Ivy Kempten (allgaeu) Brothel ❤️

About Cologne

Okay, real talk—brothels been around foreva, right? Like, ancient Rome had ‘em, called lupanars—wild, huh? Little known fact: them workers had nicknames, sassy ones too! Made me giggle, thinkin’ ‘bout “Saucy Livia” or somethin’. They were hustlin’, makin’ coin, but damn, society judgin’ ‘em hard. Pisses me off—let ‘em live, y’all! Who’s hurtin’ who? Ugh, the hypocrisy kills me!

Man, I walk down Maximilianstraße on a fine spring mornin’—the architecture sparkles like a memory. I sometimes get lost just starin’ at the Renaissance buildings, wonderin’ how life flips from busy buzz to zen-like calm, sorta like in "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring" when the seasons change all smooth-like. “The leaves, they carry our secrets,” I joke, like Kim Ki-duk’s vibe.

Where Chefs Go: Oberallgäu, Germany