Echo last week. I was sick, had a terrible cold, was freezing, and everything was overwhelming. I didn’t have to take the train, but was picked up by an incredibly good looking driver who went by the name of Marco. The rest? I spent the evening kissing Robbie Williams. Or rather he kissed me. Without me having to ask for it. Now how nice is that?
Maybe it is because I have a few pregnant women in my life rightnow or maybe it’s because I’ve been having thoughts about settling down, questions about family, marriage etc. in my head lately. And maybe it’s just because it’s a beautiful film, but the new Sam Mendes movie touched me to a dgree it actually hurt.
Imagine this: Two women go to the movies late on Wednesday night. They chose one of those indie movies. It’s playing in a big theater, which is pretty weird to them because it really isn’t a blockbuster or anything and they wonder even more why it is actually shown on the biggest screen. We enter the theater and are not really surprised to find it totally empty. EMPTY. There was nobody but us watching that movie. And then “Away We Go” started.
This film, written by Dave Eggers (who just worked on “Where the Wild Things Are” with Spike Jonze) and his wife Vendela Vida, is one of the most beautiful pieces of cinematography I’ve seen in a long time. It’s not loud but it’s funny. It’s sweet and it’ll hurt you a bit. It’s about two people, their fears about bringing new life into this world and their love for each other. “Away We Go” is painfully wonderful. John Krasinski is hilariously cute. Maya Rudolph is adorably sweet.
So that was the perfect movie night: two girls, a theater all to ourselves and an amazing, amazing movie.
The idea is simple: go to 1 place, ask 50 people 1 question, film their answers and get a glimpse of how marvelous life is. “Fifty People, One Question” is a wondeful video project I just discovered. It is about us, our lifes, our wishes, dreams and fears. It is about getting to know people without really knowing them, it is about feeling for and with each other.
It is beautiful. The editing is amazing, the music grabs your heart. I fell in love with the individuals in the clips, with their honesty. This just made my day!
I’m always scared I’ll be disappointed, always scared I might not like them. You have a perfect image of someone in your head and don’t want that to be ruined…. Sometimes you do get to meet the people you admire and everything’s just great. They are nice, amazing and afterwards you like them even more than before (hello Flava Flav). But sometimes you meet them and they turn out to be real douche bags (hello Ludacris).
So last week I was at some award show and *BAM* there he was! 74 years old (his birthday is a day before mine) but still there was no doubt about it – it was him! Dieter ‘Didi’ Hallervorden. The guy that made me laugh when I was a kid, the guy that still makes me laugh. I held my breath. My first intention was to go over there and say something. Tell him that I was a huge fan, that he was so important to me when I was little, that it meant so much to watch him as an immigrant kid in the 80ies. To this day I think that Dieter Hallervorden is the only comedian my parents know by name. We watched his films and my parents learned German with Didi. One facial expression was enough to have the entire family rolling on the floor laughing!
Now fast forward 25 years.
I’m sitting opposite to him. He’s with a woman. I’m wondering: is that his wife? Are they sharing a pivate moment? Would it maybe be just rude to go and talk to him? Maybe he doesn’t wanna be bothered. He was in a conversation. What if he was unfriendly? I’d be crushed. I was battling with myself for more than 40min. Discussing that question with my friends. You had two camps: some where saying “Go! How could he possibly be unfriendly or rude if you’re being honest and sweet enough to talk to him?” The other camp was a bit more hesitant saying something like “Don’t you think it would be just weird to pop into his conversation and give him this awkward fan-moment in a situation where he’s just not expecting it?” Hhhhhmmm. Maybe. But if there’s one thing I really hate it’s asking myself the what-if-question. You won’t ever know what would’ve happened if you don’t just do it!
So I took a deep breath, went over there, tapped him on the shoulder, introduced myself and started bubbling about……everything. I think I repeated the phrase “You have no idea how important you are to my family” about 50 times. And him? He was amazing! He listened to me and smiled. Then he told me how honored he was and that he was very happy to hear whatever I had to say. We talked about his new job as the owner and director of the Schlossparktheater in Berlin. He invited me to see the next play he was going to be in, asked me about my job etc. My heart was beating like crazy, I was sweating and through our entire conversation I was cheesing like a little kid on a sugar high. It was great! I asked him for a picture and he was more than pleased to pose with me!
I felt invincible all night and somewhat proud to see that, after I broke the ice, all of a sudden everybody started a conversation asking for a picture. I had mine. And most of all I have an even better image of Dieter Hallervorden in my head. Thank you Didi for not making me regret the fact that after all I’m still just a fan! Oh, and how I love the funny face he’s making!!!
Yes, again, I’ve been a lazy chick when it comes to my blogging game. I know, I know! But since August was just wonderful, I wanted to take some time off and just enjoy summer. And damn kids, what a summer it was!
