I had planned on writing a longish post about the various meanings of Christmas, from people actually believing that there was someone born a couple of thousand years ago to a carpenter whose wife insisted that “no, it wasn’t anyone from your company’s Christmas party who knocked me up, ’twas this mythical creature that sent [...]
December 18, 2009
Der Presserat ist also wieder zurück in Österreich. 2 [...]
December 14, 2009
For us, the people who spend most of their waking hours [...]
December 13, 2009
Wenn es in der ÖSTERREICH-Redaktion mal wieder langwei [...]
November 27, 2009
So after more than two years of absence, I returned to Stockholm last weekend to visit my sister, her husband and two unruly but fantastic little Swedish kids. Contrary to my usual ways of taking at least 5000 photos, bugging everyone and their grandma to death, I actually took but a moderate amount of pictures, [...]
November 18, 2009
There are a couple of things young people like to do (yes, I still consider myself young, so fuck off, will you?). One of these things is going to concerts. I myself am not as avid a concertgoer as some of my peers, mainly because I’m too elitist to listen to most of what is [...]
November 17, 2009
When it comes to Schnitzel or any other kind of meat, served either with potatoes or dumplings and lovingly called Viennese cuisine, there are a number places people swear serve the best food.I am always wary, since my standards tend to be, ...
November 16, 2009
It’s not that long ago that I wrote on here about one of the best concerts I’d ever been to. It was Oceansize’s gig at Vienna’s Flex, about two years ago. I was quite ecstatic, and for solid reasons. First of all, I was in the fortunate position to interview lead-singer Mike Vennart, which in [...]
November 12, 2009
The more loyal of my readers will know that I’ve had yet another blog for a while now. Called “Death by Martini“, it celebrates the greatness that is food and drink. My latest entry, written mere minutes before this one, is sporting scrumptious pictures of the traditional goose served up on or around St. Martin’s [...]
November 12, 2009
International readers will most likely not be familiar with what I'm going to show you today. It's the Martinigansl, a goose traditionally eaten at Martinmas (Which is St.Martin's Day - read all about it here). As most of the more intricate...
December 23, 2009
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