wick(end)ness

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All things lavish and beautiful, all the torn notes and salty tears, all the rhythms of life and the rhymes, all the burning feelings, the ever impatient anticipations, the pains of pleasure, the charms of sopot nights, attention, the memory losses and cigarettes, easily distracted and frequently contradicted, the self destruction theories, mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, all the conversations with strange people, the sunrise at the beach, the redbull insomnia, the naked and famous, the warmths of nights, the nights of warmths, the serious conversations.. and the 2nd first time...

Spring... Nature's way of saying 'Let's party!'

Photos by Arek

WINTERDREAM

Images by Olga

skating, baltic sea, birds

Some images taken over the weekend.. Knees still hurt after falling down (but totally worth it). It seems from the images we here live in Antarctica. That is not so, still I very much pity the birds in the frozen sea - very hard time for them this winter.

""44""

In continuation of my story about the fascinating LaLaLa arthotel the next room to get all the attention is Room 44.


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That obscure object of desire and a furry-woody baroque surprise... Dreamy thicket, generator of difficult dreams, inspiration for naughty children. Here a strange narration is taking place - about crime, forbidden delight, a forest outing with no end, being lost in dreams; the Little Red Riding Hood meets the Wolf, sticking out her tongue at him and showing him the finger... The wall is adorned with blood-red and black mural by Jakub Rebelka and red antlers from Mr. Zastrozny's collection. The furniture has been picked up and the wall covered with a pitch-black (obviously artificial) pelt by Iwonka, Time for cuddles. Dripping crystals, antler-hangers, the door bears a black knocker in from of a male cherub and the gate to another dimension is guarded by two ravens and an owl. The overall ambience is oneiric, erotic and criminal.

Room designed by Jakub Rebelka and Iwona Cybula


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~~38~~

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Image by LaLaLa

Room #38, Lalala artHotel. The land of Mrs Roe-Deer and imps. On the chest of drawers a pair of silver stilettos for ladies or gentlemen - for tap-dancing, dances and beating out rhythms at nights. Wood and nude azure, mosaic and crystal. Curtains embroidered with frisky giraffes. The whole world dashes along those curtains. Honorata peeps from her self-portrait, combined with na ve drawings. The room has its fairy and protector. The walls glisten with Ulcia's collages and vermicules. An interwar bed heavily serves dreams of an idyllic village. Next to it there stands an arabesque chaise longue intended for quick day sleeps and reading sessions. A place for gourmets, perfect for drinking cordial from crystal glasses, accompanied with raisin halva. The land of Hrabal.

Room designed by Honorata Martin and Ula Wasielewska

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Image by LaLaLa

++7++

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Image by LaLaLa

Room #7, Lalala artHotel. Charm, foam, whale and pistol.Welcome to a white and free variation. A mural on the wall - a girl swings with a pistol, a little airplane scorches along, a whale lazes about, water splashes. Hegemony of white. You can almost hear that purl of dripping water. It's a delicately whipped, soothing foam. Like marshmallows and down. Sparing dosage of foams, reasonable design. A shadow is cast by a counterpoint black crystal chandelier. A mental, joyful seclusion. A trinket, time to exhale, splashdown of post modernistic magic...

Room designed by Marek Mielnicki

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LaLaLa

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7 rooms, 7 stories, 7 tastes going frisky in the eye, 7 spick-and-span artistic concepts, a conspiracy of free minds and imaginations, a wonderful alternative, hotel-non-hotel, no doubts an art-hotel, Mecca of impression collectors. Welcome to the eclectic flea market of bliss of seven faces. Artistic souls often carouse here, rooms are packed with people, conversations and lights, cats come and go. The bar smells of coffee, cake and good wine, children pop in for dumplings and ice cream, good cheeses melt on the tip of your tongue and in summer an idle guest rocks in the hammock. Each room is a different novel, different world.

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I made a discovery last week... and here it is! Hotel Lalala is a self-contained, flamboyant and sophisticated art-hotel creating a new, contemporary style for the cosy historical Sopot - oh yes, we could come'n visit every day! The thoroughly-designed, exciting rooms are both forward-looking and retro, featuring the height of modern design. Who wouldn't like to soak up the exotic atmosphere and style of this wonderful, alternative design hotel? I get so much excited about such things - exclusive creations, where ideas and style count beyond profits...

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Within lively, artistic and quite importantly affordable surroundings, practice yoga, join music sessions and participate in performances, which may begin at any time. Relax on a hammock in the herb garden and feel all cares and concerns disappear. At the restaurant, the homemade delicacies to be sampled are also based on a combination of well-being and luxury. The hotel has only 7 rooms and of course - each one of them deserves a separate story (comig soon).

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Józef K

Coming back to the topic of sweet'n'cosy cafes I started to explore in my yesterday's post I couldn't keep my hands off posting about the cafe which exactly falls under the definition of a perfect one for me. It simply could not be better! If you are in Sopot, Poland, one day, this place is a must-see, although it is not one of those hot spots visited by crowds of tourists (counting on you to guard this secret;))... In fact the cafe seems to be still mostly enjoyed and visited by locals, which helped it to preserve its charm.

Józef K is a literary cafe and quite an ambitious one I would say - where apart from getting a cup of lovely 'Kot Behemoth' chocolate (umm, with that lovely minty after taste!) - or acorn coffee, which you will never find anywhere else - you can pick a book from the cafe's little library and either enjoy works of authors like Bulgakov and Tolstoy or just browse through some colourful table books in a feast-for-your-eye interior. But that is not it! Józef K promotes a quarterly "Korespondencja z ojcem", samples of which can be found on this website and is closely connected to the so called Slavic Literature Cooperative, which supports young writers from Central&Eastern Europe and Balkans. Lovely interior, great reading and a creative idea behind it all! Enjoy:

Images via Jozef K