This building is just at the end of C/Enric Granados, so if you go and have Cup&Cake you will definitely see also this lila empty building looking for new inhabitants.
Jun 26, 2013
The lila building in Barcelona
This building is just at the end of C/Enric Granados, so if you go and have Cup&Cake you will definitely see also this lila empty building looking for new inhabitants.
Jun 23, 2013
Cup&Cake; my new favorite cafeteria in Barcelona
Cupcakes are no longer the "thing" in pastry as macarones and cake pop sticks are the newest in desserts, but I still do love them. In Spain there is no great culture of cafeterias, as they tend to have their coffees ("cortados") fast on the corner bar and with no sweets accompanying the cafe. For this reason I haven't found too many sweet cafes to enjoy a large milk coffee with some cake in beautiful surroundings. Finally yesterday I visited Cup&Cake, a beautiful and tasty cafe in the quiet, but centric street Enric Granados, 145, just before the Street Diagonal. And surely I will repeat the visit.
The place was spacious and beautifully decorated and the cupcakes + cafe were delicious! They also have a terrace where you can enjoy these sunny summer days. From 12 flavors of cupcakes my selection was Brownie. They have also some cheesecakes and sandwiches to order and all are home made with fresh products.
I warmly recommend this place if you are a fan of long coffee moments with a friend or reading a magazine. From their web page I found out they have another "Brunch&Cake" -place at the beginning of the same street. It might be also worth visiting in the brunch hour.
The place was spacious and beautifully decorated and the cupcakes + cafe were delicious! They also have a terrace where you can enjoy these sunny summer days. From 12 flavors of cupcakes my selection was Brownie. They have also some cheesecakes and sandwiches to order and all are home made with fresh products.
I warmly recommend this place if you are a fan of long coffee moments with a friend or reading a magazine. From their web page I found out they have another "Brunch&Cake" -place at the beginning of the same street. It might be also worth visiting in the brunch hour.
Cosy street of Enric Granados
Jun 19, 2013
Finally I have all Monocle 2012 issues
Yesterday I could finally complete all my Monocle 2012 Issues when I picked up a beautiful package from the post office. Why I want them all? Because in 2012 Monocle had a section called "A fresh look at the best of Spain" and throughout the year they introduced top 100 experiences from Spain under different categories; Design&Fashion, Food&Drink etc. The section was made in collaboration with Spanish tourist office and Monocle. I already had most of the issues, but as few were missing I could order them from Monocle's web shop.
A toast to this; an international publisher brings out something positive and innovative from Spain. Not only dull news about the crashing economy. Thank you for that!
I already fancied Monocle as a chic, interesting, well written magazine and now even more when saw its packaging. So well styled and branded product.
In the final issue (59) of 2012 there are Monocle's annual softie awards: a ranking of the world's top 30 softest super powers. Spain is 16th with the phrase:
"Things are not sunny in Spain these days but we love it anyway."
Indeed and I keep buying Monocle.
A toast to this; an international publisher brings out something positive and innovative from Spain. Not only dull news about the crashing economy. Thank you for that!
I already fancied Monocle as a chic, interesting, well written magazine and now even more when saw its packaging. So well styled and branded product.
In the final issue (59) of 2012 there are Monocle's annual softie awards: a ranking of the world's top 30 softest super powers. Spain is 16th with the phrase:
"Things are not sunny in Spain these days but we love it anyway."
Indeed and I keep buying Monocle.
Jun 11, 2013
More plastic "all weather" shoes
As it is not clear whether it is sunny&warm or grayish&rainy it is better to stick with plastic shoes. Brazilian brand Melissa is perfect for that. Melissa designs and makes plastic shoes from recycled plastic in Brazil. When the shoes get broken and old you can recycle them as they are made from plastic. Practical.
Melissa does lot of collaboration with different designers. I think the most successful in the past has been with Vivienne Westwood (in 2008) and this years's collaboration with Jason Wu also looks great. I was a bit disappointed to the shoes designed by Karl Lagerfeld as an ice cream on the heels was not something I was expecting from the master. Well, maybe the shoes, or plastic shoes, are not the thing for K.Lagerfeld. Quite consolidating that not everything turns to gold although great designer designs it. A curiosity is the collaboration with Angry Birds...that is strange. I don't know whether the shoes are already a history thing or they will be in the future collection, but I would be interested to know what kind of shoes they created/will create.
