Art Cologne

Last week I visited the Art Cologne, the biggest German fair for contemporary art, with my girlfriends. After negative press during the last two years, the fair was able to recover and showed some good pieces. Voila a few impressions:

My friend Lena playing with colours...

Alaaf you

It's Carnival and in Cologne the celebrations are huge! It practically means six days of partying, dressing up, drinking beer (not so my favourite) and having fun with good old friends.
For me Carnival turned out to be sweet and short this year. I went partying on Thursday, but got ill shortly after:(
Well, on the day I actually went out, I dressed up as Minnie Mouse, with a black tulle skirt, little tailored jacket, lots of bows and pearl necklaces, my "customized" Chucks and my black "Minnie ears".

Voila, the result:

It was a really fun day...

Alaaf to all of you!

Bloc Party concert

I just came back from the Bloc Party concert and I had a great time!! The boys were so adorable with their British accent, trying to speak some German, and all the songs were so much better in live! I made some videos, but they're really bad quality...so instead I'm just showing you my outfit of tonight.


I'm wearing Zara shorts and jacket, Armed Angels T-shirt and Prego boots.
Ohh, and of course in real "groupi" spirit I had to buy one of their T-shirts:)

Passagen

Next week, Cologne is hosting a major interior design event: the Passagen are a platform for established and international designers, furniture manufacturers, architects, new talents and young networks. There will be around 190 single exibitions, exciting new projects and plenty of cocktail hours!

Vom 19. -25. Januar finden in Köln wieder die Passagen statt.
Anlässlich des 20. Geburtstags, präsentiert sich das Design Event größer, frischer und spannendet denn je!
Ich habe einen der Veranstalter gefragt und für Euch zusammengefasst, was man auf keinen Fall verpassen darf:

1. Designers Fair: Die Designshow für freie, junge Künstler findet zum ersten mal statt und zeigt Tendenzen jenseits des Mainstream! Pre-opening mit Cocktails findet am Sonntag, den 18.01 von 15.00-21.00 uhr statt.
Veranstaltungsort: Rhein Triadem, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 5-7, 50668 Köln
Zeiten: Mo - Sa 11-22h, So 11-18h.
Außerdem im Rhein Triadem: junges Design aus dem Ruhrgebiet, junges Design aus den Niederlanden und die Fatboy Lounge.

2. A&W- Designer des Jahres: Alfredo Häberli
Veranstaltungsort: Kölnischer Kunstverein, Hahnenstr. 6, 50667 Köln
Zeiten: Mo - Sa 11-20h, So 11-18h

3. Highway Europa: Designübergreifendes, interaktives Projekt zum Thema Starßenleben! Aufeiandertreffen von Kunst und Alltag auf der Gladbacher Strasse. Sehr spannend! Nähere Infos unter: www.highway-europa.de

Und zu guter Letzt am Dienstag, den 20. Januar großer Cocktail Abend im Belgischen Viertel!Genauere Termine findet Ihr unter: http://www.voggenreiter.com/passagen09/
Have fun!

Pictures: Sabine Voggenreiter

wine tasting

On Saturday I did a really interesting wine tasting workshop

at Vintage in Cologne. I learned how to classify wine by its colour, smell and taste, the different quality levels and the food they match best. I usually prefer red whine, but I tasted a very delicious white wine: a Muskateller from Wüttenberg. This wine is often mistaken for a sweet one, but indeed it is constructed in a dry way and goes perfectly with Asian food.

All in all, I had a great day, apart from eating too much bread with olive oil and mini quiches...

An alle aus Köln und Umgebung: die Vintage Genuss Schule auf der Hahnenstrasse ist eine perfekte Adresse: Neben Weinseminaren, kann man dort auch tolle Kochkurse machen, beispielsweise Antipasti, Seafood oder Veggie cuisine!

I'm wearing a Comptoir des Contonniers sleeveless dress, Mango jacket, See by Chloe coat and Moschino gloves.

Pictures: Vintage Genuss Schule

Because we're so handsome and we're so bored...

In February Bloc Party is coming to Cologne! I just got the tickets - I'm really excited! Their music reminds me of good times in California...

Bloc Party kommt nach Köln! Am 17. Februar, 20.00 Uhr im Palladium. An alle, die die Jungs auch gerne sehen würden: noch gibt es Tickets!