|events| :: DOUM in PREOBRAZBA ::

DOUM je društvo mladih oblikovalcev in umetnikov, ki je bilo ustvarjeno dober mesec nazaj, z namenom druženja in izmenjavanja znanj med kreativci.

Zaenkrat so med člani arhitekti, fotografi, grafični oblikovalci, oblikovalci notranje opreme.. želijo pa si, da bi se jim pridružilo čim več zagnanih mladih ljudi, iz različnih kreativnih področij. 

Društvo bo imelo pester program skozi celo leto, od okroglih miz, različnih delavnic na temo programskih orodij, fotografske delavnice in še marsikaj drugega.

Če bi te zanimalo sodelovanje/članstvo, obišči njihovo facebook stran in jim napiši sporočilo.

Otvoritvena zabava DOUM, se bo odvijala 30. januarja ob 20h, v Centralni Postaji. Ob glasbi za katero bo skrbel dj Illusion, si boste lahko ogledali fotografije, nekaj pohištva in dodatke za dom, mini cruiserje iz pleksi stekla, video animacije, ..

Prve obiskovalce čaka welcome drink in pa vsakega še majhno presenečenje.
Po 23h pa se zabavi pridruži dj Pohalino/Zavod Kru/ in razstava se bo spremenila v zabavo!

Pofočkajte se na FB strani od dogodka.

Vidimo se!
Pozdravček, M.

Razstavljali bodo: 

KUMOMI DESIGN

http://kumomidesign.wix.com/kumomi

UPS ATELJE

https://www.facebook.com/Upsatelje

FAT RAT
https://www.facebook.com/fatratdesign

PIRATE PIŠKA
http://www.piratepiska.com/

VUCCINELI
https://www.facebook.com/Vuccineli/

PETRA BOŽIČ IN ŽIVA LUTMAN

https://www.facebook.com/deskbuddies.design

BLAŽ BAČAR

KATJA ČEBULAR

BRINA GLUVIČ

KLAVDIJA JARC

JURE MATOZ

http://www.jurematoz.com/

MAŠA MAZI

ANJA MENCINGER
EVA POVŠE

MARKO ŠAFARIČ

http://instagram.com/safko89

Btw, for all the international readers... I`m sorry this is in Slovene, but It`s about a local thing, so I felt there is no need to do it in English. Maybe next time. ;)
Anyhow, if you are free on 30th of January and in Ljubljana at the time, come to Centralna postaja, where there will be an exhibition of some young slovenian designers and artists. For sure, it is going to be fun! ;)
Check out the event here.

|Badass recipes for real men| :: EAT ME, WORLDWIDE ::

Guys, now it`s your turn because finally I have more of a badass thing to post, thanks to our next contributor. He is a good friend of mine and comes from Poland. He surprised me with his creativity and wish to start a completly different thing. So, here it it, Przemek and his....

BADASS RECIPES FOR REAL MEN 

(if you meet a lady who likes it - think twice… she might have bigger balls than you do)

Every Badass knows how to take care of himself. Food is the third most important thing Badass does in his life, after having sex and making money. Real Baddas eats MEAT! A lot of meat and he keeps it spicy and bloody. Every three weeks I`ll give you a piece of advice on how to be a Badass cook! Stay calm and keep cooking!

Heart Breaker! 

Easy as hell, spicy as hell and just perfect for your cold beer served in a frozen glass. 

You will need:

1. 400g of chicken hearts (the more the better!)

2. 1 clove of garlic (use the Polish one, if you need to use Chinese, than take two)

3. Spices: fresh pepper, sea salt, chilli pepper...and some balls! 

How to do it? 

1. Clean the chicken hearts: cut off fat, endings of veins and open the heart to take out blood. You are a badass, but you don`t want to eat chicken blood boiled in a heart chamber. 

2. Marinate the hearts in olive oil with garlic, fresh pepper, sea salt and chilli pepper.

The stronger the better!

3. Leave it in the fridge for 20 minutes.

4. Fry them on the pan until they are crispy..... 

Enjoy it with that cold beer I was talking about in the beginning. ;) 

Coming soon..... 

