Peggy Porschen, Café (London)

While strolling through Belgravia after a visit to the V&A I stumbled across Peggy Porschen´s newly opened (2010) café.



The atmosphere is perfect for a girls-only-high-tea. You feel like entering a wedding cake as the café/store is all pink and white and decorated with Peggy Porschen´s amazing signature cakes and cupcakes (3,50 pound each).



I loved my classic vanilla cupcake.

Enjoy!

die wohngemeinschaft, Hotel (Cologne)

The popular bar "die wohngemeinschaft" has recently opened (Oct 2010) a hotel on the top floor of the same building in Cologne´s Belgian quarter. Like the distinctively furnished bar, every of the eight rooms has a unique design concept ranging from Bollywood to Mod to minimal. Each room is named after the person who supposedly lives there and whose character the room reflects. The details the designers put into creating the room reflect the love they put into the project. In fact the hotel feels homey right away thanks also to the charming and friendly staff.

We stayed in the minimal room Telma which can sleep up to 3 people. I loved the wooden elements in the room that come from local trees.





We were able to have a look at almost all rooms my favourite being the Bollywood room Manu that sleeps 4 people. I think it would be perfect to book for either Carnival or a bachelorette party.

Bathrooms are shared but big and clean. There is a cosy living room where guests can read, relax and have a cup of tea/coffee. Prices are very affordable.

Enjoy!

heart, Restaurant/Bar/Club (Munich)

There are some dates in a calender that are set in stone such as Christmas, birthdays and- Oktoberfest in Munich!

Apart from deciding when to go, with whom, in which tent the question remains what to do after the evening at Oktoberfest finishes around 11pm. This year we decided to try h-e-a-r-t, a club/restaurant/bar that just opened in May and came highly recommended. The club's name is actually only the logo of a heart, it does not have a written name.

h-e-a-r-t is located in the old stock exchange building at Lenbachplatz 2a close to Karlsplatz/Stachus. The former Deutsche Bank branch was tranformed into a very stylish bar/restaurant/club.

Upon entering coats can be checked and even the coat tags spot a cute heart.
The first room to enter is where the restaurant is located at. The light is dimmed, the colors palette is brown, golden including wooden flooring. Furniture is sleek. The atmosphere is therefore elegant and mysterious but welcoming.

A huge golden door gives access to the bar/club area which used to be a vault. I was surprised by the size of the room as the bar and the tables in the corners almost fill the room. There is no particular dance area. The ceiling is completely mirrored so the room appears larger. Also it is fun to people-watch.

The colors and materials are the same as in the restaurant. There was still a nice smell of wood from the flooring in the air when we entered early at h-e-a-r-t. Don't know how long that will stay though.

The crowd was very mixed, everybody very much enjoyed themselves and danced the night away to 80ies and 90ies mixed music. Since it was Oktoberfest the dresscode was mainly Dirndl&Lederhosen, it seemed that dressing is mixed on other occasions.

Another thing to mention are the restrooms in the basement: they are very dark, partially unisex and huge. Btw- Entry to h-e-a-r-t is free.

Enjoy!