Friday, May 31, 2013

McDonalds, Celovška, Ljubljana, Slovenia

McDonalds Celovška - needs not much comment. It's McHere if you McNeed it. This one recently renovated and quite big. McG

Sandro Mur - co-founder of BabyWatch, math student, involved in several startups, among them one dealing with artificial intelligence for finance, reads Alan Ford and will one day move 500startups and Stanford and move them to Hvar. Sillicon Island. When do applications open?

Davor Runje - co-founder of BabyWatch and Drap, seasoned startup member, with experience at Napster, Playmedia and once a major IPO exit will happen he will take a good long thought about what to do next. With all the stash and ideas.

Urška Sršen - co-founder of BabyWatch, finishing Sculpture study at ALU, Erasmus exchange student in Finland, where she met Sandro and moved to Zagreb, created Lipica limestone sculpture now in Ljubljana nursery, her mother is a prenatal specialist, reading Michio Kaku's Physics of the Future, will one day devote herself to sculpting in wooden high tech edge fashion e.g. wooden skyscrapers. Davor insists having an artist in start-up team is phenomenal. Sculpt-up team.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Dorian Gray, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dorian Gray - "A concept restaurant of the highest pedigree, Dorian Gray was founded on one of the main themes of it's namesake book, namely that true beauty must be harmonised both inside and out. With its elegant décor and prime location in the centre of town, the outer beauty here is readily apparent, while the inner beauty comes in the form of delectable Italian-inspired homemade cuisine prepared using only the freshest locally-sourced ingredients. Within the intimately-sized interior (28 seats in all) ample space is reserved for a full cocktail bar, which is put to good use during frequent afterwork parties and other events, and the kitchen conveniently stays open till midnight." by InYourPocket

Eva Svete - Interior Designer & Architect, grew up in Mošnje pri Radovljici, though has only traces of Gorenjska accent, all her family pretty was sports oriented, FA graduate, landed first job with Seaway doing boat interiors e.g. Skagen 50, did 90% of  Dorian Gray interior, fully vegetarian if not on travel, ardent kiter, recently in Dakhla in disputed Western Sahara, has periods of different sports, was playing golf a lot - at 10 HCP level, did almost every sport, but some of them are still waiting: polo and fencing, on a learning curve - getting used to her new phone LG P880, reading Osho's Being in Love, will one day create a series of Osho meditation centres infused with kiting practice. Osho 360.

Dorian Gray gets pretty crowded in lunchtime, but they do recommend their crostata.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Izložba, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Izložba - "A cosy little café hidden a few steps off Dunajska Cesta. The compact interior looks like something you would find in Sarajevo's old town, with lots of well-worn wood furnishings and Turkish-style seating on benches covered with pillows and cushions of assorted fabrics, colours and sizes. However, the real highlight here is the large courtyard in the back with ivy-covered walls, a giant tree sprouting through a hole in the floor and of course a back entrance to the art gallery next door (izložba translates to exhibition in English)." - by InYourPocket

Iztok Smolič - Drupal consultant & UX designer at Agile Drop, grew up in Pluska pri Trebnjem, Smolič being a common name on those hills, slowly catching Primorska accent, about to conclude NTF - GIK, worked for Enki, a true Drupal believer/evangelist, Drupal in Slovenia kicked off on a bigger scale with implementations at Delo and D.labs for Petrol, working predominantly for foreign customer, was initiator of Drupal Alpe Adria Camp, trying to read 4-hour Chef, likes to cook, likes getting lost in parents' farm work,  saddened by Kiberpipa closure and will one day tackle the innefectiveness of higher education system - spoke about it also on Metina lista