It all looks like a load of rubbish to us, but then we never understood contemporary art. Sticking bits of paper on to other bits of paper hardly requires any talent. (So it is probably no wonder that the ‘no talent required’ part of the art world has gone loopy over this fellow). Still, good [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Nesimtit de bun simt
(OR: Can you buy ashtrays in Bucharest?) We live on the ground floor of a small Bucharest block. It has four floors in all, and while it’s not in the most salubrious or sought-after parts of the city, we’re happy here. The neighbours are by and large fine. No noise (you can hear a pin [...]
Photo Opportunity
Dear Bucharest Life I read the other day that the Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, is to invest €850,000 of her ministry’s money on new road signs to help tourists find Romania’s major tourist hotspots. As I am sure that the Romanian seaside will be one of those tourist hotspots to benefit from the improvement [...]
Dupa Revoluţiei (After the Revolution)
A week or two ago we finally found the time to sit and watch Dupa Revolutiei, a film by Laurentiu Calciu that captures the mood on Bucharest’s streets in the immediate aftermath of 1989′s revolution. The film very loosely tells the story of the first six months of 1990, from the announcement on February 6 [...]
Bucharest’s best mici
We have decided to find out – once and for all – the answer to a question we are often asked, but rarely have the answer to: Where can I find Bucharest’s best mici?. Mici? Yes, mici, you know: Romania’s culinary gift to the world, tasty-as-hell pork, beef and mutton meatballs usually presented in the [...]