{"id":1557,"date":"2021-04-14T06:09:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/november-2011-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-15T07:23:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T07:23:49","slug":"november-2011-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/november-2011-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2011 &#8211; \u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-30T18:25:43+0000\">November 30, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/berlin-food-info-a-culinary-city-map\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Berlin Food Info: A Culinary City Map<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Sing Blackbird Pancakes\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7155\/6420509893_0a3427187c_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"449\"><\/p>\n<p>Berlin is awash with good food, and fast filling up with experts telling us where and what to eat. While dining out here is a joy, deciding between the ever-expanding options of eateries is anything but. So thank the stars for Peggy Schatz from the blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.multikulinarisch.es\/\">Multikulinarisch<\/a>, who has pulled together a load of local foodies\u2019 recommendations on one handy map. Berlin Food Info collects the culinary knowledge of bloggers like Foodie in Berlin, Slow Travel Berlin, The Wednesday Chef and, er, us, making it the only destination required for those that <em>habe Hunger<\/em>. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/berlin-food.info\/\">berlin-food.info<\/a> or click through the image below to check it out. Guten Appetit!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/berlin-food.info\/index.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2838\" title=\"Berlin Food Info\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/berlinfoodinfo.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Food Info\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/berlinfoodinfo.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/berlinfoodinfo-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scrummy pancakes from <a href=\"http:\/\/singblackbird.com\/\">Sing Blackbird<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-2828 defualt\" post_id=\"2828\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/berlin-food-info-a-culinary-city-map\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/berlin-food-info-a-culinary-city-map\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/places\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Places<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/food-drink\/\" rel=\"tag\">Food &amp; Drink<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/sing-blackbird\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sing Blackbird<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/berlin-food-info-a-culinary-city-map\/#comments\">1 comment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-29T09:09:38+0000\">November 29, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/a-year-in-berlin-five-things-weve-learned\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Year in Berlin \u2013 Five Things We\u2019ve Learned<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">Zo\u00eb Noble<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"><strong>Not much German, unfortunately.<\/strong><br \/>\nWe started with good intentions. We did an intensive course for two months when we arrived, but three hours after a full day\u2019s work, four times a week, was clearly too much German for anyone. By the end I was ready to shoot myself AND all Germans, just for the Dative case alone! Not the attitude I wanted to have with my new countrymen so a break was probably a good thing. Only now are we getting back on der Waggon \u2013 join us on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/uberlinblog\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/uberlinblog', 'Twitter');\" title=\"\u00dcberlin on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> where we are posting a word a day under the hashtag #dailydeutsch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"What we've learned 1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7004\/6413316505_5d2889ba8d_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"438\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>A German accountant is your best friend.<\/strong><br \/>\nWith our limited understanding of German, receiving letters with official looking stamps on them can be quite scary. Opening them to see pages and pages of text, some of it bolded AND underlined, with intimidating words like \u201cLastschrifteinzugsverfahren\u201d (\u201cDirect Debit\u201d, for God\u2019s sake!) can be quite unsettling. After James took over three hours to Google Translate one letter which simply informed us of our tax reference number, we knew, for our own sanity, that we needed to get an accountant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"What we've learned 2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7153\/6413330237_7814ccb138_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Germans stare.<\/strong><br \/>\nThis one took a bit of getting used to. For the first few months we just couldn\u2019t understand what the hell was wrong with people or, more importantly, with us! We initially put it down to the locals not being used to seeing exotic London folk like us (we\u2019re the only ones here, right?), but we now know this is just their way and not to take it too personally. Also, I\u2019ll win any staring contest so BRING IT ON BEATCHES!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"What we've learned 4\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6060\/6413328723_c6e7302123_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"462\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>To carry cash at all times.