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For the love of travel

Adriana — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:43:46 +0000

As many of us who like our travels to be a personal and original experience, Maria Martinez discovered that recommendations by word-of-mouth from friends and fellow travellers often hit the spot much better than those from traditional paper travel guides. So she, along with Blat and Manuel Muñoz, decided to create iwannagothere.com, a new site which brings people together to exchange travel tips, experiences and gather information to plan their next trip.

I do a lot of travel research on the web and on iwannagothere.com I find it particularly helpful that you can cross-reference the recommendations and the profile of the people writing them – you can see other places they have been to and liked. This way you can check if they are genuine and find the best match for your interests and tastes.

They also have a growing team of local contributors willing to share their gems and help you to stay away from tourist traps.

I’ll be posting on Sao Paulo soon.

Rojo’s new site and online art-store

Adriana — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:02:15 +0000

What a pleasure to see Rojo’s new website. Rojo is a creative consortium supporting contemporary/urban art through the publishing of magazines, books and more recently through a network of exhibitions spaces in 22 cities across the globe.

They have just launched a brand new website, beautiful, simple and easy to navigate – which is not such an obvious thing when it comes to design/art themed sites.

The main new addition is the Artstore where you can buy unique pieces from the likes of Boris Hoppek , Bruno 9Li (below), Sosaku Miyazak, Michel Ducourneau and Heiko Mueller online. Prices range from around 650 to 5000 euros.

I’m seriously tempted by a couple of pieces. I wouldn’t do it just as an investment, but if you are into that there must be advantages over keeping you savings in the bank.

First praise – addictive vinyl

Adriana — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:48:16 +0000

“What does Smupf stand for?” – I ask Mamuso, who just gave birth to Spain’s coolest online shop for vinyl and designer toys. “It’s the noise cuddly toys make when you squeeze them, according to my nice…” – he answers.

That says it all – these are toys you will want to squeeze and bite (but won’t). These are for staring at, rearranging and showing off. Getting one won’t do. You will crave for more.

There, my first post had to be a heartfelt praise.