.
9 February, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
08 Feb

Ach wie ich die Lena liebe #1802

Lena and I have been an item for close to 20 years, which is when she moved in across the road with her parents and limpeted herself to me almost…
8 February, 2013 at 13:00 4 Comments
07 Feb

Not the only thing…#1801

….you’re likely to lose in one of these pokie/one-armed bandit dens of iniquity. What pokie/one-armed bandit dens of iniquity?  
7 February, 2013 at 13:00 4 Comments
06 Feb

Waitangi Day – New Zealand National Day #1800

What would Waitangi Day be without a pav? The pavlova (named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova) was created by a chef in Wellington in her honour on the…
6 February, 2013 at 09:00 3 Comments
05 Feb

10 reasons to love Karneval #1799

I’m sorry – I can’t think of even one… Never mind. It’s happening as we speak, monopolising the newspapers and airwaves. Only another 8 days…
5 February, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
04 Feb

Shiver me….#1798

…(half) timbers. Do you REALLY think that these glass and concrete edifices are going to be around in 700 years like timber-framed houses with wattle and daub panels? No, me…
4 February, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
03 Feb

A bridge of size #1797

The aerial walkway linking Rainer Schell‘s 1961 museum with the 2000 extension
3 February, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
02 Feb

Man overboard! #1796

Someone throw him a lifejacket! Failing that, this is his imminent (not a happy one, I might add…) future: Hypoosmolar water affects the surface tension of alveolar surfactant, causing an…
2 February, 2013 at 13:00 4 Comments
01 Feb

Monthly Theme Day – February 2013 – Umbrellas #1795

The Määnzer Mädcher fountain outside the Maria Ward school on Mainz’s Ballplatz
1 February, 2013 at 12:00 12 Comments
31 Jan

Hibernation #1794

Garden pots in the starting blocks, just waiting for the snow to go away, the sun to come and looking forward to being filled with homemade compohst [sic] for the…
31 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
30 Jan

Hook, lock and…#1793

…sinker. A new take on one of the first posts on MDP – the door of St Stephan’s church at the top of the Gaustrasse.
30 January, 2013 at 14:17 Leave a comment
29 Jan

Snowy Trinity #1792

Cathedral roof.
29 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
28 Jan

Perspectively speaking…#1791

The Dom from the Liebfrauenplatz
28 January, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
27 Jan

“Watch out where the huskies go…#1790

..and don’t you eat that yellow snow” Frank Zappa [Listen] Cats, actually, but the same rule applies….
27 January, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
26 Jan

Do I detect precipitation? #1789

St Stephan, patron saint of meteorologists deacons, headaches, horses, coffin makers, and masons, checks out the weather above the portal of the rectory of the eponymous church. Which reminds me…
26 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
25 Jan

Nailed it #1788

The Nagelsäule (Nail Pillar) on the Liebfrauenplatz is source of constant joy and inspiration. I never tire of it.
25 January, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
24 Jan

Why didn’t we ask Rudi in the first place…?! #1787

Rudi and Kerstin Baumann have run “Zum goldenen Adler” (these days, a traditional village restaurant serving simple, good food, but at times during its 170 year history, it was the…
24 January, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments