Feuerzangenbowle
One of the best things about living in the Bay Area is the unusual amount of exposure it gives you to people from other countries. Yesterday evening, for example, I went to a German acquaintance’s house in the Mission for a holiday get-together centered on a drink known as feuerzangenbowle—a flaming concotion which, if I understand correctly, comes from a movie of the same name. We also had a good time watching said movie, despite the fact that only about half the people present spoke German. The movie is essentially a farce—a college comedy not unlike Animal House or Back to School—and it’s amazing to see just how much of the humor and information about peoples’ relationships is conveyed though simple things like body language and intonation.
Hmm—no grand thesis there, I guess. I just haven’t “journaled” for awhile and felt like talking about feuerzangenbowle.