Back in New York, mein Schatz and I regularly attended classical concerts at Carnegie Hall. In fact, at the peak of the concert season (February-ish), it wasn’t too unusual to find ourselves there on a weekly basis. With the best orchestras from around the world making regular appearances, it was the perfect wintertime entertainment! And …
During the last days of World War II, a woman in Berlin kept a diary. She wrote of the daily struggles of existence in an utterly destroyed city. Of days spent hiding in cellars. Of starvation and sickness. Of mass rape and sexual assault of German women by occupying Soviet soldiers. Of surviving by any …
The first time I saw Radiohead play live was in 2008 at Berlin’s Wuhlheide. I was actually based in Bonn that summer, but flew into the Hauptstadt just in time to head straight to the venue with all my stuff, see a fantastic show, eat some pizza afterwards, sleep for few hours, and then take …
After another successful WEBMU — once more in my current hometown (check out my report from 2010’s Hamburg meet up) — I collapsed into bed at 9 pm Sunday night. And although as one of the co-organizers I may be biased, I think it was a huge success! Since most everyone has been to Berlin before and …