(Romantic Badass)

Turko (that`s how he wants to be called), loves eating blue beef steaks, altough he lives with a wonderful women who has more of a sophisticated taste. They both love red wine and cheese. Thanks to the mix of his wilderness and her sensibility, their food is exceptional! 

Please meet, the first Badass Chef in Republic of Poland - "Smacznego"! 

A true survivor!

:: EAT ME, WORLDWIDE :: {Germany} ::

Since I have a lot of friends from all around the world, I`m always thinking of things that would make us closer or somehow connect us even more and that`s how I got the idea about the "Eat me, Worldwide" project. I was baking a cake the other day, when the idea hit me....Everyone cooks everyday, right? So, if they took some photos while doing it and send me the recipes, we`ll soon have a big variety of recipes from all around the world, which is great! :) So, for the beginning I asked my friends to participate, but I`d really love to see some random people sending me their photos + recipes.... let`s make this interesting, fun, easy to read and fun to watch! What do you say, are you in!? ;) 

So, let`s go! 

The very first recipe came from Germany.  

Mara and Moritz are sharing with us a dessert from late summer, called "Mara`s Wild Berry Tiramisu":

Beeren Tiramisu / Berry Tiramisu

Ingredients for 8 people:

• 250 g Mascarpone
• 250 g lowfat quark
• 100 g sugar Zucker
• 4 Eggs
• 500 g ladyfingers ("Spoon biskuit")(google it, if you dont know it)
• 3 Tablespoons coffee licor (or Amaretto or Baileys)
• 1 cup cold coffee (strong)
• 500 g fresh Berries (or different fruits – do not use deep frozen fruits!!!)

1.       Seperate the eggs
2.       Take the Egg white and 50g sugar and beat it to beaten egg white ("Egg snow"). Put it aside for now.

3.       Mix the mascarpone and lowfatquark with 50 g sugar (use more mascarpone if you want it even heavier).
4.       Mix egg yolk and coffeelikör under the Mascarpone-Quark-Mass and whisk (quirl) it (if you are a super sweety put more sugar)
5.       Take the beaten egg white ("Egg snow") and fold it (mix it) gently under the Mascarpone-quark mass 
6.       Dig the ladyfingers in the coffee and place them on the base of a baking/casserole dish 
7.       Apply one layer of the creme mass on the lady finger base (ca. 3 cm thick (depending on the casserole))
8.       Put one more layer of ladyfingers on the creme
9.       Apply the ladyfingers with another thin layer of the mascarpone creme (ca 1 cm thick) and put the fresh berries on top of it
10.   Apply the rest of the Creme on top of the berries.
11.   Decorate the tiramisu with fresh berries, mint or whatever you feel like

You should give your berry tiramisu at least 3 hours of time in the fridge before you head to the party and become the king/queen of the party with your feel-like-summer-desert! 

Mara and Moritz are living together in the middle of Germany in a city called Mainz. While he works, she is studying hard, and while she thinks of new great thinks to try in the kitchen, he goes and buys them at ALDI. We generally try to eat healthy, although a great dessert can never be really healthy!

 

:: WHAT IMPRESSED ME, WHICH SONGS GIVE ME POWER AND A QUOTE, THAT`S NOT REALLY A QUOTE ::

1. Video that impressed me this week - The invisible bicycle helmet:

When I saw this, I said "whaaaat", but damn, it`s a nice idea! 

Check out more on their website here. You will want to have one, trust me. 

2. A list of songs that make me happy while I run, so I guess I can call them "my running songs". 

1.   The xx - You got the love (florence & the maschine cover)

2.   Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can`t hold us feat. Ray Dalton 

3.   Feed me & Crystal Fighters - Love is all I got

4.   Netsky - Everyday

5.   Rudimental - Waiting all night feat. Ella Eyre 

6.   Flight Facilities - Crave you

7.   Beth Ditto - I wrote the book 

8.   Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?

9.   Cage the Elephant - Come a little closer

10. Max Manie - Sunday (klangtherapeuten remix)

Of course I have tons of songs on my shuffle, but this ones are usually on repeat a couple of times. It`s funny how music gives me strength in the moments when I feel very weak, for ex. when I run long distances, music is much appreciated. Do you have your own power songs? (share please) :) 

3. A quote, that`s not really a quote 

Whatever it`s going on in your life, just don`t forget to breathe...

