One of my favorite things to do when it’s cold or rainy and just generally dreary is to visit one of Munich’s many local museums. It’s the perfect way to stay warm and dry without succumbing to seasonal cabin fever. Though there are plenty of things to do outside when it’s cold in Munich (read: Weihnachtsmärkte), I consider rain and snow…
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Three Football Films to (Re)Watch this Fall
With Thanksgiving just around the corner and my nostalgia kicking itself up to 11 now that I live so far from the land of yearly mass turkey slaughter, I find myself thinking of all the things I’ve been taught to associate with this yearly harvest festival. Though I was raised in an exclusive fútbol (soccer) household, I can’t help but tie American…
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CLOSED- Heimatliebe: Allrounder Café Hidden in Obergiesing
Heimatliebe has since closed it’s doors and everyone’s heart is properly broken. In it’s place you can find Morelli. They have pizza, pinza and a fairly decent panzanella (if that’s your thing). Heimatliebe in Obergiesing is a prime example of why you should appreciate those moments when you somehow end up on the wrong side-street. In fact, I’m fairly certain…
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‘Halloween’ 40 Years Later: From Final Girl to Warrior Queen
If you’re a horror fan, then chances are that Jamie Lee Curtis has been your ruling Scream Queen for decades now. Standing right behind her, knife in hand with his workman’s jumper and reworked Spock mask has been the reigning Slasher King, Michael Myers. Beginning with John Carpenter’s Halloween of 1978, Michael’s specter has stalked fans through seven sequels (not including…
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‘Boys in The Trees’: Nineties Nostalgia and Coming of Age on Halloween
It’s Halloween night 1997. Corey (Toby Wallace)—our resident lamb in wolf’s clothing—meets up with his friends, headed by the alpha-bully, Jango (Justin Holborow), for one last night of skateboards, mischief, and girls. Reluctantly coerced into walking home with Jonah (Gulliver McGrath)—an underdeveloped misfit—Corey finds himself reminiscing about his childhood and contemplating his future. Sharing ghost stories as they make their…
