Pri Levu, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Pri Levu - a very nice, demi-poshy restaurant, becoming to the hotel, to which amenities' it belongs. Lion, the king.

Petra Glinšek - project leader at Enki, the communications agency, from Šiška and soon back to Šiška, used to work for TV Paprika and Obsešen, soon becoming a legal driver on Slovenian roads, has absolutely gorgeous 1 year old son, regularly immersing in the world of creativity and here and there spending time in the fortress of irrationality. A lady. My wife.

Asian delights. Content++. Form+++

Tartuf, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tartuf - basement Italian style restaurant in the midst of Savska sleeping hood, next to bunch of faculties and University Incubator. Serving mostly students, yet with taste. Recommended, but don't be in a hurry.

Urška Simčič - Sales and Marketing lady at Calypso Crystal, from Gorica side of Slovenia, grew up near Doblar hydro plant, not related to Simčič the winemakers, she used to sell monthly public transport tickets, was waitress and croupier in Park Casino Gorica, wrote for Primorske Novice, recently finished Cotrugli MBA, organizer at TEDxLjubljana, is maniacal about wild berries and wild hops, reads about Paleo recipies, attends VIP events at Kiberpipa and will one day go from start-up to start-up in a sustainable direction. Al-l Gore in.

Matej Kurent - entrepreneur and investor, recently founder of Calypso Crystal, Ljubljana citizen forever, his father cooked for Tito on Brijuni islands, started his career with programming and computer games business, had first reality show Poglej Me, worked also for POP TV, Mobitel, MTV Adria and was involved in many, many other things, has 2 kids giving him another handful of joy and Mars-landing-type of responsibility every day, currently reads Webber's Art of The Grill and would with unlimited resources just speed up what he is already doing. Bling bling.

Aleš Ruter - Sales and Marketing at Calypso Crystal, born and raised in Ravne na Koroškem, used to work at Finance and attended one of IBM Impact events in Las Vegas, now Calypso team just launched Calypso Case investment fund raising campaign, belongs to Nikon photographers' camp, publishing details on his MindTheDetail blog, reads mostly online GQ, Wired and similar and will one day have a finest restaurant on each continent. Bot not Al-l Gore green.

Tartuf is tucketed away in the blanket of flat-highrise shadow ... among the tallest until WTC and Kristalna opened.

Sokol, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Gostilna Sokol - perfect location for attracting tourists in Ljubljana old town, yet they are in for a treat - local cuisine included. Recommended.

Benjamin Dobnikar - physics student and entrepreneur, from Komenda, not related to Aleš Dobnikar, as physics study is almost done, he is about to start MBA at Cotrugli, co-founded Spletni Prijatelj, was recently in Sarajevo, read about wartime on Wikipedia, but Ratko Mladic was not yet captured at that time, rooted his Galaxy with Gingerbread, but does not recommend others to do it - yet, is reading Orwell's 1984 and professional articles on the web, Southpark fan, started running career with full marathon in sight and had a rather strenuous experience in Radenci, was part of BEST MacGyver contest and if no barres held, he would make significant impact by finishing fusion research as he is already ardent proponent of nuclear energy.

Many old houses in Ljubljana old town are vacant - it can be seen by dark windows in evening hours. Also confirmed by notorious prof.Suhadolc. Many times it seems to be too complicated to sell or invest and rent. Should it be forced?

Skok Šport, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Skok Šport - a great place on river Sava banks for picnics and learning kayaking and rafting. Close to professional world-championship-grade kayak slalom course.

Robert Blatnik - Business Development Manager for GTS at IBM in CEE, achieving personal satisfaction by actually helping customers find valuable solutions, grew up in Drska part of Novo Mesto, while there actually is a village called Blatnik where all the Blatniks are coming from, used to work for SRC, delivering important stuff, wrote first green screen exam enrolment system for students at FRI, helps running Ustvarjalna Vzgoja website with his wife, who also appeared on S12, enjoying family life with 2 kids, used to play tennis and basketball until knee injury, reading Solution Selling and Sleeping Beauty, embarked on spiritual growth path due to gentle push by his wife and years in general (sounds family-ar), no strings attached, he would have family first, promote Creative Upbringing and other things worth spreading (so TED-ish), while here and there re-listening to John Lennon's Working Class Hero. "They hate if you're clever" - John.

