Kumpelnest 3000

I have been tagged by the lovely Jodi of Che & Fidel, my sweet friend down south. The idea is to open the 6th photo, in the 6th folder on your computer, blog about it and tag six others. I love that in the couple other posts I read who did this, people found forgotten treasures that made them smile. Just like this one I found.

It was taken in August '07 in Berlin at Kumpelnest 3000, one of the most out of control bars I have ever been to. Formerly a brothel in the 70s, it has kept all it's original decor including double doors covered in fluffy flame patterned fabric, a smashed-up-put-back-together mirror, rainbow lights, many kitschy photos and a whole lotta velvet. Reading about it in the Lonely Planet, we definitely couldn't pass it up, and thank goodness - it was such a treat! After walking through what seemed like an industrial/officey type area we found the place almost totally empty save for an old guy sitting in the corner in a suit (flared pants of course) made entirely out of yellow, green and orange plaid, and our bar tender in his crocheted muscle tee. I kid you not.

Haha, oh it was such a fun night and many, many photos were taken (lots where we tried to sneak the plaid suit guy in) as we listened to funk compilations (played on a cassette player) and chatted to the bar tender about 'his girls' and thrifting. Apparently, from what I can tell from the photos on the website, we were there on a very quiet night.

I taaaag, Julie, Kate, Evie, Pip, Nina & Kerri.

Have fun!

Six.

It turns out that I have been caught in the crossfire of some blog-tag! I was tagged by the lovely Evie of handmade romance, and will now let you in on six fast facts about well, myself.

1. As a way to persuade myself to get out of a warm shower on cold (or mostly any) mornings, I count to 60. The idea is that I'll get out in one minute, but sometimes those minutes have more than 60 seconds.

2. I watched the Wizard of Oz quite literally, everyday as a child. Convinced I was Dorothy would often invite my aunt and uncle into my room to perform certain scenes and block the door to ensure my captive audience.

3. I am eating chocolate chips out of the bag, as we speak.

4. I am TERRIFIED of axolotls. I enjoy the band though.

5. I am an Australian citizen, despite only living there for 6 months and I consider myself a kiwi through and through.

6. Richard says 'You make kick-ass brownies, but you call them/it brownie'. A New Zealand thing perhaps, but I figure that you don't call a cake 'cakes' even though you cut it into pieces....

Now, I taaaag.......Julie, Amber, Robert, Kate, Diandra and Kate. The rules are as follows;

The rules:
• Link to the person who tagged you.
• Mention the rules.
• Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself.
• Tag six other bloggers by linking to them.
• Go to each person's blog and leave a comment that lets them know they've been tagged.