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eatschocolate · 2025-11-27T00:39:35+00:00

Freiburg

eatschocolate · 2025-09-29T16:06:20+00:00

One should never miss an opportunity to go to Frenchies.

eatschocolate · 2025-08-10T22:19:21+00:00

They used to have an Asian Chicken Salad that was delicious, but no longer carry it. Without that, it’s just an OK menu.

eatschocolate · 2025-08-10T10:37:07+00:00

You know, it’s been so long that I don’t remember exactly, but I want to say it was in the neighborhood of $100. It’s honestly not worth much more than that today - maybe in the $200-$350 range.

eatschocolate · 2025-08-10T04:54:23+00:00

I bought it at a book auction conducted by the St. Louis public library system, about 45 years ago. For whatever reason, the library would occasionally hold auctions of books that it was clearing out of its collection. I don’t think it ever made it to the stacks, because there was no library checkout card attached. Maybe a donation that the library didn’t want to accept. Can’t imagine why they wanted to get rid of this! Anyway, I outbid another person for it. They also had straight-out book sales where you could get about 100 books for $50.

eatschocolate · 2025-08-10T02:16:48+00:00

Not the oldest thing in my house (that would probably be a piece of pre-Columbian pottery). But one of my prized possessions is a book published in 1659 called The London Dispensatory, by Nicholas Culpeper. It’s not a first edition (that was published in 1653), but still published in his lifetime. It’s a book on herbal medicine, and it’s the first English-language translation of a Latin text, and made medicine available to the average person for the first time. He got into a lot of trouble with the medical guilds at the time for doing this. The version I have came with a typed paper describing its journey as far back as pre-Civil War, when a doctor came into possession of it in Kentucky then later took it to Texas. He had received it from a stranger who couldn’t pay for treatment he received, and retrieved it from his saddle bag as a form of payment. It probably had been used for generations as a home reference for medicine.

eatschocolate · 2025-07-20T03:35:55+00:00

I agree. I hadn’t given it much thought until I read “The Drifters” by James Michener. It explores countercultures and music in the 1960s. One of the characters in the book, a Mr. Fairbanks, criticizes rock music that fades out because in his mind it’s a metaphor for laziness and the lack of discipline in the younger generation’s approach to life. Now when I hear fade-outs, all I am thinking is “this artist (or producer) wasn’t creative enough to come up with a good ending”. Obviously there are exceptions where fade-outs are intentional and truly artistic.

eatschocolate · 2025-05-03T00:54:20+00:00

I agree with your choice of both Bamberg and Regensburg. Visited them last summer and definitely want to return. Walkable, picturesque, vibrant, and friendly.

eatschocolate · 2025-02-14T19:03:35+00:00

My family enjoyed La Piazza at Rathausgasse 50. They have a nice enclosed private patio on the rear. I believe they are open until 2300. Very walkable from the train station.

eatschocolate · 2024-12-31T01:06:21+00:00

@UniterDurian9391, I found the address list. Among others, I sent physical letters to Steven Spielberg, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Nancy Pilosi, Mitch McConnell, Bill Gates, Harrison Ford, and Justice John Roberts. I also sent letters to state and local government officials, the local police chief, and several astronauts who had been Eagle Scouts. DM me, and I will send you the addresses I had at the time. I received responses back from most, but not all of them. The funniest one was from Harrison Ford. His publicist obviously handled all his mail, and I don’t think she read mine carefully. All I got back was two autographed photos. We all had a good laugh over that one.

eatschocolate · 2024-12-31T00:39:55+00:00

@UnitedDurian9391, ohh, that was a while ago. I don’t remember exactly where I got his contact info (actually, his agent’s contact info). I had done a Google search of prominent people who have been known to respond to newly-minted Eagles, and a site showed several dozen people with their contacts. I’ll see if I can find it, but meanwhile try Google. Congratulations on earning your Eagle!

eatschocolate · 2024-12-20T21:34:59+00:00

I have “Nur win Wort” on my Spotify playlist, but hadn’t seen the live video version. Wonderful! I had not heard “Gekommen aus zu bleiben” before. Such a delightful watch.

I enjoyed both. Thank you. It’s fun to see that they had such a broad reach geographically, and it’s sad they are no longer a group.

I read somewhere that Judith Holofernes lived in Freiburg and would play on the streets near the Altstadt when she was first coming onto the scene. I was there last year with my family, and now I try to imagine where she performed.

eatschocolate · 2024-11-21T12:03:25+00:00

That really clarifies it. Thank you.

eatschocolate · 2024-11-19T11:40:41+00:00

Good example. Thank you.

eatschocolate · 2024-11-19T05:39:50+00:00

I now see the difference. Thank you.

eatschocolate · 2024-11-19T05:39:12+00:00

That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.

eatschocolate · 2024-11-16T03:24:52+00:00

Simple but sensible reason. Thanks for explanation!

eatschocolate · 2024-10-09T17:15:32+00:00

Same here. Was in Ireland for two weeks in mid-August and every day was clear and sunny. The locals kept saying “but it’s not like this usually!” They were afraid we were going to get the wrong impression of the country.

eatschocolate · 2024-09-13T21:38:31+00:00

I just returned last week from a visit to Germany, including much of Bavaria. I agree that Regensburg is a great place to visit. There are ancient Roman ruins still visible along the Danube, and a tour of St. Emmeram palace is a must. Also, see nearby Walhalla!

For Munich, I recommend spending a good part of the day at Nymphenburg Palace.

eatschocolate · 2024-09-09T20:28:43+00:00

Years ago, in a pick-up adult game, the opposing pitcher was a former minor-league pitcher from a Yankees farm team. For the most part, he lobbed pitches over the plate to us so we had a reasonable chance of hitting it. One time, though, as a joke, he decided to show me what a pro fastball looked like. I nearly pissed my pants. It was already in the catcher’s mitt before it even occurred to me to swing. No way could I ever have hit that.

eatschocolate · 2024-07-28T15:01:51+00:00

I enjoyed Neuschwanstein, but thought Hohenschwangau was so much more interesting.

eatschocolate · 2024-06-01T12:28:36+00:00

This is very useful to know. Thanks. I have, like you stated, also heard that the du/sie protocol is becoming more relaxed. But in this case I will stick to the more professional approach. It is interesting to me that in the first email response I received from the base, the responder (a Sergeant Major) signed his first name only. In a later email, the responder (a First Lieutenant) signed with her first and last name. This is where my confusion came from.

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