> Heringsgasse, Altstadt
> A navigationally-challenged electioneering balloon in the Altstadt last week, drifting around to the whims of the breeze. Just like a real politician. (Gucki is now thinking: “You don’t need…
> …that purple is THE fashion colour of the coming season. Even for accessoires such as potatoes…
> Tulips from Amsterdam tralalaaaa
> Feral rabbits preparing to pounce on unsuspecting consumer’s wallet “We’ve been noticing an increase in cases of this nature” reports PC Trevor Plod “It always happens at this time…
> Not everywhere, mind you. There’s a micro-climatic zone just south of Mainz that’s invariably a week or so ahead in the Vegetation Stakes and the locals milk it for…
> They might keep us awake at night (not me – I once slept through an earthquake and was only roused from my slumbers by the hysterical screeching of other…
> Satisfied Caffee Moguntia customer waiting for the caffeine rush to kick in. And txting/smsing/twittering/facebooking his mates with the profound news that he’s just knocked off a latte machiato and…
> Not bad getting a road named after you. Or a square, even.
> … and trying to shed 5kg (30km biking a day, burning 1000 calories), I’d have my laughing gear round this stuff. In a flash. Tempted at the Mainzer Kaffemanufaktur…
> What better way to finish off a vacation and segue smoothly into the daily grind than an evening at the Goldener Engel brewpub
> 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…
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…
> 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.
> 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…
> 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
> 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…
> 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”…
> “I’ve got my eye(s) on you….” Metallic Triffidity on the Theodore-Heuss bridge linking Mainz with heathen lands.
> 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…
> Where are you going with that cake?” Scene from the Villa Musica hoolie last year. Tilt-shifted with this here thingie
> …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…
> 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…
> Double espresso and a blueberry muffin at the (average age 17…) Kiddie Café Annabatterie café on the Gartenfeldplatz. Definitely worth a visit.
> Thomas Campion Said Thomas Campion. On yer bike, say I.
> Not mine. Mine’s neatly trimmed. I think. (Confirmation required) This is Clematis vitalba, taken with an iPhone 3GS
> …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…
> 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…
> 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…
> …… 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…
> A young Josef Beuys holds court to a disinterested visitor at Frankfurt’s MMK (Museum of Modern Art)
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