One of life’s many disappointments has been the refurbishment of the Walther König Buchhandlung in the Museums Quartier. This has traditionally been one of my first stops whenever I come to Vienna because of the array of interesting and unusual…
DelNovember 28, 2016
Another rainy night … or at least, it looks as though it’s going to be. But it won’t be raining in my heart, as Budy Holly didn’t say, as I shall be amongst chums for the vernissage of Wir Sind…
DelNovember 27, 2016
The prompt for today’s blog has been provided by Jonathan Taylor. After having seen a TV advert, Jonathan posed a question on Facebook: ‘What on earth are curated Christmas Trees?’ Now I would have thought nothing further about this, had a…
DelNovember 26, 2016
Today’s blog post is mainly about me … and Zeljko. We spent a most pleasant afternoon hanging Wir sind am Ziel at Zeljko’s restaurant-bar, Sixta (Schönbrunnerstr., 21, 1050 Wien). Wir sind am Ziel is a series of images from around…
DelNovember 25, 2016
The plot, the pen and I are now in Vienna getting ready for Sunday’s kleine Ausstellung (more on that tomorrow) and the grand finale to the novel. Last time I was in Vienna, the European Month of Photography was just…
DelNovember 24, 2016
Actually, as the sharp-eyed amongst you will note, there is only one monkey ... although I guess you can’t see any monkeys unless you know that the cheeky little hound is called Monkey – but there is no prog track…
DelNovember 23, 2016
Thanks to my good friend Dee, our heroine Madzi manages to find gainful employment. Not giving too much of the game away at this stage, but it involves glassware, tableware and an oyster bar called Oberts, although it might not…
DelNovember 21, 2016
When was the last time you received a personal letter that was hand-written and just full of news, gossip, chit-chat and a pleasure to read? I’ve discovered that the letter is an excellent device for changing the plot, introducing a…
DelNovember 20, 2016
I find most home furnishing departments dull, desperately dull. Just how many shades of mushroom and grey does a girl need? To be in the right frame for novelling, I need brightness and colour around me, not beige. At least,…
DelNovember 19, 2016