Author Archives: jb

>Talk about notey….

Posted on 8 August, 2009 by jb

> Baden-Baden is about as flash as a rat with a gold tooth.Huge villas, a casino, spas here there and everywhere. And loads of rich buggers.Which explains the bill at the Rive Gauche. A bottle of mineral water and 2 … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me…. (about "The Joker")

Posted on 7 August, 2009 by jb

> Alexei von Jawlensky’s “Portrait of the Dancer Alexander Sacharoff” at the stunning “Die Blaue Reiter” (Kandinsky, Klee et al) exhibition at the ever excellent Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden. The late and sorely-missed Keith Ledger as the Joker in … Continue reading →

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>Choice stuff

Posted on 3 August, 2009 by jb

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>That’s the problem….

Posted on 31 July, 2009 by jb

> …with living almost next door to the studios of one of the big TV channels – you just can’t avoid bumping into  media stars. Mrs jb stands next to Gundula Gouda Gause at the cheese counter of the local … Continue reading →

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>Quit painting!

Posted on 30 July, 2009 by jb

> True story. Jörg Immendorf was one of Germany’s most influential post-war modern artists. He studied under Josef Beuys, arguably THE most influential post-war modern artist. Beuys would come into the classroom and go from painting to painting: “Crap-Good-Crap-Crap-Crap-Good-Crap-Crap-Crap-Good” Young … Continue reading →

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>Alessandra Stanley at the New York Times gets it horribly wrong

Posted on 29 July, 2009 by jb

> “An appraisal on Saturday about Walter Cronkite’s career included a number of errors. In some copies, it misstated the date that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed and referred incorrectly to Mr. Cronkite’s coverage of D-Day. … Continue reading →

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>If all else fails…..

Posted on 29 July, 2009 by jb

> ….change your logo. Over. And over. And over. Again

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>This I need…maybe/definitely

Posted on 28 July, 2009 by jb

> Single serving deep frier. Maybe for tempura. Maybe High-tech herb pots Yes, please. But – then again -40 bucks….?

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>Please bear with me

Posted on 27 July, 2009 by jb

> Whenever I steal harvest mirabelles from abandoned trees out in the fields, I always think of Gunter O. Eser. Aka Gunter Zero by his staff when he was IATA Director General. And Gunter Null by the rest of us … Continue reading →

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>Bloody hell….

Posted on 27 July, 2009 by jb

> Whew. That was a close call. Star journalist Birgit S (having turned mumble mumble the other day) invited a bunch of girl (I use the term loosely. Very loosely….) friends around for afternoon tea. Someone (I have NO idea … Continue reading →

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