Marilyn Monroe … still a legend and still a Hollywood star nobody forgets. From December 22th, 2011 to February 26th, 2012 an exhibition called ‘Marilyn: Intimacy’ at the ‘Novomatic Forum’ in Vienna shows devotional objects of Marilyn Monroe for the first time in Austria. Until today the memories of Marilyn Monroe are kept alive by her fans, one of them is the German collector Ted Stampfer. He has been a fan of Marilyn since he is ten years old. He

In October 2011 we met with Alex Obermayr from Tedx Vienna as we preparing the program for the Global Social Business Summit which took place in November 2011 in Vienna. To be honest, Tedx was new to us and as we spoke with Alex we asked him if he would be interested in doing an interview on our blog. Great guy and full with ideas … Tedx came much more closer to us when we interviewed him … Please try

Vienna is known for many things, from the famous Schloss Schönbrunn, the Vienna State Opera House, the numerous historical and classical highlights but also for its ball season. The official ball season in Vienna starts beginning of November and the last ball we discovered takes place beginning of July. In general one can say that the majority of balls take place from January-April … we counted over 40 balls which take place in 2012. Next to the classical and famous

It has a history since 1990/1991, the ‘Silvesterpfad’, fairly translated New Years Eve trail or lane. The city center of Vienna is transformed into a partly ‘oversized’ open air party platform with a varicolored music- and show program from traditional music, pop, rock, blues, funk & soul and electronic beats. The program already starts in the late afternoon on December 31st and ends between 02.00 and 04.00 hours on January 01st. It is supported by the most well known radio

Does the site/blog ‘Viennarama’ just promote the city of Vienna? What is ‘Viennarama’? How did the name come up? A few questions we asked Ms. Hannah Poppenwimmer, the founder of ‘Viennarama’ in a special interview. We came across her blog due to the fact that we researched which sites and blogs do reflect the city of Vienna, its highlights, its events, the ‘Vienna in-crowd’ … read the story … 1. Please try to describe yourself in just 5 words! Determined, enthusiastic,

After having organized 8 successful vodka nights in 2010 and 2011 with famous national and international brands we decided to have the 1st ‘Vienna NYE Vodka Night@Drings’ on 31.12.2011 … with different brands and a unique ‘menu’, full with ‘vodka starters’, ‘entrées’, ‘vodka main courses’ and of course ‘vodka desserts’. A trendy bar with trendy people, trendy music and great deco, before entering your favorite club later in the night this is a great ‘NYE starter’ … We would be

Adam Groffman of the new travel site www.wimdu.co.uk approached us via mail a couple of weeks ago and asked us if we were interested in a partnership. We looked at this site and asked him if he would also be available for an interview on our blog. His answer was positive … 1. Please try to describe yourself in just 5 words Interesting traveller; social media fan! 2. Tell us about the travel site www.wimdu.co.uk and when it all started…

Walking through the various shopping streets in Vienna as of mid November gives you the feeling of a being in a ‘glitzy’ Vienna. Every year the different shopping areas of the city try to exceed themselves when it comes to the Christmas lighting and decoration. Festive and modern breathtaking lighting concepts are seen throughout the city … But not only shopping streets and malls try to ‘show-off’ with their lighting, also hotels do … like The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury

Sometimes we come across ‚food freaks‘ that also operate a blog … as this does not happen so often we immediately act and invite these bloggers for an interview on our blog. A few weeks ago we discovered Raffaela of the blog ‘culinariumaustriacum’. She worked for Nestlé and spends a lot of time on food … testing, exploring, eating … discovering new trends and of course post these on her blog. We asked her for an interview … read the

Boutique and design hotels are still a hot trend in hospitality. Guests do search constantly for that unique hotel, either by design or by size, either as it is run by Bulgari, Missoni or Armani, either by the number of good reviews, either by the fact that these hotels offer facilities, services and special events that larger chain hotels do not offer. From 2 stars to 5 stars, these boutique or design hotels provide their guests with the ultimate experience.