The last BUDSUCS stand-up comedy night ended on a high, with Stephen Grant making a return to the stage. This is probably the third time I have seen him, and laughed non-stop again.Read more »

Nick Hornby is one of my favorite authors. I started with About a Boy, which was made into a movie with perfect casting starring Hugh Grant. "Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s.Read more »

In college, we used to go out and get the cheapest beer possible. This was often Rolling Rock or Tuborg in reusable bottles (a novelty in the US), the more scratched up the better. These beers, and the movie we usually rented with them, were so bad, they were good. Reading a Matthew Reilly thriller is about the same, with the same sense of satisfaction and escape as a case of cheap cold beer and a bad movie. So bad, its good.Read more »

Thanks to all who came out today to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of Treehugger Dan's Bookstore Cafe! We went through 3.5 carrot cakes.Read more »

This week was just stacked with events, starting with Internations on Tuesday, then Ignite! Budapest on Wednesday, and the launch of Peter Zilahy's book, The Last Window Giraffe last night.
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I have been meaning to go to this event for several months, never understanding quite what it was or why it attracts such a following. Last night I finally checked it out. It helped that it was held at my favorite wine bar, Doblo (Dob u. 20, VII ker). Internations is usually held on the last Tuesday of the month, but seeing that February was a short month, Februrary's event was shunted to the first week in March.Read more »

Alt.country legend Mookie Brando hooked up with the Puszta Ramblers, a new formation including Rachel "Mimosa" Hammond and Bob Pike to put on a rare (in Hungary) show of country music classics.Read more »

The Hungarian Fair Trade campaign, Fair Vilag, spearheaded by Vedegylet opened a new exhibition yesterday at the Merlin Theater (1052, Budapest, Gerlóczy u. 4.).Read more »

Now available in Buda! Treehugger Dan's books and Fair Trade products in partnership with Artosz Izvilag. Over 1000 used books to choose from in fiction, chick-lit, memoirs, classics, children's, self-help and history/politics genres. Also an expanded selection of Fair Trade organic coffees, teas and chocolates now available.Read more »

Last Thursday Nick Palmer and Attila Pozsgai, who have played as the band Foresteros for the last 10 years, gave a great flamenco concert at Treehugger Dan's.Read more »