We had wonderful Sundays out on the lake (Thx Omy, Bee, Dave, Big L, and Robsen):
We had lovely Sundays out on the flea market (Thx Romes & Kalle):
We saw cool performances like Chrisette Michel’s gig in front 25 people (Thx Gab, Chantal & Oz):
Spent nights blocking the streets of Berlin just to get a glimpse of Parra (Thx Ruthi, Koala, Romes & AM):
We had good food (Thx Nenna, Bee, Omy, JT & Zycho):
After a looooong search I finally found a bike (Thx Henne, Stefan, Arun & Fabi):
We played the first PX Basketball Tournament and won (Thx Nico, Phil, Bianca, Emily, Nora & Annabel, the Amsterdamned, La Famille Parisienne, Cranktown and Stuggi):
We celebrated my love’s wedding, which was just amazingly beautiful (Thx Dee & Pee):
And I turned 30 and decided to bring in the new decade with a *BANG* (thx Nora & Big P):
(pics by Robsen)
(pic by Heiko Schäfer)
After this amazing summer (not talking about the weather here – more abot the stories, emotions and feelings) we’re all ready for fall. My song for the summer of 2009? There can only be ONE answer:
I’m entirely taken by this song! It’s Marcela Mangabeira’s version of Michael Jackson classic “Human Nature”. Now “Human Nature” has never been my fav MJ tune, but this interpretation of it just stole my heart! It’s interesting to see how you sometimes only start recognizing the true beauty of a song if you hear a totally new version of it.
Blame it on the weather, blame it on summer hormones, but the Bossa Nova is really doing something to me!
It was a wonderful and funny trip, full of wonderful and funny people that greeted us as if we’d known them for years. Everybody was so extremely nice, so warm and lovely that it was hard for us to leave!
This is what happened: not too long ago, my friend Phillo asked me to join him and his gang on a trip to Paris. Him, Nico and Tom we’re going to play a basketball tournament organized by the BKRW and Pain O choKolat crew. They were going to participate as the BBB team and it would be cool to go there with a bigger gang….you know: roll in there….show ‘em how we do it the Berlin way….and roll out again. I love Paris, so this was really a no-brainer. I cleared out my schedule and off we were…or not. Let me spare you the details about how crazy this trip started, but let me give you this much: i was supposed to land in Paris with the boys at 11h in the morning, I finally got there at 8h at night , traveling by myself. In the meantime I had missed a flight, spent lots of money on plane tickets and cabs, lost all nerves to the guy at the easy jet counter and waited at the airport forever! So the mission was clear: after having had the most terrible morning of the year so far, this trip had to become the most exciting trip of the year – and it did. We shot a little film that should be finished by the end of this week, early next week the latest. Untill then here are some pictures.
MERCI to all: Jay, Steph, Nyno, Yannick, Bambi, Mehdi, Nordine, Alice, Phillo, Nico, Bianca, Tom, Yiva, the kids from Pigalle and AAAAALL the lovely people we met!
My two favorite DJs are playing at the Relais and invited me to spin with them! I’m soooo excited and delighted to dance the night away with them. If you should be in town come around and have some fun!
The Flamingo Mix (Mai ‘09)
01. Purple Crush – Love Lockdown (Kanye West Cover)
02. Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People (Golden Filter Remix)
03. Feist – Sea Lion (Chromeo Remix)
04. Lenka – Trouble Is A Friend (Eli Escobar Mix)
05. La Roux – In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
06. Sebastian Teller – Kilometer (A-Trak Remix)
07. Robin Thicke – Cocaine (Spruce Lee Remix)
08. Donaeo – Party Hard
09. Le Le – Breakfast (Mercury Remix)
10. Sammy Bananas – Ladies (Ooh Boy)
11. Snoop Dog – Sexual Eruption (Dirty South Remix)
12. Jay-Z – Dirt Off Your Shoulder (Ampere Mix)
13. LMFAO – I’m In Miami Bitch
14. Kid Sister – I’ll House You (Reebok Classic’09)
15. Rye Rye ft. M.I.A. – Bang (Nacey Remix)
16. Black Eyed Peas ft. KiD CuDi – Boom Boom Pow (Remix)
17. A-Trak – Walk It Out/Trizz
18. N.A.S.A. ft. Kanye West, Lykke Li & Santogold – Gifted (Steve Aoki Remix)
19. Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance (Crookers Remix)
Aus aktuellem Anlass haben wir The Flamingo und Candy zusammengelegt, um MJ zu zelebrieren, wie sein künstlerisches Schaffen es verdient hat! RIP MJ – we’re not gonna stop til we get enough!
The Flamingo & Candy @ Relais – see you there and put on your MJ-gear!
There are some things guys just don’t do. Or let’s say shouldn’t do. Call it superficial, but I’m turned off by a certain shoe-game, certain wardrobe pieces are simply unbearable and certain behaviour patterns are like “nooo way”.
What’s worst though is a terrible taste in music. I’m not saying that anything that I don’t like is bad and I everything that I DO like is the *ish*, but kids….there some things that are impossible to pull off.
This girl is automatic, supersonic, hypnotic, funky fresh, works your body so melodic and she goes right through your chest! Other than that she is MTV on your telly, Fritz on your radio, Juice on your newstand and now: artschool vets on your computer! Yessir!
