Looking out of the window down to what I could see of the lake, for in summer the lush greenery mostly obscures the shifting waters except for slivers of misty grey, I was playing a CD of songs I’d collected over the years. Its title “soundtracks” was written on the burned disk and since it […]
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Pouring A Proper Pint: Beer Love
The shape of the glass can make a difference. If you’re like me, you like a mug or glass of beer which retain its ebullience after being poured. The inherent rich yet mellow effervescence which foams in your mouth a precious moment before subsiding and, depending on the brew, the flavour of it hits you. […]
The One and Only Party
It started out intended only for my classmates and professor, but in the spirit of “warum nicht”, that propensity for basically say, “Yes, why not?” to everything and everyone, the birthday party I planned for my 33rd birthday rather got out of hand. My classmates would have been considered a unique group of people in […]
Berlin to Zurich: Memories at an airport
It was way too early in the morning for a flight, but gods know it seemed every cheap flight was in the dark of morning or the foggy danger of night, so here I was 5am in an airport in Berlin bound for Moscow. I had passed through check in and security with a minimum […]
“The Shannon”: Flash Memory from an Irish Pub
Written 9 December 2010 and featured on The Blogmocracy.com, 17 March 2011 http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/03/17/st-patricks-open/ I was strangely apprehensive when my roommate suggested we meet a friend of hers at The Shannon, an irish Irish pub, not one of the higher profile ones in Berlin which cater mostly to visitors of the city but a deeply “green” […]
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