Just had to post this lovely shot (not by me) of my beautiful hometown, Düsseldorf, the Big D (sorry Dallas). Actually, Düsseldorf itself is in the background (that's the city's TV tower smack in the center).
Update: couldn't resist adding this timely shot of downtown with the Christmas skating rink at center
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user0616220901:
@ferkixlll I haven't seen it this way before, but from now on I will. Also an even better interlanguag pun would be "HeiRATen im RAThaus" = getting married in the town hall ...
ferkixlll:
@eloi - 😃
Had the day off for a little cultural sightseeing here in Berlin. Went to see the Futurium, created as a lab for the future, with an overload of information and many hands-on exhibits, and then on to an art show in a church, where the paintings (by German neorealist painter Norbert Bisky were hung under the roof - still have a cramp in my neck...
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kaicito:
Wow, looks like this post ended up somewhere (way, way down) on the front page! And I was wondering where those likes were coming from ;-)
sheashannara:
those all seems incredible! Truly inspiring!
As mentioned in a previous post, I recently spent a week in the Northern Italian city of Turin, or Torino, and here I am to give a pictorial recap of those days. Most people will know Turin, if at all, as the home of soccer giant Juventus, but it has many more charms - in fact, it turned out to be one of our favorite...
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deesilvs:
I love your blogs and this one especially! I am so keen to travel Italy some day. Also I think you on the motorbike is my fave pic - I'm getting definite Indiana Jones vibes hahaha
felicity:
This is really nice, I love the pictures, specially the two lampposts :)
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kaicito:
@hiptobes It's part of the artwork scattered on the palace grounds and gardens... I have to admit I didn't find out at the time, but I have "researched" and find it's by the Italian sculptor Fabio Viale, who does classical torsos with tattoos. http://www.fabioviale.it/
bluenicorn:
How cool is this 😂 👌🏻
Happy Springtime Fertility-based Chocolate Consumption Holiday, everyone!
jozsef:
Thank you, kind sir. Half a litre of chocolate ice cream last night seems to fit.
ferkixlll:
He's up. He's down. He's up, again. Enjoy.
I've been sick at home with a persistent cold for a week now, but today I stopped coughing just long enough to luxuriate in the splendors of the new set of @mimo as photographed by @saria - DINOSRAWR! And since cute and curvy always does it for me, I was in absolute heaven, even if Mimo looks young and edible enough to make me feel...
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royal:
Get well soon. xox
raisie:
Get well soon! Thank you for your support always!
4 weeks from now (burglars take note!) I'll be flying down to Turin, Italy for a 5-day stay, can't believe it'll be 5 years since I was there - and then it was just a day trip from Milan! So this time, we'll try to really get to know the city. Just this morning, I pre-booked our Torino+Piemonte cards for free and reduced admissions to...
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ferkixlll:
As Mark Twain posted on his notice to the next burglar: "there's a basket of kittens by the fireplace, please take one." ** A speedy recovery so that you can enjoy the trip, and remember that you'll rest once you return to work. **Looking forward to the sights that you can post.
royal:
Bicerin seems magical.
Or, tempus fugit, as the Latins of old used to say. As one of the more senescent SG members, I have a keen sense of time passing more quickly than it used to - I can't believe that April is just around the corner!
I haven't been all that active on here, just following my faves and trying to keep abreast (hah!) of new Hopefuls...
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royal:
Keep us posted on the up and coming adventures. I'm glad to see I still know a few people around here that still post. xoxox
ferkixlll:
Must have hit the wrong key. Enjoy your travels.
Just my luck that the sets from my fave SGs always seem to drop in the middle of the night (here in Germany, that is). So it is yet again that I'll sleep thru the first few hours that the highly anticipated (by me) new set from the queen @drave All her recent sets have been super hot, so I expect no less from "Saturday...
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ferkixlll:
The disadvantage of a 24 hour cycle. Love it when you can.
I never need an excuse to check up on @adriella (I hope she doesn't mind my posting a lovely older image of hers from Instagram), but these days I keep checking if her debut set NO RUSH has topped 5K likes yet... it's getting very close! So, if there's anyone reading this who hasn't dropped a "like" on that wonderful set, hop on over and...
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kaicito:
4,996 ... any moment now
kaicito:
...aaaaand it's done! And on the same day @adriella has another scorcher of a set in member review, too!
From the pages of The New Yorker (current issue, Jan. 14), a notable poem by the great Terrance Hayes:
American Sonnet For The New Year
things got terribly ugly incredibly quickly
things got ugly embarrassingly quickly
actually things got ugly unbelievably quickly
honestly things got ugly seemingly infrequently
initially things got ugly ironically usually
awfully carefully things got ugly unsuccessfully
occasionally things got ugly mostly...
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ferkixlll:
Just glanced at it before I turned on the Tablet. An accurate summation.
Don't get me started on pet peeves - I get annoyed at so much stuff that I sometimes fear I'm turning into a crotchety old get-off-my-lawn type. Not likely, because I bottle up my peeve rage inside, where it belongs and doesn't litter the streets.
And, speaking of litter (see what I did there?), THAT happens to be a pet peeve of mine. Here in...
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gadget:
The glass bottles probably are a Berlin specialty because our beer drinkers are not as discerning. Hence the cans by the roadside. I found the litter collection to be less aggravating when I did it with a friend, then it became fun.
ferkixlll:
Several years back when my daughter and I had our last adventure. She got a desk sign: I Don't Have Pet Peeves, There's Whole Kennels Of Irritations. *** Picking up the trash people throw out of their car onto my front yard, yeah I hear you.