A bit of India

Yearning to travel to India and here in many places I am frequently reminded of the country I am missing.

Not great quality on this shot. Done with my not-so-smart phone from across the street.

The fellow pushing the cart reminded me of similar street sellers in India, colors and all.

I think the guy in front of the tree thought I was taking HIS picture...

MONDAY MURALS---skateboarding rat

No comment, and I don't know why this rat is skateboarding....

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A DOME, A BIRD, NO MOON--SKYWATCH

 

Just what the title says. I had gone up to the roof cafe of a building near the Federal Parliament hoping for a good shot of the full moon....but the moon was hidden for quite a while and didn't seem so big when it did appear.

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Serbian staples

I could have thrown an onion  in this still life, if I had had one, to make it a trio, since those three vegetables are the holiest of vegetables in a Serbian diet.

Never been there...

A recent evening walk made me focus (yes, pun intended) on this window of a restaurant. The whole front is eye-catching in a retro way, but unfortunately a good shot was impossible because of a streetlight and lots of cars parked in my way.

Must go. Looks cute.

"Not in Kansas anymore"

You know you're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy, when you see facades, domes, and rooftop art like this.

MONDAY MURALS--Tanja Boskovic

Once again, I have to confess my ignorance in knowing who the subject of this mural is. Her name is Tanja Boskovic, and she is an actress as well. You can read about her right here.

Usually these murals are devoted to persons no longer with us, but such is not the case here. She is now 67.

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SKYWATCH the moon and a UFO

It's not every day you see a UFO, nor every night either. I didn't. The white above the moon is a streetlight.  Darn.

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Hmmm...

Went down to 'the bottom of Skadarlija," which offered a good shot of the full moon a week or so ago, and while waiting I took a lap shot of tthe people across from me.

Is the guy looking at the girl's sandwhich or her legs?   ;)

Ale I've not heard of

Haven't heard of these, but I am a sucker for jazzy labels, so I may try them.

KOLARAC restaurant

Kolarac restaurant is thus described as follows:

The restaurant Kolarac is one of the oldest urban rastaurants which was named after the owner of the house – the legacy donor Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac. As soon as the house was built the restaurant with the garden was opened there. Citizens, mostly families, started coming there instead of going to the German’s Garden which used to be their favourite place. The Kolarac restaurant has always been a solid restaurant. Families came there after midday sermon and in the evenings people liked to drop by after a walk around Kalemegdan for a drink of beer and to listen to music. In the beginning the restaurant and its garden were smaller: there were a few rather small rooms and a bigger one, and the garden was just a half of what it is today. Half of the seats were always reserved for regular guests. The Kolarac restaurant could boast of its “regulars”, something that no other restaurant could do.

Ilija Kolarac was a wheat dealer, and  became quite wealthy. He donated a great deal of his estate to Belgrade, including the land on which his restaurant now stands.

I enjoy going to this restaurant from time to time, especially to its garden behind the restaurant itself, where you can also have lunch or dinner.