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Concert Review: Jonathan Spinks
Jonathan Spinks gave us a surprise last night at his concert at Treehugger Dan's. Judith Harvey accompanied him on several of the songs. We all know John is a gifted guitarist, pianist and singer, but he had a special surprise for us last night - he played a kora as well.Read more »
Concert Review: Brian Scoffield
Brian Scoffield held his farewell party at Smiley's on Saturday night by giving us all a country music concert which was worth coming to hear in and of itself.Read more »
A Wine Tasting at Borvin
Bottlehugger Ben and I recently checked out some possible new wines to be served at Treehugger events. Our friendly host was Budai Victoria of Bonvin at Izabella u. 81. The shop has a wide selection of wines and some Italian cheeses.Read more »
Concert Review: Shameless
I came in at about the break for the Shameless (Jonathan Spinks and Michael Kentish) show last night.Read more »
singing cowboy hero on the ciganysor
Last weekend was fairly uneventful, as we had hoped. Lots of beer, a good campfire, good food and lots of sunshine. When he was not serenading the locals, Brian cooked up some great chili with ground turkey.Read more »
Stephen Grant Standup Review
UK Comedian Stephen Grant returned to Budapest last Thursday and put on another very funny show. It must be the third or fourth time I have seen him.Read more »
Concert Review: Marco & Kati
When I got a call from Marco late Thursday night telling me Kati was very ill and they might have to cancel the concert the next night I was very worried about having to cancel the gig at the last minute. But, Kati was a hero and still managed to revive enough of her lovely voice to power through a few songs for us.Read more »
Concert Review: Jamie Howell & Michael Kentish
He only comes back to Budapest twice a year, but least that is more often than Santa, the Easter Bunny, or democracy in Hungary.Read more »
Easter Weekend
Easter weekend was spent with friends at the house in the countryside cooking on the bogracs and the grill, and drinking vast amounts of beer in the process. Rich and Tara dug me a nice rock garden around the old well, and Tara installed an Inuit inukshuk.Read more »
Do Something Good with Your Hungarian Income Tax
It is tax time again. Unlike in the US where 1% of your taxes can only be donated to the incumbent president, Hungary allows you to choose an NGO or charity to donate 1% of your taxes too. Every bit helps, and it might as well go to a good cause! Here are some tips from Treehugger Dan:Read more »
