“Well, if Putin can orchestrate the Winter Olympics in sub-tropical Sochi,, I don’t see any paradox at all…” said the lead actor/producer/ticket collector of Zettels Theatre. Winery courtyard in the…
….for I am here to save theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……. Balancing act on the Kulturufer in NQM Bingen
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, “How does it work?” The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, “How much will it cost?” The graduate with…
… this is the classiest place I know to micturate. Or even take a leak… The Gents at the Rolandseck Station/Arp Museum/Interieur 253 restaurant
A motley collection of geriatrics kicking up a fuss in front of the cathedral this morning and demanding an uninterrupted view of cathedral in Worms. Eh? Worms is 48km from…
Or up. Ingelheim
..at the Mirror Garden on Bingen’s Kulturufer
…marks the spot. The Kulturufer (Culture Foreshore) in NQM Bingen is a highly successful conversion from a dire railway shunting yard to the stunning location for the State Horticultural Show…
An 18 metre neon sculpture in the underground passageway leading to the Arp Museum in (NQM) Rolandseck. Designed by Richard Meier (think Getty Center, perched above the 405 in LA),…
Jürgen Hofmann took over his Dad’s vineyard a way back and has developed it into one of the top addresses for wine in the region, if not nationally. His wife,…
…doubtlessly another excellent wine from Jürgen Hofmann. Twin bubble air lock
Ancient and modern in Jürgen Hofmann’s cellar in Appenheim
Prince Michael of Salm-Salm has the coolest castle in the middle of (NQM) Wallhausen. He invited his customers to a wine tasting the other week and suggested to various local…
Elke Wolf is a jeweler in Mainz-Kastel – which contrary to its name – is a suburb of Wiesbaden. (Don’t ask, OK? Just don’t ask…) Atelier exhibition today and –…
The fortified church of St Igbert stands on the eastern reaches of Ingelheim, below the Mainzer Berg (200 metres, you drop 100 metres in little over a kilometer, most of…
One of the massive industrial kilns ( they loaded the unfired pots onto frames and moved them throughout the pottery on railway tracks) in Höhr-Grenzhausen acts a backdrop for more…
The bistro attached to the Arp Museum at NQM Rolandseck station
…sleep in your car. Motorway rest area A61
Another installation from the “The Figure, Sculpture in ceramics” at the Ceramic Museum in Höhr-Grenzhausen. Bearing absolutely no resemblance to my ex-boss and friend Gunter, I flipped the image and…
At the “The figure, sculpture in ceramics” exhibition in Höhr-Grenzhausen. OK, it’s not strictly Mainz, but not everything’s black and white….
If it wasn’t for iPhoto’s “Faces” function, I would never have noticed the poor soul caught in the maelstrom at Bad-Kreuznach’s weir pool. I seem to recall hearing some yelling,…
Through accidents of birth and abduction, resulting in forced emigration at an early age, I have 2 passports. The UK side of the family dates back to the 1600s, so…
In my spare time (and as a favour to these 2, although I charge other people), I set up web presences for artists. Ute Matschke (l) and Maria Meyer (r)…
..24 (?) cylinders. Definitely NQM, but my links to Höhr-Grenzhausen couldn’t be described as tenuous. This is the “Kannofen”, a cross-fired salt glaze kiln that lay dormant for 50 years…
Gloria Hasse asked me to open an exhibition at her Keramikum gallery in Darmstadt the other day. A pleasure. As usual. Very good art. As usual. Excellent lunch. As usual.…
Buoy, oh buoy was it calm on the Main the other day….
Uschi of the eponymous Fischshop van on the market in Bad-Kreuznach (which – being a mere HSAAJ from here and being eminently bike-rideable – belongs to the Greater Mainz Area).…
‘Interieur 253, the cafe-cum-restaurant attached to the Arp Museum in Rolandseck.
Ms jb’s friend Gudrun supplies her with a steady stream of images. I don’t think she (Gudrun) really knows how good a photographer she is… Eltville on t’other side of…
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