überlin

January 2011

  • Hair Hero: Sally Bowles

    Cabaret is one of my all-time favourite films – with great songs, beautiful outfits and of course its Berlin setting, how could I not love it?! But the piece de resistance has to be main character Sally Bowles’ er, bowl cut. A jet black frame for those enormous eyes, it immediately sets her apart as…

  • Urban Sketching

    I went back to Soma at Hamburger Bahnhof this weekend. I know… I was less than impressed with it on my first visit, but this time was different – I went along with Rolf and Oona of the Urban Sketchers network. While the name of this loose affiliation of artists is fairly self-explanatory, you can…

  • I Miss Dickheads

    Since we moved to Berlin, my wife Zoë and I have talked about all the things we miss about England. Our joint list includes decent curry, online grocery shopping, not having to pay for everything by cash – oh and of course all our friends and family (you guys!). But here’s where I lose her:…

  • Chipps, Jägerstrasse

    Brunch being the most important meal of the day for us, we’ve been on a quest to find the best in Berlin. Thankfully our search may be over after visiting Chipps, a recommendation from our friends at Slow Travel Berlin. The slogan “Serious Eating” raised our expectations, but we both breathed a sigh of relief stepping…

  • Überstyle: Mitte

    4 Responses to “Überstyle: Mitte” Laurenzo says: January 11, 2011 at 8:16 pm True! Luckily I have some right here at home! His revived laptop was couriered here today tho so after 2 weeks of badly behaved Mac and old DVD control (think The Substitute 3) I think I’ve lost him again.. Boo! Berlin looks…