The famous mishap in Madrid, November, 1989
This column from "On the Avenues" originally was published at NA Confidential on November 14, 2019. Kindly note that nothing came of my plan...
ON THE AVENUES: Daze of future passed (1998 – 2021)
Pints&union began operations three years ago yesterday (and today, and this week). The following column first appeared at the NA Confidential blog in 2018,...
A few of Skopje’s many statues (one year later)
https://www.rogerbaylor.com/2025/02/24/a-brief-recounting-of-the-balkan-getaway-in-february-2025/
It's been almost a year since our visit to Skopje, and later Albania and Montenegro. The Balkans are enduringly fascinating to me, and it...
The abstract modernism of “monuments and memory” in Tito’s Yugoslavia
Controversies over the newer monuments in Yugoslavia also came up as we talked. We discussed the memorial at Tjentište in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Ćosić argued that...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 7: Vienna and the dawning of a Habsburg fixation
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 6: Pecetto idyll, with a Parisian excursion.
During my stay in Rome, a veteran Australian wanderer taught me a “wedding...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 1: Three months that shook my world
Introduction to the 2025 Edition
1984 gets all the ink, but it was the year 1985 that changed me forever. There was no keeping me...
My Beers in the GDR, Part Three: Yes, there was lots of beer in...
Previously: My Beers in the GDR, Part Two: Sharing a few Pilsners with a future war criminal.
“Germans absolutely cannot live without sausage and beer.”
--Soviet...
European Grand Tour 1985, Part 2: In Luxembourg, I hit the ground crawling
Previously: European Grand Tour 1985, Part 1: Three months that shook my world.
In retrospect, two relatively odd twists stand out about the inaugural European...
Donald Niebyl tells the amazing story of Yugoslavia’s pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal
In 1987 for the first and only time, my European tour itinerary included Yugoslavia. It was fascinating for all the usual reasons, and at...
A brief recounting of the Balkan getaway in February, 2025
Obsessions can be of lasting duration, as with my history of 47 pilgrimages to the European continent since 1985, or they can be more...
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Diary: Talking ‘bout my generation (subtitle: OK Boomer)
Recently a post by Chris Arnade (ar-NAHD-i) at X caught my eye.
I've written for the last decade about the educational divide in the US,...
Diary: Is it the end? A new beginning? Anyone? Bueller?
During the next few days, I’ll be concluding the online publication of Food & Dining Magazine’s “lost” Spring 2026 print edition (Vol. 89).
The Spring...
Diary: What’s next? Beats me, but I’ll think of something
Beginning today, I'll be posting piecemeal, online, the contents of Food & Dining Magazine's Spring 2026 (Vol. 89) print issue.
In the aftermath of John...
