Author archives: Frank

Skykitchen – enjoy a dinner high above Berl...

9. September 2015
Food, Lifestyle & More
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The andels Hotel, located in Berlin Lichtenberg in the Landsberger Allee, is probably one of the most elegant establishments in all of Berlin. Although the high-rise is characterized by its simplicity, you'll be left in awe the minute you step off the lift into the Skykitchen - a restaurant where...

The Dandy Look

8. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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Way back during the 18th and 19th century, the dandy was indeed the ideal man. The term describes a young man whose very appearance seems to drip with style and sophistication, two attributes he projects onto his entire life. Constantly eager to dress elegantly, he nevertheless shuns excessively extravagant styles....

Perfume commercials are just stylish music vi...

7. September 2015
Entertainment, Music
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Perfume commercials seem to simply drip with style and sophistication, showing us a utopian world where everything is filled with enchantment. I wish I could live in them. I want to break through the screen of my TV, enter this wonderful and fantastic universe and live my life surrounded by...

Dior and I – the most fashionable documenta...

7. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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“The secret of elegance lies in the simplicity.” – Christian Dior Dior and I Directed by: Frédéric Tcheng Starring: Raf Simons, Jennifer Lawrence, Marion Cotillard, Sharon Stone (as herself) Over and over, you hear the rustling of fabrics. The night guards say they sometimes see a shadow moving around, or hear footsteps in the...

The picturesque story of the Aztecs

4. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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The Aztecs had one of the best-developed cultures of the Mesoamerican civilisation - this was partially due to their knowledge of agriculture, architecture and astrology, but was mainly because they had the ability to capture words in pictures, painting and pictogram by using a so-called codex. Through this, they left their...

Geronimo’s last stand

3. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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By the end of the 19th century, it seemed as though the fate of the native Americans was sealed. Europeans had spread themselves throughout the whole continent, destroying nature, hunting fauna, and building whole cities and railways on their homes. The "elegant poachers" had already endured many fights, but the white...

China’s colourful mountains

3. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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Mountains usually tend to be either grey or monotone in color, but not in this case! Check out the mountains of the Zhangye Danxia National Park in China. Due to all the different kinds of sandstone that have accumulated over millions of years, the mountains are not only tall (3800m) but...

Baking bread like in the old days

2. September 2015
Food, Lifestyle & More
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Want to eat the bread they did in the days of yore, in the times before the European colonisation of the United States? Then I've got just the perfect recipe for you. You’ll need: 375 g flour 1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 375ml warm water 1 l oil Preparation time: approx. 20 minutes Resting time: approx....

The Last of the Mohicans

2. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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Author: James F. Cooper The Last of the Mohicans is an adventure novel that illustrates the battle of the British against the French, taking place on the territory now known as the United States of America. Despite it not being their battle, Native Americans fought as mercenaries amidst the British and the...

The hunters and the bear

1. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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An Indian summer: dry weather, warm temperatures, colourful leaves and blue sky. This weather phenomenon, which can only be described as beautiful, shows off the gorgeous and lovely side of autumn. Every few years, an autumn like this comes to North America. If you look at this phenomenon in a scientific...

Eight Miles High

1. September 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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Eight Miles High Directed by: Achim Bornhak Starring: Natalia Avelon, Matthias Schweighöfer, Milan Peschel They were young, they were wild, they were free ... After fleeing her boring life in Munich, young Uschi Obermaier decides to enjoy every second of the rest of her life to the fullest. Next stop: the legendary Kommune 1...

What's your totem animal?

31. August 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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Native Americans strongly believe that each and every human being has a distinct totem animal that determines their individual characteristics while giving them the power and energy of that animal. Be it a deer, otter, lynx, moose, bear or woodpecker – the Natives generally worshipped animals. Curious about what your...

Beautiful melodies by Erik Satie – the colo...

31. August 2015
Entertainment, Music
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Here we go again: colourful leaves, a slowly dissipating heat, mild weather, and drowsy rain. The world turns melancholic, but it’s a beautiful melancholy that expresses itself in the brown, yellow and red nuances that have begun to coat the forests and leaf-lined streets of Europe. Composer Erik Satie, who...

Gazing into the unknown

28. August 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (German: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer) is one of the most popular oil paintings by German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrichs. It was done in his trademark painting style, which shows a figure silhouetted against a backdrop from behind. In this painting, a man...

Odyssee - 10 years of wandering

27. August 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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I bet you know the feeling of having to wait forever for the night bus, only to then board the wrong train and ending up on the wrong side of the city. It’s when a simple journey home transforms into an odyssey. However, that’s nothing compared to the original story...

The beautiful sea behind glass

27. August 2015
City Life, Art, Design and Culture, Lifestyle & More
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The Okinawa-Churaumi-Aquarium (Japanese: Beautiful Sea Aquarium) is one of the most spectacular aquariums in the world. Approximately 2 million visitors are drawn into its realms annually, and it's one of the most modern aquariums in the world, showcasing 77 tanks including a reef tank and deep-sea basin. However, one tank really...

Berlin’s extraordinary sushi places

26. August 2015
Food, Lifestyle & More
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Sushi is a culinary specialty known to any gourmet. However, good sushi is scarce in Berlin. Nevertheless, I've managed to rustle up three sushi restaurants, and they should bring a smile to the faces of even the most demanding sushi critics. Aiko Sushi & Grillrestaurant Here, sushi is personally handcrafted and...

Lovecraft’s disgusting parallel worlds

26. August 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die." These are the words that Howard Phillips Lovecraft, one of the most important horror authors of the 20th century, set down in his version of the myth of Cthulhu. During his lifetime, he was a marginally successful...

Monsters of the deep

25. August 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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The ocean is a place that's dark, creepy and unexplored. However, compared to the gigantic monstrosities that roamed its depth millions of years ago, today's deep-sea marine creatures seem relatively harmless. An adult man would have been but a mere snack to the monsters of old. Here is a short...

A storm is coming...

25. August 2015
Entertainment, Games
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If you've got a particular fondness for realistic first-person shooters, I would definitely recommend you to check out the sequel to Red Orchestra, Rising Storm. Trust me, it’s a real. While in the original version you find yourself in the Battle of Stalingrad, in Rising Storm you'll be fighting in...

The Call of the Wretched Sea

24. August 2015
Entertainment, Music
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You might know of ol' Ahab as the the captain in Herman Neville’s Moby Dick, but it's also the name of a doom-metal band. Ahab's first album, titled The Call Of The Wretched Sea, is a concert album too amazing to describe. The tracks on the album tell a story about a...

Reaching Pluto

31. July 2015
Lifestyle & More, Other Stories
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A journey that took 9 years, and all for a couple of photographs? This would be mighty strange, if it weren’t for the value of those specific pictures. Ever thought about venturing to the edge of our solar system to capture the beauty of Pluto? NASA probe New Horizon flew the 12,000km...

Luncheon on the grass

31. July 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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In 1865, French painter Claude Monet began work on a painting, known as Luncheon on the grass, which later went down in art history. It was initially intended as a response to Édouard Manet's eponymous painting, which had been published two years prior. As opposed to Manet, Monet tried to create a...

The Octopus Umbrella

28. July 2015
Art, Design and Culture, Lifestyle & More
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You've probably heard of Kraken Rum by now, but did you also know that the company sells more than just alcoholic beverages? Clothing items and accessories are also available! Expect towels, hoodies, t-shirts and… hold on to your horses: an octopus umbrella. Imagine looking up at the bottom side of a...
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