Atol's picnic and Atol's mission. No picnic.

Šišenski zvon, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Šišenski zvon a.k.a. Majolka - the last reincarnation of this restaurant spot that does not seem to persevere in any given form very long. Trial and error. Come and see. Taste and go.

Manca Razboršek - HR Manager at Bioiks, part of Finiks group with 400+ employees, mainly supplier for Gambro, grew up in Šentvid part of Ljubljana, moved to Pirniče, Vrhnike and now back in Ljubljana, grandfather Drago Razboršek was an important figure at Šentjakobsko theater, FDV graduate, worked for Axismundi, Bureau Veritas and Adecco, has theater in her blood, used to act in Teater Šentviški under Lojze Gerden supervision, reading Pleiadean workbook, does not believe in coincidence, operates Soul Healing website including Aurasoma practice and will one day put all her energy and focus into discovering a third platform, of which a glimpse is given to us by quantum entanglement. "Spooky" - Einstein.

Very old posters in the toilet. And Madonna never actually came to Slovenia that summer.

Dulcis Caffe, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dulcis Caffe - new sophisticated chocolate style caffe in BTC shopping city. A bit close to busy shopping road, yet worth a try - especially for ice-cream lovers.

Ioana Iancu - SWG Business Unit Advisor for IBM in SEE, has a classic-look-alike Smena Russian camera, black sheep in a family full of artists, graduated geodesy, knows a priest who was selling BitDefender software, likes Mash, hence knew the meaning of R&R, but could not watch Platoon due to Willem Dafoe dislike, bought iPhone just because she could, but does not have iTunes account, tried guitar and discovered to be a natural shooting talent, reads a lot of sci-fi, lately Ian Banks Culture Novels and one day the black sheep will get back to home herd in art restoration fashion of some sort. Roots are calling.

Bicikelj - the new city-bike renting system. A big success so far.

IEDC, Bled, Slovenia

IEDC - very well known and established MBA school in Slovenia. Great faculty and great alumni. Co-host to CEE Corporate Social Responsibility conference with special participation by Clinton Global Initiative.

Dan Croitoru - responsible for Competition & Alliances at Challenge:Future - Global Youth Think Tank, born and raised in Suceava, Romania, currently living and working in Ljubljana, his great grand father sold everything and moved to US and then did the same and came back to Romania, is being defined by people he meet and work with, thankfully so, used to play a lot basketball and volleyball, was involved in VIPRomania, considers himself as professional problem solver, worked for Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Pallas Consulting & Accounting, CityCompass, The World Bank and held memberships in several Business Clubs, reading Paradigms by Joel Barker and Taleb's Black Swan, enjoys meeting new people and listening to their stories. Defining others, he does, too.

Sometimes that's important also. Found on a restricted area door in a major bank in Bratislava.

Kalabaš, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Kalabaš - first true African restaurant in Ljubljana, with very unfortunate location and marketing. Helped a little bit by Kolektiva & Co. Not yet on Odpiralni Časi and Foursquare, but they do accept reservations via SMS and actually confirm it back in the same fashion.

Saša Fajmut - HR business partner at Goodyear-Dunlop joint venture Sava Tires, Kranj being the CSEE headquarters, Goodyear for safety and Dunlop for performance, born and raised in Kranj, youngest of four, parents also lived in Lybia, psychology graduate, worked for Aragon Research and Novo Nordisk, currently in the middle of Cotrugli EMBA program, climbs hills, does yoga, reads Jim Collins Good to Great, enjoys her 2 year old daughter, together with Tilen, Gaber and Matija needs to come up with a business case for prof.Brennes and will one day devote herself to sustainable living in urban environment.

This delicious treat was brought to the table with a little help of Privoščite.si

If you Foursquare-check-in here, they give you a free coffee. Only slightly related to Kalabaš. Hintilen.