st. patrick's day ~ 2015 + 2024 ~ cheers :-)

munich celebrates with irish people st. patrick's day / st. patty's day with a parade, music and beer. a nice example for 'to live and let live' in the streets of munich ... and yes, the winner is guinness 🍺

well, the last st. patrick's feast i've joined was in pittsburgh in 2011, probably the one and only day in pennsylvania where it is allowed to drink alcohol in the streets 😇

pittsburgh, march 2011

pittsburgh, march 2011

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green river in chicago? it is funny, but omg, poor fish + nature ... source here

munich today (march 2015):

crazy guiness ...

munich, march 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

munich, march 2015

 

 st. augustinus watched over me in the augustiner pub at the dome

addendum 17.03.2024: few more pictures from this year's parade 😃

more pictures here.

tollwood

what a nice evening with the best of all wives @ the tollwood festival in olympiapark / munich tonight :-)

well we didn't make any pictures this time, so lets show you pictures from our visit 2010 at this twice a year held festival. what kind of festival? hippie / esoteric / multicultural / ethnic + organic food / music / fun + joy + understanding all over the place / etc. of course, we will go there one or two times more until it is over. btw, if you go there, please don't forget to visit the marrakech tent and drink at least one moroccan mint tee, my pretty cousin sells that stuff and she needs some activity through the day, you know? please don't tell her i've sent you there, because as tired as she usually finishes her day she would hate me then :-)

curiously, there are often many, many orbs at tolwood, you know?

eof

ludwig beck ~ AGM

folks, ludwig beck is completely different than all my other portfolio positions, you know? to be honest, i have invested few €uros 2 years ago only because a friend of mine told me that i should not invest all of my money into the mining business and should look at local bavarian companies as well, especially those with such a great food at their AGMs :-) .... of course, the hilton hotel service is quite fine ... anyway, i don't like these (old people) storm in order to be the first or at least the second at the buffet table and yes, for me it is a really expensive lunch as i have to invest approximately 3 hours of my working time to attend, hmmmm ... so lets tell ya few investment issues from the AGM on last tuesday:

• fashion, fashion, fashion retailer in the very centre of munich, next to the town hall
• 2011 was both the year of the 150 anniversary and most successful year ever:
• ~ 100m sales, ~ 10 m profit, ~ 500 employees, ~ 2,100 shareholders, better stock price performance than german prime index DAX in the last 5 years or so, increased dividend, succeed to purchase next 17% of their prime location realty for 10m and now owning 67% of the whole building .... and yes, the two 70 years old owners of the remaining stake agreed to donate all of that to the company after their deaths => what a year, isn't it?
• as usuall, all shareholders got a 10% bonus card (and a bus service from AGM to the shop) as a smart giveaway  => lets hope many shareholders utilized the chance to visit and shop at their company ;-)
• did you know that even fashion / cosmetics / music retail business in heart of munich is a real globalization issue? why? foreigners account for 22% of ludwig beck's revenues and still increase their share (especially russians and arabic countries customers)
• don't expect any real growth besides the newly re-commenced online business as they have sold even the last shop which was not inside or 'next door' the main building and thus finally ended their burdensome expansion period 
• etc

my dear, lets show ya the best numbers out of the whole annual report ... just kidding, lets see the best picture instead ;-)

(found also in the internet here / source)

what about the last year's event? here we go ;-)