Expatriate, not Ex-Patriot. Adam in Berlin. elmada.com
After a couple weeks of not remembering when I had my camera with me, I finally had my camera with me when I took a good look at the billboard below: This is a billboard for water that comes from my (current) home state of Thüringen: Who has the best climate protection idea? Now Thuringian’s [...]
Today I popped into Weimar’s remaining Douglas[1] to pick up some perfume. I rarely go into the store because I rarely use cologne myself, but today I had to buy some perfume for a girl – a very specific perfume that is difficult to find under the best of circumstances and is never found in [...]
Since it appears that my efforts to engage somebody in an educational debate over misogyny have fallen flat, probably due to my aggressiveness in wanting to understand what was going on, I want to close out the current debate by making several points that I think are important. I’ll put them below the fold because [...]
I read several blogs that are devoted to issues of public transport which naturally includes discussion of the MTA, the public organization in charge of the New York City subways, buses, and trains. All of the blogs are making note that on Wednesday, the MTA is going to unveil a new website. While I’m sure [...]
It took me awhile, but a year ago, whilst in England, I picked up some novels by David Lodge. David Lodge is, in academic circles, famous for his academic trilogy, the David Lodge Trilogy, starting off with Changing Places, followed by Small World, and concluding with Nice Work. I’d never heard of the books before [...]
I’m not an expert on the history of advertising, but I think it’s pretty safe to say that the I♥NY campaign is one of the most memorable and effective tourist campaigns ever created. Conceived in 1977, the imagery is still used today to promote the city and the state. Despite the fact that, as of [...]
As I’ve noted before, I live in a “small” city, with a population of 65,000 people. Make no mistake, “I ♥ WE” Weimar’s a charming city with nice cafés, bars, restaurants, museums, and inner city architecture. It’s actually a small town where you get to know people, recognizing them by sight. It’s possible to that [...]
A month or two ago Google Reader introduced the “like” feature, which lets you identify news stories and blog posts that you find interesting and to share that information with the world. Unfortunately it leads to moments like this which are, I think, a bit inappropriate. I hope that nobody “likes” the fact that the [...]
After growing up and living in the (American) West, I’d come to understand one solid fact about US West, the local telephone company: It was the most evil, awful, horrible, and despicable company on the face of the planet. And then in 1998 I moved to Indiana. Even before I moved to Indiana I realized [...]
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