Mashup Culture

We Will Proceed To Off-load Your Lugguage

Jacob Fuglsang — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:49:00 GMT

Many hours has been spent in Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport over the years. For some reason it seems like KLM always makes sure that if you have a stop in Amsterdam, it needs to be at least 3 hours. Not that they have “coffee shops” in the airport like they have in the city—or actually they do have coffee shops, but they are frenchise places and are about as charming as the next door macdonalds. The bookstores are predictable, with shelves full of porn, fashion and bestseller books. The tourist shops are full of wooden clogs and anything orange, since this is the nations soccer shirt color. There are large areas for internet connections, but it’s very expensive. You have the food choices of any American mall, including full fledged Americans eating big macs and whoppers Ohio styles.
The Bladerunner like voice that with very short breaks rants about people who are late for their departures, saying that the late person is delaying the flight for all the other passengers and that they are in the proccess to throw your lugguage off the flight, unless you run to the gate and catch your bag in mid air somewhere between the plane and the baggage handlers off limit concrete floor. After hearing about 50 of these messages, one imagines these late passangers running around the huge airport, that if you are somewhat not focused you can easily get lost in. But that’s ok. The airport also has a casino, a massage parlor, a meditation center and a full fledged art museum with Dutch masters galore. If you by chance have brought your children, there are also some nice rooms for children to play in. However, the service that really can calm your nerves in this maze of an orange airport is the “comfort seats”. They are leather lounge chairs, pleaced in somewhat quite areas around the airport where one can lay down, put a sweater over ones head and sleep, while you in your dreams are worried if your lugguage will be thrown off your flight by very tall blond flight attendants in orange, speaking firmly into a big megaphone that you must hurry. Hurry up getting a little shut-eye before your next flight to somewhere far far away. Finally, the best detail at the airport of Amsterdam is the little fly that is in-printed into the men's bathroom urinals. First one thinks its just some unpleasant dirt, but then you look closer, and into the other urinals...trying not to look too strange...and you understand it is a small practical joke to keep you on your toes. Its like a smart street art piece by Banksy, exept its made by the producers of the urinals...and who knows, maybe specially designed for Schipol exclusively.

The Electric Birdcage In London

Jacob Fuglsang — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:14:00 GMT

This Austin Powers looking extravagant cocktail bar and restaurant is positioned on Haymarket in the heart of London’s West End.
Complete with carousel bar, lavish Vegas mirrors, stunning monochrome Fibonacci patterned walls and floor, imposing black stallions, giant bird cages, turquoise hand shaped chairs and lashings of fluorescent pink, the exaggerated splendour of The Electric Birdcage creates a magical environment in which to savour a superlative range of innovative cocktails, alongside contemporary Pan Asian cuisine.

It is positioned on the left hand side of the road, as you walk towards Trafalgar Square, before you reach the stylish Haymarket Hotel.

For more info: www.electricbirdcage.com

Go New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:45:00 GMT

GO GO GO Start spreading the news I'm leaving today I want to be a part of it, New York, New York These vagabond shoes Are longing to stray And make a brand new start of it New York, New York I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps To find...(read more)

Oh - No Go New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:21:00 GMT

OH - NO GO Post 911 , one of the main tourist attractions in New York has become " Ground Zero ". It might be interesting to see this big hole in the ground on a strictly historical perspective, but for your own sake, don't make it a destination...(read more)

Go Holiday - New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:49:00 GMT

ON HOLIDAY IN NEW YORK Christmas Going to New York to shop has never been cheaper. The dollar is in very bad shape and if you arrive to the city with a bag full of european currency, you can exchange it for a bigger bag of Dollares. Now hit the Christmas...(read more)

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Joleeen

Jacob Fuglsang — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:16:00 GMT

Copenhagen is gearing up for the summer and the girls seems prettier and the boys more smiling. The bar named after Dolly's song Jolene that was previous located in Copenhagen's Nørrebro district, has moved to the ultra cool Copenhagen Meatpacking district....(read more)

Istanbul Magic

Jacob Fuglsang — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:11:00 GMT

Dilara Sabra Cadabra is a food magician living in Istanbul. Recently she opened a new restaurant that she calls Abracadabra, right on the Bosphorus water front.

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Go Shop - New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:51:00 GMT

When the the dollar is low, the deals you can make in New York can almost pay for the cost of your ticket. If you have any way of proving that you work in whole-sale, you should stroll around the whole-sale area between 5th Avenue and 9th Avenue, from 25th to 39th.

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Go Nerd New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Once you have decided to go to New York, it is important to start your research to get the fullest possible experience. By reading the below books and magazines, seeing the films and listening to the music, you are rather well armed to walk the streets of New York with your head full of information that will navigate you with the right filter.

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Go Eat - New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:14:00 GMT

The New York dining experience is as much based where you are in the city, what mood you are in, who you are with and how hungry you are. The portions are often made so an American can get full, and take home half of the food in a doggy bag for a late night snack.

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Go Culture - New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:14:00 GMT

By stepping off the plane when arriving to New York, you are entering another culture. New York is, or at least has always been a self confined planet within the American galaxy. Upon walking the streets of Manhattan you will feel how the force is with you in a very different way ...

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Go Transport - New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:34:00 GMT

If you are going to New York for the first time, it is worth waiting in line at the airport and take a taxi to your destination within the city. It gives you an understanding of the cities geographical placement to the surrounding Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey.

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10 New York Classics

Jacob Fuglsang — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:31:00 GMT

The things to see in New York are endless, but here are ten New York Classics, which one should see while in the Big Apple.

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Go Sleep - New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:48:00 GMT

An interesting way to be able to stay in New York for a while and get to know it better, (as it is hard to not fall in love with her, yes New York is a Her!) is to figure out a way to exchange your own apartment with a New Yorker's for a couple of weeks on craigslist.org.

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Go Drink - New York

Jacob Fuglsang — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:40:00 GMT

In New York, it is not cool to get drunk unless you are a frat boy or depressed Wall Street chap. Here people drink cocktails and do either prescribed or illegal drugs to fuel the energy of the night. Or at least, it is exciting to think this when strolling out in the streets of the night ready to rumble.

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