Wunderkind Wollny

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 He is not a kid anymore.

He was born in Schweinfurt 1978. 

Wonder why the rumor says he is a Frankfurter Bub? Hm.

On Friday went to his solo show in the Alte Oper Mozart Saal.

Of course you are not supposed to take any pics in there,

so I didn't, just this one from the bar wall.

Alleingänge unternimmt Michael Wollny eigentlich 

eher selten. Zu spannend findet er die kollektive Suche 

nach der Magie des Moments, die Bereicherung durch 

andere Sicht­, Denk­ und Herangehensweisen. Umso 

bemerkenswerter also, wenn sich der Jazzpianist 

einem Soloprojekt widmet – so wie in seinem 2020 

erschienenen zweiten Soloalbum „Mondenkind“, 

das den Rahmen für den Abend im Rahmen seiner 

Jazz-Residenz an der Alten Oper absteckt. 

https://www.alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=522486152

Always worth listening live to this piano boy.

Here you can find a cool video:

https://michaelwollny.com/en/

Frankfurt Skyline on 31.3.23

Last Thursdays, na ja

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Die Frankfurter Galerien versuchen vieles.

"Last Thursdays" ist jetzt angesagt,

viele Galerien haben verlängerte Öffnungszeiten.

Lese: 18-20 Uhr.

Ende März haben diese Galerien in Instagram "Werbung" gemacht.

Leider scheint es nur für Kenner zu sein,es wäre viel 

hilfreicher noch einen Lageplan der Galerien zu veröffentlichen.

Und ehrlich gesagt, in zwei Stunden kann man

keine 9 überall in der Innenstadt gestreute Galerien

echt nicht besuchen. Na ja.

An diesem Donnerstag waren wir auch die einzigen

Besucherinnen be Heike Strelow. Ist ja um die Ecke.

Mathias Kesslers Arbeiten sind schon cool, geht mal hin.

https://www.galerieheikestrelow.de/exhibitions

Die nächsten Galerien haben wir in der Niddastrasse besucht.

Die Gegend neben Hauptbahnhof. Echt ... spooky...

Die Arbeiten des Türkische Künstlers Ekrem Yalcindag erkennt 

man ab sofort. Präzisionsarbeit. 

Die Galerie Kai Middendorff zeigt ihn öfters. 

http://www.kaimiddendorff.com/?page_id=9

Nebenan in der Niddastrasse, gleiche Hauseingang, muss man klingeln

und kommt zu der Galerie Bernhard Knaus Fine Art.

Eine Matratze als Postkarte.

Bankenviertelpolitikkollage. o.ä.

https://bernhardknaus.com/de/kuenstler/flo-maak~a484

https://bernhardknaus.com/en/exhibitions

Und tatsächlich, free drinks 20-22 hrs ... und die Leute waren da.

In alle anderen Galerien waren vielleicht 4 Menschen,

hier war's gleich vierzehn, oder so.

Bilder gab's auch.

Von Sebastian Volz: Stoffwechsel.

https://galerie-filiale.de/exhibitions/current

E(ven) biking

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Well, another sporting day ... biking by e-bikes.

The prettiest part were these flowers at the Carrossa Hotel.

From the terrace you have great views, hier towards Alcudia.

You can see even the churches of Artá, and the town of Capdepera.

https://www.carrossa.com/

We also rode along the Via Verda, before we took the road

to the coast, to Porto Cristo.

From the Flamingo restaurant you have great views over the bay.

Altogether we rode 50 km.

Rental bikes are a great invention!

Hiking, not really

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Hiking has never been, and will never be,

my favourite pasttime.

Well, the views over Cala Mesquida are very pretty,

even when the weather was not so sunny.

I think these hairy guys are much more justified climbers

on these rocky hills.

I'd rather collect y few stones and go back to my garden

to do some useful or creative things. 

Seen that, been there. 

😐

Spring in the garden

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Such fun checking the fruit trees in the garden.

In Mallorca, yes.

 

Palmenpflege

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Every now and then you need professional help in the garden.

Like this palm tree needed some trimming.

That is an interesting profession, indeed.

Clean and neat.

Fun with visitors

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No, nobody brought us these as a present.

Just a quick visit to the flea market in Consell.

Every Sunday charming thingies.

Next time I'll ask for the price.

Palma shower in the marina.

Artá sun an hour later! Amppari & Ramppari enjoying.

Time for sundowners.

Nice to meet old friends again!

In Colonia de Sant Pere.

Lunch time views from Port Vert.

Spending some quality time in the local spa!

So much fun with those girls!

Sauna decoration.

Thnx so much Su & Sa!

https://www.capvermellgrandhotel.com/

Kulttuuria kolmaskin päivä

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 Kulttuuri on siitä kivaa, että sitä voi harrastaa säällä kuin säällä.

Installation art at the river Main.

Strolling along the river to the film museum.

Spring delights.

The exhibition shows many historical objects but also

funny, exciting things from the modern film industry.

Ms Blanchett is nominated for an Oscar this year as well,

tomorrow we'll know more.

Yes, this is an original Oscar,

donated by German actor Maximilian Schell.

Would do as wrapping paper as well. 

😆

The green wall effect has been more exciting earlier.

DFF is always worth a visit .

https://www.dff.film/

After some shopping culture we tested the Italian 

restaurant in the Kleinmarkthalle: Alla Vita Buena.

Very good.

Then it was time for our visitor to pack her bags and

head to the airport. 

 

KIITOS KÄYNNISTÄ PÄIVI!

Lisää kulttuuria!

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Frankfurt has so much to offer.

   

Frankfurt birds are very active. Unfortunately.

The gallerists, on the other hand, are not so active.

In the Fahrgasse most of the many galleries were closed.

In the Braubachstrasse we stepped into this gallery.

Got excellent introduction to the work of HIROKO.

https://www.japan-art.com/exhibitions/151/overview/

Strolling though the market hall, Kleinmarkthalle.

Ended up for lunch in this bistro with these cool lights.

Haven's been there for a while, can go again, was good.

https://walden-frankfurt.com/

See how the clouds were hanging down.

Not an inspiring shopping day. So culturing further!

Popped in to the Vernissage in Arte Giani art gallery in Westend.

Another Asian experience:

FUZI - ein chineschicer Maler.

https://www.artegiani.de/ausstellungen/fuzi-ein-chinesischer-maler/

You cannot visit Frankfurt without visiting an apple wine restaurant.

A cultural must!

This restaurant has upgraded the local apple wine culture

on a bit higher level decorating the restaurants with

bookshelves and fancy lamp shades.

The food is the local stuff.

The biggest restaurant can be found in the hearth of Alt-Sachsenhausen

 two smaller ones at Affentorplatz and in the Kleinmarkthalle.

This time the potatoes were pretty burned, otherwise good.

https://affentorschaenke.de/Daheim.html