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03 Jan

>And talking of the Badergasse…#286

>Street names around here are frequently derived from their original – mostly medieval – trade associations. The Badergasse’s no exception. The Bader (Bad = bath) were barbers, quacks and hot…
3 January, 2008 at 07:00 4 Comments
02 Jan

>Hi kids – #285

>This is quite unusual. Official notices around here are usually just that. Official. This one’s on a kiddies playground in the Bädergasse and it’s such a refreshing change. Hi kids,…
2 January, 2008 at 07:47 Leave a comment
30 Dec

>15 minutes of fame – #282

>The Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung – one of the better quality broadsheets on the market and the only decent Sunday newspaper – runs an appeal at around this time of year…
30 December, 2007 at 11:27 2 Comments
29 Dec

>Christmas reloaded 2 – #281

>The ever excellent Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ran a DIY Christmas tree decoration article last Sunday with reader contributions to cut out, paste on cardboard and hang on the tree. One…
29 December, 2007 at 11:12 2 Comments
28 Dec

>Christmas reloaded – #280

>Perhaps not QUITE up to the standard of the National Christmas tree in Washington or the Norwegian Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square in London (supposedly the most famous Christmas tree…
28 December, 2007 at 09:22 1 Comment
27 Dec

>Unfulfilled wishes… – #279

> Didn’t get one, of course…. (But we did get a white Christmas. Just.
27 December, 2007 at 05:25 8 Comments
26 Dec

>Jack Frost – #278

>Somewhat chilly around these parts? Well, yes…. Daytime temperatures below freezing for pretty much all of last week – down to -6ºC at night – and a classy hoar frost…
26 December, 2007 at 09:00 2 Comments
25 Dec

>Hot stuff – #277

>Quite the festive colour combination, I thought…..
25 December, 2007 at 14:30 2 Comments
24 Dec

>The Christmas Concert – #276

>Not sure what was more crowded this evening – the Christmas Market or the Bach Christmas Oratoria in the cathedral. We gave the cheap mulled wine stands, festive candle purveyors…
24 December, 2007 at 08:12 2 Comments
23 Dec

>And then there were four… – #275

>If I’d know it was THIS easy, I’d have started the series 4 weeks ago….. And if I’d been REALLY clued up, I would have followed Johann Wichern’s example and…
23 December, 2007 at 11:51 Leave a comment
22 Dec

>Hard Times – #274

>For someone who likes sage as much as I do, this is a pretty grim time. And yes, I refuse to use ANY sort of dried herbs. If I wanted…
22 December, 2007 at 11:46 Leave a comment
21 Dec

>One to go… – #273

>The Advent wreath started out pretty much as the Christmas equivalent to the “When do we get there?” chorus from the kids as soon as you leave the driveway on…
21 December, 2007 at 19:02 Leave a comment
19 Dec

>The gall of it… #271

>What organisms cause galls? Most galls are caused by fungi (particularly rusts and smuts) or invertebrates. Prominent among the latter are aphids, mites, psyllids, gall-midges (Cecidomyiidae), gall-flies (Tephritidae), gall-wasps (Cynipidae)…
19 December, 2007 at 10:36 Leave a comment
18 Dec

>Lorenz Schuster RIP – #270

>I just don’t get it. The world is full of shits and Lorenz Schuster has to die. Blogged Hildegard, his wife, way back in March and – although I believe…
18 December, 2007 at 17:47 1 Comment
15 Dec

>2wd – #268

>Not the best thing around this time of year. 4wd would be significantly better. Winter tires are de rigeur, anyway. (Have a prang in the snow and you’ll soon find…
15 December, 2007 at 14:07 Leave a comment
12 Dec

>A well kept secret – #267

>This is just the coolest idea. You download a minute chunk of software onto your mobile, take a photo of the Semacode matrix on the information boards scattered around Mainz…
12 December, 2007 at 15:30 2 Comments
11 Dec

