Burek at Pekara Arta
Posted on June 5, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized, croatia | Leave a Comment
Freshly baked breads and sweets are everywhere in Croatia. One can scarcely propel oneself 500 meters without seeing a pekara or pekarnica (’bakery’ and ‘bake shop’ respectively), and while I was in the Maksimir area of town waiting for a friend to finish work, I did some work of my own: I walked up and [...]
Read More..>>Bistro Lampion
Posted on June 2, 2006 - Filed Under Zagreb, croatia, food and drink | 1 Comment
It was a tongue-twister of a lunch in Remiza, a hodgepodge suburb of Zagreb with winding alleys and back roads. We had originally planned to leave for Kućište today, but some unforeseen conflicts with the van Josip had lined up prevented the departure. Instead, he, Anton (Josip’s brother-in-law, partner and chef at Restoran Argosy in [...]
Read More..>>The Accordion King of Donji Grad
Posted on June 2, 2006 - Filed Under croatia, music | Leave a Comment
I’ll let the images and audio speak for themselves in this post.
accordion dogs.mp3
On the Coast. Almost.
Posted on June 1, 2006 - Filed Under Places, Work, croatia | Leave a Comment
I’m writing, editing photos, packing my things and preparing to speak to a group of students later. Then I’m hanging out in Zagreb for the Cest is d’Best street festival in Gornji Grad, which kicks off tonight.
I leave early tomorrow afternoon for Kućište. I truly need about three days of doing absolutely nothing, but I’ll [...]