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Bette, Freddy, Madonna, Louie, Joe… a Show of a Lifetime

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Tweet An celebrity impersonation show combines nostalgia, campiness and hilarity. They are a fun sing-along and also a gentle laugh-at, all for the price of one ticket. I am not sure I’ve ever been to a impersonation show. Wait, I take that back. I do remember stumbling into a transvestite drag show years ago in [...]

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Tempelhof Airport and Unexpected Emotion

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Tweet I would have never thought that a visit to the Berlin Music Festival would be one of the more emotional experiences I have had in quite a long time, but as I came through the terminal entrance of the Berlin Tempelhof Airport, on my way to the runway side of the building, I started [...]

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The Oddity of German Kitchens

The Oddity of German Kitchens

Tweet This is a guest post by my good friend David Roberts, who was a lawyer in Fayetteville, Arkansas when I met him and later moved to Germany with his wife for about four years, where he added two kids to his growing family. I asked him to write about the oddity of German kitchens. [...]

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Berlin Guide with added pictures

Berlin Guide with added pictures

Tweet Just in time (almost) for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, here are some quick notes on a self-guided walking tour of Berlin. A city with almost too much to see, Berlin is to easy get around via subway and by walking. It is well worth at least three or four [...]

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Italy via Photography: A Small Photo Journey

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I have said for quite a long time that if I ever make any real money, I will live in [...]

Interview with Andy Hayes, a.k.a. @andrewghayes: Lucky 13 Questions

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Andy Hayes is someone that I have be following for a while, but until I sat down and listened to [...]

Bette, Freddy, Madonna, Louie, Joe… a Show of a Lifetime

mike hodson with jake elwood blues brother berlin impersonator show

An celebrity impersonation show combines nostalgia, campiness and hilarity. They are a fun sing-along and also a gentle laugh-at, all [...]

Jerusalem, the Most Historical City in the World?

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Jerusalem simultaneously confounds and amazes. In the list of “Cities Unlike Any Place Else,” it has to be right up [...]

Asking for a Little Help from You, My Loyal Readers

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I could use a little help — and will hopefully not only make it easy for you to do so, [...]

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