a british colony in peckham

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In Peckham, you see mostly caribbean and african food stores or chicken and fries

take-aways. One day, a friend suggested me to eat at M. Manze, a place for 

original pie and mash. I always passed by this place but never recognized it! It is delicious. And an interesting cultural experience. It feels like being in an 

english colony in multicultural Peckham. A sign in the shop says: Founded 1902. 

Opened here 1927. The home of pie and mash. It's so nice to have both: the 

choice to have food from all over the world and a place to feel traditional, 

nostalgic and very british (whereas the minced soya-pie is quite contemporary).

They also sell this amazing Peckham postcard. 

M. Manze The Home of Pie 'n' Mash

on the corner of Peckham High Street and Peckham Hill Street


Mon 11am–2pm


Tue-Thurs 10.30am–2pm

Fri 10am–2.30pm

Sat 10am–2.45pm.

the perfect light

Burgess Park, Saturday 8 Dec. 2012, 3 pm

Around 3 pm, before it gets dark, the London sky has the perfect light 

in the last weeks. Pastel colours in many shades. The sea feels very close. 

Or as Adam said: You are entering a Turner painting now. 

everyday life

Every morning when I go to College, I walk the same way from Peckham to Camberwell. 
I like these repetitions, it is like a meditation. The first part of the way is a 
small park. The second part is Peckham High Street. During this part I pass many interesting things. I always think: One day, I have to make pictures of all of 
this. On saturday I made some. It felt strange getting out of my daily routine which
is being a passenger outside the windows. But on the other hand I got a closer imagination of all these other daily routines which take part behind the windows. 

green / november

Although most of the trees have finally lost their leaves 

(later than at home), november is a lot more green here. 

This is the view out of the window of our living room. 

(I still can't believe that it will be december tomorrow.)

weather forecast

There is a lot of poetry in english weather forecasts
(and the chance to read them like a horoscope).
quotes taken from METRO newspaper, Friday, November 23, 2012

a lot of grey

It's grey. It hasn't been today but the day before yesterday and the day before
and the week before, too. When it is grey, it's not only grey, it is very grey. Surprisingly, it is nice, in a way. (Again, it fits to the whole story: In April 
this year I made the following posters during a workshop in Offenbach. In these 
days, I was preparing my application to come here. And: the workshop leader is 
one of my teachers now. Please continue reading with blog post 48.)

the posters come with a text on their back:

The world is much more than right and wrong, left and right, 

happy and sad, rich and poor, ugly and beautiful, 

high and low, good and bad, empty and full, light and dark, ... 

Discover the in-betweens and be aware of people that tell you the opposide.

brixton

brixton is at this enjoyable stadium of gentrification. it is still authentic
enough to be interesting and already discovered enough to feel save 
and cosy with pizza and latte macchiato. although it feels strange to change
it, while "consuming" it, it is really nice to be there.

...

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routine

Somehow, Oval Station is different. 

The pronunciation sounds beautiful. 

Sometimes, there is classical music. 

And there is Oval Station thought of the 
day. It is written by different people, 

as the hand script is changing.

Rosemarie.

After seeing two children, who were giving their garden apples away
in front of their house and a desk, that needed a new home, this
was the third time I saw this kind of sharing things in my neighborhood.
Besides, Rosemarie is a beautiful name.

It's tropical.

There are much more palm trees in London than in Berlin.

It's rainy.

It's wet. It's cosy. It has something nice.