An exhibition themed around public urinals — in Brussels, not New Albania.
Among the innovations witnessed at Poperinge's triennial pop-up Beer and Hop Festival beer hall in 2014 was the notion of charging a one-time "piss...
And the first thing they do is cut down an enormous healthy tree.
In the final analysis, the local demolish 'n' develop cadre needn't be all that proficient at what they do. They can take down a...
I’m still English and German. I miss that tiny slice of Finnish.
My Ancestry.com "origins" update has arrived, and not to belabor the point, but it should surprise no one, including me, that I'm 85% Germanic...
Where there are wine windows, there might be beer windows.
"Wine windows" in Florence and a handful of nearby locales date to a time when nobles were granted a concession to sell their wine...
SHANE’S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: A guide to conspiracy theory slang.
Here's one that we can add to Nawbany's lexicon.Pyro·demo·redevelopment: the coincidence wherein buildings standing in the way or redevelopment plans magically catch on fire...
From 2000: Beercycling beginnings in Poperinge, with previously unpublished photos.
Concurrently with the motor coach beer tours of Europe in 1998 and 1999, I was becoming a quasi-serious bicyclist back home. It was only...
Balder and Dash, or H.L. Mencken describes Warren Harding’s command of written English.
In Ohio, James Blaesing, the grandson of long-forgotten U.S. President Warren G. Harding (Blaesing's mother was presumed as the "love child" of Harding and...
Memo to Nawbany: “How Cities Can Reclaim Their Streets From SUVs.”
Something seldom considered hereabouts: “Safety of people outside the vehicle — pedestrians, cyclists, or other motorists — is obviously a legitimate object for regulation.”
How...
ON THE AVENUES: Stuck inside of Nawbany with the Flanders blues again.
I’ve
never denied the extent to which angst and aimlessness characterized my early
twenties. Somehow I had stumbled through university and emerged with a degree. Beyond
this,...
Utrecht destroys street, restores canal as Pinocchio sings “I’ve Got No Strings.”
Automobile supremacy has taken a hit in Utrecht, Netherlands, and while this is a victory, it reminds us that Americans by and large display...
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2006: The NA Confidential – Volunteer Hoosier merger.
Diana and I first met Randy Smith on the grounds of the Moser Tannery in 2004 (wife Ann was with him; I knew her...
The Highwayman at city council, 2009: “Romeo, Romeo,——-?”
Lloyd "The Highwayman" Wimp, who sadly left us on November 12, 2010, was an old acquaintance of my 1990s-era pub madness who became a...
Prague’s concrete paneláks aren’t finished yet.
Having grown up under the tutelage of a father who went out of his way to avoid urban areas, and this being America, my...
