Boscolo Exedra Milano Hotel

Despite Milan’s de facto world design capital status, the city lacks design hotels. Boscolo Exedra, a new hotel opening very soon, will fill the gap.

The former bank will, after one year and €150 million in renovations, host 154 rooms, nine thematic suites (including Cinema, Sport, Family, Romantic and Milano) and conference rooms with a stunning view looking out on the Duomo.

Via Cool Hunting

High Five (9): Hotels, chosing them, keep contact with your guests, sell photos and use posterous

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High Five Time again!

I finally managed to get 5 hands copied into one photo! Hurray! Two links are to posts I had to wipe from the recent Carnival of Cities edition I hosted here.

  • Discovered a new blog dedicated to hotels Oh Hotel. Curious whether the author (not much info on the blog) will be able to continue this effort. Many times I find a new blog and shortly thereafter they cease to exist…
  • Phil Byrne presents Top Ten Tips For Choosing A Great Hotel Deal Online posted at Cheap Hotel Chains.
  • 10 must have tools for communicating with clients. If you want to be organized, you may find a tool you like here.
  • Maybe helpful if you want to sell your beautiful photos online: Fotomoto – Sell your photos on your own website: Commerce Without Conformity!.
  • 10 reasons why Posterous is better than Tumblr | blog till you drop!. Am now testing it by trying to import a Tumblr account into posterous…but it seems posterous is having a hiccup.

You can find more high fives in my category High Five.

Last edited by GJE on December 3, 2011 at 11:05 am

Rio Olympic City 2016 – Congratulations!

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South America’s First!

COPENHAGEN — The Olympics were awarded to a South American city for the first time when the International Olympic Committee voted for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Games on Friday.

Via NY Times.

Don’t Fear the Middle Seat

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Amusing solution to an awkward situation.

The seat diners dread the most is the uncomfortable center place, right where two tables join. Murphy’s Law comes into action and invariably one table is slightly taller than the other, causing an up-down situation! With the dedicated Plate For People Who Sit Between Two Tables, I’m sure we can tackle the awkward scene, and just for the novelty of eating off this cool plate, I’m willing to sit in the middle!
Designer: Shira Nahon

Via Yanko Design

Amazing Food Art – Dominique Davies

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Not planet Saturn, but Radish Ravioli

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Not some new weapon or a couple of invading aliens, just Apple Pie Caramel with edible wrappers

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Not an alien wedding party light years away, just an oyster with passion fruit and lavender

All these beautiful photos have in common that they were made by Dominique Davies in a series for the Big Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal of the famous Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, UK….Hm I still have an invitation for dinner there ….. once…