MUJI – Barcelona in a bag
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: November 18, 2009
- In: Design| Gaudi
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Christmas is fast approaching and i found just the perfect gift for those lil ones in your family!!!
The new addition to Muji’s ______-in-a-Bag series of wooden toys is Barcelona.
It includes a little wooden Mies Barcelona Pavilion, along with the Sagrada Familia and La Pedrera apartments by Gaudi!
Gotta love it!!
Barcelona Promo Video
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: November 6, 2009
I like…
Custo Barcelona
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: November 2, 2009
- In: Art| Entertainment| Fashion| Play
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No wonder that the city of colours, the city of magnificiant buildings, art, design, cultures, Gaudi… has touched the world of fashion as well. The most pioneer ambassador of Barcelona in the fashion industry is undoubtedly Custo Barcelona. Well they are a bit out there… but fact is that their celebrity clientele including Charlize Theron and Julia Roberts surely don’t mind!
“Started by brothers Custo and David Dalmau in 1981, Custo Barcelona was born on a motorcycle trip across America. Inspired by the lax attitude of southern California, the pair returned to their native Barcelona and started a business crafting T-shirts for men and women with screen-prints and illustrations. Now the brand extends to everything from suits to swimwear, and it’s still the colors and prints that keep bringing customers back. The look is bold, bright, and psychedelic, and has a particularly high appeal in international markets—they account for almost 85 percent of all company sales.” Source
Enjoy some of my favouritesfrom their latest collection (Spring/Summer 2010):
Have a Happy Halloween Weekend!!!
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: October 30, 2009
As for me i’m skipping Halloween (not that i ever really celebrated it 
) but i’ll be at least cooking a yummy pumpkin soup to commemorate the event! Are you up to any spooky Halloween fun this weekend?
Halloween actions in BCN:
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October in Barcelona
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: October 29, 2009
Genious Barcelonian blogger From Barcelona (Jeremy) captured the autumn beauty of the city so perfectly, i just had to quote him (for the full post check out his blog!)…. Thanks!!!!
“October’s coming to an end and I’m a little sad to see it go. It tends to be my favorite month in the city. The heat and humidity of summer is gone and the rains of September have finished, for the most part. The weather’s perfect: warm enough to still sit out side during the day but usually with a breeze; at night a light jacket or a sweater suffices. There’s this lazy haze in the air and it just seems everything’s moving at half speed from the people to the cars to your brain. Walking around the different neighborhoods, you see the way the sun hits the buildings and brings out all the different shades of colors, giving them an almost painting-like feel.”
Tibidabo: magical, antique, retro, charming, romantic….hhhhhuhhhhh
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: October 28, 2009
- In: Play| Touristy| Weekend
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“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw
Just because it’s so lovely…
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: October 27, 2009
Have a nice family weekend!!!
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: October 23, 2009
My mom and sis are visiting for a long weekend. We’ll have long walks on brown leaves, rent bikes, go hiking and i’ll be eating my body weight in mommy yummy food!!! Great stomach stretching exercise for the upcoming holiday season! You have a nice family weekend too!
Thursday Bliss…. Spanish Guitar a la Emilio de Benito
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: October 22, 2009
Enjoy some authentic Spanish guitar music from Emilio de Benito (the man responsible for the beautiful guitar solo in Vicky Cristina Barcelona), brightens up even the greyest Thursdays! Let it lift you up and fly away!!!
In Barcelona and Want to See Live Performances of the Spanish Guitar?
Skiing near Barcelona
Posted by: BarceloMIA on: October 20, 2009
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With winter knocking on the door i can’t help but get excited for the skiing/snowboarding season ahead of us! One of the major attraction of Barcelona to me has always been that while you’re right on the beach you can be in the mountains, ski-ready in a matter of hours, you can even do daytrips if you want to!
After some research i came up with the following list of ski resorts to check out:
Within 2 hours of Barcelona
Within 2,5 hours of Barcelona (all in Andorra)
Within 3 hours of Barcelona
Have you tried any of them? Any (other) recommendations???
If you’re in the city don’t miss the Barcelona Snow show on the 7th of November!
One of my new year resolution for 2010 is: learn to snowboard!
(oh i did have one attempt years ago, which ended with me being alone in a forest covered with snow, waiting for the rescue team… rental snowboard lost forever… well, that’s a story for another day
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