Author Archives: jb

>I’m very sorry about this…#3

Posted on 24 July, 2007 by jb

>It could also be a “This I need…” post. Or have needed.For sure. Those rascally Germans have come up with a solution for the age old problem of getting caught short in the car with the Roadbag. There’s even music … Continue reading →

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>The Right Stuff

Posted on 24 July, 2007 by jb

>Read the second paragraph – a single sentence – and be amazed. In the training film the flight deck was a grand piece of gray geometry, perilous, to be sure, but an amazing abstract shape as one looks down upon … Continue reading →

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Mug of the month #2

Posted on 19 July, 2007 by jb

OK, teabowl of the month. And no, it’s not August yet, either. Anyway. Richard Dewar (who’s been in France for almost as long as I’ve been in Germany) claims that this is from his “grunge” period. There’s nothing I enjoy … Continue reading →

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>Karla with a K

Posted on 15 July, 2007 by jb

>There are coincidences and then there are coincidences. At Rosemarie Jäger‘s excellent gallery in Hochheim this morning for the opening of a posthumous retrospective of Erich Kuhn’s wood sculptures and an octogenarian retrospective of Beate Kuhn’s ceramics (with some excellent … Continue reading →

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>Customer Service – 1 & 2

Posted on 14 July, 2007 by jb

>One Toddled into Mainz a bit late this morning and figured that a late breakfast at Cafe Dinges just off the Cathedral Square wouldn’t be the worst idea. Had a quick look at the menu to see if they’re still … Continue reading →

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>Weather you like it or not…

Posted on 12 July, 2007 by jb

>Call this the Meteorological Midweek Mix One of the readers has been having a moan about things meteorological. Quite right, too. No point in shaving your legs, putting on nail polish and investing in expensive diaphanous kit if the sun … Continue reading →

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>I’m very sorry about this… #2

Posted on 11 July, 2007 by jb

> … but it’s a true story Over at Kalle Stöckle’s place on Saturday for his “Legendary Courtyard Festival”, with Axel and Sylvie Schmitt providing the wine, Thomas Heinicke from Schloss Sörgenloch dishing up classy food from an open-air kitchen … Continue reading →

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>Northland recovers after storm, PM visits

Posted on 11 July, 2007 by jb

>You’ll find that classic here on Fairfax Media’s Stuff, New Zealand’s Best Media Site 2007.(That’s what it says here anyway, Brian) Continuing in Oceania…. “Traditionally, most of Australia’s imports come from overseas.”– Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery and further … Continue reading →

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Mug of the month #1

Posted on 6 July, 2007 by jb

>A new series. I collect ceramics. It’s more of an obsession that a collection, but we don’t want to go there. A mug a month will – conservatively – keep me occupied for 15 years at current inventory levels, so … Continue reading →

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>Dragons under my bed

Posted on 5 July, 2007 by jb

> BREAKING NEWS It’s Kath’s birthday today. Give her a present – buy her CD. Make her happy. You’ll go to heaven if you do. Kath Bee is a friend of in-a-distant-networked-kind-of-way friends, Meg and Ben Nakagawa in Nelson who … Continue reading →

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