+ start-of-winter soup
Like a proper Berlin-pleb with no funds for a juicy steak on a cold grey evening, Cuisine Wrangelstrasse 5 opted for a vegetable soup. Purple potatoes presided over normal ones for visual shock against the melee of carrots, onions, courgette, and zest of lemon. A dash of red wine, plenty of olive oil, and a...
+ les accessoires
OK, so you really desire an Anderson&Sheppard or a Kilgour but since it’s a bit out of your price range, you don your paper thin summer suit for lack of anything better in looking autumn-dapper. You step out into the cold winter air and will perish from pneumonia or frost bitten toes. But don’t despair...
+ photo collection 1
This morning, I stumbled across two gold enameled tea cups sitting outside a door. As if someone enjoyed a cup of tea and fled with the cold breathe of winter. One golden leaf sitting inside the empty cup…not sure how to put that moment into words.
+ deep in bushwick
For some of my dear readers, you’ll recall these images. And even the loft if you kindly took the time to ride the JMZ into outer space – Halsey Stop. I discovered these images while digging through the plethora of files under the hard drive folder entitled “Stuff 2″. Stuff 1 folder was too full...
+ wine rack
A dear friend recently bought a wine refrigerator. At first, I thought: insane, extravagant, over-the-top. But then, in hindsight (which never does tend to have a future), I do recall having a modest wine rack myself, though not temperature controlled. Personally it’s quite pleasing to know that a bottle or two waits for me at...
+ barcelona through a lens
I finally got around to processing a few images from Barcelona. Aaaah los colores de España! Just a few days but I managed to capture some nice moments. I wish I had operated the camera shutter more frequently but with 25 degrees weather and delicious tapas and cold mojitos…I rest my case.
+ the sunday bag
Sunday has arrived and though I dread tomorrow, at least I can have an enjoyable day, most likely sipping coffee at my favorite joint. For that, I’ve armed myself with sketchbook, drawing utensils, and a warm hand-made scarf from Iran (my thanks Amir!). And my passport…just in case I’m suddenly forced to escape the country....
+ saturday bag
We’ll see how far I get but the goal is to photograph the contents of my bag every day for a week. For all I know, this might be the most epic failure of a post series if nothing of the contents change. But it does make one aware of what’s actually inside the mysterious...
+ when in south france part II
A trip down to Nice to escape the cold Berlin air unintentionally ended up in some interesting fashion shots. Where even young teens have developed their very own personal and quite particular casual yet chic fashion. No doubt these youths will be discovering the sartorial world in just a few years coming.
+ when in south france part I
APOLOGIES, the blog’s been dry for a few days, BUT we’ve got a whole spammage of amazing photographs to show all the way from Nice/Bagnols-en-Foret/San Remo/Fréjus/Sainte-Maxime! Fresh air, delicious food, crisp wines, and the best of companies in the south of France.
+ moda milanese
Gentlemen of Berlin, North Italian tailoring has arrived in Berlin. DANDY of the GROTESQUE is a made-to-measure fashion house located on little known Gormannstrasse, number 17b. A Saturday walk over to a favored coffee shop resulted in passing by an open door and thus the convivial introduction to Itamar, the designer behind the name. The...
