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Category Archive: Mainz

05 Nov

>Flossy in the Fountain – #603

> I’m beginning to think I’m just following Helen around taking photos of the same things….oh well, never mind. Detail from the Fastnachtbrunnen (Carnival Fountain) on the Schillerplatz
5 November, 2008 at 12:00 2 Comments
04 Nov

>Cheesecake Factory – #602

> Phenomenal stuff from someone who didn’t start baking until she was in her mumble mumbles. (Think the Roman numeral is “C”. Or is it “L”? Probably “L”) Piece of…
4 November, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
03 Nov

>Toeing the line – #601

> “Straighten up there, you horrible lot. Call yourselves soldiers – I’ve never seen such a scruffy bunch in all my ….. Oh, you’re not soldiers. You’re only WIMMEN…” The…
3 November, 2008 at 12:00 2 Comments
02 Nov

>Romans woz ‘ere- #600

> Originally known as Castrum, this was the site of the Roman camp built in 90 CE. You can still see the foundations of the original city gate, preserved in…
2 November, 2008 at 12:00 3 Comments
01 Nov

>November Theme Day: Books #599

> Bookshops aren’t about books. They’re about people. Borders isn’t a real bookshop as far as I’m concerned. It’s just the “mortar” bit in the “Clicks and Mortar” business model.…
1 November, 2008 at 12:00 7 Comments
31 Oct

>Hey diddle diddle – #598

> The cat and the fiddle, The dog jumped over the ……balloon?   Eh?   Something wrong there.    Here’s the original   Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the…
31 October, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
30 Oct

>November Theme Day: Books – #597

> Just a teaser. So you know where I’ll be hanging out on Saturday…
30 October, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
29 Oct

>Social Engineering – #596

> “Social engineering” has a somewhat unpleasant ring to it. A bit like “ethnic cleansing” But I like what they’re doing here in the village. This is Monday’s ground-breaking ceremony…
29 October, 2008 at 12:00 Leave a comment
28 Oct

>Stunning – #595

> Vineyards on the outskirts of the village
28 October, 2008 at 12:00 3 Comments
27 Oct

>I’ve been honoured – #594

> Ramblin Round at Selma, Ala. Daily Photo chose me to receive the Fabulous Fall Bloggers award for the “Last of the Summer Strawberries” picture the other day. A fair…
27 October, 2008 at 12:00 Leave a comment
26 Oct

>"Father, I cannot tell a lie – #593

> I did cut it with my hatchet. In fact, I cranked up the bulldozer and bowled the whole bloody orchard….” Trees get old, yields drop off and varieties go…
26 October, 2008 at 12:00 2 Comments
25 Oct

>Gone, but not forgotten – #592

> And yet another brewery that hung up its hops,as it were. Enough to make a geriatric adolescent cry…
25 October, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
24 Oct

>Only a mother…#591

> .. could love something as ugly as this. Celeriac or root celery. Most folks use it – together with leek, carrot and other root veges as the basis for…
24 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
23 Oct

>And talking about…#590

> ..fruit on my müsli, we’re still harvesting strawberries. 23 October. Scraped ice off the car windscreen on Monday.
23 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
22 Oct

>Oh, sugar dadada da dada, honey, honey… – #589

>   Sugar beets waiting at the Sugar Beet Bus stop. From here they’ll be taken to a factory where they’ll be chopped up, soaked in water, squeezed semi-dry, dosed…
22 October, 2008 at 11:00 5 Comments
21 Oct

Just call me Popeye – #588

  This guy at the market in Mainz has got his marketing mix absolutely spot on Product. Olive oil. Nothing else. One variety. Price €23 a litre. €13 for 0.5l,…
21 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
20 Oct

>Red laces for a blue……..#587

> ..dude. Whatever. Anselm Vladden, who runs Gallery 27 in the Altstadt together with his wife Gisela, is an exceptionally cool dude. Red shoe laces. Don’t see that very often….
20 October, 2008 at 11:00 4 Comments
19 Oct

>Smart Alex – #586

> “Do you know where “Alex” is?”, she asked. Young flossy. Looking for a boutique, I assumed. Very gently, I said ” My dear, I think you’re asking the wrong…
19 October, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
18 Oct

>Before and after II – #585

> “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig” Or a pitbull. Or a hockey mom. Whatever. Makeup artists from the Staatstheater in Mainz showing their…
18 October, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
17 Oct

>Grapes of What(ley) – #584

> If you’re a Prominent Person in Mainz (or you’ve reached an adequate level of notoriety, which might in fact be the same thing, come to think of it), you’re…
17 October, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
14 Oct

>It’s nighttime…#581

> ..in the Big City, says the lady with the husky voice at the start of Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour (on XM) This isn’t even a little city.…
14 October, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
13 Oct

The Case of the Disappearing Breweries – #580

One of the (few) things wrong with Mainz is the dire lack of breweries. There’s the Eisgrub. And that’s it. It’s not as if there didn’t USED to be other…
13 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
12 Oct

>Before and after – #579

> Not that I claim to know much about these things, but I believe that some women are silly enough to a) have large format photos takenb) submit themselves to…
12 October, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
11 Oct

>"Oh Deere….."- #578

> …..I’m just worn out” said Fanny Fendt. “Do come in and take the weight off your tires” said Mrs Massey-Ferguson. “Have a nice cup of diesel – that’ll make…
11 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
10 Oct

>Oh dear… #577

> This is the sort of thing that happens when people are given a new toy to play around with and there’s no user manual in the box. To wit:…
10 October, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
09 Oct

>A Fëte worse than death – #576

> The Kerb or annual fete is central to village life in Germany. The traditional meal on Tuesday – the last day of festivities – is liver dumplings, sauerkraut and…
9 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
08 Oct

>Appel Happel – #575

> The Happel family has been growing and selling fruit from their farm just over in Mainz-Lerchenberg for ages and a day. The name? Not a clue. Probably an Anglophile…
8 October, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
07 Oct

>Help! – #574

> I have absolutely no idea what this hybrid plant could be. Saw it at Doris Urban‘s the other day and – being as how she reckons I’m a bit…
7 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
06 Oct

>Kalle – #573

> Kalle – my mate Christoph’s grandson – appears to be indestructible. Falls over, bounces up. Lies flat on a skateboard and heads at high speed for the gap between…
6 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
05 Oct

>Jack Frost…- #572

> …hasn’t been calling yet, but he can’t be far away. Still harvesting basil from the garden and tomatoes are still ripening.
5 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
04 Oct

>An old chestnut – not! – #571

> My mate John “Methuselah” Whatley is a man of great age (self-proclaimed) and wit (demonstrated). “If I could get my wife to pick up that chestnut” he said ”…
4 October, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments