Berlin in Food

Sunday, Kantine Berliner Ensemble, 7.19 p.m. Kartoffelsalat mit Bockwurst.

Monday, Spandau, 12.35 p.m. Rolladen filled with home-made pickled pumpkin, Brussels sprouts.

Tuesday, Sophienstrasse, Bäckerei Balzer, 2.03 p.m.

Wednesday, Friedrichstrasse, Café Einstein, 5.37 p.m.

Thursday, Potsdamer Platz, Lutter & Wegner, 5.07 p.m. Berliner Kartoffelsuppe mit frischem Majoram.

Friday, tofu salad at the day spa, 1.55 p.m.

Saturday, Gourmet Etage KaDeWe, 4.16 p.m. Fried sardines.

Sunday, Münzstrasse, Café Oliv, 12.38 p.m. Bircher Muesli.

Moon over Brussels

Moon over Brussels, 24 August 2010, 9.26 p.m.

Thrifting

Get yourself a nice piece of ceramics, my horoscope said. So I went thrifting over lunch break at Kringloopwinkel, a working example of social economy where household items await a second life. I couldn't resist these piscatorial items, from a Sarreguemines Service à poisson. The serving plate measures 54 cm. The next day I went back for the saucer. I did not take six round plates, as they ruffled too much my tolerance level for kitsch. Or should I?

Vagabond Heart

Meu coraçao não se cansa de ter esperança.
Caetano Veloso, Coraçao vagabundo

Best Wishes in 2010 !

To everyone in 2010 a happy and healthy and creative year! And many rays of light.

Santa's Little Helpers: A Photo Essay

One little helper baked cookies and was seen dipping puff pastries in liquid chocolate.
Puff pastries were carefully put on a sheet of paper to drip and dry.
Puff pastries were seen waiting on a kitchen table, guard nowhere in sight.
One little helper was caught red-handed and one puff pastry was demolished.
He was too young to put it in speech, but his facial expression betrayed a furtive act.

Wrapped in a Cuddly Blanket

Shoveling, shoveling, that's all you do right now. Last week started with three days of freezing, followed by an onslaught of snow at rush hour time. Result: an all time record high of traffic jams all over the country: 500 km.

This morning my neighbor and I were shoveling in medias res: more snow fell, so our work was to no avail. I made the pictures when the sky wasn't clear yet. Now the sun's out, and it's ideal for more shoveling, photos and snow fights with that special someone if you have one, who arrives and throws a snow ball at your kitchen window.

Rites of Fall