Pancake Princess in Paris
26-11-2010
Two weeks ago a pancake house for real princesses opened in the Marais district in Paris. The Princess Crèpe restaurant is designed so that you feel like you’re in a princess fairytale. At Princess Crèpe restaurant serves pancakes, but also other sweets like ice cream and pastries.
Barbecoa by Jamie Oliver
25-11-2010
Jamie Oliver’s latest restaurant is called Barbecoa. For this barbecue restaurant Oliver teeamed up with the American chef Adam Perry. The restaurant has its own butcher, where consumers can buy their meat.
Happy Pills
24-11-2010
Spotted in Barcelona: Happy Pills. A design candy shop with a hospital theme. There are ‘drugs’ against a broken heart, problems at work and friendships to recover.
Pier Paris Beer
23-11-2010
The new gift bottle by Grolsch focuses specifically on women. On the limited edition bottle are two toatsing, glamorous women with the line ‘to 2011’. The bottle was designed by the Dutch fashion illustrator Piet Paris. In 2009 Paris already designed a coaster. The bottle of 1.5 liters is for sale for € 12.95.
Dining with the dogs
23-11-2010
Through the website of Dining With Dogs, people can see what restaurants ‘dog friendly ‘. It is also possible to leave a review. People can share their opinion with other dog lovers on Facebook and other social networks. Currently there are restaurants on the website in New York, Chicago, California, Arizona and Florida.
Secret pop-up restaurant in Italy
23-11-2010
In the streets of the Italian city of Ferrara a special pop-up restaurant concept is offered. The location of the restaurant is sent by text right before the dinner. Persons who have registered in advance receive a message with clues to the right location. Each course of the dinner is offered in a different venue, guests will receive instructions to the next location after each course. The ‘street dinners costs € 60,=.
Slepping at the Wadden Sea
22-11-2010
Staying in a self-sufficient and energy-neutral capsule floating on the mudflats is the new attraction in Friesland, The Netherlands. The construction of the capsule will start within two months and will be in the Waddensea in 2012. The capsule can accommodate up to four people and aboard the floater guests van cook, shower, sleep and eat. With this float technicians want people to feel the of the Wadden.
Crowdfunded fashionlabel
22-11-2010
On websites www.fashionstake.com and www.catwalkgenius.com fashion lovers can invest in upcoming fashion labels for a minimum of € 10, = Shareholders receive a few percent of the profits. Shareholders can market ‘their’ brand on Facebook and Twitter, this structure is called Crowd Funding.
Sustainable 4-star hotel
21-11-2010
Near trainstation Amstel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands a durable four-star hotel will be build. The hotel will have twenty floors and a total of 300 rooms. Designstudios Paul de Ruiter and Mulderblauw take the utmost account of the environment by sustainable use of energy, water, waste and materials. The hotel will get a smart facade that responds to the outdoor climate, heat loss and possible overheating by the sun. The hotel will also generate energy with biomass that comes from the hotel.
Porn in a cup
21-11-2010
The Pulp and The Coffee Bean offers a cup of coffee which contains ten times the standard amount of espresso. The coffee should not be sold to people over forty years or hart failure and is described as ‘porn in a cup’. The drink is called “Dieci”, Italian for the number ten.