tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post115850365217745226..comments2021-10-05T19:44:46.905+02:00Comments on BerlinBites: The Indian Summer CrumberJon Lebkowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248713335392018033noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159630262135534652006-09-30T17:31:00.000+02:002006-09-30T17:31:00.000+02:00Not to minimize the psychological aspect of that, ...Not to minimize the psychological aspect of that, the physical part sounds relatively mild. (And if that ever happens again, knee him in the balls before it escalates and he'll be so embarrassed and/or writhing in pain that you should be able to get away.)<BR/><BR/>At any rate, now I've got two anecdotes. But this still isn't New York, if you see what I mean.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159629861965127672006-09-30T17:24:00.000+02:002006-09-30T17:24:00.000+02:00OK, you don't really know me, but we met once thro...OK, you don't really know me, but we met once through the Pope of Mope himself, and I'm another person who's been a victim of physical assault here in Berlin: a young guy at the Charlottenburg S-Bahn station put his arm around me as I walked past him and his rowdy buddies. I shrugged his arm off and cursed at him angrily, and walked on, whereupon he came up behind me and kicked me so hard in the back of the knee that I was afraid I might fall down. Granted, this is the only time in 12+ years that something like this has happened to me, but still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159093299646662052006-09-24T12:21:00.000+02:002006-09-24T12:21:00.000+02:00Tina Turner did three nights at the Waldbühne on h...Tina Turner did three nights at the Waldbühne on her last tour. That's not a niche entertainer. She's huge here. Or was.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1159053146417745532006-09-24T01:12:00.000+02:002006-09-24T01:12:00.000+02:00Aw cmon, Neukölln is a ghetto... that's a cliché a...Aw cmon, Neukölln is a ghetto... that's a cliché and it's just plain wrong. And since when exactly is Tina Turner one of Germany's biggest idols? Did I miss something in the last 34 years?The Haarbüschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724886125326006348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1158659827868932162006-09-19T11:57:00.000+02:002006-09-19T11:57:00.000+02:00Coffeemama over-roasts their beans something awful...Coffeemama over-roasts their beans something awful.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1158599594445799452006-09-18T19:13:00.000+02:002006-09-18T19:13:00.000+02:00don't know if you have already investigated them b...don't know if you have already investigated them but coffeemamas at the hackescher markt sbahn has some good roasts which they make themselves. and some cute little coffee lesbians....William Thirteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13042397715557309955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1158586664697877652006-09-18T15:37:00.000+02:002006-09-18T15:37:00.000+02:00Okay, okay, I surrender. Backchannel I heard from ...Okay, okay, I surrender. Backchannel I heard from Karen, who's even more of an authority about this stuff than I am, <I>plus</I> a former LSD resident, and Duncker it is. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps I should shave my head in penance. But that would mean the terrorists have won.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1158506401289007732006-09-17T17:20:00.000+02:002006-09-17T17:20:00.000+02:00I always heard it as Danziger. Always. Schliemann....I always heard it as Danziger. Always. <BR/><BR/>Schliemann... yeah, you're right. Sorry.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805932361842578943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052429.post-1158505453817067412006-09-17T17:04:00.000+02:002006-09-17T17:04:00.000+02:00*hem* Lychener, Schliemann and Duncker.*hem* Lychener, Schliemann and Duncker.Bowleserisedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974472204722759129noreply@blogger.com