Kavinės - ...ir ne tik

DALIA

JURGITA — Sun, 31 May 2015 19:51:29 GMT

Visada taip be apsilimo ir isibegejimo. Atrodo, vakar issiskirstem, siandien susitikom ir vel kaip niekur nieko kalbu i valias. Iprastas miestas jau seniai nebeidomus, sikart Emirates line, isproteje anglu aristokratai Coward'o satyroj Hay Fever (~~sokas, kad... teatras toooks mazas~~), pastaruju menesiu megstamiausias pasivaiksciojimas per Hackney, London Fields, Broadway Market ir Columbia Road (visos Hacney City fermos ozkos buvo sulinde poguliuko), liudnas gyvenimas Timbuktu (sirdies negali neskaudet) ir naujos King's Cross/ St Pancras erdves.

VENEZIA: CAME AND (NOW SADLY) GONE

JURGITA — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:06:05 GMT

Everyone knows (~~has an opinion~~) about it and every third has been there. Venice is almost boring destination. Boring until one gets there. Regardless of what one has planned for himself, it is going to be the place like no other at the very least. It turns magical promptly, but there are few things that should be avoided. The most daunting are herds of day visitors between Rialto Bridge and San Marco square and inevitable shoddy merchandize to satisfy such crows. Every place of interest bows to it and the fact that Venice is small, very well-known and absolutely one of a kind only increases such annoyances. To escape fellow travellers is easy. It is surprising how little people stray from imaginary route of must-visit-places; how they only want to walk the same calli to get to places. Roamers in Venice are rewarded more than anywhere else; and roamers, who stay in town for the night and are willing to wake up just after dawn, get it all. Late at night you wade in tidal waters on San Marco Square marvelling at water barriers by buildings’ doors and water inside shops and restaurants surrounding the square, thinking ‘How on Earth?’ and by the morning everything is gone.
Like you have imagined it all.

We had specifically chosen afternoon flight so we could be on the boat to Venice when the sun was setting down. Would had been nicer if it wasn’t just after the rain. Too cloudy but for the few rays of sun starting to get through. Perhaps, next time. Though water taxi is fun, especially if you sit right at the back under the removable roof (~~and it is dry/warm enough to remove it~~) and if you actually are staying in Venice, chances are it will be your only longer journey on the water as otherwise city is best explored on foot. Traghetti ride’s too short, gondola’s rather expensive and vaporetti’s way too crowed and unnecessary unless you want to do island-hoping.

Once there, your temporary palazzio better be nice since you are to spend excessive amount of money on the not so good one too.
It’s that surrounding limited-availability-sinking-beauty that keeps prices high and forces you to leave in good time. So you do not overdose. We managed to squeeze two nights and came out hurting for more time and more money to fund it.
Much more time is required to see more of La Bienalle too.
‎ You can spend days walking pavilions in Gardini alone. And those of Arsenale. And ones scattered around city. You might as well rob a bank and move over to Venice...

Despite fair amount of unappealing eateries and bars in most obvious places, there are some nice ones too. Like everywhere in Italy aperitif hour cannot be avoided. Since it was already warm enough spritzs – dry or sweet and with an olive on the stick - were noticeable on every campo and campieli.
And chiccheti - tappas like everything Venetian style - mostly available for couple of hours in late afternoon and once it is gone, it is gone. Once over chiccheti, onto dinner. One could be lucky and stumble upon something nice, but it's better to do the homework: so pizza doesn't taste faul and plates suprice in a good way. It's easier to part with the money if one's happy. And boy, we were happy!

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Return flights from LGW to Marco Polo for 2 - £304, http://www.bblemarie.it/ for 2 nights with breakfast - £190 +12eur city tax, Marco Polo Airport Link Transfer for 2 -£45.36, tickets to La Biennale for 2 - 43eur, spritz - 2eur, chiccheti from 1.5eur, coffee - 2.5eur, sit down lunch with drinks for 2 ~30-40eur, take away pizza with drinks ~15eur, dinner with drinks for 2 ~ 80eur, vaporetto(water bus) Alilaguna Venice to Marco Polo 15eur one way each.

ANTRA SERIJA. 15.04.15 EMILIS

JURGITA — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 20:24:48 GMT

Tai jau, kad gime, tai gime. Fanfaros ir fejerverkai. Diskoteka every day and getting better by the hour, in the most direct meaning.

Mes irgi pirkom bilietus i sita premjera. Live movie, refreshments and the happy end. Better than Hollywood and non-commercial put together.

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COLDER SUNDAY THAN EXPECTED

JURGITA — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:06:58 GMT

The whole idea for Sunday was to start cycling season (~~for me, not for Ed, as he hardly finishes his ones, so there is nothing to start~~). However temperature dropped down to only +5°C and there was change of plans.

