February 21, 2006

You take an ordinary, run-down historic part of any city in the civilized world. It contains a mix of all types of people of all colors and creeds. Often there are crackhouses in the more ragged of the neighborhoods. Students, artists and punks hang out in cafes, clubs and tatoo parlors. Next, you plunk down...  

In this city of buildings and churches that date back hundreds of years there is one church that from the front appears new and modern. In actuality the front is new and modern in design but the rest of the building is quite old. This is the Emauzy Church. Emauzy is Czech for Emmas and this church is named...  

Krtek does not live in America. He is originally Czech, and like many Czechs, he likes to travel, but he’s never found a niche in the U.S., never had the chance to settle down and stay awhile. Krtek grew up in Kladno, a mining town a few kilometers from Prague, drawn into life by Zdenek Miler in the 1950s....  

So after reviewing my last few blog entries, it made me realize that I've been partaking in too much imported American consumerism and I'd better get back to talking about Europe before I started boring everyone to tears. After all, I promise I do think about things other than Jake Gyllenhaal! So the weekend...  

In this city of buildings and churches that date back hundreds of years there is one church that from the front appears very new and modern. In actuality the front is new and modern in design but the rest of the building is quite old. This is the Emauzy Church. Emauzy is Czech for Emmas and this church is...  

You know that every time you or someone you know slips and says "Czechoslovakia" it sends a little dagger into the heart of the petite but proud Slovak Republic. But now it's the Slovaks who are mixing things up with...  

‘m still feeling rather punky, despite having set a personal record (8 days without a smoke) and having started exercising again. I haven’t touched a drop of booze or inhaled a trace of chronic for over a week. And I still wake up feeling kind of hungover and black-lunged. I thought health kicks...