> The new synagogue in Mainz (don’t ask what happened to the old one – read your history books..) was inaugurated by the Federal President at the beginning of last…
> ….Hefeweizen. At the Alte Patrone, a one-time munitions dump for the circle of fortifications around Mainz dating back to the late 19th C. Then again, maybe 8 in the…
> Mainz has almost as many twin cities as Paris Holidayinn and Lindsay Lolife (or whatever their names are) have “friends” on Facebook and Twitter combined. Has some advantages. Firstly,…
> I seem to have misunderstood the concept. I fronted up here last week on the bike, changed into my swimming togs and performed a fairly (for me) elegant entry…
> …when I found out they were in an old folks’ home.” Exhibition in the foyer of the Rathaus (town hall) of large format photographs of centenarians, based on selection…
> Rocked on down to the Frankfurter Hof in Mainz last night to finally see Little Feat. Never got to see them during the Lowell George period – he’s…
> A A major attraction of the Schuhtick exhibition was a catwalk for the kiddies, where they could shed their streetware, slip into the red shoes from the other day…
> The Red Shoes (fairy tale), by Hans Christian Andersen The Red Shoes (1948 film), by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, one of the BFI’s Top 10 British films The…
> Rolling it out at the Mainz State Museum.
> Littlie captured @ 1/800 f3.5 300mm @ the Villa Musica concerts
> Art deco lamps at the Villa Musica, one of a group of 3 villas (villae?…) built in 1913 and gifted to the Villa Musica Foundation in 1988.
….Seppl! Hubert von Goisern is from Linz. So is Seppl. We used to work together in the 1970s/80s and we paired up pretty well, being the only 2 non-Germans in…
> So Hubert‘s barge fronts up in Mainz, we’re all sitting expectantly on the bleachers when Hubert’s roadie riverie takes the mike and says “We have a slight problem…..”. It’s…
> As hard as I’ve tried, all I can find out about this fountain, located slap in the middle of the Leichhof, is that it’s been there since 1980, it’s…
>“Bloody hell” I thought. “BARRY MANILOW polluting the ethers in Mainz? I thought he was dead” Certainly deserves to be and reason enough to get the next train out of…
> Translates as ” The Market of Utterly Superfluous Tat Beautiful Things” and it runs for the 4 days from Ascension Day in the atrium and adjacent roads of the…
> At some stage, the littlies at the St Stephan Catholic kindergarten in Gonso were provided with buckets of paint and brushes and instructed to a) not make a mess…
> …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)…
> The Druckladen – Printshop – is a reconstruction of Gutenberg’s original workshop providing a “hands on” experience for anyone who wants to get their fingers dirty.
> Pickled herrings. Traditional fare on Ash Wednesday around these parts. Just the sort of thing to remind you that the next 40 days fall under Lent and that having…
> It’s not over until the fat lady sings Ash Wednesday. Which is today. Until which time debauchery, iniquity, degeneracy and general sinning continues unabated. Including such frivolous pastimes as…
> A “Drop of the Best” from Mother and Son. “Mutter and Sohn”, to be precise, a family operation based in Mainz-Bretzenheim Except that “Sohn” is “Mutter” (Walter Mutter, that…
> I’ll try and describe last night’s concert in the Frankfurter Hof. Probably unsuccessfully, but whatever. Georg Ringsgwandl is Bavarian with an impenetrable accent. He says things like “Some artists…
> Always a treat and this year especially so, as it’s the last of its kind with the current cathedral organist. The usual moderately geriatric audience with the added attraction…
> Or “Fähigkeit“ Two flossies tra-la-la-ing and another playing a mean flute, adding an attractive note to the enduring ugliness of the Brand shopping centre
> Now, either Disney’s opening a new theme park in Mainz or this group of elegantly attired folk mingling with the wildlife in P&C, a clothing store, has something to…
> The Burgundy market gives the folks from the twinned city of Dijon to come over for the day and flog their goodies. Including wine. No brown paper bags or…
> It’s Kerb in the village again. Used to be the celebration at the time of the consecration of a church, but people appear to have enjoyed themselves so much…
> This is the Church of the Holy Cross (Heilig Kreuz) in the Silesian Quarter, one of the flasher bits of Mainz. Stunningly bold, given that it dates back to…
> Rosemarie Jäger (left in picture, slightly obscured), a delightfully cultured lady, runs a gallery in Hochheim (hence NQM) in her used-to-be-a-winery house. Attracts top artists in almost any 3-dimensional…
> Used to work with a lady whose hubby was a Chief Superintendent at Scotland Yard. (Evil sod – used to beat her black and blue and “took early retirement”,…
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