Newly knighted Sir “just call me” John Hood is a past Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, the current chairman of the Rhodes Trust and a Westlaker. Which is what we…
…clearing tomorrow.
Which translates into Cafe Indulgence, and they’re not far off with the name. If you go anywhere for a continental breakfast in these parts, you’ll normally get Butter packaged in…
….the district military recruiting office in the Kapellenstrasse in Gonsenheim is now a medical centre, healing everything from ingrowing toenails to ER stuff. Also the offices of Theo Plod…er Braunshausen,…
…the fantastic costumes in “Midsummer Night’s Dream” the other evening
They could have organised the meteorological side of things a bit better and Ms jb could have not been suffering from TFA (Totally F@#&ed Ankle) Syndrome, but apart from that,…
Isn’t it always the way that the herb (or “erb” for our colonial cousins) that you use least grows like a weed? Oregano officinalis. Pizza. Tick. Homemade tomato sauce. Tick.…
…who only sit and wait. Radiologist.
Part of the flood defences along the Rhine. (It’ll cost you €5 to access the viewing platform, €10 if there’s a flood)
The storm begins; poor wretch, That for thy mother’s fault art thus exposed To loss and what may follow! Weep I cannot, But my heart bleeds; and most accursed am…
Rotes Tor, Rheinpromenade, Mainz
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, a highly regarded weekly sister publication to the quality national daily FAZ, isn’t too positive about Mainz 05’s chances in the Bundesliga/First Diviso=ion this year. OK,…
Prince Electors’ palace
Prince Electors’ palance, Mainz
Discreet beer crates
One of Shakespeare’s most famous stage directions: “Exit, pursued by a bear.” “The Winter’s Tale” as performed by Zettels Theater in the Geromont vineyard’s courtyard the other week Antigonus. Come,…
“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…
If you balance your espresso cup on your knee and lean back a bit, this is what you’ll see from Paul Bonna’s kaffee kommune zwei in the Breidenbachstrasse.
….for I am here to save theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……. Balancing act on the Kulturufer in NQM Bingen
You know how much we hate to ask for directions….
n in a series of n Corner Martinstrasse/Kästrich
The Prince Electors’ palace converts its courtyard in summer to quite a fine biergarten. Good food, good beer and exceptionally good wines from the upper echelon of young vintners from…
You’re up and down like a jack-in-the-box at a Mainz 05 game. The hard core fans start off a chant and then everyone’s on their feet joining in (with varying…
It’s hard work, making all that twee stuff for Mainz’s wimminfolk at the market. Although. I have it on impeccable authority that a) it’s necessary, b) it’s great value for…
Microbreweries, ramp up the production. Boston, here I come..
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…
Not me – I love the heat, but flower gardens are looking a tad jaded and almost autumnal at the mo
First game of the season (qualification game for the European League)and with a new trainer. Not the best game I’ve seen, but definitely not the worst, (although Stefan Bell’s about…
Despite the strong African influence on the culinary scene in Mainz – you’ll find Pizza Togo and Kaffee Togo on almost every corner – the classic has to be Ditsch’s…
Ms jb’s job for the last 30 odd years was to manage the rentals for a high rise block with 650 apartments. Last day today and the company’s website is…
…to a blind horse Paeonia suffruticosa, this being the seedpod thereof.
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