Food on Fridays looks today at a special kind of dessert from this part of Germany: Der Burgunderpunch Kuchen.
Food on Fridays: Packing a punch
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Watch the birdie
So after months of debating whether or not I should get one, I recently decided to buy a smartphone. One of the uses for a smartphone is to use it as a cellphone. However, I actually didn’t buy a phone card for it until after I’d owned it for over a week. Another use of the smartphone is to be able to connect to the internet while you’re out and about. But I’ve only done that once in 2 weeks. So, if I didn’t buy it for the phone, ad I didn’t buy it for the internet access, why did I buy a smartphone?
Where the photos are
Thanks for all the positive feedback on my new eBook, Life on a Gelato Diet. The most frequent question I keep getting is “Where are all your photos?” Continue reading
Pancake Day!
Today is the day before Lent begins this year. In some parts of the world, this day might be called something like Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday. Here in Tübingen, I unofficially call it the “Last Call for Doughnuts Day”, since Berliner doughnuts will pretty much disappear from view in the bakeries starting tomorrow. But while reading a British newspaper online this morning, I discovered another name: in England, today is known as Pancake Day!
Monday Mysteries: The Color of Money
Today on Monday Mysteries we examine the question of why so few of the half-timber houses in Tübingen have wood that is painted yellow. Continue reading
Food on Fridays: Not crazy for Cronoots
Today on Food on Fridays we look at a doughnut-related fad: the cronut. Continue reading
Life on a Gelato Diet
Today I hope you indulge me as I do a little bit of shameless self-promotion. After years of saying I was going to do this, I finally did it: I just self-published an eBook on Amazon. Called Life on a Gelato Diet, Continue reading
Seeing swans
I took these images a while back, but never had a chance to post them. But I was intrigued by the lines in the water — reflections, all. My concept for the photos was to have no swans in the photos, but the swans kept swimming back and forth so I decided to make “portraits of swans with lines”. The swans just wanted their 15 minutes of fame, I guess. 😉 Continue reading
Variations on a frost
We’re having odd weather here, where it veers from nearly spring-like during the day to down below freezing at night. Two years ago, it was so cold that the river froze over, this year the crocuses are poking out during the day, although the frost overnight can’t be doing them any good. Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: A white fish dressed in black
Today on Monday Mysteries we solve the puzzle of what I got the day I bought a white fish dressed in black. Continue reading