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October 17, 2005
Dinner with friends
So an old friend of Monika's named Andrew was in town from Australia and another friend of her's, Dieter, that she went to school with invited all of us over to his house for dinner. After a busy weekend that I had at first I wasn't going to join them but as the evening came nearer and I got hungrier I decided to go. I'm really glad that I did. First off, getting there was an interesting bike ride into a neighborhood that reminded me of New York City. We were riding and all of a sudden I got the feeling of the Bronx. I was never scared or I never felt like we were in danger but the neighborhood changed. It was kind of desolate, the buildings suddenly weren't the beautiful colorful buildings that I've become accustom to seeing here. Block after block were these grayish bland apartment buildings. There were dark shadows and figures scuttling around the corners. The way the cars were parked even reminded me of New York City. Not much room in between them. I half expected to see a drug dealer on the corner or a bodega around the next turn. This neighborhood I think is the 4th district and behind Sud Bahnhof ( south train station ) There was even this sought of urban park we had to cross through to get to Dieter's house. There was graffitti and I heard some guys playing basketball ( on a sunday night at 8pm )
Entering the building we were met with the enticing oder of good home cooking and I inwardly hoped that was coming from where we were going. As we climbed up and we got to Dieter's door we realized it was. Dieter's apartment was very interesting an big compared to other apartments I've seen. He has an office space, a living room (with a cool collection of Cd's and records!), he has two balconies. On one balconies he grows vegetables and herbs that he uses to cook and on the other he grows flowers. He cooked a vegetable dish with soy sausage. It was a little spicy and very good. On the side was bread and a cabbage salad. It was very delicious and perfect for one of the coldest nights thus far this fall. Andrew is a electronic musician. We listened to one of his cd's that I enjoyed. We also listened to a group called Kraftwerk. I really liked this and Dieter had a copy ready for us to take home. Monika, Andrew and Dieter were all friends or involved around the time that they were experimenting with virtual space and how it could be used in different ways to enhance, share and change the creative process. We discussed how that has come along and then we went on a tangent of online gaming communities and then into philosiphical discussions of whether or not we are always alone regardless of our physical surroundings or situation. We even touched on religion a little bit. I have to say it was one of the best evenings I've had in awhile. It was a good ending to a great weekend.
Posted by Victor at October 17, 2005 02:25 PM