To a brother in arms….
Share Losing a friend is one thing. Losing a comrade, an ally, a brother in arms… quite another. Not every death is a loss. The death of Nikola Denić is a great loss. Nikola Denić, Niksa, just Denić or “brate” to me, was a highly ambitious young man, perhaps too ambitious. A fault I happen [...]
Belgrade: These Are A Few of My Favorite Things…
Share Belgrade is like any other landlocked metropolis in summer. Well, no. Not really. Most Belgraders will tell you the heat coming off the asphalt is unbearable, the traffic almost as much of a mess as it is in winter, people are cranky, too many tourists in recent years, the crowds downtown and at the [...]
Happiness in Belgrade is Togetherness
Share [youtube width="250" height="175"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA[/youtube] Seldom am I at a loss for words. Anyone who’s ever spent over 15 minutes with me will confirm this. Anyone who really knows me will tell you there only one thing that can wow me enough to get me to the speechless state I find myself in now – unpretentious [...]
Happy Birthday From the Folks On the Internet
Share The on-line world – what a wonderful place. What a Mecca of speedy communication, improptu gatherings and information feeds. We are able to do most anything on-line these days – talk to a loved one who is far away, connect with long-lost friends, research a paper, employee or company we’re about to do business [...]
Belgrade Winter: From Slavas to Concerts, It’s One Big Party All the Way
Share Another thing I love about this town – the smell of winter in the air. The smell of smoke from firewood coming from the chimneys, typical homecooked local dishes, the crispness of the big snow that is yet to fall and, yes, just a touch of inner city smog. This particular mixture of smells [...]
Serbia’s Ambassador to the World Blog: “National Geographic Very Wrong About Serbia”
Share I generally don’t like to copy/paste content from other blogs or sites but I’m willing to make an exception in this case. National Geographic happens to be one of my all time favorite magazines and I have always had great respect for this particular magazine. Untill this month. Karl Haudbourg, an expat lining in [...]
A Belgrade Tradition: 70 Year Anniversary of the First Democratic Protests
Share On Friday afternoon I was in downtown Belgrade for a couple of business meetings. Aside from the unusually lovely weather in late November, it was a day like any other. I finished both meetings, packed my stuff and got on my cell to call a cab, with juste enought time to get home before [...]
Operation Halyard: Using History to Build Bridges Between Nations
Share Many things have been said of the Serbs as a nation throughout history. Of all these things, at least three most certainly stand to be true: we are stubborn, we don’t respond well to authority and we are always quick on our feet. If there’s a loophole, we’ll find it. And if there isn’t, [...]
Serbia’s Image: Great PR Got Us Here, Great PR Should Get Us Out
Share Ok, so the title of this post is a little controversial and could even be misleading from a certain perspective. This is a personal blog so I get to do that (within reason) every once in a while. Got your attention didn’t it? And there is much truth to the statement. It should read: [...]
Autumn in Belgrade: So Much To Do, So Little Time
Share So much has been happening in this not-too-big, not-so-small city in South Eastern Europe that it’s been difficult to focus on just one thing. The days are getting shorter, the workdays longer and the news headlines more bleak. The summer of 2009 is over, done and gone. Here’s a short recap of its last [...]
