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Edibles & Potables: The myriad joys of Vienna’s Tram “D”

During my stay in Rome in 1985, a veteran Australian wanderer taught me a “wedding crasher” trick he claimed to have learned in Greece when not otherwise preoccupied with devouring skewers of souvlaki, cradling drams of ouzo, and ineffectually pursuing love near the Aegean (or was it beer?) beaches. The Australian said that he had […]

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Hip Hops: A foamy Budvar tutorial with the “Beer Pope” at Vienna’s fabled Schweizerhaus

Following is a story about a very special beer garden in Vienna. First, kindly allow an unconventional kickoff. My wife Diana took most of the photos reprinted here, and somehow escaped being shown in any of them. That won’t do. This view is from the 1516 brewpub near the Ringstrasse in central Vienna, a few […]

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Hip Hops: Remembering May Day in glorious Vienna, 1987

Today is May 1, or May Day, which in Europe is a traditional festival marking the beginning of summer. In addition, in a great many locales worldwide, May Day is known as International Workers’ Day. Saturday, May 3 marks the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby, which I need not explain, to be followed almost […]

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