Nocturnal research

Last evening turn into some hardcore fieldwork for my bar guide to Berlin. Started off at the cosy Bötzow-Privat and continued straight across the street, at Schwarzwaldstuben, where I also had a delicious starter platter.

Then off to the oddball Russian bar CCCP, where an ancient pinball game enlightened my evening. Rounded it up at the cocktail bar Greenwhich together with two tipsy Danish girls.

On my way home, I happened to stumble over Keyser Soze, where the bartender Dylan looks like an Italian film star from the 30’s, while the bargirl Claudia would fit better in a French movie. The fun thing is, I recognized them and the bar – last time I was in Berlin for a story (at least two years ago, probably more), I stumbled into the same bar a late night. It seems that I have surprisingly regular habits in this city.

Oh yes, nearly forgot. I popped in to Club 54 (or something similar) next to my hotel as well. Odd mix of people and fire-sprouting dragon.

Now, I am off to the next hotel, Melia Berlin, and then to the Natural History Museum to admire the worlds biggest dinosaur skeleton.

Cocktails, paragliding and family

The last few days, I’ve been busy working with the next issue of Hypoxia, the Swedish paragliding magazine I am editing. Now, I am almost ready, just have to do the proof reading and write the editors letter. Feels good!

Meanwhile, work continues on other freelance assignments. Today, I visited the cocktail bar (and restaurant) Herrie for a story to a Swedish bartenders magazine. I interviewed one of the bartenders and tried one oh his compositions. Sometimes life is hard… ☺ And I still have two more bars to visit for this story.
Having said that, it is not that easy to find good cocktail bars in Amsterdam – this is beer country, with some wine thrown in.

Tomorrow evening, my mother arrives to Amsterdam, and so does my sister and her daughter the day after. I am really looking forward to have them here over the weekend.