Yesterday’s news bulletin – Tamara started walking. For those who think “yesterday” and “news” is contradictory in terms, let me just point out that “news” is something you don’t know that happened, not just something that had just happened. I could go on with this elaborate excuse for not posting this yesterday, drawing in more theories of communication and standards of journalistic practice but the truth is, I was too tired to do it. But it was a proud tiredness. Anyway, we count yesterday as Tamara’s firs real “walking day” although some parents would classify as walking the one or two steps that she has been doing for past week or so. One thing is for sure, at ten months of age, she is no quitter. No matter how many times she falls, she always gets back up. She will now do about a meter or two at a time. And she also practices multitasking, like picking objects from the floor while balancing on her feet. I’m simply crazy about her.
As a short reference to my tiredness, it was partly due to the cooking seminar (fish) I attended yesterday with one of the best Slovene chefs Andrej Goljat and particularly its aftermath – stuffing ourselves with all the wonderful food. The cooking class was a very rewarding experience, learned a lot of the tricks of the trade plus got a sort of indirect confirmation that I’m quite a good cook myself. You can check his website but it’s only in Slovene.
Filed under: Black eye cafe, Life in general | Tags: photography, Vienna, Wien
Yesterday, Vienna was a cold and lonely place. Not counting the morning traffic jam, the streets I walked yesterday were more or less deserted and slightly under-dressed people were burying their heads between their shoulders and clutching to the collars of their jackets and coats. It looked like the city was in a brief hibernating mode before putting up fancy New Year’s attire. And my visit was of non-tourist nature – was searching for a photocopy store for about 45 minutes (only to discover later that they have a copy machine at the embassy which you are free to use).
Vienna sights under “standard” black-eye categories/motifs:
- doorways
- signs (must have been Italians; secondhand market; very Austrian; geschlossen; grill)
- unnoticed details (on the corner; found pattern; office rats)
- street scenes (graffiti; cafe; phone booth; preparing for winter; hideout; waiting; The car)
- mannequins
- numbers (see yesterday’s post or click here; number eight)
- pairs
