Grumpy Br(u)no: What’s So Hard About Sorting Waste?
The good news: Czechs recycle. The bad news: most can’t sort their waste very well. Photo credit: Bruno Zalubil. The summer is great. The early mornings are crisp and fresh…
Br(u)no: Lessons From a Year of Weekly Columns
Photo credit: KK / Brno Daily. On Saturday, June 29, 2019, Brno Daily published a story titled “Br(u)no: The Onset of Summer”. It was about summer coming and it was…
Br(u)no: Always Have Something Interesting To Say
Photo credit: Freepik / For illustrative purposes. To the graduating class of 2020: Congratulations! You’ve completed more than a dozen years of school. You’ve grown physically, psychologically, socially, emotionally and…
Br(u)no: Ladies First
Photo credit: KK / Brno Daily. My 5-year-old daughter learned at preschool that “Dámy mají přednost.” In English, that means “Ladies first”. This knowledge has prompted a small female empowerment movement in my home — and that is confusing…
Br(u)no: America Doesn’t have 13 Months. No Beer for You!
Something as simple as the calendar can cause plenty of confusion when you alternate between United States and Czech formats. Photo credit: Bruno Zalubil. One would think that a piece…
Br(u)no: The Circus is in Town
Cirkus Humberto is back in South Brno, with an amusement park beside it, a seating plan to follow the COVID-19 social distancing regulations and, apparently, the hope that the people…
Br(u)no: Close to Home
If all the world is a stage, then so is the sidewalk in front of our homes — even during a ;Photo credit: Bruno Zalubil One of the fun things about life is mixing with people and having interesting ;You ;You laugh.…
Active Brno: From Bar Team to the Real Thing
SK Maloměřice is an international team that is looking to climb up through the Czech football leagues. Photo Credit: SK Maloměřice. Question: What do England, Ireland, Serbia, Ukraine, Japan, Germany,…
Br(u)no: The Great Awakening
Photo credit: KK / Brno Daily. This week was cloudy and damp and below the seasonal average temperature. Yet, on Friday, as the rain fell throughout the morning, it still felt as though the downturn in the weather was the…
In Brief: Brno’s Mala Amerika to Host “Farmers’ Market With Facemasks” on May 16th
The market will of course be fully masked, and disinfectant will be provided for visitors. The main goal is to support small local producers, who have had to partially limit…