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Oszvald with Truffles at Doblo

oszvald pinceszetThe Doblo Wine Bar has kicked off the new wine tasting season with the Oszvald Vineyard from Somlo at the
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Rae Hammond's Solo Concert and Album Launch of Paper Basement

rae hammondRae Hammond has been singing and playing and making waves with several bands in Budapest over the last few months, including Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins, Read more »

Hopefully to be Replicated

As the black clouds rolled in over Margit hid Friday night a good crowd of Mookie Brando and Michael Kentish loyalists and fans huddled into the Replika Cafe (a small place just off of Margit Krt at Tolgyfa u. 26).Read more »

Perfect Weather in the Videk

We were finally graced with perfect weather last weekend. I wish I had had more time to enjoy it, but there were lots of house repairs to take care of - painting the ceiling against termites, Lennard repairing gutters, and cutting out a tree that was damaging the foundation of the house. Jeroen picked a ton of apples and  plums and small pears and made several litres of fruit juice. But it was not all work. I started on T.C.Read more »

The Poosta Ramblers: Sugar Rae's Alamo

the poosta ramblersThe Poosta Ramblers, in what could be their last show, at least in this formation, lit up the stage last Thursday. With a little creative lighting, the place looked great - I have to work on that...It was a full house for Sugar Rae Hammond's Alamo, with lots of new faces.Read more »

Lint Frogs

rakacai toI went down to Szalonna this weekend with Mookie Brando. I don't know about Budapest, but the weather was terribly humid and a huge storm rocked the house Friday night/Saturday morning. Thanks Lennard, the gutter youRead more »

Tumbleweed Poems

tumbleweedMany years ago, 13 in fact, I had a girlfriend who had read a story about a poet in the US. This poet or poetess would write poems and stick them in tumbleweeds for the winds to blow where they will and for random people to find and (hopefully) enjoy.Read more »

Fungi in the Falu

kiraly gombaThe weekend in the countryside was a bit of a roller coaster. Luckily the dips came first and we could end on a high. The flood water not only damaged my back wall and made my buboskemence too unstable to survive, but also damaged the gutter and put a hole in my water pump tank. A few phone calls and friend and neighbor Guszti Sr.Read more »

Two Thieves Steal the Night

Jamie Howell and Mike Kentish really rocked the stage last night at Treehugger Dan's. I was not sure the audience would ever let them go home. Lots of new faces and quite a few old friends showed up to see theRead more »

Moist Cake and Beer Swilling Gay Babies on Board

paul footBaby Blue Banana scored a big hit with comedian Paul Foot last night.
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