It’s not often that the average person gets a glimpse of an alternate reality, one in which up is clearly down and war is clearly peace. This story is just such a glimpse, one in which a journalist for the Independent goes on a cruise with neo-cons, courtesy of the National Review. I highly recommend it, if simply for the laugh-out-loud bizarreness.

A sample:

“The civilised countries should invade all the oil-owning places in the Middle East and run them properly. We won’t take the money ourselves, but we’ll manage it so the money isn’t going to terrorists.”

via BoingBoing

I’ve been doing a little research into campsites around Lake Balaton for our upcoming goal of circling the largest freshwater lake on the continent in 3 days, and I came across this gem:

“The tent is always up-to-date, but there are some who chose the trailer. Which one is better or more practical? This old question is brought up over and over again by those who fry bacon in camping-sites. You can send your child to collect wood and by the end of the summer he will learn how to ask for a pocket-lamp from the Fleming girl in the next tent.”

Found here, and no I don’t know why.

From left: Def Selector, Uncle ?uesto, E-Star

Hu-ha, we had fun at the VOLT Festival! E had the crazy fresh hook-up and we got to meet THE ROOTS! Well, actually just ?uestlove, the drummer and usual spokesperson, about their first show in Hungary. We were actually on double duty, as in addition to the interview, we were supposed to get some pictures and sound bites about “festival fashion”. Here are some pics from the event.

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I’ve added a whole bunch of new graffiti pictures to my galleries. A new gallery documents a recent graffiti, breakdancing, and human beatbox championship called Write4Gold, held at Moka Cukka in northern Budapest. Underground stars Dilated Peoples (warning: myspace link) played the after party. There are also a bunch of new pieces on the permission wall leading up to the venue. Check back soon for more graf pics, because I’ve seen some new murals over at Tuz Tate, formerly known as Tuzrakter.

Check out the main gallery HERE, and Write4Gold HERE.

I was recently hired as mercenary photographer by E and the women’s online magazine she works for to go out to the VOLT Festival and take pictures of festy-fashion. If you’d like to practice your Hungarian you can read the article, or you can just look at the pictures. Stay tuned for more fun news about VOLT, for the other reason we were there: The Roots.

Welcome to the world Abram Cyrus Freeman Goldstein!

Born 7/4/07, 6:59 am 5 lbs 11 oz, 20 inches long

The Breton Pancakes

The pancakes and galette pancakes owe their singularity with a cereal introduced by the cross ones in XIIe century in France:  the buckwheat of Asia, more known under the name of « Black Corn » (in French). 

It is only in XIIIe century that its culture really develops in Brittany; wet and moderate climate being appropriate to him perfectly, the acidity of the grounds too.  Thus the ground buckwheat uses the composition of cereal wafer, basic food of the poor campaigns (in fact, kind of daily bread). 

In XVe century, the first “bilig” out of cast iron appear.  By the means of the many markets, these preparation develop and grow rich then by goods of the trimmings.  Quickly 2 kinds of crepes appear: 

The buckwheat “galette”, resulting from the original preparation;  it was cooked on only one face, remainder flexible and tender.  One could cut it in fine thin straps to decorate soups and bubbles or it to furnish, still heat, of egg, pie, sausages, sardines and different multiples local products. 

The buckwheat “crepe”, decorated eggs, and scented;  it was cooked, on the two faces and was much crustier but very difficult to work.  One tasted it at the time of the dessert.  It is one can say, the ancestor of the “soft pancake”

It is only at the beginning of the XXe century, that wheat crepes appear, thanks to the popularisation of the white flour, produces before out of price. 

Also we will name “galette” all that is carried out containing buckwheat and “crepe” all that is made starting from wheat.  Nowadays, “crepe” and “galette” are a product of festival.  They today are varied more and more and accompanied by trimmings by most various.  France and more particularly French Brittany, knew to emphasize this tradition and to make a recognized gastronomical specialty of it. 

A La Galette is the real French Brittany ambassadress Crêperie in Budapest, proposed to you a new French corner in a nautical theme with a good natural light for a bright-yet-relaxing atmosphere.