My anxiety about not doing enough ‘stimulating’ activities with my two oldest kids, hereby referred to as LL and Middle, reached peak height last week. As to not spend another Sunday afternoon watching Cocomelon and having discussions with myself as … Read More
Author Archives: Lisa
What’s up with those weird balloons in Flemish Renaissance paintings? An explanation.
The Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder, was famous for his depictions of the every day life of peasants – and this included his famous painting ‘Children’s Games,’ painted in 1560 and depicting over 200 characters participating in 80 … Read More
Just a lil Wes Anderson Tribute
Not sure if this can be exactly called a Wes Anderson anamorphic lens, but I’m just gonna roll with it. Incidentally, Wes Anderson had a wonderful exhibition at Vienna’s museum of fine arts several years ago. So let’s called it … Read More
If the Kaiserschmarrn won’t come to Mohammad, then…
Mohammad must come to the Kaiserschmarrn! Austria (and the rest of the world) is still in the throes of that pesky little pandemic called COVID, and at least until Easter, restaurants in Austria are only allowed to offer take-out/take-away, with … Read More
Tasty Treats and True Tales: The story of St. Martin
St. Martin’s Day- Austria’s kind-of-version of Thanksgiving, where, instead of giving thanks due to Native Americans helping Austrian pilgrims navigate through their first harsh year in the New World, we slaughter and eat geese as an act of revenge because … Read More
A homage to Austrian foliage
An ode to foliage… and nothing more. Enjoy! … Read More
One more thing about Sturm season I forgot to add!
Goodbye Sturm season!! Until next year! Yes, technically, you can get Sturm year-round now, but what fun is in that? That stuff is full of chemicals (I don’t know anything about wine production, for all I know it includes enough … Read More
Tasty Treats: October’s all about the Sturm.
Sturmzeit comes but once a year… what’s Sturm you may be wondering? Well. Sturm is the most dangerous drink in the world because it’s so delicious and you don’t taste the alcohol at all and well… doesn’t that spell trouble? … Read More