Things via Pinterest. Ah, 2014. This is the year things are happening. Latvia, a country from which I take a quarter of my blood, is getting the Euro; Scotland, adopted home through autumn, votes for independence; a commercial cure for baldness is expected to… Read More
It’s time! Some last-minute marketing on the 24th. Strasbourg held (allegedly) sixteen Christmas markets. We found a good few, like the one where I had a pretzel and the Croatian one with the limoncello…s (better than šljivovica, friends). The focus, on the whole, seemed more… Read More
First, Le Loup's Morning Song. That it can be so delicate and so powerful, and magical, but still damned catchy is surely a feat. The fact that I've had it on repeat for four years must mean something. Second, Le loup de Wall Street. I… Read More
I like Pintrest. It introduces us to the strangest things, and today, in the Boxing Day spirit, I can claim a new love: for the matchbox covers of Communist Europe. So far as I can see they're about 50% space race, 30% zoo advertisements, 10%… Read More
Wishing you a holly jolly Christmas full of delicious food. Unless, of course, you’re European and enjoyed your celebrations last night. Or you don’t subscribe to Christmas at all, in which case I offer general goodwill. Wherever you fall on the celebratory spectrum, enjoy these,… Read More
Part two: more V&A action, which I arguably could have included in the last post, but didn’t. They know how to light a building in these parts and this is a particularly stunning example. Back in the day (March) when I moved to London, I… Read More
All things considered, this city is pretty bizarre. The first place I went was Piccadilly Circus (I’m not going to lie, it was because I wanted to go shopping), where I was confronted by this. Some oddball has decided to put the statue of Eros… Read More
Ears: Hannah Zakari; top: Uniqlo; bottom: American Apparel. Plus: Uniqlo. Plus: old friend from P.C. Plus: another old friend. What can you do? Salzig: the Tourist Years, or possibly Salzig: the Images Will Look Weird if I Crop Out All Those Door Hinges but My… Read More
Autumn ends.
I want to put up pointless, essential flyers and Nathaniel Russell agrees. PS: I posted the first on Facebook which resulted in an epic impromptu poetry slam, culminating in this:
SALZIG 