Mini Vacation.

Staying put.

A short vacation in your own city. Perfect for summer.

The word vacation normally make me think about a country far away. Something that involves going from point A to point B, at least a couple of hours in some kind of big container. But there are other ways of doing it. One that can change the way you see your own city is very simple. Just stay. Take a couple of days off from work and just do some stuff in your own city. You can be a tourist and go to the places that you normally don't have time to visit. You can also just walk around and take a look.

That is what I'm gonna start doing tomorrow. Taking three days off I get a short work week and a really long weekend. Which means that today is my Friday. And with that said, this will be the last post for this week. But to make up for posts lost this will be somewhat of a double post.



Music Pillow.

As I said before, everything can be designed and everything can get "graphic".

Who doesn't like something well designed? That typical clean font for the text and the classic simplification of a photo. Hell, maybe that's all design is about. Taking away everything that isn't necessary. Leaving the basic and taking away that which makes it to much.

And I would say that this pillow does just that. Even with just three colors (and not very bright colors at that) it's gonna get a lot of attention laying in a couch or on a bed. This and a bunch of other pillows are a collaboration between Acrylick (a LA brand) and Andrew Sebastian (a textile designer and a pillow maker).

It's definitely worth a look at the other pillows, just click yourself over to www.hhv.de

If I had the cash for such thing I would order one right now. But I will put my money on my short "staying put" vacation that starts later today.

So have a great week and weekend and we will be back on Monday.

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The Park

Green.

It might not feel like it exactly today but with warmer weather comes the time of the park. What can you not do in a park?

In this city and most other cities around Europe the park is a place with room for everything. If people do it, it will also happen in the park. And Berlin has many parks, big parks like Tiergarten or like the park in the picture Mauerpark. It also has a number of smaller parks spread out a little bit everywhere. But it's in the bigger parks that really anything can happen.

So this is simply a salute to parks and especially the parks here in Berlin. Thank you parks for offering a place to relax, exercise, drink, party, dance, buy drugs, sing karaoke, watch animals, enjoy nature, buy things and of course listen to music. Thanx Park!

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The Boom Box.

The Ghetto Blaster.

It's high time to bring out the Boom Box. The old school blaster that makes the old folks turn there heads. I'm not talking about a portable stereo but like in the picture, a box in silver with two decks and clean speakers.

Think about it. When was the last time you saw one? When ever that was it was to long ago. A blaster is not only very clean it also brings a nice sound to any outdoor activity.
Hook up your mp3 player and it's hard not to start moving.

Sure, you might think that it's gonna be heavy to carry or that you will have to pay for a lot of batteries. Small problems. On any Boom Box you should be able to attach a strap so that you can carry it like a sports bag over your shoulder. And if the strap has some nice colors it's just gonna make the box that much better. I would get one in rasta colors. Or a color combo that fits to your sneaks. That leaves the batteries. Easy, just buy rechargeable ones. And when you can, hook it up with the cable.

The beach, the park or just walking around in town is so much better with a Boom Box. So let's fill the world with music.

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