What an adventurous Project: This Spring Tomas Oschwald will attempt to paddle from his home in Mollis, Switzerland to the Atlantic Ocean – and back. 5000 km in total! The route which he chose, allows him to paddle the full tour on his SUP without leaving the water (exception: watergates, embankments, sleeping and getting food)…
As a photographer, Thomas will realize an impressive documentation of his trip: with self created equipment such as remote controlled tripods and a cable-car tracking system, he will shoot fascinating pictures, which can be followed live on the internet www.surfline.ch
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I’m on the mailing list of hapakitchen and today I got an invitation for a dinner with authentic East-West flair at Milk Bar in Brooklyn. Cathy Erway, former writer of the blog Not eating out in New York, partnered with Milk Bar, a cafe in Prospect Heights, on a tasty dinner menu after its normal operating hours. What a pity that I’m in Zurich… but for all the lucky ones with the chance being in NY check it out: this Wednesday, May 4th from 7-9pm, Cathy will be serving up steamed bun with three types of “sliders” inside, with beef, chicken and pork. Homemade pickles with seasonal vegetables and crisp lotus chips on the side. The night will begin with fresh oysters from their friends at Long Island’s Blue Moon Fish, and finish with a matcha green tea milkshake to wash it all down. It’s 25$ for the 3-course prix fixe. Hmmm.
Cathy’s interesting projects and a lot of nice recipes:
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After a long day strolling through Ventura Lambrate, a new Salone Milano Design Area, there is nothing better than a sign promising “fresh pies + coffee + hot butt”. The adorable Public Pie Team from the Netherlands was baking pies and filled the air with a wonderful smell of apples baking. The concept is simple and clever: their mobile bakery consists of a wooden bench on a Furnace. While the little apple tarts bake in the oven the customers sit on the wooden bench which is warm from the heat of the furnaces. Delicious.
Wonderful places, beautiful shops and delicious food: a perfect spot to spend some exciting days.
Ristauranti:
verger
ubarba
cantina della vetra
paneacqua
Shops:
buttero | beautiful leather goods
asaplab | asap= as sustainable as possible
10a | just watch the video
10corsocomo | design shop restaurant gallery
anteprima | a japanese designer in italy
ossanaorlandi | an oasis in the middle of the city and a must during Salone del Mobile
I got new vintage elements from NY and designed a small collection of limited jewelry. I’m very proud that my necklaces will be available at the Tatjane Showroom in Zurich. Hope to see you there!
After a year and with her second wonderful collection, Tatjana Kotoric opens her first showroom and shop for her label Tatjane in Zurich’s Seefeld. As of March 31, 2011 the Tatjane collection and selected design pieces will be available there Thursday through Saturday.
You are very welcome to the opening apéro on March 3o, 2011 from 17.00 o’clock at Holbeinstrasse 35 in 8008 Zurich.
Please register with this link www.tatjane.ch/event.
ilmia is soon available at magazin.com! For this great event Christian Gafner invented the unibody-box ®. An innovative box with 30% less material thus they are 30% smaller than the old boxes. The concept is so clever that there is no need of adhesives. The sides are sloping thereby more stackable and tangible and at the same time extremely robust. There is no more need for extra wrapping paper because the shoes lay in separate chambers. These cool boxes are produced in Switzerland, precisely in Scheuren (in the middle of nowhere) by Glanzmann AG.
The swiss based karpet team is traveling all over Kirgistan to find these beautiful handmade felt carpets called Shyrdaks. After a thousand-year-old tradition they are created by nomadic women and fascinate with its unique beauty and tactile sense. The symbols and colors tell the story of the Origin of each Shyrdak and characterizes the personal style of the creator. A carpet is produced by the entire community during a whole year. From manufacturing the single thread through cutting the ornaments, every detail is handmade.
Karpet invites you to the finissage of their exhibition at Pfistergassoptik in Lucern. Thursday 17th march, Pfistergasse 29 from 18-22.
A NY store brimful of vintage jewelry and a free morning to have a good look around and create designs. At the end, Tracie helps me set everything and I left the store with a small and beautiful collection of chains…I sold them all in Leipzig but I now have my own atelier and design them here in Zurich. If you are interested please feel free to contact me! things@leamontini.ch