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27 Nov

“I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon”* #1729

As is the old German custom, we also have this plant on our front step. Supposed to keep evil spirits at…er…bay. *Julius Caesar Act 4 Scene 2
27 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
26 Nov

Where’s Fat Lilli? #1728

More to the point, where’s the bloody lobster? “Dicke Lilli, gutes Kind” is a cool new cafe in the Gaustrasse in Mainz. “So where’s Fat Lilli” I asked “She must…
26 November, 2012 at 13:00 4 Comments
24 Nov

Let there be light #1726

Uninspiring Christmas market decoration. At the moment, anyway….  
24 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
23 Nov

Black Friday #1725

Black and White Friday, actually. Don’t really understand the hooha, to be honest. You mean that people REALLY have to spend on Friday what they couldn’t spend on Thursday because…
23 November, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
22 Nov

Oi. Where’s yer bike? #1724

Bernd Meyer-Zawar is Mainz’s Bike Czar and husband of Uli Zawar of “Sonntagskind” fame. He came perambulating across the market the other day towards the Tin Shed On Wheels and…
22 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
21 Nov

Desecration #1723

Who’s been desecrating Mainz with these high-tech stickers? Probably the same idiot who runs this website…
21 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
20 Nov

“Ei Roswitha…. #1722

…wasissenDES?” “Pray tell me, Roswitha, what have you bought NOW? “Ei, Karl-Günthä, dessinDaddele” “Dates, dear Hans-Günther” “Daddele?! DADDELE?! WasmachstzumdeibeldodamitdeneDaddele, Roswitha?” “Dates? DATES?! What on earth are you going to do…
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19 Nov

“If you take my picture…#1721

…I’ll shit on your head. I’ll probably do it anyway”
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18 Nov

Fat Lilli, good child #1720

New café in the Gaustrasse. Dicke Lilli, gutes Kind. Excellent espresso, naff cherry tart, great decoration. Not sure if it was Women’s Day (they have those at the local swimming…
18 November, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
17 Nov

Nothing happened #1719

Stood under here for AT LEAST 10 minutes. Nothing happened. It’s either because it’s not New Years Eve yet or it’s me. Probably the latter. (But I’ll try again next…
17 November, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
16 Nov

I just let them fall…#1718

Not in Mainz, though. They had a cherry-picker and THREE (count them) workers removing autumn foliage, leaf by leaf. No wonder our city taxes are so high…..
16 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
15 Nov

Aren’t we lucky people #1717

The oldest (and finest) Renaissance fountain in Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marktbrunnen_%28Mainz%29

15 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
14 Nov

Leafblower, anyone? #1716

14 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
13 Nov

Leo Kottke…#1715

..the singer and guitarist famously apologised that his voice sounded like “geese farts on a foggy day”. Listened hard. Heard nothing
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12 Nov

Gaudi…#1714

…in the Gaustrasse
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11 Nov

Mainzelmännchen #1713

A very young looking 50….. Anton, Berti, Conni are cartoon characters created by ZDF, one of the 2 national TV channels supported by TV license fees. They date back to…
11 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
10 Nov

Black and white #1712

On more levels than one….
10 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
09 Nov

Still life with cabbages #1711

Local stuff from the market in Gonsenheim
9 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
08 Nov

A less than enthusiastic subject #1710

At the Gonsenheim market the other week doing “Still life with cabbages” (tomorrow, if I can’t find anything better) when this lady and her bicycle patiently waited while I finished…
8 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
07 Nov

Pictures from an exhibition #1709

Gloria Hasse asked me to open an exhibition at her Keramikum gallery in Darmstadt the other day. A pleasure. As usual. Very good art. As usual. Excellent lunch. As usual.…
7 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
06 Nov

Red sky at night – #1708

A real cracker of a sunset on Sunday
6 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
05 Nov

Definitely autumnal #1707

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04 Nov

Expired? #1706

I’m not sure if I should SAY something, but at a rough guess, I’d say that packet of rusks at the bottom is WELL past its “Best by” date….
4 November, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
03 Nov

Wimmins’ stuff #1705

Karina Jungenheimer on the market (Friday and Saturday, Tuesdays by special request) makes this stuff. I can’t get overly excited about it, but it attracts flocks of birds in great…
3 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
02 Nov

What’s in a name? #1704

More than you’d think. I stumbled over Butterbergreul, an alleyway in Gonsenheim, last year and try as I might, I couldn’t trace the origin of the name. Stumped. And I…
2 November, 2012 at 08:00 3 Comments
01 Nov

Maine Daily Photo – Monthly Theme Day – The Water’s Edge #1703

So what’s a letter between friends…? (Somewhere between Wells and York)
1 November, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
31 Oct

Don’t do THAT! #1702

Hollow it out and cut holes in it to celebrate Halloween, that most GERMAN of festivals? What a waste of a good Hokkaido pumpkin! If you absolutely HAVE to slavishly…
31 October, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
30 Oct

Work beckons #1701

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29 Oct

Elisa would have told him something else #1700

My parents-in-law were farmers. Work on a Sunday, like this guy? Never on your life. Elisa, my mother-in-law (and whom I was fonder of than a son-in-law has a right…
29 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
28 Oct

The Girl with the Dom-coloured hair revisited #1699

I bumped into Australian  motorsport journalist Andrew van Leeuwen and his harem back in July and we’ve been exchanging Mainz 05 commiserations and beer tasting notes (he has no idea, but…
28 October, 2012 at 13:00 4 Comments
27 Oct

Sod this for a game of soldiers #1698

27 October and it’s SNOWING? And the clocks get turned back tomorrow too, so it gets dark in the afternoon? I think I need some Sicily. Like some people who’d…
27 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment