foodcamp Foodcamp 2013 After last year’s triumphant foodcamp, organisers Dani and Nina managed to step it up a notch again at this year’s event. At a splendid palais in the middle of Vienna, they
blood sausage Zum Reznicek or When eating blood is a good thing I know, I know, it’s quite a headline, but what can I say? It’s actually about both of these things. First, there’s Zum Recnizek, a traditional Viennese restaurant deep inside
cafe mocca Café Mocca - perfect ham and eggs There are times for caviar and there are times for, well, ham and eggs. Accordingly, there are places that serve caviar and there are places that serve ham and eggs. Now, Café Mocca,
aids Lifeball 2010 I’m a lucky bastard. I really am. I do, for example, have friends who think of me when they have spare tickets to events. Like a couple of weeks ago when I
plachutta At Plachutta For everyone who isn’t Austrian, or Viennese for that matter, the Plachutta restaurants won’t be that well known. For all the others, the name evokes images of traditional Austrian cuisine coupled
20th At the canteen I had lunch at Tommi Hirschs Kantine. It’s a new canteen right next to work, which also doubles as the headquarter of a caterer. The food is always of outstanding quality, not
concert Oceansize, Flex, 09 It’s not that long ago that I wrote on here about one of the best concerts I’d ever been to. It was Oceansize’s gig at Vienna’s Flex, about two
augustin Augustin in Vienna - Eat well, lounge well While I am very much into cooking my own food, going out and enjoying what others have cooked up for my consumption is something I’m very fond of as well. Of course,
barcamp Barcamp Vienna 09 Last weekend saw the 2009 edition of another Barcamp here in Vienna. As always since the inception of two-day barcamps, I only managed to attend one of the two days. The location was
atheism Atheist Bus Campaign in Vienna - or not After starting in London and then spreading to various other European Cities, the Atheist Bus Campaign is a private-sponsor funded project created to make people aware of the rather high probability that there
barcamp Barcamp Vienna 08 (this is the recap) As hinted in my post a few days back, Barcamps are always a lot of fun, the food is a plenty and people are interesting. Well, wasn’t anything different this time. Very
concert Portugal. The Man, again Went and saw Portugal.The Man again, this time at WUK. The venue is a bit smaller and doesn’t have the sound system of Flex, but I like it better, not least
bionade Tupalo Party Yesterday’s Tupalo party was jolly good fun. Apart from lots of Vodka, Bionade and a whole bunch of people I usually only converse with via the Internets, we also got some nice
barcampvienna Barcamp January '08 Tomorrow at WerkzeugH, the first Barcamp of 2008 in Vienna. Come plenty.
Impressions Moving Views from the Window While usually I only post the static image, generally known as “the picture”, today I’ll try something different. And this is why: Today, as I entered the abode after a healthy afternoon
gasometer The White Stripes... …in red and tiny. I don’t know whether it’s a trademark already, but I do find the way Meg White moves her head from one side to the other while playing
9tomorrows Tupalo - stuff in your neighborhood Tupalo, a new webservice by Vienna based 9tomorrows, is a service that lets users review everything in their neighborhood. From restaurants to record stores or independent shopping opportunities. Right now their service covers
Impressions At the laundromat We went to the laundromat yesterday, because sometimes you need a bigger washing machine than the ones they usually sell. My original plan of having ice cream and sitting on the boardwalk in
cable Understanding Today I got a letter from our cable company. Inside, there was a laconic message that went something like this: “We ask for your understanding that starting next month, the monthly fees for
Music How to be fucking awesome, Pt.II Apparently, for some people the phrase “fucking awesome” is just a bit too ambiguous. Karl Fluch, music critic at the Austrian daily “Der Standard”, may be a nice fellow not least because of
austria That time of the year again I don’t know about you, but I’d be hard pressed to find better things to do on the 1st of November than hanging out with friends at the cemetery and then
augarten In which I write about autumn and a crumbling tower At the beginning of July, my most favourite anti-aircraft tower here in Vienna started to crumble. Many a people started to panic, not least because getting hit by bits and pieces of debris