"Can I have your ticket please?" I show the young woman with the stylish hair-cut my Royal B.C. Museum ticket, the one I paid $15.00 plus GST for. "No, your ticket with a word printed on it...look...." She deftly produces a small, brightly colored laminated card palmed in her hand. Only thing is, she shows... Continue Reading →
Political tussle leaves prime cultural location unfinished
Here's the story I promised, from my contributions to the Budapest Times, March, 2005. I had wanted to find out the current situation before posting, but the Romano Dromo story has spurred me on. Even without the update, it gives you a good idea of how complicated things can get in Hungary. Worth noting, when... Continue Reading →
‘Oops’ Serves Table Dancing (You Can Take Your Mother To)
Previously Published in the Budapest Times (October 2004) by Alison Boston Oops is an 'at your table, in your face' Hungarian-English cabaret. Complete with drag queens and dancers, actors and singers - it offers an evening of frivolous, fluffy entertainment that I suspect is greatly enhanced by the free cocktail one receives upon arrival. In... Continue Reading →
