Monthly Archives: July 2013

Gone Girl

Posted on 31/07/2013 by Lohcifer

The Financial Times says “Read it and stay single” and the author herself, in her Acknowledgements, thanked a couple for reading the manuscript in the months leading up to their wedding, saying “It doesn’t seem to have harmed you guys … Continue reading →

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A Bent Apple – One More Winslow

Posted on 24/07/2013 by Lohcifer

From Poul Winslow, a Grade C, decorated with an acrylic ring:

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Vauen Pipe of the Year

Posted on 17/07/2013 by Lohcifer

Vauen Pipe of the Year 2012:

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Forum Pipe of the Year 2013

Posted on 10/07/2013 by Lohcifer

The pipe smoking forum based in Germany, of which I am a member, issues in limited numbers, its annual Pipe of the Year, usually one smooth and one rusticated or sandblasted version. Poul Winslow has been commissioned to carve these … Continue reading →

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So He’s Coming From Hell?

Posted on 04/07/2013 by Lohcifer

Singapore’s so-called “Top 3 favorite Hawker Heroes out of a list of 12 (drawn from hawker establishments’ ratings on HungryGoWhere, The Business Times’ Knight Frank CEOs’ Hawker Choices, Makansutra and popular TV food programs) would represent the country in a cook-off … Continue reading →

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Some Very Fine German Pipes

Posted on 03/07/2013 by Lohcifer

At our invitation, three German pipe carvers – Peter Hemmer, Dietmar Boeck, and Bodo Mauk, visited us here in Singapore last week. They were accompanied by our dear friend Heinz Schwarzkopf. Some very fine German pipes came along with the four … Continue reading →

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