london VII (rochelle canteen)

i arrived early for lunch at the canteen, as i had to catch a flight back to berlin in the afternoon. a beautiful calmness to the place, then the bustle of friends coming to share a meal as i was leaving. 

today's a happy day: i cleared the planters of my sidewalk garden of old leaves and barren branches, dried tips. the lavender surrendered to the fierce berlin frosts, the roses holding out, showing red shoots. we are ready for spring. yes, we are.

london VI (caffeine and carbs)

the light that morning!

jo has a kitchen with a window over the sink, facing the garden. i could stand there for hours, just looking out.

berlin III (reading)

i really liked the the do you read me?! reading room on potsdamer strasse. flowers and ceramics by brutto gusto.

berlin II (reading)

looking forward to planting the seeds i brought home from the launch!

(at do you read me?! reading room on potsdamer strasse for the launch of the plant journal, issue 4.)

berlin I (reading)

at do you read me?! reading room on potsdamer strasse for the launch of the plant journal, issue 4.

london V (vitamins)

this post is good for you.

london IV (cholesterol)

what can i say.

london III (protein)

i'm silly tired, i just upload these comme ça, ok?

london II (dairy)

at borough market, we treated ourselves to some perfect jura (the swiss version of a comté) at mons cheesemongers, and were mighty impressed by the selection on offer. highly recommended!

more about them here.

london I

a weekend in london. two highlights: borough market, and shoreditch. more to come.

how are you all? my life is more off- than online these days, but in a good way. hope you'll bear with me. and happy weekend!

(top photo taken by jo, bff!)

morning II (postscript)

the one that didn't make it onto the blog
made 'explore' on flickr.
oh, ok.

happy sunday!

postscript to the postscript: the pictured spread is from
'the weekender' magazine.

morning I

morning!

confessions before breakfast may be hard to stomach,
but here goes:
i love slide.

that being said,
a 100 ISO is a tricky beast in winter.
darkness makes you look closer though,
doesn't it?

p.s.: at sgaminegg.

blooms

my mother always has fresh flowers in her house,
my grandmothers and great-grandparents had beautiful gardens,
and i just can't help myself - i always have to treat myself to some blooms.
home isn't complete without them.

(top: zenit e with colour negative film
bottom: nikkormat EL with slide)

art watching (IV)

and a little bit of colour, too. double-exposure, you happy accident.

(art-work by rana begum at abc 2012)

//

the other night at a friends' party. it was a very good night.

art watching (II)

some more art watching at abc / art berlin contemporary. when i picked up the roll, i noticed the girl with the pink shoes and her boy appearing several times in my frames, we must have been walking through the halls at the same pace. they seemed very fond of each other - it makes me happy to see people like that.

top: timm ulrichs, konzert der türen (concert of the doors), 1995/2012
middle: gerold miller
bottom: carmelo tedeschi

to gather with friends

to gather with friends around a table, with homemade food, much to share and some jolly good laughter is one of the best things i can think of. oh, and the light will be low, more often than not, so you might well end up with exactly two pictures to remember that night.

the archives

morning! a breakfast from the archives. here's hoping you had a good start to your day.

september is bringing us glorious light, the warmest, gentlest sunshine. doesn't it feel like a turning point: while in august, summer is the general expectation, in september, each summery day is gratefully received and much enjoyed.

urban walk (II)

we went to see the glorious anthony mccall light sculptures at hamburger bahnhof (museum of contemporary art), and took lots of pictures. sadly, i wasn't allowed to use my tripod, and when i went to pick up the roll from the lab, i found that none of the light images had come out. well, that was a bit of a downer.

anyway, there still are a handful of images on the roll. these are two of the survivors. taken at the barn, where we fortified ourselves with cake and some pop. the writing on marion's new bag - "dit is mir jacke wie hose" - is berlin speak for "all the same to me" or "i don't mind", literally "like jacket like trousers to me." you wonder how they cooked up that saying.

have a good start to your week (or enjoy the labor day weekend, if you're lucky enough)!

corbusier (I)

word. some residents at corbusier's building in berlin are trying hard to re-establish natural conditions.

also: spot the dog.

happy weekend!