<\/strong><br \/>\nDebit and credit cards aren\u2019t accepted in 99% of Berlin\u2019s restaurants, caf\u00e9s and bars. We English are so used to handing over that little bit of plastic for everything that this was hard to get your heads around: \u201cYou don\u2019t accept THIS card you mean, right??\u201d Er no\u2026 So off James would go in search of a cashpoint, leaving me alone for twenty minutes, looking like a jilted lover. Lesson learned \u2013 we now carry a wad of cash that would make Tony Soprano feel self-conscious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"What we've learned 4\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7147\/6413317439_fc0a47a99d_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Everything is shut on Sundays.<\/strong><br \/>\nSeriously, everything \u2013 supermarkets, clothes shops, IKEA\u2026the lot! This can be frustrating when you haven\u2019t got any food in the cupboards or desperately need to buy that new oven mitt, but when you get used to it, it can actually work to your advantage. Sundays are now perfect for that lovely stroll along the canal, cleaning up the house or doing all those odd jobs you keep putting off. Or even better, going for brunch and then off to pump some fists in the air at Berlin\u2019s best club <a href=\"\/inside-berghain\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/inside-berghain\/', 'Berghain!');\" title=\"Inside Berghain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berghain!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"What we've learned 5\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7005\/6413315047_7798e43844_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"741\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-2829 defualt\" post_id=\"2829\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/a-year-in-berlin-five-things-weve-learned\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/a-year-in-berlin-five-things-weve-learned\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/opinions\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Opinions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/berghain\/\" rel=\"tag\">Berghain<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/daily-deutsch\/\" rel=\"tag\">Daily Deutsch<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/moving-to-berlin\/\" rel=\"tag\">Moving to Berlin<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/a-year-in-berlin-five-things-weve-learned\/#comments\">56 comments<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-27T19:38:10+0000\">November 27, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: Strings of Life<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2817\" title=\"Derrick May\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay.jpg\" alt=\"Derrick May\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><br \/>\nAhead of this week\u2019s panel discussion <a href=\"http:\/\/berlinstories.org\/2011\/11\/21\/the-detroit-berlin-connection-dec-1st-at-the-us-embassy\/\">The Detroit-Berlin Connection<\/a> I wanted to post the best track ever to come out of Motor City. Easier said than done, with friends suggesting everything from Motown to the MC5, J Dilla to detroit techno. Struggling with what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RichardKovitch\">@RichardKovitch<\/a> called an \u201cimpossible task\u201d (\u201cDifficult to think of any City in the 20th C with a musical legacy quite as immense as Detroit\u201d), I went with the obvious \u2013 techno anthem <em>Strings of Life<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2r7MjUDgZ0I?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rather than trying to describe the track and its impact, I\u2019ll leave that to creator Derrick May and fans Doves and Hacienda DJ Mike Pickering:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yt3QvoF8eK4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Strings of Life<\/em> has been reinterpreted many times, but the closest I could get to a Berlin version was this take, from Munich producer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/christianprommer\">Christian Prommer\u2019s<\/a> Drumlesson. I know, not very close at all (sorry Germans!), but still \u2013 shuffling jazzy goodness:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ok7a0UM8ttA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But my absolute favourite version of <em>Strings<\/em> is this solo piano version from Francesco Tristano Schlim\u00e9, who has also covered Jeff Mill\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=laL0E2vBuKw\">The Bells<\/a><\/em> and recorded at Planet E Communications, the studio owned by current king of Detroit techno Carl Craig:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X41JIuU7P4Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you want less plink-plonk and more donk-donk, check out this \u201cDetroit Berlin Mix\u201d from Nat Alexander, which features tracks from Motor City maestros Mills, German counterparts like Basic Channel, and cross-pollinations between the two cities:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"650\" height=\"26\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"true\" name=\"allowfullscreen\"><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\"><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"><param value=\"true\" name=\"cachebusting\"><param value=\"#000000\" name=\"bgcolor\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/files\/includes\/2011-11-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf\"><param value=\"config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'DetroitBerlinMix_64kb.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':''},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'\/files\/includes\/2011-11-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}\" name=\"flashvars\"><embed src=\"\/files\/includes\/2011-11-https-web.archive.org-web-20200218114127oe_-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"650\" height=\"26\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" cachebusting=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'DetroitBerlinMix_64kb.