Category: Life
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Style Masters: Tina Hellberg
Guess who just found yet another super cool stylist? Yep. She’s from Stockholm nonetheless (what’s in their water? Seriously!). Cue: Tina Hellberg, a talented professional that designs, builds, and styles her own sets. I mean, as if styling props alone is not enough, she does it all! I am totally going gaga over her portfolio;…
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Style Masters: Glen Proebstel
Teenagers obsess over Justin Bieber. Grown-up women obsess over Fifty Shades of Grey. And then there are others like me (and probably you) that obsess over the work of amazing stylists like Glen Proebstel. This master stylist has worked with big name brands such as Sonos, H&M, West Elm, and many many others. His portfolio…
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Quote of the Month
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? Charles De Gaulle, 1962
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Jan Lisiecki, a Canadian prodigy
You don’t need to be a classical music lover or expert to understand and appreciate the exceptional talent of Jan Lisiecki! At only 20 years old, Jan has already proven his fantastic abilities to play the most challenging partitions (from Chopin and Mozart, among others) and work with the greatest musicians of today’s classical music scene.…
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A Journey into another Dimension
[dropcap letter=”A”]t first glance, this looks like a picture-perfect “barn find”: a Citroen Traction from the 1940’s, covered in dust and hay, rusting away in a French barn, waiting for a passionate soul to restore it. If no one told you differently, this might just be the end of that story. Well, it turns out…
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When a museum becomes a bridge
Just like a bridge connects the two sides of a river or valley, bringing a city or an entire country together, a museum is often a way to connect two cultures that would otherwise not have an opportunity to interact. The Kistefos Museum in Norway has recently decided to move forward with a project proposed by the Bjarke Ingels…
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Pop singer Stromae rocks New York
He’s already been compared to the legendary Belgian-born singer Jacques Brel. Partly because he is a French-speaking Belgian singer himself, but also because most of his songs carry the same engaged, meaningful, thoughtful poetry as his predecessor. With over 3.5 million albums sold, Stromae is one of the most popular young singers today in Europe and…