World War One or the Great War began with the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand who was heir to the throne of the mighty empire of Austria-Hungary.
In the summer of 1914, he and his wife, Sophie, made a visit to the troubled province of Bosnia, where on June 28, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip fatally shot […]

Punctum? Studium? What the hell…do these words mean?
If you have similar questions popping up in your mind than we are on the same page. Or I would rather say we could have been. And the reason for it is a book “Camera Lucida” by Roland […]

I was confused watching the very first scenes of “The Naked City”. A camera was slowly moving while a third-person narration commented on different aspects of the city life. And I could not figure out what were I watching and why. It seemed that a regular documentary was unfolding on a screen. It felt that […]

Working in a Mediterranean restaurant gives me a great opportunity to observe and analyze people’s perspective on issues such as cultural differences. But what amazes me the most in my observation is how incredibly varied the values of these cultures are. Based on customers conversation I realize how different people are in their interpretation of […]

His job is to pour drinks behind a bar. There is nothing special about bartenders, however what sets Mr. Matt Boke from other bartenders is flair. That is, the art of flipping, spinning, throwing, balancing and catching bottles, shakers and many other bar gadgets.
And while we might think of Flair bartending as a hobby, Mr. […]

And here we will stay. In the middle of the wrong lane. Thinking against the traffic.