The last rehearsal last year of abjection then, with the thought of a Sichuan food frenzy with Dasniya at Peking Ente (or 太和饭殿 as it’s also known) afterwards distracting me, I managed nonetheless some usefulness. Possibly the ten minutes where I worked out what I was doing, which curiously has thrown the rest of the piece into doubt.
Back to rehearsing next week.
An excellent day of cyclocross in Jungfernheide, finishing Lewis’ website, seeing Florian & Der Name der Rose puppets … & figs in Markt!
Oh perfect beginning to the last month of summer, warm and sun-kissed, and the Saturday Wochenmarkt in Wedding full with the season’s change. And … Figs! Oh my, it’s time for fig and lamb tajine and other fig-ish delicacies. Gaah, … Continue reading
Hours of suspension, sun and blue sky and freezing outside, chai tea by the tureen, leek, potato, grünkern soup (with special additions from Régis) … ropes and talking and hanging ourselves up, lowering ourselves off, warming up fingers and bones … Continue reading
The last of my first stack of books for 2012, and one that has been on my list for a long time, which finally became affordable, Seung-Joon Lee’s Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice … Continue reading
Did I say we tried the second scene mostly naked with much whiteness? Comes off with soapy showering. That was Thursday. Friday we tried one run for timing in the morning and an afternoon of much the same, minus whiteness. … Continue reading
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
Michael came back to Berlin for the weekend, a welcome surprise that coincided nicely with my weeks-long desire for a certain dish. We met in Saint Georges, where I was picking up one book and ordering another, and found ourselves … Continue reading
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
Journeying far east to Erholungspark Marzhan and the Gärten der Welt for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Much apartment-stack architecture reminding me of China, though more sparsely spread. Eating cheese, Emile visiting from Amsterdam. Trees and Japanese gardens, much sun and … Continue reading