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10 Jan

>Cinnabun it’s not… -#1214

> Mrs Frank the Potter hails from southern Germany where tradition is Alive and Well. Every year at Christmas, she bakes a batch of cinnamon cookies using moulds with traditional…
10 January, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
26 Dec

>Wait until next week -#1199

> They’re bound to be cheaper. Delightful tea-lights in an NMKOP shop in the Kirschgarten
26 December, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
25 Dec

>Because it’s Christmas…..#1198a

> ….Mrs jb thought a second post might be in order… [Enough of this rampant sentimentalism. Ed]
25 December, 2010 at 17:35 5 Comments
25 Dec

>Following yonder star.. – #1198

> ..all the way down the Augustinerstrasse. A traditional air to accompany your Christmas pud
25 December, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
24 Dec

>When it gets this bright….#1197

> …and the smoke detectors start going off regularly, it must be getting close to Christmas.
24 December, 2010 at 12:00 4 Comments
23 Dec

>Pagan rituals – #1196

> Now isn’t this just soooo FestivewithacapitalF? AND the reflections of the Advent wreath board in the window… I would have straightened the candle, but I’m sure it’s more artistic…
23 December, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
22 Dec

>The Great Pavlova Bake-off -#1195

> The origins of the Pavlova are hotly disputed. Supposedly created in the honour of Anna Pavlova, a Russian ballerina who toured Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s, it’s…
22 December, 2010 at 12:00 5 Comments
21 Dec

>I know it doesn’t fit in my Christmas stocking…#1194

> …but I want need one of these thingies… My uncle had something better. He was Senior Technical Officer at an RAF Strike Force base at the height of the…
21 December, 2010 at 12:00 7 Comments
18 Dec

Punch-up….#1191

  I do rate Interieur 251, the restaurant at the Arp Museum in (NQM) Rolandseck, but their prices sometimes make my eyes water. 0.15l of their (admittedly quite excellent) apple…
18 December, 2010 at 12:00 5 Comments
15 Dec

>All a bit…-#1188

>   pointsettialess if you ask me. Spend all that time raising these things in hothouses, giving them a carbon footprint the size of Alaska, and then – schwoooop –…
15 December, 2010 at 12:00 5 Comments
14 Dec

Spontaneous combustion – #1187

Our Christmas Stollen each contain a lump of butter about the size of a baby’s head. And they’re guaranteed polybrominated diphenyl ether-free, which is more than you can say for…
14 December, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
13 Dec

>Bright lights….. #1186

> …big city medium-sized market town. We are a state capital, mind you. Seen on the Christmas market. Mexican, I think. Quality cocaine they had, too…
13 December, 2010 at 12:00 4 Comments
08 Dec

>And then there were….#1181

> …two. Take one beam left over from a half-timbered house from around 1600, 4 saucer-type thingies by Frank the Potter plus 4 candles and you’re all set for Advent.…
8 December, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
05 Dec

>The Invisible Strings….#1178

> ..and other Festive Illusions. It’s all going to be my fault, of course. We rocked on down into the Big Smoke last night for a Christmas concert in the…
5 December, 2010 at 11:00 4 Comments
23 Nov

>GHOBs on the rampage – #1166

> These are trying times for the fiscally responsible…. Mrs jb dragged me down to the Caffea Moguntia’s Advent Bizarre Bazaar the other evening. Ordered a double espresso and tried…
23 November, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
20 Nov

>How do you like them….#1163

> ….apples? Er… candles? If there was any justice in the world, they’d  smell like a cocktail of these compounds: methyl salicylate, (E)-β-farnesene, β-caryophyllene, 4,8-dimethyl-1,3(E),7-nonatriene, (Z)3-hexenol, (Z,E)-α-farnesene, linalool, germacrene D,…
20 November, 2010 at 12:00 4 Comments
25 Dec

>And here we are – #833

> All the candles on the Advent wreath* lit Merry Christmas *A beam rescued from a medieval half-timbered house, actually
25 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
24 Dec

>Oh, how festive – #832

> At least they don’t smell of cinnamon…
24 December, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
21 Dec

>Potato pancake time – #830

>   Yummy! I refuse to partake of the cheap Glühwein and sundry overpriced/sub-standard dross of the Christmas Market, but the potato pancakes are a dream. The Goldies and post-Goldies…
21 December, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
09 Dec

>Advent, advent….#818

> …ein Kerzlein brennt. 2, actually, seeing that now we’re into the 2 week of the traditional Christmas season. All being supervised by the enormously talented Beate Thiesmeyer‘s well-travelled (as…
9 December, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
30 Nov

>And a very merry mp3 to you, too – #809

> Not only do we have to endure another 4 weeks of mistletoe, the stench of cheap glühwein and Father Christmas “Ho, ho, ho”ing everywhere you look, but there’s the…
30 November, 2009 at 12:21 2 Comments
26 Dec

>Let there be light…#654

> The 27 page user manual I got with my candle instructs me to “place vertically in a stable holder” and light the wick. I would never have guessed. And…
26 December, 2008 at 12:00 3 Comments
25 Dec

>Merry Christmas – 653#

> Peace, joy and whatever…. And NO – not “Happy Holidays”. Merry Christmas
25 December, 2008 at 12:00 3 Comments
06 Dec

>Run it up the flagpole…#634

>…in order to state the obvious.
6 December, 2008 at 14:42 Leave a comment
04 Dec

>Baubles…#632

>Who knew you weren’t supposed to take photos in the department store? I didn’t, but I do now.
4 December, 2008 at 18:33 3 Comments
27 Nov

>Christmas Markets Reloaded…#625

>Lights, Camera, Gluhwein. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are off and racing. The Christmas Markets were heaving with people this evening.
27 November, 2008 at 19:52 3 Comments
25 Nov

>Christmas Market…#623

>Marktplatz was a veritable hive of activity yesterday and it appears that preparations for the Christmas Market are in full swing. I think it opens on Thursday. I’ll be first…
25 November, 2008 at 16:03 1 Comment
12 Jan

>Christmas reloaded 4 – #295

>These were just too good not to share. But that’s the last one. Promise!
12 January, 2008 at 13:29 Leave a comment
10 Jan

>Christmas reloaded 3 – #293

> There was just too much good stuff in the run-up to Christmas that I’m even drifting past 12th Night. But some things are worth the wait. This one gets…
10 January, 2008 at 08:00 1 Comment
06 Jan

>The Goldies – #289

>I don’t really care for the Christmas Market in Mainz. Tends to be too full of cheap mulled wine stands, festive candle purveyors, knick-knack sellers and sausage-on-a-stick merchants for my…
6 January, 2008 at 09:06 1 Comment
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