Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Krinolina, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Krinolina - tucked away in the cellar of a mighty business building, which used to be HQ of once mighty Iskra group. Decent food, though more on the quantity/speed side of the spectrum, interior decorator tried, but not very hard. One day somebody will improve all that. So far they have no entries in the web guest book. What's a web guest book?

Lidija Dragišić - owner&director at Studio360, born and raised in Novo Mesto with Bela krajina roots, architecture graduate, industrial design masters, worked for Ofis, Sadar+Vuga and D&K before launching her own studio, briefly lived and worked in Vienna, among others worked on awarded rotating storage system, private business club, and Sončna Aleja projects, used to make her own clothes, likes Slovenian designer clothes and fashion was a runner up at her study decision, likes TED talks, has a daughter and lately reads a lot of fairy tales with favourite being Lila Prap and Loes Riphagen. One day she devote most of her energy into raising aesthetic awareness on new levels in Slovenia and changing the landscape on the go. Not unlike what Jamie Oliver is doing with culinary awareness.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Okrepčevalnica Stegne, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Okrepčevalnica Stegne - operated by Murić Esad, "A cheapie where any meal is truly hearty. :)" as commented by one of Foursquare check-in-ers. 

M.Z. - investor and private fund manager, co-founder of Finera and recently (with TS) co-founder and partner at Depoziti.si the first savings deposits coupon discount player in the region, recently moved back to his home hood Šiška, while he also lived in Belgrade for a while, has one kid, expecting another very soon, likes fishing, especially big time tuna, likes good food, many times in good company with Boki and even if he did not have to work for earnings purpose, he would still do the investment game, particularly in factoring area. Speeding up the flow of money is his cup of tea. And there's plenty of fish in that sea to be caught.

Frenk, not the best coffee in town. Unlike Franck.

Big game, big time. Tuna galore.