As I mentioned in my Design*Sponge city guide, if you’re looking for quick, cheap and delicious grilled sandwiches made with generous slabs of French bread and ingredients like prosciutto, figs, mozzarella, goat cheese and more, head to Luiginos, an organic cheese stand that boasts the production of “World Champion” Emmentaler cheese (the sandwich board displaying…
Read MoreThat Black Voice! That Teutonic Sound!
Those are the words David Bowie used to describe the awe he felt when he first heard Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’. He said this to Brian Eno after he came running into the Berlin recording studio where they were working together and said “I have heard the sound of the future… this single is…
Read MoreFraunhofer Wirtshaus
Okay. Let’s bring it back to Bayern. Last week’s post on Mexican food generated a few comments (a lot for this blog!) so I will be sure to revisit the topic. Fraunhofer Wirtshaus was one of the first places I remember meeting friends at when I first moved to Munich. The Wirtshaus is, of course,…
Read MoreTaco Libre…And the Search For Good Mexican Food in Munich Continues.
I Shouldn’t complain, really. I live in a great city full of fun things to do, lovely people to look at, plenty of green space and lots of good food. But I want it all. One can’t live on Gelato, Bratwurst and Bier alone, and sometimes the California girl in me just wants some good…
Read More2012 Dok.fest
I love Munich, I love documentary films, so it follows that I’m pretty excited about the DOK.fest, Munich’s annual international documentary film festival*. Having said this, I’ve gone to a couple of showings in years past that were kind of clunkers. So I’m being a little more selective this year, here are the films I’m…
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