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Bitch Moan and Wine Tasting: Sauska Vineyard, Villany
For the latest Bitch Moan and Wine tasting we headed back to Villany, sampling wines from the new but very large Sauska Vineyard. We tasted: Read more »
Taxis in Budapest
Visitors to Hungary should avoid just jumping in any cab off the street. Most definitely, do not jump into a cab outside the train station - you will get taken for a lot of money. Through the years I have switched regularly from one taxi company to another in the hopes of finding a reasonable and friendly service. I have tried City Taxi, Fo Taxi, Tele 5, 6x6, and now Taxi 2000. If you are in need, all of the above mentioned are fairly reliable and honest, but I have never been fully satisfied.Read more »
The Mookie Was Robbed Concert
Our friend Zsigo Feri (Mookie Brando) had a bunch of his music equipment stolen a few weeks ago. Mookie has helped many of you out at some time, whether it be lending you his concert speakers, lending an ear, giving you an opportunity to perform on stage, helping you move, or buying you a beer when you are down.Read more »
A Benchmark for Non-Profit Facilitation
Almost 15 years ago myself and 2 friends/colleagues formed The Zhaba Collective, a collective helping people be more effective in their actions for nature and environment, social justice, and democracy. We mainly work with citizen initiatives and grassroots organisations.Read more »
Entertaining Mr. Sloan & Us Too
Volunteer actors of Equus Productions have been staging Joe Orton's controversial 1964 comedy, "Entertaining Mr Sloane" at Picasso Point in Budapest through April, and I caught the next to last show last night. I enjoyed their production of Equus last season.Read more »
Bitch Moan and Wine Tasting: Abraham Vineyard
Clothes Donations and Textile Recycling in Budapest
In the past month, I have had three inquiries about where to take used clothing for donation or recycling. Here are some tips from HUMUSZ (Hungarian Waste Working Group).Read more »
Wine Tasting in the Pantry
My friend Jeroen's family is in town this week, and he asked the Bitch Moan and Wine Society to organise a private wine tasting for them. We held the tasting at The Spajz (The Pantry) nearby on Lazar u. This restaurant does a passable cold menu of avocado cream, eggplant cream, sausages and other typical Hungarian treats, but the ambience is what to go for. The place is decorated like a typical Hungarian pantry with hanging sausages, jars of various pickled vegetables and fruits, and everything else you might find in grandma's spajz.Read more »
The Bard Again Confuses But Delights
I find Shakespeare in English difficult at the best of times. When I saw Richard III at the National Theater last year
I had the foresight to re-read a summary of the play first, but not this time. Jeeez, it has been almost 30 years since I had to read the play in high school. This bi-lingual version, Sweet Flesh/Édes Hús manipulates and combines
“beautiful fragments of Shakespeare's tragedy, and evokes Juliet as an eternal memory, as a waking dream. She Read more »
Fair Trade at the Ombudsman's Office & Malesha Jesse and Tumba y Quema Concert
Hungary has 3 Ombudsmen (Parliamentary Commissioner), but what makes this actually interesting is that one of them is the Ombudsman for Future Generations, commonly known as the "Green"Ombudsman. The fact that such a position even exists is thanks in large part to the NGO Vedegylet and the President of Hungary Laszlo Solyom, both of whom vigorously lobbied for it.Read more »
