September 2009

Barely, Slightly…

29 September 2009

It’s been two days since the German Bundestag election, which a center-right coalition of Union and FDP was able to win, and I haven’t yet thought of anything to say. I’ve been waiting for someone more intelligent than I to comment, but since she hasn’t posted yet, I’ll have to wing it. The best news [...]

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Easy Morning for Free: The Coupon

26 September 2009

The coupon for tomorrow’s free breakfast on election day just went online today. They are good at all McDonald’s nationwide, but only tomorrow from 9 to 11 am, so you have to be quick! Print out the PDF and you won’t have to buy a newspaper!

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My New Favorite Oktoberfest Quote

23 September 2009

It feels like a kegger at the psycho ward. Wired on Oktoberfest Etiquette (via bluelectric)

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Easy Morning for Free goes Nationwide

20 September 2009

When we did our Easy Morning for Free promotion in our restaurant in Dibbersen last year, we received a lot of positive response from within McDonald’s wondering whether the idea could work on a larger scale. A similar promotion was done this spring when the new breakfast menu was introduced in Munich and Stuttgart. But [...]

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And the crowd goes “Yeaahh!”

18 September 2009

It all started with with a poster for an Angela Merkel rally in Hamburg… “The Chancellor is coming”, and someone scribbled “and the crowd goes ‘Yeaahh!’” (or something to that effect). Someone else snapped a picture and posted it to the internets last week. A lot of people thought it was cool, and wouldn’t it [...]

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Carpet Surfing

13 September 2009

At the city festival in Buchholz, the city power utility had a rolling carpet on which one could “surf”. Christopher of course had to try it out. He only wiped out twice, but no rug burns. Here are a couple of iPhone snapshots… Drinks were being served by the local Junge Union, the youth wing [...]

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Exit Now!

12 September 2009

It took a bit longer than we hoped, but to make sure you find our restaurant on the Winsener Straße in Hamburg-Harburg we’ve complemented our sign on the A7 southbound before the Fleestedt exit with one for the A7 northbound. It’s hard to tell from the closeup, but the sign is 12 meters wide and [...]

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Inner Peace

11 September 2009

After 8 years, I think I’ve found peace. Inner peace, anyway. Outer peace is so hard to find these days. Just ask anyone in Afghanistan. But what has changed in that time? Not much. The Marienstrasse is still in Hamburg, the Al-Quds mosque too. We’ve sent soldiers abroad, more soldiers in Iraq have fallen than [...]

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I Gotta Feeling

10 September 2009

… that tonight’s going to be a good night. I flew to Munich last weekend for the 5th (my 2nd) annual Whiney Expat Meetup, and it was indeed 2 good good nights, and the days were good as well. It was just the right mix of organization and spontaneity, and having all gotten acquainted online, [...]

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American Breakfast 1994

2 September 2009

A guest brought us this post card advertising breakfast at McDonald’s in Germany. It must be from 1994.. the prices on the back are in “Marks” and Denglish was obviously very in. Modern breakfast marketing looks different.

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