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Oct.20.2011 Did Kafka Snack Into the Night? Kafka statue in Prague Probably not. Kafka was very health conscious and chose the route of natural foods, and none of them were very fancy. He once had a stint of following a particular doctor who advised chewing each mouthful 100 times. Kafka rarely drank alcohol, and then...	Oct.12.2011 Travel: How to Experience a Place “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Traveling via water taxi, Venice, Italy Travel is my thing. I love seeing new places, eating new foods, meeting new people, and experiencing new things. Maybe the travel bug...
Oct.03.2011 "Brother Cadfael" Author Had Close Ties To Prague Edith Pargeter: an English novelist in Prague by David Vaughan This week would have been the 98th birthday of Edith Pargeter, an English writer who translated many of the Czech classics. You may well have come across her under the penname Ellis Peters that she adopted for much of...	Sep.21.2011 Czech Bus Stop Shaped Like Proposed Octopus Library Bus stop shaped as Kaplicky´s "octopus" library unveiled in Brno Brno - An original bus station shaped as a miniature of the late architect Jan Kaplicky's draft design of the National Library in Prague, dubbed "Octopus," was unveiled at a housing estate in Brno today The champagne-...
Sep.16.2011 The Blood Room One week after being released from Prague’s underground detention facility and Zuzu still cannot stop sneezing. Everywhere she goes, sneeze sneeze sneeze. No matter how many times she blows her nose, how much nasal spray she uses, sinus cleanses with salt water, nothing will stop the violent...	Sep.07.2011 East vs. West I've gotta say, comparing Milan and Paris to Prague, I much prefer Prague. You get into western Europe and people get a little faster, a little louder, a little harder. I was told the people of the Czech Republic would not think twice about seizing an opportunity to take advantage of you, but I...
Aug.23.2011 Kafka Inspires Multi-Discipline Art Work In Prague © ČTK Prague/NYC artist stitches genres seamlessly Works of Czech artist Shalom Tomas Neuman, founding father of the NYC ‘Fusion Art’ genre, on show at Prague venues through Sept. 18 © ČTK Shalom Tomas Neuman, the Czechoslovak-born and both Prague- and NYC-based creator of the...	Aug.22.2011 Virtual Stroll Around Prague, Through Its Authors Will there be a poster by Kafka with his most famous quote about Prague? "Prague won't let you go, the little mother has claws." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Prague, City of Literature by Stephan Delbos The city of Prague has launched an interesting interactive project entitled “Prague,...
Jul.18.2011 World Shakespeare Congress In Prague 9th World Shakespeare Congress Being Held In Prague News & EventsJuly 17 CONGRESS PHOTOGALLERY AT:http://shakespeare11.rajce.idnes.cz July 15 Putting a girdle round about the earth….Come and see how The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is using on-line resources to engage with many...	Jun.15.2011 Kafka Thumbnails Tell Clipped Story Here is a further article about the renovated and re-opened Alchemist's Lane in Prague Castle. I note the comment about Kafka. Almost true - in substance at any rate. But . . . Kafka did not really come to visit his sister (though he might have a few times). His sister, Ottla, rented this tiny...

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