>Where did the "V" go? – #266

>The Mainzer Volksbank belongs to the very-Central-European institution of cooperative banks. Germany has a number of banks governed by public law, privately-owned banks and cooperative banks, owned in effect by…
11 December, 2007 at 14:52 Leave a comment
04 Dec

Cholesterol, anyone…? – #262

Flour Sugar Quark Baking powder Ground hazelnuts Sliced almonds Raisins Currants Nutmeg Cardamon Candied citrus peel Eggs Quark A glugglugglug of rum A mere tad of butter… Thrash around in…
4 December, 2007 at 14:09 1 Comment
03 Dec

>Moveable feasts – #261

>OK Easter’s early next year. I KNOW that. But coloured eggs on the market in December is just silly…..
3 December, 2007 at 12:27 1 Comment
27 Oct

>A "Hundebar"….#255

>ist wunderbar! A dog’s life doesn’t appear to be that bad, after all…. Update: Perchance a little short on information.Located at one of the few (and very strictly regulated) outlet…
27 October, 2007 at 07:31 2 Comments
26 Oct

>Self service – #254

>Got a call yesterday afternoon from our friend, Petra Bittl, the ceramics artist from Bonn. (Hugely talented and we were lucky enough to discover her before she achieved widespread recognition…
26 October, 2007 at 06:00 1 Comment
25 Oct

>Window shopping – #253

>I hereby declare Speyer to be a suburb of Mainz. Temporarily, at least. (It’s only a hop, skip and a jump of 80km or so down the road and the…
25 October, 2007 at 06:00 Leave a comment
24 Oct

>A bit frayed around the edges – #252

>The shopping arcade that links the Grosse Langgasse with the Schillerstrasse used to be as flash as a rat with a gold tooth. Put it this way: Mrs jb used…
24 October, 2007 at 07:50 2 Comments
23 Oct

>Sloe gin and fast wimmin – #251

>It’s quite surprising what one finds when one lurks the hedgerows around these parts. These are sloes, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa, which is a dead give-away that…
23 October, 2007 at 07:11 2 Comments
22 Oct

>Comfort food – #250

>OK, so we’ve got regular cabbage, red cabbage, sweetheart cabbage (I had to look that up – it runs under “Spitzkohl” – pointed cabbage), butternut and hokkaido pumpkins and swede.…
22 October, 2007 at 06:58 2 Comments
21 Oct

>Honk if you’re southbound – #249

>Standing out in the road yesterday afternoon with ace reporters Hans-Willi and Birgit, rewarding ourselves for a good day’s work in the garden with an Eisgrub beer, we witnessed the…
21 October, 2007 at 11:01 1 Comment
20 Oct

>Oliver – #248

>“Oliver” is a hairdresser in the Gaustrasse, just down from the Stefanskirche. Never been there – too expensive for me and too cheap for Mrs jb. There was another Oliver,…
20 October, 2007 at 07:46 2 Comments
19 Oct

>In the name of the Father….- #247

>..and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, I baptise thee Johannes. Gutenberg, that is. This is St Christopher’s in the centre of Mainz, first documented in 893 as…
19 October, 2007 at 06:50 2 Comments
18 Oct

>Cinquecento – #246

>This is Fiat’s “new” (very retro) 500 model. Turned up at the dealers here last weekend – one per dealer. Just like that. No brochures, no price. Nothing. Well, what’s…
18 October, 2007 at 06:51 8 Comments
17 Oct

The Naked Truth – #245

There are two ways of harvesting grapes You go through the lines of vines with your team, cut off each bunch and snip out the unripe grapes, the mouldy ones,…
17 October, 2007 at 10:58 6 Comments
16 Oct

>Die Eisgrub – #244

>The Eisgrube (Eis = Ice: Grube= Pit) in Mainz fulfilled the same function as an icehouse (Check out Minette Walters’ thriller by the same name – it’s excellent). It was…
16 October, 2007 at 07:01 3 Comments