We've started with pickled herring sandwiches at Marylebone's Nordic Bakery
and continued through grey and wet to Marble Arch and Park Lane.

Some areas in London attract more attention (~~and tourists~~) then others, or, perhaps, different kind of attention, and the local authorities want to let some fresh air. Very colourful and jolly idea was to allow Mauro Perucchetti to erect his Jelly Baby Family sculptures by Marble Arch. It's hard to say whether it was the weather, the place (~~nearby Oxford Street and especially Primark occupies thoughts of crowds~~) or the fact that sculptures were behind constantly occupied bus pound they were not of so much interest to anyone.

Down the Park Lane - Lorenzo Quinn'sVroom Vroom installation. It's size and space suit so well you can nearly imagine how midgets felt when Gulliver was wondering around in their world.

... TAI JAU KAIP IR ZIEMA

JURGITA — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:11:58 GMT

Salta pas mus jau beveik savaite. Visur kitur tai ir sniego sako yra, tik Londone situo klausimu - liudna. Arciausiai ziemos - kasmetines grynam ore islietos ciuozyklos. Tai nuo ju sekmadieni ir pradejom (kas ten zino, gal ziema tuo ir pasibaigs). Buvo eilini karta labai smagu ir nuovargio po visko nesijaute - gal kad is ryto, gal kad sestadieni puse dienos ant mylimiausios sofos praleidom. Kai jau lapkriti siemet "ciuozinejimo sezona" atidarom, labai daug sansu, kad ir dar koki kart kita spesim.

Gerai, kai diena anksti pradedi, tai daug nuveikt, nueit, nuvaziuot...gali. Pasiteisino, va toks planas mus eilini karta. Laiko daug dar iki tamsos buvo, tai ejom, kur akys mato. O mate - neblogai. Be visu siaip idomybiu, skanybiu, grozybiu Covent Garden'e visai jau pakeliui namo... Atradimas!!! Nauja kavine/arbatine atsidare salia London Coliseum - Notes Music and Coffee. Labai jau mums skanu ten viskas buvo ir graziai atrode, ir su arbata patiko "zaist", ir tegu tik viskas taip toliau, nesvarbu ar cia antra ar 502 darbo savaite.

JEI KADA NUSIGAUSIM IKI SAN FRANCISKO…

JURGITA — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:36:04 GMT

...tai eisim i Outerlands. Jaukiai man kazkaip ir "savai" cia viskas atrodo. O jei dar butu ziema, ir zidiny malkos spragsetu...

(~~gal dar veiks :D~~)

FIRST MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

JURGITA — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:04:23 GMT

Pilkai slapias pirmas ilgas geguzes savaitgalis buvo. Po tu keliu ypac karstu ir vasarisku balandzio savaitgaliu, tai nors apsiverk, kaip liudnai viskas atrode. Nelabai ir veikt kazka norejosi, bet pirmadieni siaip ne taip issijudinom. Ir gerai, kad issijudinom.

Tikslas buvo Royal Academy of Arts London Original Print Fair 2010.

Teko lietuvisku zodziu paieskot, bet priejom isvados, kad cia "prints", ko gero reiks "spaudinius" ir nesuklydom. Siaip paroda/muge buvo visai nemaza, ir mes kokias pora valandu ten "pavargome", kol ja nuo galo galan apziurejome. O buvo visko: ir labai senovisku ir super moderniu, ir dvispalviu ir visom vaivorykstes spalvom sviecianciu, ir su deimantu dulkem ir visiskai blankiu, ir mazulyciu ir per gero kambario siena, o jau temu ivairove - nuo paprasciausio naminio gyvuno ar neisvaizdzios trobeles iliustracijos knygai iki industrinio lauzo foto ir visiskai abstrakciu, begalines vaizduotes reikalaujanciu darbu... zodziu, sarasas visom prasmem ilgu ilgiausias (~~tiesa, kainos kazkaip "neprognozuojamos", bet visos telpa i remus "brangu - labai labai labai ... brangu"~~).

Be mums labiausiai prie sirdies senovisku pastatus/rumus/miestus/griuvesius juodai/rusvai baltai vaizduojanciu spaudiniu buvo ir zaismingu ideju, kurias visai butume noreje nusipirkti. Kaip antai visu pasaulio saliu zemelapiai atspaudinti atskirai ant balto lapo, arba daugybe mazulyciu zmogeliuku ant saligatvio, ziurint is nezinia kelinto dangoraizio auksto, ar knygu lentynos, kur neesi tikras, ar tai paveikslas, kol neprieini arciau.

Smagi popiete, tikrai!

P.S. Dar vienas atradimas Londono kaviniu padangej - Nordic Bakery. Labai skandinaviska. Turi normalios juodos duonos, silkes, gravadlax, o visa ko virsune - cinnamon buns. Po to ir ramiai numirt gali.

