Author: Elda Hamaker

Gallery Scarabeus

This is a cafe and gallery that advertises beautiful art in a beautiful setting. Going through the door is like walking into a giant Zen zone. It exhibits all sorts of relaxing images for every personality: photography, paintings, explorations of the human mind on flat surfaces. Relaxing tea in the cafe will send you to sleep before you decide what to buy, but for the caffiene lover, you can bring a bongo to beat the shit out of after work when it gets more visitors. There is a lecture space in the basement club for lectures and from what...

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Auslander, raus!

With the Czech Republic now in the EU, the strict new laws on non-European foreigners is ending an era that helped lift the Czech Republic out of the scrap heap of the fallen iron curtain and onto a pedestal in the international spotlight.

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Lost in Brno

brno historical centre

My best friend’s brother had rented a car to take us to Brno for his bachelor party. In the van we passed around bottles of liquor. I remember shots of Jameson’s, Cuervo, Goldschlager and Becherovka. Lots of shots…

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