This year I decided to have the ultimate fashion experience for a day. I bought the full day ticket for Brussels Fashion Days and last Saturday reached The Egg just in time for Elle fashion show. The big hall was full with mostly young girls and boys, fashion professional and people like me who were … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Not My Life
I was at the screening of Not My Life on Friday night at the occasion of the EU Anti-trafficking Day. Robert Bilheimer’s documentary provides staggering examples of human trafficking and modern slavery. It follows the stories of the victims in different parts of the world. Africa, Asia, Europe…Around 880,000 children and young women in the … Continue reading
The Cocktails of Casa Bacardi
Casa Bacardi is a temporary initiative “to celebrate more than 150 years of perfect drinks, hospitality & great parties”. It started three weeks ago and has been taking place only over the weekend (Thursday-Saturday) evenings. Nuestra casa es su casa is its tagline. Indeed it is the case. I was there on the first Saturday and … Continue reading
Accessible Art Fair
I was at the opening of the Accessible Art Fair last night. I didn’t have big expectations. Somehow I linked “accessible” to “easy to understand, simple”. Not that there is something wrong with easiness. But in my view art should not aim at easiness nor at complexity. Then even the sheer fact that it was … Continue reading
Breakfast at…l’Atelier
The weekend is coming. You feel like doing something special and yet relaxing. You need refreshment. A new discovery without the effort which might precede it. You like style combined with simplicity. You are fond of concepts especially when well implemented. By now, being a follower of my private brussels, you should know that the … Continue reading
Brussels unexpected
Monday evening. I stop for a drink with a friend at Place du Jeu de Balle. The square is a different place. Empty and full of parked cars. The whole neighbourhood has entered the dead season, which will end in three days, on Thursday. Luckily the bar next to the church is open. Chaff. I … Continue reading
Art takes over in Nuit Blanche
I will start by saying that I find it difficult to put Nuit Blanche into a narrative. It is too much about the moment, about the direct interaction with art, celebrating it in all its forms. It must be experienced. Nevertheless I will try to share my impressions. Most of the events were concentrated in Marolles. This … Continue reading
The Underland of Marolles
In the fairy tales the hero jumps on a black ram who would take him to the Underland. There he experiences different challenges or finds magical objects which would then help him to go back to the Upperland (again on the back of a ram but this time, for a change, a white one), triumphs … Continue reading