Photo: pinterest

Oh, it`s a shitty weather for a Saturday, but let`s make something good out of it. I`ve got a lot of projects
going on right now, so I am a bit busy and super excited. December is coming, and I`m happy about it. 

That`s it. Tonight we have a small gathering, just some friends, some snacks, some drinks, happy thoughts, laughter, long talks.... you know, whatever goes with it. 

Enjoy your Saturday! 

Love, M.

|events - exhibition| ::VIŽDE - OTROC SO LAČN, TK JE::

On Friday I went with my girls to Žalec, to check out what "Vižde" prepared for us this time.

They organised a charity (art) exhibition of young artists that are coming from Žalec & Celje. In my opinion it was great, very well organised, fresh & new for our region, which I approve very much, because I think we definitely need more events like this, so "Bravo" boys&girls, well done & keep it going! ;) 

Lately, I`m asking myself, what are all the talented artists from my town doing, because I know there are a couple of them, but I don`t see much going on...I really hope people will at some point collaborate and make something good out of it (a kickass fresh idea of an event would be a good start, or just something very simple, but good for the city - we really need to be working on bringing life back into it, because at the moment, it`s just sad).

You don`t really need much though. Just time, some effort and an idea of course.

So, Celje....please, surprise me.

If there is anyone with an idea, but he needs help with the organisation, just contact me, I`m all in, I really think, we could do so much more. Nobody is really trying for the public good anymore, everyone started to be egoistic and just do, whatever is best for them. I get it to some point, but I still think, that we are the ones that can change things, we just need to help each other out. Even though you`ll do something for free once, that doesn`t mean you are not valuable, it just means you`re trying at your best + hoping for the best and it will come back to you (good karma and stuff like that). :)

Ah, whatever, it`s better I go to sleep instead of writting an essay here, cuz I was a bit carried away....anyhow, my muscles are still soar from the marathon on Sunday, tomorrow is the last working day for this week (yey!) and I had a kebab today for lunch (healthy, I know) - which was superlicious btw. :)

Good night, 

xo, M.

:: KICKSTARTER PROJECTS - FLYKLY SMART WHEEL & CHIPOLO ::

I`m sure that from time to time, you go and check what`s going on on Kickstarter, right? :) Well, if you don`t, that`s ok, but you can find some really awesome creative projects up there!
I decided to share two of them with you guys, cuz they come from Slovenia and I really love the idea of both of them + come on, we`re so small & yet we have so many talented people! It`s only normal to give them some support, even though it`s just a post on the blog, or sharing the news about it... I`m sure that means a lot. So, if you have a talented friend with a good idea or you are super psyched (this came to my mind from an episode of a south park - not really relevant, but still...) about a project someone did, spread the word, be supportive, show some love! I`m sure they`ll appreciate it. ;)

1.FlyKly Smart Wheel
http://www.flykly.com/#

I love this project, since my ride = my bike and this is an amazing idea with great solutions (check the video, to see what I`m talking about)!  ;)
Good job folx, let`s make cities people friendly! ;)

FlyKly Smart Wheel from FlyKly on Vimeo.


2. Chipolo - Bluetooth item finder for Android and Iphone
http://www.chipolo.net/ 

Ok, this really made me happy, since I`m "losing" my stuff all the time. All of my friends are laughing at me, cuz I`m constantly having panic attacks, because I don`t find my things, even though they are always where they should be - in my bag (btw I`m a sucker for large bags, which doesn`t really help me). :)
Anyhow, they got my attention and I`m definitely a happy (future to be) customer! ;)

Chipolo - Bluetooth Item Finder for iPhone and Android from Chipolo Team on Vimeo.

:: WHAT`S YOURS? ::

  I just want to wish you a wonderful (what`s left of) weekend! 

 xo, M.

+ I decided to share this video with you, because I watched it a couple of times already and it still makes me cry a bit ..  it`s beautiful.

