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01 Mar

>Monthly Theme Day – My favourite part of town – #1264

> Pretty much anywhere that serves beer. Or wine. Anything with a few rpms Even better if they make it on the premises. Goldener Engel brewery in NQN Ingelheim. A…
1 March, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
28 Feb

>Not the Azerbaijan Daily Photo – reloaded – #1263

> One of the best things about being back in Nelson is popping into Baku in Richmond and being greeting like long lost friends by people like Lynda. Secretly, I’m…
28 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
27 Feb

>Slipping and sliding…#1262

> A fry of Steve Fullmer’s eels
27 February, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
26 Feb

>On reflection…..#1261

>   With thanks to Meg and Ben for tolerating the intrusion ….I’m convinced that this is one of the best galleries I know. Run by one of the nicest…
26 February, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
25 Feb

It’s in the mail – #1260

Having received a further invitation to spread my profound wisdom among the youth of the world, I’m sure that it’s only a matter of time before this outfit begs me…
25 February, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
24 Feb

>Strike a light – #1259

> Brobdingnagianism at Mainz’s Academy of Arts.Last year.This year’s was such a well-kept secret that I didn’t find out about it until I couldn’t go any more.Rats.
24 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
23 Feb

>Objekt L/300 – #1258

> “Hommage a Gutenberg” a 1988 work on the Rhine promenade by Wulf Kirschner,  a Hamburg sculptor. Massively big (taller than me, anyway) wavy steel pages with welded implied text…
23 February, 2011 at 12:00 1 Comment
22 Feb

>Hand-coloured and lenticularly trussed – #1257

>     Sounds like a lyric from “Highway 61 Revisited”. (Who said speed kills…?) Here be that bridge again with a severe paucity of cumulo-thingies, but a surfeit (that’s…
22 February, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments
21 Feb

>Back to the drawing board – #1256

> These pigeon barriers appear to require a redesign. Unless of course it’s a pigeon prison which would be a VERY GOOD IDEA. Fort Malakoff
21 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
20 Feb

>Tripolitanerin – #1255

> I’m in two minds about Emy Roeder, the Mainz sculptress. On the one hand, I rate her work untold – this is the “Tripolitanerin” from 1961 on the banks…
20 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
19 Feb

>Shine a light III – #1254

> Navigation lights at Michael Teschke‘s vineyard in Laurenziberg. The easy way to remember the port/starboard/left/right/red/green confusion is this one: “PORT wine is RED and is best LEFT well alone”…
19 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
18 Feb

>Strike a light II -#1253

> “I’ve got my eye(s) on you….” Metallic Triffidity on the Theodore-Heuss bridge linking Mainz with heathen lands.
18 February, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
17 Feb

>Shine a light I – #1252

> The floodlight towers between the Rathaus and the Rheingoldhalle. (Jockel-Fuchs-Platz, to give it its correct name) Tweaked just a tad. But only with iPhoto….  (Back in the day, of…
17 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
16 Feb

>"Oi…..! – #1251

> Where are you going with that cake?” Scene from the Villa Musica hoolie last year. Tilt-shifted with this here thingie
16 February, 2011 at 12:00 8 Comments
15 Feb

>These modern materials….#1250

> …don’t appear all they’re cracked up to be. Wilful damage to the Coneheads* on the Alte Universitätsstrasse *Aka as the conical decorative skylights for the lower levels of the…
15 February, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
14 Feb

>The Roman Stones….#1249

> How bloody dull can you get? “Die Römersteine”. These are the remnants of one of the most significant Roman structures north of the Alps, for goodness sake! An aquaduct…
14 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
13 Feb

>This I earned – #1248

>   Double espresso and a blueberry muffin at the (average age 17…) Kiddie Café  Annabatterie café on the Gartenfeldplatz. Definitely worth a visit.
13 February, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments
12 Feb

>Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow- #1247

> Thomas Campion     Said Thomas Campion.   On yer bike, say I.
12 February, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
11 Feb

>Old man’s beard – #1246

> Not mine. Mine’s neatly trimmed. I think. (Confirmation required) This is Clematis vitalba, taken with an iPhone 3GS
11 February, 2011 at 12:00 8 Comments
10 Feb

>"I’m a bit nervous…" – #1245

> …said Uschi. Not surprised. First time she’s flown anywhere by herself. Meet Uschi Niklas, my mate Christoph‘s wife. She retired from her job at the University clinic in Mainz…
10 February, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
09 Feb

>Loopy – #1244

>   I’m not a regular visitor to palaces of conspicuous consumption aka shopping centres, but I’ll make an exception for The Loop in NQM Weiterstadt. They have a place…
9 February, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments
08 Feb

>Not yer normal winery – #1243

> Anthony Hammond (American dad, German mum) runs the Garage Winery just across the river in Oestrich-Winkel. He calls his wine Sugar-Babe, Rosamunde, Kickstart and Goldmarie, sells them in 0.25…
8 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
07 Feb

>Please don’t bury me down….#1242

> …… in the cold cold ground,No, I don’t wanna have them cut me up and pass me all around.Throw my brain in a hurricane, and the blind can have…
7 February, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
06 Feb

>Beuys will be Beuys – #1241

> A young Josef Beuys holds court to a disinterested visitor at Frankfurt’s MMK (Museum of Modern Art)
6 February, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
05 Feb

>Why I like Portobello -#1240

>   “Portobello” is a small Italian restaurant run by Giovanni and Barbara Jelapi in Nieder Ober-Olm, a neighbouring village. They opened about 18 years ago and we’ve seen their…
5 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
04 Feb

>Suffer the little childen…#1239

> Who don’t in fact look too happy with the situation at all. Not surprising, given what you read in the papers… Update The tablet sez Veni, Creator Spiritus One…
4 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
03 Feb

>By popular request – #1238

>   Oh, OK then. But I did warn you… Allegorical thingies clustered around Fastnachtsbrunnen. Answers on a $20 note, please…
3 February, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
02 Feb

>Here we go again – #1237

> More white stuff…..
2 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
01 Feb

>Monthly Theme Day – Fountains – #1236

> Good thing it’s winter. Thinks: Even if the water WERE turned on, it would have frozen to ice, so there’s no danger of my getting wet… So a good…
1 February, 2011 at 12:00 8 Comments
31 Jan

>No wonder…. – #1235

> … they changed his name to Bacchus.* Just try saying “Dionysus” when you’re ripped. Waaay too many sullabills sollybulls sabbalabs syllables *Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest,…
31 January, 2011 at 12:01 3 Comments
30 Jan

>Prepare to meet thy Baker – #1234

> Or Proof that you CAN have your cake and eat it too…. Caffea Moguntia – the Tin Shed On Wheels – performs an excellent role in bringing the most…
30 January, 2011 at 11:02 8 Comments