March 5, 2014
I’ve just come back from a lovely little weekend break to Lisbon which was great, unfortunately the weather wasn’t too great.
Thankfully the city is full of wonderfully cheerful tiles (or to use the local lingo, loads of wonderfully cheerful azulejos) on the buildings which I clearly had to phoptograph. Here is just a small selection of the countless pictures I took. All I need now is a house I can cover with those tiles, sorry, azulejos.
February 14, 2014
I don’t know how many of you know Struwwelpeter. Struwwelpeter is a collection of stories of misbehaving children and the disasterous consequences which followed. Think Grimm’s fairytales….but much Grimmer (Ha…you see what I did there!!).
Well, when I was in Frankfurt recently I stumbled upon the Struwwelpeter Museum. On 4 floors you can learn everything about Struwwelpeter, Suppen Kaspar, Hans-Guck-in-die-Luft as well as the author Heinrich Hoffmann.
As a native German of some age now, I remember these stories all too well and consequently must have been a complete angel as a child as I’m sure my parents can confirm. Ahem.
Struwwelpeter Museum
Schubertstr. 20
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49 (0)69 747969
January 6, 2014
Just because it’s Monday, here is a nice picture of a happy light switch I saw in Marrakech earlier this year. Enjoy and be happy!!!
January 4, 2014
I was lucky enough to be invited to Torino last year for a small but impressive design fair called Operae but I have to admit the main reason I wanted to go was to visit the old Lingotto Fiat factory.
Opened in 1923 it was the biggest car factory at the time but what’s most special about it is the rooftop test track. The factory itself closed in 1982 and now houses a shopping centre, a concert hall, a conference centre, a gallery and and a hotel but the track is still right there on top of the building on the 5th floor.
Below are a few more pictures of the track and the rather stunning spiral driveway which connects all the floors.
January 3, 2014
Is this possibly the coolest Pizza Place EVER?? Unfortunately it was closed so I can’t comment on the quality of the pizzas but who cares when it looks like this.
January 1, 2014
I just wanted to wish all you lovely people a very HAPPY 2014!!