Vertical Densification

I've long been a fan of vertical landscaping since seeing gorgeous pics of various buildings in Paris adorned with such plantings.  I've been please to see mini forests bursting out of panel housing apartment patios here in Budapest as well, where vines climb vigorously upward over battered urban masonry.

  The concept you see above is "Bosco Verticale", Italian architect Stefano Boeri's "vertical densification" project, whose goal is to reforest the city of Milan in a modern, efficient, and incredibly exciting way.  Check out this link to read more about the project.  http://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/?p=207

  I firmly believe that while urban areas are humanity's natural habitat, nature beckons, of course, and even if we don't realize it, we just don't feel quite right without something green growing nearby. Forests in the cities?  Yes, please.  Woodlands in the sky?  Oh my.  I can't wait to see the realization of Bosco Verticale.  The people of Budapest have been doing this on an individual scale for a while now.  It will be exciting to witness entire buildings devoted to vertical densification.

Szuper Papika

Remember Szuper Mamika?  Now she's part of a dynamic duo...take a gander. x

original Szuper Mamika post: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/grandmas-superhero-therapy-18

 updated post:  http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/grandmas-superhero-therapy

Megabonzai

                                                
                              I'll drink my kriek in the cherry gazebo, thank you...x

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/patient-gardener-outdoor-retreat-made-cherry-trees-shaped-over-time.php

Belgian Pub

                                                          trappist ale, bellevue kriek, and a sublime meggyes tiramisu




   I'm not a pub person.  I'm not a hearty drinker.  Usually, when I find myself at a bar, I amuse myself by sitting in a corner watching everyone else get their swerve on.
  I do, however, enjoy lambic of almost any flavor, and when I was told that the Mosselen Belga Söröző serves kriek on tap (in special goblets, no less), I had to give the old pub scene another try.
  Turns out I love the Mosselen.  I found it very easy to get cozy inside the deep wooden booths, clutching and nursing my goblet of kriek, while beer drinking friends sample an array of Belgian brews. Each potion comes in its appropriate vessel..one even comes in a shapely glass which is held within a sort of wooden frame.
  The food is supposed to be mighty fine as well.  I've only eaten dessert there, a delicious cherry (meggy) tiramisu, which seemed the obvious flavor companion for my kriek.
  If I had a usual pub hangout, this one might be it.  It's within stumbling distance of our flat, on the corner of Pannónia and Katona Jozsef. x

Wunderkammer (Curiosities)

 

What is to be done with all of those dratted dandelions?  Here is just the thing:

http://www.regineramseier.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=79

Csokisátán

  Bringing you a duet of articles, appropriate for both American style Halloween and Christmas in general. I really, really enjoy Krampusz lore of any kind. Both of these blurbs made me laugh out loud. I wonder,  are there not chocolate Satans in the U.S.? And if not, why not?  Isn't it an obvious pairing, people?

First this: http://www.pestiside.hu/20061207/local-tots-terrified-by-chocosatans

followed by this :http://www.pestiside.hu/20111017/christmas-comes-early-for-local-christmashaters-as-salgotarjan-santa-factory-goes-up-in-smoke/


  Maybe it's just me... x

Tuesday's Soundtrack

Open your ears and let Nick Drake and his lonely guitar set the mood.  This is what today looks and feels like in Budapest. x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11X5WljnFA