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Book Review: The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
I am about as non-religious as a person can get. If it were not for my amazing matzoball soup and bagels, the MOTs would have taken my Jew-card away decades ago.Read more »
Flamenco Puro at Treehugger's: Concert Review
Nick Palmer and Attila Pozsgai entertained and amazed us with their flamenco puro show on Thursday. As usual, it was a full house for this twice yearly performance.Hurdy Gurdys and Honky-Tonks
I have been a bit behind in my blogging duties, but a lot of music has been happening. Last Monday I attended the latest installment of the bi-weekly jam I call the Goldfish Sessions for lack of anything better, and because Ash once posted a photo of goldfish when advertising the event. The night was special because Eric Bosque took the bold step of grabbing the microphone and singing a nice Zach Rivers tune.Read more »
Hurdy Gurdys and Honky-Tonks
I have been a bit behind in my blogging duties, but a lot of music has been happening. Last Monday I attended the latest installment of the bi-weekly jam I call the Goldfish Sessions for lack of anything better, and because Ash once posted a photo of goldfish when advertising the event. The night was special because Eric Bosque took the bold step of grabbing the microphone and singing a nice Zach Rivers tune.Read more »
Catching Up with an Old Friend
My friend Stephen Provasnik from Bates College was in Vienna this weekend and I managed to grab a train and spend some time with him catching up on the last 12 years. The new Rapid train is a smooth, clean and quick ride. I was also pleased to note that the reciprocal agreement between Vienna and Budapest public transport companies remains active, but with a minor modification.Read more »
Concert Review: Marco & Kati
Kati and Marco (and Greg and Agoston) put on another fine performance at Treehugger Dan's last Thursday. I think Kati gave one of her best performances to date.Read more »
Thanksgiving 2011
Thanksgiving this year was a smaller affair, again at Ben and Anita Freiday's. Kenny (the annual resurrected bird via South Park) weighed in at 7.7kg with neck. I had ordered it the week before at the Hunyadi ter market with no problems.Read more »
Unofficially Opening Howard's Wallet, Or Not
Dan Thomas opened November's Baby Blue Banana standup comedy offering. I found some of his audience research quite intriguing. For example, among the 40-50 attendees, only two were married - both women.Read more »
Get Your Lads Out for the Hits
I think Ash secretly looks at my music likes on Facebook before every second Monday in order to surprise me with some of my favorite tunes.Read more »