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':''},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'\/files\/includes\/2011-11-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit-Berlin Connection is a panel discussion on urban renewal in post-industrial cities. RSVP <a href=\"http:\/\/berlinstories.org\/2011\/11\/21\/the-detroit-berlin-connection-dec-1st-at-the-us-embassy\/\">here<\/a> and join us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-2815 defualt\" post_id=\"2815\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/christian-prommer\/\" rel=\"tag\">Christian Prommer<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/derrick-may\/\" rel=\"tag\">Derrick May<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/detroit\/\" rel=\"tag\">Detroit<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/drumlesson\/\" rel=\"tag\">Drumlesson<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/francesco-tristano-schlime\/\" rel=\"tag\">Francesco Tristano Schlim\u00e9<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/rhythm-is-rhythm\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rhythm is Rhythm<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/#respond\">leave a comment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-26T09:16:22+0000\">November 26, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/katies-blue-cat\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Katie\u2019s Blue Cat<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\">When we moved to \u201cKreuzk\u00f6lln\u201d (ew) seven months ago I would bemoan the lack of decent coffee this side of the Landwehrkanal; now it seems like every other street has an excellent caf\u00e9. Competition is fierce for the title Best Coffee in Berlin, so let me word this carefully: Katie\u2019s Blue Cat produces the <em>smoothest<\/em> flat white&nbsp;south of Mitte\u2026 if you get lucky with the barista. It doesn\u2019t kick like&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/passenger-espresso.de\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/passenger-espresso.de\/', 'Passenger Espresso');\" title=\"Passenger Espresso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Passenger Espresso<\/a>\u2018s&nbsp;double-shot caffeine bomb, and neither is produced as consistently as the velvety creations from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebarn.de\/index_e.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thebarn.de\/index_e.html', 'The Barn');\" title=\"The Barn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Barn<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the real draw at <a href=\"http:\/\/katiesbluecat.de\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/katiesbluecat.de\/', 'Katie\u2019s');\" title=\"Katie's Blue Cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Katie\u2019s<\/a> is their baked goods, all made in-store. We\u2019re steadily working our way through the range of cookies, flapjacks, cheesecakes, and one-offs like chocolate and peanut butter pie and, on Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie. While our waistlines suffer, our tastebuds rejoice \u2013 and we\u2019ll frequent the Blue Cat until we can\u2019t fit through the door. And then we\u2019ll switch to their <a href=\"http:\/\/katiesbluecat.de\/index.php?article_id=3&amp;clang=1\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/katiesbluecat.de\/index.php?article_id=3&amp;clang=1', 'delivery service');\" title=\"Katie Blue Cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delivery service<\/a>(!), until our fingers are too fat to dial. But don\u2019t let the image of our impending morbid obesity put you off \u2013 get down to Katie\u2019s Blue Cat for sweet coffee and even sweeter treats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Katies Blue Cat 1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7166\/6394886109_588cf7b520_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"998\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Katies Blue Cat 2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7020\/6394887975_724c13ba1a_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Katies Blue Cat 4\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6046\/6394892363_f4982eaac1_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Katies Blue Cat 3\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7034\/6394890347_b2c7c0c91f_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Katies Blue Cat 5\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7021\/6394893381_175375fd24_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"403\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Katies Blue Cat 6\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6092\/6394894259_84d71557fb_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Katies Blue Cat 9\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7025\/6394886967_e9a739a5cc_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"899\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-2688 defualt\" post_id=\"2688\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/katies-blue-cat\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/katies-blue-cat\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/places\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Places<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/coffee\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coffee<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/food-drink\/\" rel=\"tag\">Food &amp; Drink<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/katies-blue-cat\/\" rel=\"tag\">Katie&#8217;s Blue Cat<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/katies-blue-cat\/#comments\">5 comments<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-25T13:11:59+0000\">November 25, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/what-im-wearing-3\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What I\u2019m Wearing: Alexander Wang Boots<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">Zo\u00eb Noble<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\">Let me introduce you to my favourite designer \u2013 all hail Sir Alexander of Wang. The man just <em>gets<\/em> me, with his tough yet subtle aesthetic,&nbsp;quirky detailing (studs on the BOTTOM of bags \u2013 hello?!!) and his love of black. His clothes, and especially his accessories, are always on my wishlist (take note loved ones in need of ideas for Christmas!) and he\u2019s one of the only designers I\u2019m willing to part with my hard earned cash for. For him I will unashamedly make absurd&nbsp;justifications&nbsp;like, \u201cit\u2019s an investment&nbsp;piece\u201d or \u201cwhen you consider I\u2019ll be wearing it every day, it\u2019s really worth it!!