Bookology
The Changing World Order
Autor: Ray Dalio
Published: Simon & Schuster, 1st Dec. 2021
Ray Dalio is a legendary investor and author, he has spend half a century studying global economies and markets. His latest book is an attempt to better understand the current economic environment and the challenges that it presents by delving into centuries of economic ups and downs.
A Thousand and one Nights
Author: Kay Nielsen
Published: Taschen, 2018
This Limited Edition art portfolio revives the Danish artist´s, Kay Nielsen’s, 1910 illustrations- a UNESCO´s World Cultural Heritage classic. The prints are reproduced directly from Nielsen’s original water colours and printed in 5 colours and gold.
Talking to Strangers
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Published: Little,Brown & Co, September 2019
Because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. A gripping must-read for troubled times.
Taste of Travelling
Palm Heights
The place to be! Palm Heights, a Grand Cayman luxury resort that attracts the art and fashion crowd. Gabriella Khalil, the founder says: “this is the culmination of my passions, food, wine, design, art, and wellness”. Design lovers will be thrilled.
Cook Island
According to Lonley Planet´s Best in Travel 2022, the Cook Islands are the number one destination. What’s on offer? 15 islands scattered in the South Pacific, water-centric activities like snorkelling, diving and fishing, not to mention a look at the native Maori community in Te Vara Nui Village.
Rotterdam
Next time you visit Rotterdam, visit the newly opened The Depot Boijmans van Beuningen. Currently the only museum in the world to display its entire collection, worth Euros 8bn. The 40m high cauldron shaped building with a mirrored facade, shares the museums entire collection, in an ambitious and previously unseen way. Other museums have become quite envious.
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The Worlds Best Cheese
A soft goat’s cheese from Spain won first place at the 2021 World Cheese Awards. The winning cheese, called Olavidia, from an artisan cheesemaker using the commercial name Quesos y Besos (Cheeses and Kisses), got 103 votes.
Must Watch
Just in case, this is a strong reminder to watch this film. The film is based on Sara Gay Forden’s 2001 book of the same name and centers on Patrizia Reggiani (played by Lady Gaga), chronicling her entry into the Gucci family and the eventual murder of her former husband, Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver).
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French Dispatch
“This is the most Wes Anderson movie Wes Anderson has ever made”. The film takes place in a France of the imagination. Set in the 1960´s the format mimics the collection of stories that make up the final issue. The film oozes a longing for a departed era of creative indulgence. For a time when journalists were able to turn in 10,000 words of noodling and expense the hotel rooms where they dallied with former lovers as research …
No Sham-Poo
Its a trend: washing your hair, using shampoo, and conditioners are out! Without doubt we are not nice to our hair. We wash it almost daily, put all sorts of chemicals on it, style it with extreme heat, bleach or colour it and what not. To combat any side effects of this daily torture we wash, cream, gel and spray to make it shiny. Still the idea not washing my hair is questionable. Maybe rather than not washing our hair, we should stop maltreating our hair altogether.
For Sale
Villa in Rome
Should you consider moving, here is a unique opportunity. A sixteenth-century villa in Central Rome that contains the only ceiling mural attributed to the Baroque painter Caravaggio. The villa will be sold at auction in January and is expected to sell for roughly $546 million. Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi is located just south of the city’s famed Villa Borghese gardens and is called Villa Aurora.
Marie-Antoinette´s Bracelets
Did you miss this unique chance to buy a set of bracelets, once owned by the tragically beheaded Queen of France. Sold by Christies in Switzerland for $8 Million, more than double than expected. Both bracelets were smuggled out of the country and remained with her family for 200 years. It was the first time the brackets, made of 120 old cut diamonds had ever gone under the hammer.
Ouote of the Month
“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
Theodore Roosevelt