Sretna Nova Godina
Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under life | Leave a Comment
Scant little seems auspicious or worthy of comment in the fury of battle, and in that focused, unforgiving light, the dawning of the New Year is just another one of those Things Other People Give A Whit About. For me, New Year’s Eve signifies a preposterously busy night of steaks and lobster tails in the [...]
Read More..>>Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Posted on December 29, 2006 - Filed Under Places, Zagreb, croatia, music | Leave a Comment
I miss Zagreb. As if being seperated from the fresh produce of Tržnica Dolac, the alleys, cafes, and quirky rhythm of life wasn’t pain enough, this article in the New York Times informs me that I’m going to miss a free concert by Kool and the Gang on Trg Bana Jelačića next week. The funny [...]
Read More..>>James Brown is Gone
Posted on December 25, 2006 - Filed Under music, people | Leave a Comment
The world is suddenly a much less funky place. Thank you for all the years of soul, Godfather.
Read More..>>Handbag Snatchers Increase Ill Feeling
Posted on December 21, 2006 - Filed Under Places, people | 1 Comment
I’d always thought of Japanese tourists as a sturdier bunch, but it turns out that they’re oddly susceptible to psychological crises in Paris. For some of them, having their idealized preconceptions of the city shattered by the reality is enough to send them into mumbling paroxysms. I found it hard to believe, even after reading [...]
Read More..>>Овогодишна Општонародна
Posted on December 13, 2006 - Filed Under entertainments | Leave a Comment
If you’ve ever wondered how to stuff scenes of Macedonian life, political “commentary” on the Balkans and EU, random nonsensical behavior and photoshopped faces into a video for a Christmas song parody, then by all means watch this video for the answer:
WPvideo 1.10
Read More..>>Steamed Hams
Posted on December 10, 2006 - Filed Under Places, Television | Leave a Comment
Recognize this routine? While in beautiful Zagreb, my Simpsons habit was fed with episodes dubbed in German on RTL. My inability to comprehend German didn’t detract in the least from my enjoyment of the program.
Read More..>>Time for a Switch
Posted on December 6, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized, Work | 2 Comments
As the weather figuratively and literally solidifies as winter, my consumption of hot fluids is unsurpisingly on the rise. I’m a sturdy man with a passion for good coffee, but I simply cannot drink three gallons of the brew every day. Winter time is tea time for me, and until I can go shopping for [...]
Read More..>>My Hand-Modelling Days Are (Still) Over
Posted on December 4, 2006 - Filed Under Work, food and drink | 1 Comment
‘Twas a mildly salty night in the kitchen for me. This is good, actually. I was due for a roughing up. In my two weeks back on the line, I’ve had it relatively easy. In the professional kitchen, this results in feeling like the pegboy in lipstick on the pirate ship, the guy to whom [...]
Read More..>>Ovaj grad nije moj
Posted on December 1, 2006 - Filed Under america, croatia, hrvatski, life | Leave a Comment
Opet imam normalan ritam, ali moj duh nije sretan. Naravno drago mi je da opet kuham u restoranu, da opet radim kao odgovoran čovjek… ali stvari nisu u ravnoteži. Ja sam želio znati da li je moja ideja da živim u Hrvatskoj bila nerazborita i pre romantična, da li nisam sanjao kao Mujo. Moj [...]
Read More..>>Pismo Moja
Posted on December 1, 2006 - Filed Under croatia, music | Leave a Comment
Food, food, food… Let’s take a break from eating, have a sip of warm milk with honey, and listen to the assembled groups of Na Klapski Način as they serenade us with Pismo Moja. I recorded this in Zagreb at Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall at the concert back in May. It was the first piece [...]
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