\u201d An early Christmas present to myself (you really can\u2019t rely on those loved ones) was a pair of boots from his Fall Winter 11-12 collection. With only a small window before the Berlin snow starts falling and these babies are relegated to the spring, I might have to resort to wearing them in the house with my PJ\u2019s\u2026 well I\u2019ve got to get the wear out of them haven\u2019t I?!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"WIW Wang 1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7164\/6399278871_b1a20fc1b4_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"WIW Wang 2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7171\/6399279351_86fce250e2_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"399\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"WIW Wang 3\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7173\/6399280175_287816ac34_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"WIW Wang 4\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6235\/6399281691_f37ea3d28c_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"846\"><\/p>\n<p>Coat: Zara | Jumper: Zara | Trousers: Just Female | Boots: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexanderwang.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Wang<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-2663 defualt\" post_id=\"2663\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/what-im-wearing-3\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/what-im-wearing-3\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/people\/\" rel=\"category tag\">People<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/alexander-wang\/\" rel=\"tag\">Alexander Wang<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/boots\/\" rel=\"tag\">Boots<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/just-female\/\" rel=\"tag\">Just Female<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/street-style\/\" rel=\"tag\">Streetstyle<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/what-im-wearing\/\" rel=\"tag\">What I&#8217;m Wearing<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/zara\/\" rel=\"tag\">Zara<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/what-im-wearing-3\/#comments\">7 comments<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-21T08:25:40+0000\">November 21, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-alaska-in-winter\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: Alaska in Winter<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/alaskainwinter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/alaskainwinter.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska in Winter\" title=\"Alaska in Winter\" width=\"650\" height=\"789\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2640\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/alaskainwinter.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/alaskainwinter-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve read anything I\u2019ve ever written about Bon Iver, you\u2019ll know I\u2019m a <a href=\"\/music-montag-bon-iver\/\">big fan<\/a> of people holing up in cabins to make heart-rending music. That\u2019s how this project from Albequerque art school dropout Brandon Bethancourt got its name, and the frozen-tears aesthetic so suited to his sometime home, Berlin. I love this emotronic ode to the city, the lo-fi retrofuturism of its video, and the comedown expressionism of its lyrics. I love the fact that the act\u2019s official website <a href=\"http:\/\/alaskainwinter.com\/\">opens<\/a> with a letter to the fans, all about the struggle to make this music, and confessing to feelings of despair and thoughts of suicide. I especially love that letter\u2019s conclusion:  \u201cI thank you all from the bottom of my heart for opening my eyes and showing me the love and beauty which I was blind to for so long.\u201d I give you: Alaska in Winter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SYJpYW0q8cg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alaska in Winter, \u201cBerlin\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I swear that I saw lasers in your eyes, and though it was a blur, I had seen the future, I swear I kissed the sky, the lightning laser sky\u2026. the lightning laser sky\u2026 the lightning laser sky.<\/p>\n<p>You bring some water, I\u2019m your shark, dear\u2026 some water\u2026. your shark deer.<\/p>\n<p>You are now made of lightning laser water, dance floor future shark at night,<br \/>\nYou are now made of lightning laser water, dance floor future shark at night.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m finally home now, in my foreign land, I\u2019m finally home now, in my foreign land, and I\u2019ll never leave you, my Berlin, cause I\u2019m finally home now, in my foreign land.