Romero Britto arrived in Berlin again to present his latest paintings in the Automobil Forum Unter den Linden. Focused solely in Britto’s art, and tagged as the largest exhibition of his work, the show contained approximately 50 pictures in various styles and sizes. Additionally, a Britto-styled Bentley (Continental GT) was unveiled. This unique car will be auctioned for a MS fund in November, already bids are in from all over the world - including Dubai.
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Berlin - Essen & Trinken - Restaurants - Japanisch & Sushi
Nachdem ich das erste Mal eher durch Zufall auf den Sushi Circle gestoßen bin, finde ich seitdem immer wieder den Weg dorthin.
Sushi “all you can eat” zu einem fairen Preis, Getränke sind ebenfalls erschwinglich - was will man mehr?
Die Qualität der Speisen ist gut, und in der Regel wird das Angebot schön variiert. Zwischendurch gibt es mal immer wieder einen Schwung der gleichen Sorte, aber gegebenenfalls kann man auch einfach mal nach einem bestimmten Sushi fragen. Oder nach dem Nachtisch, wenn gerade nichts passendes herumfährt.
Die Servicekräfte sind immer nett und freundlich, aber nicht die Schnellsten. Gegen Abend kann das Restaurant recht voll werden, dann wird es schwer einen Platz direkt am Laufband zu finden.
Insgesamt eine Empfehlung, und die beste Zweigstelle von den Sushi Circlen in Berlin die ich kenne (am Potsdamer Platz gibt es kein All You Can Eat, bei der Französischen Straße ist die Abwechselung nicht so gut).
Nah hab den Nächsten ich nicht gerne:
Fort mit ihm in die Höh und Ferne!
Wie würd er sonst zu meinem Sterne?
…was man morgens auf dem Weg zur Arbeit eben so liest.
when the airline of your choice plays Christmas songs during boarding. And the girl in the row behind you hums along to “Do they know it’s Christmas”.
So cool.
And another update, on location: Dubai airport has both a Starbucks (Terminal 3 at least) and free WiFi. The connection could be faster, but it’s much better than nothing!
Edit: Vienna also has a Starbucks & WiFi. Although it seems like they do not support SSL connections, and the Starbucks is playing christmas music… But they ARE serving free trials of gingerbread coffee. Tastes odd.
Both offer nice seating and provide a good place to stay for a while.
Starbucks & WiFi
Ah, another publication of sorts, but this time in a field I never expected to have any…
In July, I received a mail from Schmap regarding one of my pictures on Flickr. They wanted to include it in their upcoming edition of their guide to Cologne, and placed me on their shortlist. I played around with HDR at that time, and, frankly, I find my other pictures of the Cologne cathedral more appealing. But the colorful window looks natural, while the other images seem a bit artificial. Which is (at least for me) one of the charms of HDR.
Anyway, I accepted their offer. No payment, but hey, I don’t photograph for a living and had nothing to loose… I was shortlisted, and that tickled my pride.
Now it’s official: the Schmap guide for Colone DOES include my picture. And I think the entire idea behind Schmap is pretty good. You can have maps, guides, tips, images - even on the iPhone/iPod. Very neat, check it out.
Oh, and here are the links to the Cologne cathedral, for the PC, and the iPhone version.
Have you ever wondered what you would look like in the world of Springfield? Well, wonder no more. Thanks to “Simpsonize Me“, you can now find out how you look in yellow.
To clarify this now: the site is not some personality test, that checks which character you are. There are other sites for this (on a related note, my Firefly character is Simon Tam; who whould have thought).
Admittedly, this page has probably been blogged a hundred time or more. Sometime I am just too slow to catch up.
All you have to do, is upload a photo (frontal shot in color) to the site, answer a few questions, and then tweak the result.
Ok, honestly, you could save yourself the photo upload. I guess the base for every person is the same, and there are a limited number of aspects you can change (hair, eyebrows, ears, and so on).
I also had to resort to some create image manipulation. Or not so creative. The site simply does not let you choose the beard color. At least I have not found that option.
In the end, you can end up with pretty… uh… interesting results. Well, at least my simpsonized characters has some resemblance to me. So go check it out, and have a laugh.
Mh, this will be a really useless post. I have been traveling a bit lately, and a colleague of mine is always asking me how the Starbucks at various airports is like (and if they have free WiFi - although I think the free-WiFi-at-Starbucks is a myth). So, here we go, the first entries in this list are:
Berlin Tegel (TXL): no free WiFi, nice seating, could be cleaner; relatively quiet, but you can not hear the announcements well. Power for laptops in the rear section.
Munich FJS (MUC): no free WiFi, no seating - just a counter, and then you can sit on one of the waiting benches. Yuck.
Dusseldorf (DUS): no free WiFi, very nice seating, very clean, quiet; my favourite so far. Too few power plugs.
…and here is room for more Starbucks information. Or any other coffee branch (McCafe, if need be).
News from Joss Whedon, the creative head behind several Buffy episodes, Firefly (”the most cancelled show on TV”), and Serenity - a movie I could watch over and over again… especially the River fight scenes… but I digress.
Joss brings us “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog“. Starring Neil Patrick Harris (a.k.a. Doogie Howser) as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion (yes, Malcolm Reynolds) as Captain Rey… er… Hammer, and Felicia Day (Buffy’s Vi) as Penny.
The story (without telling too much) is typically Whedon, so to speak. Dr. Horrible wants to enter the League of evil superheroes, led by Bad Horse — there, you have it. To fulfil his plans, he has to beat his arch nemesis Captain Hammer, who also happens to have caught the eye of Penny. Now Penny is the secret love interest of Dr. Horrible, giving him even more reason to hate (and kill) Captain Hammer.
As the title suggests, there is some singing involved. The music is not too cheesy, and, sorry, not too catchy. But the acting and direction is great. And you can be sure there is a twist at the end.
The first three episodes will be available for free, although the download will be taken down soon. Of course the acts are only available in the US. Pscha! Anyway, enjoy it while it lasts.
Ah, it’s art time again. I missed the first Popart (silly me), but I received an invitation for the opening of the second exhibition: Popart 2. What can you expect? Well, 15 artists from 8 countries. Or vice versa.
Who is showing pieces there? Certainly Romero Britto, plus Guldenstern, John Suchy, Luigi Rocca, Plusminus Produkties, Gerstein, Lisa Grubb, and many more. Check the full text for images and more info on the exhibition. Read the rest of this entry »
