Thudding brainless disco it may be, but is musical integrity that important on a Saturday night when the strobes are flashing, the amazingly energised go-go girls are undulating, the Vlatva river breeze is caressing the terrace out back and the black lights are picking out everyone’s white underwear on the packed lower level dance floor? [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 27, 2008
Da Remo
If you happen to be near Albarese, down in the Maremma area of Tuscany, Da Remo is one of the best places to sample fish and prices are very reasonable. Fresh fish and seafood is brought in every day and cooked with a light touch. The mixed antipasto is a must – grilled oysters topped [...]
August 26, 2008
Boekenmarkt
Amsterdam’s most central and historical square, the Dam, transforms itself into a used and antiquarian book browsers’ utopia, when more than 100 stalls stretch out over its cobble-stoned site. Prepare yourself to be overwhelmed, as many languages and certainly all tastes – from art to fiction to Zen – will be well represented.
August 23, 2008
Nonell
This retrospective of the late 19th-century Catalan painter, Isidre Nonell, comprises 58 paintings and 45 sketches. Unappreciated by the conservative public and critics in native Barcelona, Nonell was relatively successful in Paris in the 1890s where he was considered a modern Goya. Living off commercial illustration, at which he excelled, Nonell obstinately refused to listen [...]
August 4, 2008
Greece in the Winter
We visited Greece in late January because it was cheap to get there from Moscow, where we were living. There were a couple of cold days but most afternoons were sunny and relatively warm. If you like ancient sites without crowds, the off season is definitely the time to visit Greece. There were about 40 [...]