<\/p>\n<p>oh my Berlin, always my friend\u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-2626 defualt\" post_id=\"2626\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-alaska-in-winter\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/music-montag-alaska-in-winter\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/alaska-in-winter\/\" rel=\"tag\">Alaska in Winter<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/music-montag-alaska-in-winter\/#comments\">3 comments<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-20T16:51:21+0000\">November 20, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/a-thank-you-note\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Thank You Note<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\">Wow, <a href=\"\/uberlin-is-nearly-one\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/uberlin-is-nearly-one\/', 'last night');\" title=\"\u00fcberlin is nearly one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last night<\/a> was great! We just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came down and helped us to celebrate our first year in Berlin\/a year of \u00fcberlin. We had a great, drunken ol\u2019 time, and hope you all did too.&nbsp;Allow us to get all Oscary for a moment and thank all the people who \u201cmade this happen\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/theblacklodgeberlin.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/theblacklodgeberlin.com\/', 'The Black Lodge');\" title=\"The Black Lodge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Black Lodge<\/a>, <\/strong>for letting us do exactly what we wanted, putting up with a playlist that descended into dub narstiness (<a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/mostlikelyto\/playlist\/5mc2vPv51TOE18PT8eebcP\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/mostlikelyto\/playlist\/5mc2vPv51TOE18PT8eebcP', 'Spotify link');\" title=\"\u00fcberlin is One Spotify playlist\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify link<\/a>, sorry!), and keeping the G&amp;Ts, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pickleback\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pickleback', 'picklebacks');\" title=\"Picklebacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">picklebacks<\/a> and espresso martinis flowing into the early hours. Prost!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/foodieinberlin.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/foodieinberlin.com\/', 'Foodie in Berlin');\" title=\"Foodie in Berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foodie in Berlin<\/a> <\/strong>for making our birthday cake. Forget us, this was the real star of the night \u2013 a chocolate two-tier cake with a cocoa nib mint middle, mint icing and Oreo cookie crumbs. I\u2019ve started salivating just describing it, and it\u2019s only been a few hours since my last slice! Thank you Suzan for making it, delivering it, and refusing to let us give you anything in return. You gem!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicoleisthenewblack.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nicoleisthenewblack.com\/', 'Nicole is the New Black');\" title=\"Nicole is the New Black\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicole is the New Black<\/a> <\/strong>for bringing along more cake! Red velvet cupcake omnomnoms, to be exact. Party: Yankified!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6035\/6370161609_915c900584_o.jpg\" title=\"uberlin_201111_02\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"558\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/capitalsisters.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/capitalsisters.com\/', 'Capital Sister');\" title=\"Capital Sisters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capital Sister<\/a> Raquel and her capital boyfriend Davide <\/strong>for the kind gift of some limoncello actually made by Davide\u2019s dad. Salute!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slowtravelberlin.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.slowtravelberlin.com\/', 'Slow Travel Berlin');\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" title=\"Slow Travel Berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slow Travel Berlin<\/a> <\/strong>for the gift that keeps on giving (liver disease), a copy of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/travel\/2011\/jun\/07\/berlin-bars-food-drink-beer\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/travel\/2011\/jun\/07\/berlin-bars-food-drink-beer', 'Around Berlin in 80 Beers');\" title=\"Around Berlin in 80 Beers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Around Berlin in 80 Beers<\/a>. <\/em>I love that all of our gifts consisted of either baked goods or booze. You guys just *get* us!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyone else! <\/strong>Seriously, without you there would be no \u00fcberlin! <em>Actually<\/em> seriously, the warmth and openness with which we\u2019ve been welcomed here has made Berlin really feel like home, and the past 12 months the best year of our lives so far. To many more!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6216\/6370146201_8f03b8bd35_o.jpg\" title=\"uberlin_201111_01\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"461\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-2619 defualt\" post_id=\"2619\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/a-thank-you-note\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/a-thank-you-note\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/opinions\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Opinions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/a-thank-you-note\/#comments\">9 comments<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pageNav\">\n<div class=\"prev\"><a href=\"\/2011\/11\/page\/2\/\">\u00ab<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 30, 2011 Berlin Food Info: A Culinary City Map by James Glazebrook Berlin is awash with good food, and fast filling up with experts telling us where and what to eat. While dining out here is a joy, deciding between the ever-expanding options of eateries is anything but. So thank the stars for Peggy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3270,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/3270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}