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mostly berlin
mostlyberlin.blogspot.com
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my personal berlin. food & drink, shopping and daytrips in and around berlin.
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qigong in berlin

quite recently, i had the good fortune of taking portraits of my friend gabriele, an artist and qualified qigong teacher. she was practising qigong when i took the pictures - there is such a quietnes...

15 mar 12

the bargain book shop

when a friend told me he was going to open a pop-up store in december, and it was going to be a shop for discounted illustrated books, i thought: oh thats going to be dangerous --- for me! and it is ...

02 dec 11 2 people like this

kolor berlin

berlin has seen a veritable flood of design shops in the past years, but less than a handful, it seems to me, are original. kolor is different. true, its small, and you will have to walk five minutes...

07 oct 11 1 person likes this

ferry rides

did you know you can ride various ferries in berlin with a simple s-bahn/u-bahn ticket? i love doing it for a day out, preferrably for a picnic, weather permitting (although i have had perfect picnic...

18 sep 11 1 person likes this

news and a question

well, hello, its been a while.quite a few things have happened:ive been on holiday to francenylon korea has featured an interview with me and introduced this blog (a huge thank you, nylon!)goldhahn &...

14 sep 11 1 person likes this

save the date (and some euros)

soon i will be on holiday, but before i quickly wanted to let you know about two things: the summer fest at LCB (literary colloquium berlin) in wannsee is coming up fast. sadly, i wont be in town thi...

08 aug 11

richard long: berlin circle

theres still a chance to see it:richard long: berlin circle, at hamburger bahnhof, museum of contemporary art, until july 31, 2011, open tues-fri 10-18h, sat 11-20h, sun 11-18h, mon closed.if you go,...

04 jul 11 1 person likes this

bixels

sitting down at bixels big wooden table with a salad and an apple juice, then a chocolatey chocolate cake with some coffee (oh, the special glasses and oriental looking glass carafes that go with it!...

22 jun 11 1 person likes this

cooking at goldhahn & sampson

remember i blogged about goldhahn & sampson before? that place is a treasure trove of delicatessen from around the world, and to make it even better, they run a cooking school. ive wanted to take the...

03 may 11 1 person likes this

glimpses of berlin

the other day at the botanic garden.the sun is out! surely a good time to start the beergarden season. prater, anyone?

19 apr 11 1 person likes this

slow travel day berlin, sunday 13 march 2011

come on, be spontaneous and dont miss the first slow travel day berlin, tomorrow, sunday 13 march 2011. sorry for the short notice, but i only heard about it today.the slow travel day will take place...

12 mar 11 1 person likes this

glimpses of berlin

lunch with sylee the other day. s was there as well. what a good time we had! at sgaminegg, of course.

07 mar 11 1 person likes this

schaedel & sattler

want a hearty stew for lunch, or a risotto? are simple wooden tables your thing? are you ready for the surprise that bare concrete walls can actually feel warm? schaedel & sattler is just that kind o...

05 mar 11 1 person likes this

glimpses of berlin

taken at schaedel & sattler. more about them soon!due to work, ive been slightly disorganised lately about keeping up with culture in berlin. still hoping to see a film or two at the berlinale film f...

16 feb 11 1 person likes this

goldhahn & sampson

goldhahn & sampson is a deli in prenzlauer berg that has been around for a few years. ever since then, their selection of dry goods - think spices, salts (all kinds of them - and oh, the packaging!),...

10 feb 11 1 person likes this

konk (revisited)

konk always seems to me like a peaceful island in the middle of the bustle of mitte. the entire shop is a gesamtkunstwerk, the colours, textures and cuts of the clothes are truly something else, the ...

27 jan 11 1 person likes this

souterrain & supalife kiosk

both souterrain (a gallery space run by the folks of sammlung hoffmann) and supalife kiosk (a space dedicated to graphic design) are holding special season events this weekend. dont miss!souterrain b...

04 dec 10 1 person likes this

save the date: victoria met albert

if youre like me and dont know how to possibly get all those gifts together in time (as annoyingly theres also some work to do), you might want to note victoria met alberts special sunday opening tim...

02 dec 10 1 person likes this

victoria met albert

you know how rare it is to find a shop that could be your one-stop place, dont you? i think this one could be it. victoria and albert is run by a brit/german couple and sells not only super nice gift...

02 dec 10 1 person likes this

sgaminegg (revisited)

about high time to revisit sgaminegg, easily one of the nicest cafés in prenzlauer berg if you ask me. you may remember my first post about them, over a year ago. since then, the opening times have c...

14 nov 10 1 person likes this

apartamento launches new book series

have you heard? apartamento magazine is about to launch a new book series, called everyday life books. tomorrow afternoon (16 oct 2010), the first book from the series, the story of a mug: greetings ...

15 oct 10 1 person likes this

glimpses of berlin (and some news)

some random berlin news for you: from october 31, 2010, easyjet flies direct from amsterdam to berlin (for a low-CO2 alternative, theres also a direct train connection). yay!this saturday, september ...

23 sep 10 1 person likes this

farmers market seelower strasse

to whoever had the idea of having a farmers market on seelower strasse: thank you! that certainly was an inspired move and a real alternative to the crowded market on kollwitzplatz.i love strolling d...

04 sep 10 1 person likes this

vineyard fest in baruth

a couple of years ago, a group of friends decided to plant a vineyard in baruth (mark), an hour from berlin. this might sound surprising, given the northern climate, but in fact, baruth has a history...

31 aug 10 1 person likes this

café oliv (revisited)

last week, when marion was in berlin, we took the chance to pay a little visit to café oliv. i thought you might like to come along, its a place worth (re)visiting.read more herep.s.: i really like t...

22 aug 10 1 person likes this

glimpses of berlin

magazines at bonanza coffee heroes.

11 aug 10 1 person likes this

café weltempfaenger

café weltempfaenger is right next door to the flea market on arkonaplatz (the much smaller fleamarket in prenzlauer berg/mitte, compared to the mauerpark, but much better liked by me). handy if you w...

20 jul 10 1 person likes this

glimpses of berlin

lets start a new series hereabouts, shall we? every now and again, i will be posting random images from around the city, giving you glimpses of berlin. just moments. hope you enjoy.top: bonanza coffe...

19 jul 10 1 person likes this

save the date: fête de la musique berlin

dont miss the fête de la musique on 21 june (this monday). in 1995, berlin embraced the french tradition of celebrating summer on 21 june with open air music events all over town. there will be stage...

19 jun 10 1 person likes this

currywurst at konnopkes

its going to be the end of an era. konnopkes is to prenzlauer berg what curry 36 is to kreuzberg. certainly the most traditional places in berlin to buy your curry wurst - a bratwurst, cut into piece...

19 jun 10 1 person likes this

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