As we always do write about interesting and upcoming fashion & music events which take place in Vienna or near Vienna, we thought writing about the current RUN VIE – Festival for Urban Art & Music is a real must. This music event took place for the first time in October 2009 and has developed itself within the festival industry in the past 2 years. The overall goal of this festival is to bring innovative artists and musicians to Vienna

Last week we met with Hardy Egger, CEO & owner of Lifestyle Hotels, a hotel platform based in Graz, Austria featuring more than 118 stylish hotels in over 88 hot spots throughout the globe. As we joined Lifestyle Hotels with The Ring, Vienna’s Casual Luxury Hotel and Lake´s – my lake hotel & spa we thought it would be a good idea to interview him, as his platform is not just a hotel booking platform like the ones we know

Temperatures go up, what do you do? Turn on the air conditioning in your car, your room or at home? Find a place in the shade? Why not buy yourself a hand-held fan? Originally fans (flat and folding fans) arrived from East Asia to Europe in the 17th century. You can see them displayed in portraits of royalties and high-society women. A fan is used to create an air flow for the purpose of cooling or refreshing oneself. They seem

This week we dedicate our part ‘Interview’ to the founders of NELOU. Why? Because we like the idea of creating a ‘fashion village’ and because they focus on Austrian designers, giving them the opportunity to position themselves and their products via the platform www.nelou.com. How did we get in touch with them? They were one of our partners at the Lake’s Fashion Days this year and did bring us some great designers. As they are very creative which you will

“Upside down you turn me” is the title of an unusual photo shooting session which was currently held for the local magazine Name It for their August/September issue. Producer Susanne Gosch picked The Ring, Vienna´s Casual Luxury Hotel as main location next to Morisson Club and Szene Wien, photographer Julia Spicker and the entire styling team was more than happy … we as well as we did receive some great photos and again also showed that The Ring, Vienna´s Casual Luxury Hotel

After having started with our new initiative “Interviews” on our blog in February 2009, today we counted the number of interview postings on our blog … 56 in total, a lot if you ask us. As of today we decided to re-think this initiative and introduce the person we interview a bit more in detail. This week we gave Robert Kropf of the blogazine www.insiderei.com the opportunity to introduce himself as well as his “blogazine” on our blog. How did

What’s in a name? We have been told that BBQ is ‘in’ in Austria, hence we have decided to dedicate a posting to this term, trying to explain what it in general implies, what types of cooking techniques there are and what kind of events are being held in Austria to further ‘hype’ this type of cooking. Barbacoa Traditional barbacoa involves digging a hole in the ground and placing some meat with a pot underneath it, so that the juices

1. Who are you? My name is Claudio Meli, GM @ J.K. Place Firenze (www.jkplace.com). I am 100% Florentine, I love my city and my region TOSCANA! Great culture treasures, excellent food and wines, fantastic landscapes, very charismatic people. 2. What do you like about what you do? Every day I can meet new people, welcome our Guests as in my private home with our superb staff and pamper every Guest with best attentions and very good suggestions, as I

Cocktails, chilly music, a beach to put your feet in the sand, people-watching, is that possible in and around Vienna? Yes it is, we visited the 4 most popular ‘beach clubs’ in and around Vienna for you. The biggest ‘beach club’ is ‘Sand in the City’, it is located directly in the city center and open from April until September. This beach club offers next to a big sand area several smaller bars & restaurants, good music, a great beach

Vienna is getting closer to cities like London, Barcelona or Berlin this year in September. With ‘Waves Vienna’ the city of Vienna is getting its first Club Festival. From September 28th until October 2nd the most important clubs like ‘Flex’, ‘Badeschiff’, ‘Fluc’ and ‘Pratersauna’, a few special off-side locations as well as some public spaces in Vienna ‘get together’ to build the base for this festival. The slogan of ‘Waves Vienna 2011’ is ‘East meets West’ … around the 2nd