“Portobello” is our local Italian restaurant. We’ve been going there since before Barbara and Giovanni’s kids were born (and they’re now 18 and 20…). We can pop in most anytime…
In the Gaustrasse
The bistro attached to the Arp Museum at NQM Rolandseck station
Just what the doctor ordered – a pop-up bar selling decent beer. Leonidas Lazaridis und Philip Vogel, design students at the University for Applied Sciences in Mainz came up with…
…sleep in your car. Motorway rest area A61
…about the space blanket suit, though. Mind you, if you’ve been hitting the boards for 50 years, you’re probably entitled to wear anything you want. Must be a bugger to…
Martin Kijaszek is a successful graphic designer. He’s also Billy Crash, a singer of blues, rock and country in the local Rhoihessisch dialect. He marked his 50th stage anniversary with…
Frankfurter Hof, Mainz
Oh. No curtain. Never mind…. Billy Crash @ Frankfurter Hof, Mainz
… but I feel quite safe here…
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….
First of all, that would be Rheinhessen, not Pfalz. And per minute. At my discounted consultancy rate. For which you get one Kiwi
Departure lounge, Tom Bradley Terminal
Look who I stumbled on by – ahem – pure chance at the Hardware Cafe in Titirangi on the way to the airport – Paul of Auckland West fame and…
Mainz Daily Photo’s taking a break until time and inspiration become less of a scarce commodity. There’s always YMBFA.
Mountain ash or rowan. Aka “Vogelbeere” = bird berry. (Avians eat the berries, don’t digest the seeds and deposit them on your car
If Gudrun Klag says it’s autumn, it’s autumn. She should know…..
This thingie would have cost between €40 and €50 on the market in Mainz. The combination of a green thumb and a talented Ms jb. Such a pity that she…
There should be a law against this. It’s OK to make wreaths out of grape vine prunings or hydrangea flowers, but taking something as sacred as HOPS and wasting them…
A big fail. You’ll need to have lived in Rhoihesse for a few years to master this stuff.
The new wine’s on the market already. Haven’t finished the old stuff yet. Need to get cracking, then….
Details in the cloisters at St Stephans
“The last Bitburger bowser before the Chagall church” You have been warned…
Article in the local newspaper about this Hindenburg-type disaster the other week. Hildegard Eckert, eyewitness: “I was sitting at the Piccin icecream parlour in Nieder-Olm when the sky darkened, the…
You wouldn’t want to be a Green these days – their star is definitely on the wane. A mere 2 weeks until the elections and they’re into single digit territory….
You’d think you were somewhere in the forests around Moscow to look at this dacha-looking place slap in the middle of Gonsenheim
The garden tends towards dull at this time of year and Anemone hupehensis (commonly known as the Chinese or Japanese anemone, thimbleweed, or windflower) is a welcome brightener. Two varieties…
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