Campo Grande. Bangalore. Cleebourg. One cloudless Monday, three windows lit up on a screen: Ismar (64) in Brazil, Ritesh (29) in India, and the Mayor hosting from a rain-polished corner of eastern France. What followed felt less like a meeting and more like a long lunch with smart friends—curious, candid, and wonderfully human. The topic…
Grey Skies, Bright Conversations We were live on a windy, rainy morning — the kind of northern European weather that makes you reach for another cup of coffee and wonder why the sun has forgotten you. I was in my office in Cleebourg, France; Ralf was at home in northern Germany. Between us lay 700…
Johannesburg. Adelaide. São Paulo. Cleebourg.Four screens glow in three time zones. It’s Thursday again — time for the Brida Lunch with Janita & Frank. A ritual stitched together by humour, accents, and the strange intimacy of online friendship. Today’s topic: joy and meaning in life. Janita — “Frootloop” to the others — hosts from a…
There’s a certain light to a weekday morning in Europe—the kind that finds you through kitchen blinds and over the rim of a first coffee. Today that light falls on Kassel, where Martin is laughing about a friend’s visit, and on Cleebourg, where Frank is nursing a cup that a single bad bean tried (and…
Brida is really a place for everyone! We even have our very own dedicated space for pets – “Chez Noisette”. But why is this relevant to our residents? After watching my pets and son play and after some mysterious and wonderful experiences I have had with pets, I have come to realize. They give some…
Mayor’s reflections during his current stay in hospital. 🏥 What if Brida Were a Hospital? A diagnostic guide for human-centred language care. The Quiet Pulse of Care/Hospitals have: a particular kind of music. The soft rhythm of footsteps on linoleum. The rustle of scrubs. The steady beep of monitors tracing invisible life. Beneath it all…
The Four Seasons of Life From Seoul to São Paulo, from London to Cleebourg and Johannesburg — five voices gather around one virtual table. The result? A conversation that flows like time itself: warm, reflective, and beautifully human. A Global Lunch Becomes a Meditation on Living It started like so many Pineapple moments do —…
What defines a life? The quiet routines we take for granted… or the moments when everything shatters and forces us to rebuild? In this episode of Peeling Potatoes, Janita and Frank strip back the layers of their own histories. One was betrayed at 25, the other floored by a heart attack at 55. Both discovered…
A Story of Love, Letters, and the Quiet Revolution of Modern Romance In a world obsessed with instant messages and midnight cake-cuttings, Ritesh’s story is a gentle rebellion — one wrapped in silk, sealed with a handwritten letter, and scented faintly of nostalgia. What begins as an ordinary birthday soon unfurls into something far deeper…
