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,…
> ..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….
> “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…
> “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…
> 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…
> Close your eyes and you could think you’re on the Cote d’Azur. Just look at those palms (well, open your eyes, then…), just feel the warm late autumn sun…
> …it isn’t, but you don’t need to fly acroos the pond to see countryside like this. Maple syrup’s not on the menu, but the new wine certainly is. (Wouldn’t…
> ..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.…
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…
> 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…
> …..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…
> 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:…
> 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…
> 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…
> 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…
> 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…
> …hasn’t been calling yet, but he can’t be far away. Still harvesting basil from the garden and tomatoes are still ripening.
> 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 ”…
> Karl Lehmann (Cardinal Karl Lehman, actually) has been the Bishop of Mainz for 25 years. I’m not actually on his team (Mrs jb is; I’m more of a Chreaster…
> Mrs jb was insistent that I act my age on occasions… Ho hum. How boring. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants Albuquerque (NM), USA by Helen, American…
> I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly buildings I will not design ugly…
> … when folks turn up at the local supermarket on horseback. Severe lack of hitching posts, though. And bike racks, for that matter, but that’s another story…
> Don’t know who Paul Baumann is (I’ve researched and can’t find an astronomical link anywhere), but they’ve gone and named the observatory on the hill above Klein-Winternheim after him.…
> The wine from Rheinhessen is saddled with a shockingly bad reputation. It’s the largest wine-growing region in Germany and they’ve pumped out some dire stuff over the years –…
> Or “Light at the end of the tunnel” Whatever. Not as ambitious as Boston’s major construction effort, but pretty hefty for Mainz, nonetheless. The A61 is the motorway that…
> NQM (Not Quite Mainz) but not too far out of town. Best advertising for a plumbing outfit I’ve seen. And before anyone asks: No, it’s not……
> Everyone gets them, claimed Andy Warhol. Lisa Bund’s had more than her fair share, if you ask me. Not content with getting into the finals of Germany’s “American Idol”…
> …are made for reading… Nida Kilian – being somewhat vertically challenged – was standing on a chair, sorting some books on one of the top shelves in “Shakespeare &…
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, dear window, Happy Birthday to you The first of Marc Chagall’s windows was installed and consecrated in the Stephanskirche at the…
> Or is it “Smells like teen spirit”? You only realise how many kids there are in Mainz when you’re waiting at the bus/tram stop in the Schillerstrasse when the…
> To badly misquote Oscar Wilde: “To have one of these dogs may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness” Having three would probably fall into…
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