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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
29 Jan

>I do like ……. – #1233

> …the Schirn art museum in – ahem – Frankfurt. Not only did they buy me a new iPhone the other year, but their exhibitions are a treat. Current one…
29 January, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
28 Jan

>Oi! Gimme yer cloak, mate – #1232

> Saint Martin gets mugged again…
28 January, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
27 Jan

>Snakes….#1231

>   ……on everything.[Little Feat 1970 – listen] Especially on metal containers. And not only snakes. This is Sabine, our 165 year old neighbours-from-across-the-road‘s daughter.  She’s married to a Protestant…
27 January, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
26 Jan

>Fire and brimstone – #1230

> This goes back to last summer. Christian Lenz owns and runs a specialist plant nursery in Niederheimbach (AHSAAJ from Mainz) overlooking the Rhine. He specialises in landscaping, so he’s…
26 January, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
25 Jan

>Sad stuff – #1129

> A sad display for potential drinkers at a run-down bar in a run-down part of town
25 January, 2011 at 12:00 1 Comment
24 Jan

>"If you’re going….1228

>   ….to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.” (Just hate that song) Probably a hibiscus. Sculpture by the inordinately talented Beate Thiesmeyer. Just to…
24 January, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
23 Jan

>Number 7 – #1127

> This one slipped through the cracks back in May when I was hobbling around on crutches and being even less focussed than normal. My mate Christoph‘s son Stephan is…
23 January, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
22 Jan

>"Life is rather like a tin of sardines…. – #1226

>   …we’re all of us looking for the key….” Alan Bennett once said. Good stuff seen at Thomas and Gitta Keßler’s vinothek in the Heiliggrabgasse. Wines from good producers,…
22 January, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
21 Jan

>"Waiting for …. -#1225

> ..my bus..Three Euros and twenty in my hand”HT Lou Reed and Gucki Bus stop at the top of the hill blinded bythe lightHT Bruce
21 January, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
17 Jan

>Nothing new under the sun -#1221

> Those muscular types who think these newfangled climbing walls are a recent invention are way off the mark. They’ve been around for centuries. All this business with stringing yourself…
17 January, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
16 Jan

>My kind of vintners – #1220

> Gesine und Markus Roll run the Weedenbornhof, a (her) family winery in Monzenheim. We stumbled over them a year of so back with Frank and Mrs the Potter at…
16 January, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
15 Jan

>To the Manna born – #1219

> The guy at the Kaiser organic bakery stand on the market spun what sounded like a pretty tall tale yesterday. “Essener bread has nothing to do with Essen (Ed:…
15 January, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments
14 Jan

>Snowsmary -#1218

> @ Odiles
14 January, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
13 Jan

>Church with ambitions – #1217

> St Stephan’s church in Mainz-Gonsenheim is just your common or garden church, but you wouldn’t know by just looking at it. The twin spires (invisible at night and in…
13 January, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
12 Jan

>Baubles, bangles…. #1216

> …and beads. And an outrageous use of roadkill for the  slippers….. Augustinerstrasse.
12 January, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
11 Jan

>Cold…#1215

> …snap. Moss on a cold tiled roof
11 January, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
10 Jan

>Cinnabun it’s not… -#1214

> Mrs Frank the Potter hails from southern Germany where tradition is Alive and Well. Every year at Christmas, she bakes a batch of cinnamon cookies using moulds with traditional…
10 January, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
09 Jan

>"What’s for dinner, Mum?" – #1213

> “Hmmmm….let’s see what’s in the fridge ….Savoy cabbage, red onions, regular onions….. how about…. CABBAGE SOUP?!” “Yechhhh…” “Well, we COULD spice it up with a couple of pine cones….”…
9 January, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
08 Jan

>Forever young…. -#1212

>   Not the Alphaville version Forever young, i want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever forever Forever young, i want to be forever…
8 January, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
07 Jan

>"You know what he’s thinking, of course…" -#1211

> Said the guy on the market. “He’s thinking “If I take another step, I’m going to fall off the pinth….”” Johannes Gutenberg living dangerously.
7 January, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
06 Jan

>A decidely perverse sense of humoUr…: #1210

> As if all this bloody white stuff wasn’t bad enough, “Wintaro”, a local restaurant, has to rub it in. “Pork fillet , potato SNOW* and salad” *Really just mashed…
6 January, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
04 Jan

>City of Science – #1208

> The Stadt der Wissenschaft title is a prestigious trophy that’s passed from deserving city to deserving city by the German Science Foundation. Given that we’ve got 4 universities Johannes…
4 January, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments
03 Jan

>Remnants -#1207

> There were so many rocket corpses littering the garden after New Year that you’d think that people were targeting the place. Maybe they were….
3 January, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
31 Dec

>Monthly Theme Day – Photo of the year 2010 – #1205

> Just HAS to be this one of Semira e Alessandro from August. (Semira liked it so much that she knocks 10% off the bill these days) For more cuddles…
31 December, 2010 at 23:01 7 Comments