I love the following pics from the Melissa Magazine. They are so candy.
Melissa does lot of collaboration with different designers. I think the most successful in the past has been with Vivienne Westwood (in 2008) and this years's collaboration with Jason Wu also looks great. I was a bit disappointed to the shoes designed by Karl Lagerfeld as an ice cream on the heels was not something I was expecting from the master. Well, maybe the shoes, or plastic shoes, are not the thing for K.Lagerfeld. Quite consolidating that not everything turns to gold although great designer designs it. A curiosity is the collaboration with Angry Birds...that is strange. I don't know whether the shoes are already a history thing or they will be in the future collection, but I would be interested to know what kind of shoes they created/will create.
I love the following pics from the Melissa Magazine. They are so candy.
My favorite Melissa Trippy shoes.
Model Jean+Jason Wu is also my favorite and it has lovely colors
I can't believe these 90's bags make a return! Gosh; I should really search for my mother's white plastic beach bag, whether it would be still in condition to be used. In fashion everything really returns sooner or later.
Melissa Incense+Karl Lagerfeld's ice cream shoes
If someone got excited here is Melissa's online shop.
Jun 3, 2013
Good news and bad news
The good news are that Sami Sykkö has returned as a blogger to Helsingin sanomat. Here is the well written, funny blog (only in Finnish, sorry): Sami Sykön tyylillä.
The bad news are the actual highly embarrassing situation where one of Mariekko's designer has actually copied one piece of folk art to be her print. We are speaking copying here and it is sad and scandalous to such a design house that Marimekko pretends to be. Well it has been that the designer Kristiina Isola was "inspired by" folk art piece created in 1963 by Maria Primatšenko, a renowned Ukrainian folk art painter. The similarity is obvious. Kristiina Isola, a dotter of Maija Isola (one of the most successful designer of Marimekko), has apologized and said she didn't thought of the copyrights, she just wanted to share the lovely feeling of the original illustration. Highly dull from a designer who probably doesn't like if hers or her mothers prints would be copied. Where is the professionalism and designers pride?
The print was in Marimekko's 2008 collection, so it is not on sale anymore, except some companies as Finnair have used the print to illustrate their airplanes...uups. Finnair is about to hide the print asap from its planes. To paint the planes all white.
At the moment Marimekko and the National Museum of Ukraine, to whom the original illustration belongs, are negotiating the next step, Maria Primatšenko's niece has said he doesn't want any compensation as in Ukraine they are violating the copyrights of his grandmother all the time and no one actually cares. Marimekko has also said to continue the collaboration with Kristiina Isola, which I don't know if it is stupid or noble. Apparently there exist already a lack of ideas and honesty and maybe might be a time to retirement for Kristiina Isola. That would be my opinion.
The bad news are the actual highly embarrassing situation where one of Mariekko's designer has actually copied one piece of folk art to be her print. We are speaking copying here and it is sad and scandalous to such a design house that Marimekko pretends to be. Well it has been that the designer Kristiina Isola was "inspired by" folk art piece created in 1963 by Maria Primatšenko, a renowned Ukrainian folk art painter. The similarity is obvious. Kristiina Isola, a dotter of Maija Isola (one of the most successful designer of Marimekko), has apologized and said she didn't thought of the copyrights, she just wanted to share the lovely feeling of the original illustration. Highly dull from a designer who probably doesn't like if hers or her mothers prints would be copied. Where is the professionalism and designers pride?
The print was in Marimekko's 2008 collection, so it is not on sale anymore, except some companies as Finnair have used the print to illustrate their airplanes...uups. Finnair is about to hide the print asap from its planes. To paint the planes all white.
At the moment Marimekko and the National Museum of Ukraine, to whom the original illustration belongs, are negotiating the next step, Maria Primatšenko's niece has said he doesn't want any compensation as in Ukraine they are violating the copyrights of his grandmother all the time and no one actually cares. Marimekko has also said to continue the collaboration with Kristiina Isola, which I don't know if it is stupid or noble. Apparently there exist already a lack of ideas and honesty and maybe might be a time to retirement for Kristiina Isola. That would be my opinion.
Maria Primatšenko's "A Rat on the Road"
Kristiina Isola's "Metsänväki"
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