Café Ici

On Auguststraße just a few yards from Oranienburger Straße, Hackescher Markt and Rosenthaler Platz with the unavoidable tourist and bar hoper mix that permeates Mite today Cafe Ici is a welcomed oasis. Owned by a former ballerina, it serves equally as a bar and an art gallery. Taking pictures in Berlin is easier then in other capitals and most people actually enjoy it. As my policy is always to stop if I am asked so I like to be in a city were people do not give a dam. 

Teamwork

Father and daughter had a blast "working" together at the bar of this cosy and simple Berlin restaurant. Basic Italian, pasta's, foccacia bred, olives and pizzas, cheep but decent red wine. Nothing exceptional but as with so many places in Berlin good quality for a bargain price and the plus of super nice service and people around. The father daughter couple were waiting for what it seemed an extended family (German Italian immigrants apparently) gathering. Right about when the restaurant was due to close they came in and got ready for a late family dinner. All this on a surprisingly good Romanian and Balkan Gipsy Music of a group named Bucovina that came from a CD the owner got from a customer! 

Angel Exterminador

Named in honour of the Bunuel film this West Berlin bar seems to have survived everything. And it did this well. From the yellow glass ceiling with brass frames to the wood of the bar alll the deccor has a welcomed patina. The patrons and the staff on the other hand are young but adult hovering around mid thirties. The bartenders are excellent and all our drinks came back from the bar rather late but absolutely perfect. I have tested an Apple Sour and I was ready to have more but I was afraid it does not mix well with the chipo Italian Merlot we had in the connected restaurant. It took us a few minutes to strike a nice conversation with people at the bar and the nearing table. The open, relaxed and honestly interested and curious attitude that permeates the city is constantly proven. As a footnote every night I discover a new "photographer"it seems to be the favoured art ... 

Eva

On the second day of the year in a Prenzlauerberg Cafe in Berlin. This girl remainds me of Peter Webber's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335119/ 

Buenos Aires Argentina

A story of tango, love gained and lost, sufferance, jealousy, passion, hope, revolution, music and dance. The magnificent Argentinean show OTango has a few nights in Brussels. I ended up going twice and still haven't had enough. It leaves you wanting more, deploring your personal skill and just wanting to go out and dance, fight, get in trouble, even die doing it. A must! 

Bar Bordel Milonga ...

 

The Seduction Dance

 

The Fight II

 

Paris and Tango the 20's

 

Classical Argentinian