Posts in category Curiosities

The Berlin Wall stands simultaneously for struggle, divisions, unity, and hope. Once it divided East from West, but now all factions have come together in …

The 2013 Range Rover is just wrong on a number of levels, so this dutiful scribe must go further than even Jeremy Clarkson dared tread as …

Being a waiter is easy, right? You just take orders and serve food. Not much too it, right? Granted, it’s not rocket science, but it’s …

We all get caught up in the mundanity of life, especially when our lives turn towards the side of crazy. Everything becomes a rush, the …

Food The constant urge to eat – keep out the cold and comfort myself against the post-communist chill. One can do it in a group …

I am ready to write about Russia. I needed time. I needed distance. I went to Russia in September, yet I required six months, a …

This week I went to Ecobuild: “the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment” which takes place every March at the …

Commercialism and branding are often seen as the foe of sustainability and the environment, but these archenemies of all things Eco could be harnessed to …

I have always felt strongly about the way I dress and present myself.  This does change over time and if you told me while I …

It always baffles me that people do not question things. They perpetuate certain ‘traditions’ simply because they grew up keeping it, their parents kept it, …