cross balkan blogging (od malega vrha in ljubljane do sofije/from mali vrh and ljubljana till sofia)

danes smo meline, za naš cross balkan blogging project, spet objavile nekaj na tem jako finem blogu.

today again, for our cross balkan blogging project, we posted something on this really nice blog.

On doughnuts, baby-toy jewelry, body shapes and historical mishaps

by ekaterina (cross balkan blogging)

Recently, I came across a mini-sized, but quite realistic, rubber doughnut, sitting on the table at my house. Most probably left behind by my four-year old nephew during his last visit. Inspired by one of the Melina’s transformation of children’s toys into jewelry, I decided to make it into a necklace and was quite happy with the results.

I was also reminded of the time the two Melinas and I were in Izola. Among all the other things we did to entertain ourselves, we played a game where we would imagine that our bodies would take the shape of the food we ate most. In between the running around, we (ok, mostly I) would sneak into the snack room and stuff our faces with powder-sugar-coated, jam-filled doughnuts that redefined deliciousness and challenged conceptions of normal calorie-intake. Hands down, if our imaginary game were true, I would have become a round doughnut. Not that, in reality, by the end of the festival I didn’t feel like I was rolling around Izola’s streets anyway.

In Germany, doughnuts of this kind are known as “Berliners.” Like hamburgers or wieners, they would have been just another food named after a city, and simply an example of the German mastery of the art of pastries. That is, if it wasn’t for US President John F.Kennedy, who – in a speech demonstrating the US support for Soviet-occupied West Berlin in 1963, shot the pastry into infamy.

The commonly circulated and widely pushed story is that, when saying “Ich bin ein Berliner,” Kennedy in fact referred to himself as “a jam doughnut,” instead of a citizen of Berlin, as he intended for his statement of solidarity with West Berliners. The correct thing to say, according to this version, would have been “Ich bin Berliner.” This account has become so popular that souvenir shops in Berlin now sell tin boxes replicas of the Berliner doughnuts.

As hilarious as that story is, however, it turns out it isn’t true. The phrase, as said by Kennedy, was in fact correct. According to linguistic experts, since the US President was speaking in the figurative sense – he was not literally from Berlin but was only declaring his solidarity with its citizens, omitting the indefinite article ein and saying “Ich bin Berliner” would have been incorrect.

And, just to share one last curious fact. According to the explanation printed inside my Berliner tin box, these doughnuts are called Berliner in all of Germany, except for Berlin, where they are known as “Pfannkuchen.” Don’t you just feel enlightened now?

l(im)unca

včeri smo pelali limono, asparaguse in še nekaj drugega na prezimovanje. avto je bil čisto poln zelenga. da pa je bla cela situacija, beri potujoča topla greda, še bolj smešna, je mama prižgala radio. o jezus.
yesterday we were driving the lemon, asparagus and something else to a warmer place for the winter. the car was totally full of the green things. as if the whole situation, read hotbed on the wheels, was not funny enough, mum switched on the radio. o jezus.

vegepašta

občutek mam, da si želim tut danes neki objavit. nimam pa kaj hudo posebnega, da bi se zgodilo. mislim, dan fin, tu ni kaj, ma... zato sem šla po foto mašini malo nazaj, ma lih en malo in našla tole. ajoj. čeravno mi še ni najboljš od danešnje pašte (beri pojela preveč, klasika), bi se fsela mala porcija te tuki :) pašta je bla una jako fina, ko se takoj skuha, zram pa tofu, por, rukola, česen (ouje!), provansalske začimbe in na koncu še malo svežega sira. uf. majkemi.
i have the feeling i want to make a post also today. but there was nothing so so special that happened. the day was nice, nothing to say here, but..... so i went some days back in the foto mashine and found this. ajoj. thou i am still not totally ok from the pasta i had today (read i ate too much, nothing new), i would be in the mood for a little portion of this one here :) pasta was that good one, that cooks fast and with it tofu, leek, rocket, garlic (ouyeah!), provansal herbs and at the end a bit of fresh cheese. uf.

novo v stanovanju/new in the flat

že neki časa nazaj sem dobila v dar stol. morem priznat da je bla simpatija na prvi uč. ko je bil pa še tak udobn za sedet, pa sploh. hvala anč :) kasneje mi ni dalo mira in je ratalo tole. super mi je blo ukvarjat se spet z barvami in potiskom. morem pa še to povedat, da je stric, ki ga je obleku, nardil več kot odlično delo. in še zraven sem bla, ko je oblaču stol. jako jako zanimivo.
some time ago, i got a chair as a gift. i have to admit, it was love right away. and then later, when i realized how comfortable it is, even more. thanks anč :) it didn't leave me in peace. i had to do this. it was great again to work with the colors and the printing. and this more i have to say. the guy that did the work after the print was done, did a great job. and i was there, watching how things were made. very interesting.

mal barv rabm/i need some colors

jao, neki zadnih dni nisem bla al pa še zmer nisem lih olimpisko. neka alergija, pa bolečine ki češ, pa nizek pritisk pa kr neki ... (no ampak tole zdej je brezveze če tk nadaljujem, ko neo neč bolš). zato sm si vzela mal pavze, ko sm lih sret nekega črno-belega biznisa (pazi tole, danes na nedeljo sm se ustala ob sedmih !, spekla jajca z ocvirki ! za vso družino in šla direkt za računalnik na posao. pa pol tk do kosila, pa še mal po kosilu, pa zdej spet ... pa opet jamram). no, zdej ko mam pa pavzo, pa sem si zaželela mal barv. i eto jih
I don't feel olimpic last days. had some allergy, pain everywhere, low pressure ... (it has no sense if i continue to complain like this, it will not make the situation better). That is why i took a little break, because i am in the middle of some black and white work (this morning i woke up at seven !, made eggs for all the family and after breakfast started to work till lunch, i continue with work after it and im working still ... and i am complaining again). so now, when i have pause, i wish for some colors. 
and here they are

ta prva sta najina nova cimra, ki delata gužvo družbo ;) zadnja dva tri kedne. ne iščeta kruha, le srečo nosita. super super popestritev
(hvala ti julča).
ta drugo pa je škatla presenečenja (tokrat hvala mirjam), polna opcij, kako fino potiskat blago, razglednico,  steno, magari nogo, omaro, mačko težje in zakaj le, ...

our new roommates, which are taking place doing us company last two or three weeks. there is no need to feed them, they only bring luck. great great variegation (thank you julčita).

the other one is a box of surprise (this time thanks to mirjam), full of options how to print on textiles, cards, walls, even leg, furniture, on cat a bit harder and why the fuck anyway ...

utopia porcina, galerija kresija, ljubljana

na poti čez mesto
on the way through the city