Category: food & drinks

  • Café Phil & Corns n’ Pops, Vienna

    Café Phil & Corns n’ Pops, Vienna

    Directly across the street from Café Sperl (covered in my last post) is Café Phil at 10-12 Gumpendorferstrasse – it is a mutant of the traditional Viennese kaffehaus (but not the kind of “coffeeshop” one finds in Amsterdam). Cafe Phil provides hot beverages and sells books and magazines. It also sells vinyl, CD, DVD, etc.…

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  • Café Sperl, Vienna

    Café Sperl, Vienna

    According to Wikipedia, the Viennese coffee house is an institution of Vienna that played an important part shaping the city’s culture. Around the end of the 19th century, it was the place where intellectuals, politicians, artists lingered – reading newspaper, writing, talking and playing games. We tried lingering there … This café is located further…

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  • Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts

    Just came back from vacation. We are feeling lazy and don’t want to write much. So here are some fruits, vegetables and nuts! They were taken in a supermarket in LA. The display (what display?) is just the opposite of Whole Foods where everything is neatly stacked into perfectly balanced pyramids. In this market, there…

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  • Évian-les-Bains, part 1

    Evian-les-Bains or Evian lies directly across from Lausanne on the french side of Lac Leman. There is a ferry that runs between Ouchy, Lausanne and Evian every two hours. So off we went as it was a sunny spring day and the lake was very calm. The trip took about 35 minutes. On weekdays, the commuters…

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