ON A LONG LEASH ALONE: SAVAITGALIS LT – KAI TRUMPAS, TAI NORIU DAR

JURGITA — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:54:51 GMT

Pries menesi sumasciau ir bilietus nusipirkau, laukiau laukiau, o paskutine savaite jau buvau beprarandanti vilti, kad vaziuosiu (Islandija; ugnikalnis; visi zino). Jei tiket teiginiu, kad laimingiausi yra laukiantys, tai as netekau beveik visos sitos laimes - negalejau gi ramiai sau rytais ir vakarais (~~ir darbo metu~~) svajot, kaip man bus smagu. Nors is kitos puses, savaitgalis nuo to ne kiek nenukentejo.

Viena para Kaune ir dvi Vilniuj pasiteisino visom prasmeme - kelias drauges aplankiau (liezuviais paplakem oi oi oi), pora spektakliu paziurejau ("Madam Pompadur" ir "Revizoriu"), teti ir seses pamaciau, kampus patikrinau - ko daugiau bereikia. Tik del sito ir liudna, kai reik iskrist.

Lietuvoj dabar nauja duonos kepimo namuose mada! Aciu Neringos mamai. Buvo labai skanu ir tikrai dar noresim. :)

Ir viso savaitgalio "vinis" - saltalankio uogu arbata (Pilies Kepyklelej mes cia sita geri atradom). Sviezias ar saldytas uogas su "blenderiu" sumalam, tada i ta rugscia kosele sauksteli gera medaus ir viska i karsta vandeni. Super, kaip skanu! Ieskau, kur man tu uogu dabar nusipirkt (HELP!!!).

Dar, nezinau kaip Kaune, bet Vilniuj daug labai vyniniu (nauja mada turbut :)). Nespjaunu i sita mada, nes toj kur buvom prie mokytoju namu - labai patiko (bet cia gal ir nuo kompanijos daug priklauso :)).

Kulturiniu poziuriu - sis savaitgalis, tai man ohoho koks buvo (~~visa galva uz kai ka jauciuos auksciau, tiesa, sportiniu poziuriu, smarkiai zemiau, bet apie tai geriau patylekime...~~).

I Muzikini norejau - sentimentu vedama, o ir siaip operete "Madam Pompadur" zvaigdziu (A. Cholina, Statkeviciu Juozukas ir t.t.) buvo "sukalta", tai idomu buvo paziuret, kas gavos. Kostiumai ir ypac batai - labai grazus, scenografija patiko ir tiko, vargsei Cholinai, matyt, nemazai teko pasikankit su baletu Muzikinio (~~deja, nedaug progreso~~), bet jau cia ne jos kalte, o solistai irgi, kaip visi sako, Kaune vidutiniski. Naujas veidas man buvo Bavikinas, tai jis ir patiko labiausiai. :)

Tumino pastatytas Gogol'io "Revizorius" - jau kita istorija. Nors ir neesu dramos gerbeja, kai kurios vietos buvo labai juokingos, o sprendimas rusakalbi aktoriu panaudot, buvo irgi labai vykes (~~tiesa, tiem kam su rusu kalba nelabai, tai biski sunkiau buvo~~). O jau zvaigzdziu lietuvisku, kad prisirinko... Tai ir supratau iskart, kaip gerai mazoj saly gyvent - verdi tose paciose sultyse su visu blizgiu zurnalu elitu :D. Tiesa, savo beveik 11 metu nematyta klasioka Justa cia irgi sutikau (o jis, beja, irgi zvaigzde :) ). Kazkaip fainiai buvo (~~Dabar dar 11 metu galesim nesimatyt :)~~ ).

Tai va toks saunus mano praejes svaitgalis buvo. Daugiau tokiu!

OI BUVOM BUVOM MES VAKAR PASEDET, INDRES IR VISHY ATOSTOGU I PIETU AFRIKA ISLYDET…

JURGITA — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:35:34 GMT

...dabar lauksim fotkiu ir griztanciu (arba griztanciu ir fotkiu, cia kaip jau gausis)...

Tiesa, ne visis norintys cia sitose islydetuvese dalyvavo, bet gal i sugristuves pataikyt geriau seksis :D

VELYKINIS ATRADIMAS GREENWICH’E

JURGITA — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:31:17 GMT

Jau, kuris laikas zinojau, kad Greenwich'o nekilnojamo turto rinkoj yra taip vadinamas "sought after triangle". Tai siandien teko tiesiogiai susipazinti ir paklaidzio buten to trikampio gatvem (kai kurias vargiai taip bepavadintum) ir tikrai prisideciau prie burio norinciu i ta kaimynyste persikelti :).

P.S. ten pat dar aptikau ir kavinuke (Buenos Aires Cafe & Deli on Royal Hill), kuria reiks aplankyt, kai vel kada nesinores niekur i miesta toli vaziuot.