High and Low at the Cafe Demel

by | Mar 30, 2007 | culture, eating, travel

Just days ahead of passover, my mind returns to pastry-filled Vienna, where I sampled the famous sachertorte at the Demel pastry shop. Read about the history of the dessert and its name in this turgid wikipedia entry. The Demel, on a busy slightly touristy shopping...

I'd like to buy a vowel

by | Mar 30, 2007 | culture, eating, travel

Struggling to read, speak and understand the local language is part of the fun of travelling, but being completely unable to pronounce the word for ice cream is just plain cruel. That’s not the name of the shop, that’s the name of the frosty dessert. And...

Vienna is a great, compact city

by | Mar 25, 2007 | culture, travel

Almost everything you would want to see is all on the same street, Einbahn. The photo lab folks have temporarily bungled my film – again – so I have nothing but a couple of phonecam pics to share at this point. Maybe I’ll scan some ephemera or my...

Sorry I’ve been MIA

by | Mar 24, 2007 | travel, working

Work got a bit out of hand, and I’ve been out of town.My assistant has been holding down the fort, and we’ll be getting back to you shortly.