22 posts categorized "Berlin Goings-On"
Foraging in Brandenburg
The fields were pale and bleached of color. Spring herbs teemed beneath the snow. We gathered bishop's weed, yarrow leaves and stinging nettles. Our teacher, Thea Harbauer, also holds classes on gathering (edible) wild plants at the Freilandlabor in Zehlendorf....
Wine & Art & Garden Songs
Cycling down Kopenhagener Straße to meet Kristina for lunch, I had to stop off at Nix Wie Wein for a bottle of Rivaner to accompany her exquisite fresh asparagus ravioli with a zested crème fraîche sauce. I used to live......
Berlin Christmas Markets: First Advent (27-28 November)
I can't pretend I'll manage them all, but here are the Christmas markets I've starred for this weekend. Which are you looking forward to? Domäne Dahlem, Königin-Luise-Straße 49, Berlin-Dahlem (map) Open 11am-7pm For everyone: If I were to recommend a......
Tim Dinter’s Berlin & Japanese Snacks (because you’re there)
Rosenthalerplatz Tim Dinter's Berlin is the city I fell in love with: gray, plain, full of moments. His Mitte is the one I miss, and I lose myself in this series some nights, pierced with longing for the little life......
Letters & Lines
I've said it before and I'll say it again: you really must check out the Buchstabenmuseum in its new home, tucked at the top of the escalators in a dingy shopping center off Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. Wonderful. I've translated their new brochure......
Berlin through a Lomo lens
Photo from Elena Von Blume's blog Berlin's Lomography shop is organizing an undiscovered Berlin photography tour this Saturday, and I thought you might like to know. 15 EUR includes the loan of a camera, a roll of film and a......
Sounds & Apples & Potatoes
First, my beloved Max and his husband Michael have put together Sound Shuttle, an installation that "inserts itself at the intersection of sound art and urban studies". Of course I'm biased, but aren't the snippets on their MySpace page great?......
