Once upon a time and countless moons ago, a town was built upon a hill. They had saffron and wine, and because of this, they prospered. Even when the Guelphs who were #TeamPope and Ghibellines who were #TeamHolyRomanEmperor pulled the town into their centuries-long power struggle, the townspeople’s purses bulged. The problem with bulging purses though, is that they’re terribly…
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Soul Kitchen: Trendy ‘Neapolitan-Style’ Pizza in Glockenbach
Keeping up with all the new trend eateries in Munich may wreak havoc on my waistline, but I do it for you; and honestly, pizza is worth every pound in my book. So, after a few times passing by and thinking, “that place looks cool,” and hundreds of times drooling over their grungy Instagram feed, I finally made my way…
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Watching ‘Pet Sematary’ (2019) at the Gloria Palast
After battling my way through the horror that is Stachus, I finally made it to my first premium cinema experience at Munich’s Gloria Palast cinema; and while I was there, I got to catch the latest version of Pet Sematary. Yes, friends, the Creed family is back, and they’ve just moved from Boston to Maine where a secluded cemetery and a…
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Bean + Batter: Westend Waffle Heaven
In November of 2018, the new Westend cafe, Bean + Batter, opened its doors and Munich, in all her trend-hungry glory, swarmed. With one flip of the waffle iron, this clever, little café came to fill the honeycomb hole in Munich’s culinary heart. Just in time, too, because I’ve been craving waffles to no end lately. With coffee, waffles and…
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Holzkranich: Le Grand Weißwurst Frühstück
After the snow comes the slush—which reminds me of going to the drive-in for slushies with my best pals in high school, except that slushies in the American Southwest are a sweet reprieve from the scorching desert heat while slush in Germany is just a melty, wet, bone-soaking coldness. Silver-linings abound thoug if you know where to look. In other…
