Tag: lorraine
Alsace
Squeezed between the Vosges and the Rhine the Alsace region stretches narrowly along France’s spine, flanked by Germany to the north and east and by Switzerland to the south.
To the west Alsace borders Lorraine, a region towards which it has traditionally held a superiority complex. Historically however, Alsace and Lorraine have often shared similar characteristics …
Life’s a Quiche
For the benefit of the folks at home, our parents in the United Kingdom, we drew a slice of quiche on the back of the postcard. This was our way of making a familiar reference to the region of Lorraine.
We were sketching the quiche early on a hot, drowsy late summer afternoon in Nancy. Residents …
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
The World’s Fastest Indian
Director: Roger Donaldson New Zealand / United States, 2005 The “Indian” is a vintage motorcycle modified by a vintage eccentric, New Zealander Bert Munro. His dream is to break a land speed record on …
- Originally published: 30 Nov 2006 in Film
Early days in Brussels
Brussels is now our new home. It’s also home to just over a million other folks and the capital of two unions, one of which is barely holding together as a nation …
- Originally published: 16 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Family portraits
Here’s a series of portraits of the members of my family taken in February 2007. Left to right: my brother, my father, my mother, my grandmother et moi-même. …
- Originally published: 21 Feb 2007 in Personalia
Don’t let me be misunderstood
Language means many things to many people. When starting a conversation in Brussels, where over 30% of residents are foreigners, language is the topical hors d’oeuvre to a main course of holidays, …
- Originally published: 12 Sep 2008 in Editorial
Kika
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 1993 Déjà vu abounds in Kika, a brief return to the sort of hair-brained frivolity that characterised Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. Parallels might also be drawn …
- Originally published: 27 Sep 2007 in Film
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
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I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.