February 2012
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Sorry Sunday Times, Berlin’s clubs aren’t “satanic”
A week before our last visit to Berghain, Zoë’s parents read something that gave them cause for concern. According to a hysterical article in The Sunday Times, the UK’s most popular weekly newspaper, inside the (in)famous Berlin club the “smell of sex is overpowering”. I’ve never smelt anything like that inside the club, but I…
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Walking on Water!
Just been for a Sunday stroll… ON the Landwehrkanal! It’s frozen solid, so bring your ice skates! 2 Responses to “Walking on Water!” papaerk says: February 17, 2012 at 1:55 am amazing ….and i wonder how long it will take to melt. Reply James says: February 17, 2012 at 7:55 am It already has! Save…
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Sexpat and the City: Cause when it comes to love I stay sharp, cool and collected…
Mr. Sexpat is a twentysomething English expat living, and occasionally loving, in Berlin. Join us as we follow him into the seamy underbelly of the city’s single scene. “LARGE SCREAM! It’s the first year in ages that I’ve been single; single and in Berlin! Enter slightly agitated emoticon stage left. This is the one day…
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überlin does Stockholm
Welcome to part one of überlin’s Scandinavian Vacation! (We’re still working on the poster.) This is no Stockholm city guide, as we’ve only seen a fraction of what the Swedish capital has to offer, and have no practical advice beyond: take LOTS of money. Instead, these are our impressions from three short days in the…
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New Tattoos
Ever since we got our first tattoos at AKA, we’ve been itching (not literally!) to get more. No matching designs this time, though. As I’m a little more impulsive than Zoë, and a lot less concerned about what is indelibly inked onto my body, I went ahead without her for tattoos two and three. Having…