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Berlin: Pret à Diner temporary restaurant(0)
Berlin is known for its temporary installations in out of the way places– boutiques, events, galleries, restaurants. When three top chefs combine forces under the catchy name of “Pret à diner” and present exotic sounding menues for just 35 days in the cavernous rooms of the old mint, I listened up. Sure enough, reservations were [...]
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Berlin: Fashion Week walks
Tokyo? No! Berlin! It is Fashion Week and there is fashion on and off catwalks all over town. This is a pop-up art installation in a grafitti-covered storefront on spunky Tor Strasse in the Mitte district by the cult sneaker label “Asics”. Featured is the Onitsuka Tiger directional collection and, shown here, two models from [...]
Berlin: Cherry blossoms replace barbed wire
The death trail that once marked the Berlin Wall is alive and well … with cherry blossoms. Every year around the beginning of May, over 1400 cherry trees burst into bloom along this stretch of the erstwhile mined no-man’s land. Now it fills visitors with joy instead of dread. This wonderful display of blooms got [...]