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29 Sep

>Michaelmas – #747

> Aster amellus or Michaelmas Daisy Not that anyone around here knows it as that, of course. Here’s it’s just the Herbstaster – Autumn aster. Fairly logical, given that the…
29 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
28 Sep

>15 minutes of fame – #746

> Famous Fotog Franzi(ska) Hasse popped around in spring on the recommendation of her Mum and Dad. Quite an honour, because she’s a freelance garden photographer for some of the…
28 September, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
27 Sep

>And then there were two – #745

> In the queue. Blokes that is. Second one was me, queuing up for my 80c worth. One scoop of Mozart. But it really did look like a “girls’ thing”…
27 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
26 Sep

>The end of the golden summer – #744

>   Last Insalata Caprese of the season. Cuore di Bue tomatoes and torn basil leaves (both grown in our own compost), buffalo (is there any other kind?) mozzarella, good…
26 September, 2009 at 11:00 3 Comments
25 Sep

>Waiting for….#743

> …the Death Panel. Given that we have socialised (compulsory, no less. Shock! Horror!) medicine over here, pensioners are a bit nervous. “Who’s that fellow over there on the right…
25 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
24 Sep

>A Day at Caffeea Moguntia – reloaded #742

> And then they crank the roaster up to 150ºC (work out what it is in cubits and stuff yourselves…) and pay  v e r y  c l o s…
24 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
21 Sep

>Poetically speaking -739

> Now doesn’t “Matured bread” sound just so much nicer than “Day-old bread”? I definitely like the price…
21 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
20 Sep

>Slap…#738

> ..bang in the middle of the fields on the way to Hechtsheim. I have NO IDEA what it’s there for. As you can see, it’s wall-to-wall bugger all out…
20 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
18 Sep

>A Day at Caffeea Moguntia – reloaded #736

> Last week, I showed you a picture of some coffee beans… (You’ll tire of this, I promise) The next step it to roast them in this highly polished roaster.…
18 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
17 Sep

>Through a glass blearily – #735

> Back at Wagner-Stempel‘s open courtyard from the other day. (Shocking website and I’ve offered to do a words-for-wine barter translation deal, but he reckons that as they sell everything…
17 September, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
16 Sep

>A Day at Caffeea Moguntia – #734

> The folk at Caffea Moguntia (the inimitable “Tin Shed on Wheels“) have their coffee roastery in a cool little precinct in Bodenheim, a hop, skip and a jump down…
16 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
15 Sep

>This is the life – #733

> David Wagner took over the family vineyard in Siefersheim a few years back and did all the right things – canopy management, lower yields, old vines, focus on the…
15 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
13 Sep

>"Tuition fees….#731

> ..are a bummer” Almost (but not quite) captures the poetry and wit of the double-entendre*(And who said Germans have no sense of humour…) Elections coming up in 2 weeks,…
13 September, 2009 at 11:00 3 Comments
12 Sep

>Bedridden? – #730

> This sounds almost mediaeval.. On the other hand, they might be trying to de-bed themselves Whatever.
12 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
11 Sep

>The Tomb of the Unknown… -#729

> ..Snooty-Looking Person. In the Cathedral.
11 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
10 Sep

>skʊn – #728

> Mrs jb’s been baking scones. “skʊn” as in “on” Not ˈ”ōn as in “disown”. The Americans call them biscuits, which is quite strange. They have them with gravy, which…
10 September, 2009 at 11:00 5 Comments
09 Mar

>The Telekom giveth….#727

> ….and Freenet taketh away. In the process of switching ICT providers – Telekom for voice and Freenet for DSL to Freenet for the whole shebang (as-much-as-you-can-eat VOIP, 16-fold boost…
9 March, 2009 at 12:00 6 Comments
08 Mar

>Nightmare on Ludwig Street – #726

> Lena from the Bosporus told me about this one. This guy has a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria on the Ludwigstrasse, just around the corner from the Maria Ward school, for girls.…
8 March, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
07 Mar

>T for two… #725

> …or is it four. Telecom, the privatised SOE, tried to patent magenta as their brand colour. Fat chance. It pretty much has a monopoly when it comes to public…
7 March, 2009 at 12:00 Leave a comment
06 Mar

>Don’t I know you….? #724

> 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”,…
6 March, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
05 Mar

>So that’s OK then….#723

> So Helen pops her head out of the front door and thinks: “Fog? It wasn’t foggy earlier on”. Then she smells the burning and notices the chappy frantically banging…
5 March, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
04 Mar

>Has…- #722

> ..bean That’s what people do say. They’re probably right. They mostly are….
4 March, 2009 at 12:00 4 Comments
03 Mar

>This way down…#721

> ..or up. And what do you do if you’re colour-blind, anyway? Escalator at Mainz Hauptbahnhof
3 March, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
02 Mar

>Copycats – #720

> Those rascally Brasilians copy everything. Not content just to nick Carnival, they’ve even paved the Copacabana just like the Steingasse here in Mainz. Lacks authenticity, though. Their’s is populated…
2 March, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
01 Mar

>Monthly Theme Day – A touch of glass – #719

>   Schott Glass is very much a Local Hero around here. The company itself has been around for 125 years. Started off in Jena (which was East Germany from…
1 March, 2009 at 09:30 8 Comments
28 Feb

>Spit and …#718

> ….Polish. And I think she was, too, from the accent. But doesn’t the cathedral scrub up nicely? Of course, they have to keep it spick and span, given that…
28 February, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
27 Feb

>Ear, ear – #717

> No sooner have we got Karneval behind us than Easter’s just around the corner. Thinks: Would be, given that Karneval marks the start of Lent and Lent finishes at…
27 February, 2009 at 12:00 5 Comments
26 Feb

>Alohol – #716

> Know a word without “c”? “Alohol” And I tell you what – Mainz went through copious quantities of this stuff on Monday Monday being Rosenmontag – Rose Monday: the…
26 February, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
25 Feb

>This way…-#715

> if you’re 25. And can add up without a calculator….. Signage at Mainz Main Station
25 February, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
24 Feb

>I could get used to this…. – #714

> It’s not that I don’t LIKE Karneval. It’s just that I have NO IDEA about what’s going on. I’m rather partial to some aspects of the madness, though Apfelkrapfen,…
24 February, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
23 Feb

>What do you want ….#713

> …to make those eyes at me for…..? Emile Ford and the Checkmates – 1959 [Listen] Town’s chock full of places selling Karneval kit. This place is normally an ice…
23 February, 2009 at 12:00 5 Comments