Owlspotting

It look our man Romerican more than three months to pick himself up from the brawl of Targu Mures, but he finally managed a recovery. He provides the world with a detailed account of his exploits in Romania’s awesomest city, where a crew of healthy, young locals made sure he felt alive. Judging from the […]

Welcome to Owlspotting v 2.0 (v 1.5. launched in March but that more to do with domain name migration). If you couldn’t tell, the blog has been getting a face lift over the past week, complete with a neat way to display a full archive broken down my month and title post. If you are […]

I write four hours before I am to take the (indoor) soccer field in my first competitive game in Boston. I just joined a co-ed league and I have yet to meet my teammates. It’s apparently a series of six on six games (four guys, two girls) spread over two months, a battle of the […]

When owlspotting launched in the summer of 2005 it had little definition (which didn’t make it less funny). Over the past 16 months I often considered writing a blogging manifesto, partly because I wanted to find something to use the word “manifesto” in, partly because I believe any outlet needs a definition, even if that […]

One mid-August morning caught me on a train from Bucharest to Sighisoara. I had just spent two weeks there with my friends–going out at night and taking the first subway home, sleeping in cars in Vama Veche and getting pissed at Placebo. I was staring aimlessly out the window when the train stopped in Brasov. […]

My black Converse All Stars have been through the best moments of the past three months. Every now and then they gotphotographed. I’m putting some of these shots together because they trigger memories. This shot was taken when Romerican brought himself to Targu Mures. Notice the little red sticker on the right shoe laces. It […]

Freaky Fridays have made a career over the past couple of months in Targu Mures so it was time to export a little of the magic to the nation’s capital, Bucharest. I woke up early to be as close to spending 24 hours on the Bucharest streets as possible–thus shining a brief ray of light […]

Coincidences are almost as good as caramel machiattos, which is why I love to indulce in them as often as possible. The latest one is being tagged by Gorgeoux just as I was packed my bags for the big city of Bucharest. Here I am in Bucharest again and here is what the mind of […]

Top five lists don’t often get blown up. Look at the drama it caused Rob in “High Fidelity” when he had to admit to himself that Laura had to be included among the Top 5 All-Time Breakups. Last night, Niste Baieti, a makeshift punk outfit from Bucharest, broke into my Top 5 concerts list, which […]

When I arrived home this summer I asked around for new Romanian music that might be worth a listen. I didn’t get many suggestions–the lead singer of a Romanian rock band actually replied to my query in an e-mail saying: “Are you serious?” It was at that point that Luiza told me I should look […]