What`s yours? I kind of get lost in my thoughts everytime I see this video... 

|recipe| :: CAULIFLOWER CALZONE / CVETAČNI CALZONE ::

|ENG|

Through a friend of mine I found out about the "The Iron You" - A healthy living blog with tasty recipes and since then I`m totally hooked on it. I already made the "Cauliflower Crust Calzone", which turned out delicious! (I actually made it twice last week) :) 

I never thought that Cauliflower can be so good! Anyhow, if you are a sporty person and you like to eat healthy than I definitely recommend you to visit "The Iron You"... and than, who knows, you might even apply for the Ironman competition. :)

I decided not to write the recipe since you can find the english version here, but I`ll do it in a slovenian way for a change. :)

|SLO|

Prijateljica me je seznanila z blogom "The Iron You" - kjer lahko najdete nasvete za zdravo življenje, mene pa so predvsem očarali okusni recepti. Blog mi je sicer čisto pisan na kožo, tako, da me je popolnoma prevzel. Odkrila sem ga prejšnji teden in takoj naslednji dan sem že preizkusila recept za cvetačni calzone. Vam povem, odlično je uspelo! (dvakrat v treh dneh) :)

Jutri pa se lotim tistega čudovitega chia čokoladnega moussa...Mmmm.

Skratka, recept za cvetačni calzone bom zapisala samo v slovenščini, ker v angleščini ga najdete tukaj.

Sestavine za "testo": 

• cvetača (1)
• jajce (1)
• mozzarella (50g)
• sol, poper, origano

Sestavine za nadev: 

• mozzarella (50g)
• sveža bazilika
• paradižnikova omaka

Cvetačo (surovo) narežite na drobne kose in jo zmeljite, da dobite cvetačni riž, ki ga nato postavite v mikrovalovno za 8min, da se skuha. Cvetačni riž je nato potrebno ožeti, namreč vsebuje veliko vode in če želite, da bo skorja hrustljava, se je potrebno potruditi in jo izstisniti čim več. Torej, na kuhinjsko krpo zvrnite riž in počakajte par minutk, da se zadeva malce ohladi, da si ne opečete rok pri ožemanju. :)

*Med kuhanjem riža, na pladenj pripravite peki papir, ki ga rahlo naoljite z olivnim oljem in postavite v pečico na 220 stopinj, da se segreje.

Ko ste vodo izstisnili, v cvetačni riž dodate jajco, 50g mozzarele (naribane), sol + poper, ter po želji še kakšne začimbe (origano, česen,..) in vse skupaj dobro zmešajte. Iz pečice nato vzamite pladenj in na papirju oblikujte "palačinke" (2 ali 3 - odvisno od velikosti cvetače, jaz sem dobila dve), ter jih postavite v pečico za točno 10min. Po 10min vse skupaj vzamite ven (delajte hitro) in na polovičko nadevajte paradižnikovo omakco, mozzarello (naribano) in liste bazilike (nasekljane), ter si z lopatko pomagajte, da prazno polovico prevrnete čez, da dobite calzone. S prsti si pomagajte, da lepo zaprete robove (jaz sem to pozabila, kar se vidi tudi na sliki) in postavite v pečico še za 12min.  

Servirajte vroče in mogoče ob kakšni dobri solatki. Je res ful dobro in tudi nasitno, čeprav ne izgleda veliko. 

To je to, upam, da vam je všeč, tako kot je meni. Sprobajte in mi podajte kakšen feedback. 

Pozdravček, 

M.

|events| :: SUNDAY PICNIC IN THE PARK ::

There`s not much going on in Celje, so I decided it`s time to change that, even though it`s just a picnic in the park. First of all the most important thing is, that this picnic was meant for everyone - kids, adults, students, hipsters, animal lovers...the more the merrier. :) The point was, that everyone bring smth to eat/drink, a blanket or a chair (if they don`t want to sit on the grass) & anything connected with sport activities, so we wouldn`t be bored just sitting around. Also, we had a little raffle for all the people who contributed something special (I think kids loved the idea). :)

We were a bit unlucky with the weather (it was raining like every 15minutes), but in the end, we still had fun. Respect to all of you who came (I was kind of surprised, cuz I really didn`t expect that much people, since the weather was terrible) & thank you!! ;) Oh, and the good news is, I got a really positive feedback, so I`ll keep this "picnic" events at least once in a month. You are more than welcome to join us, cuz we`d be happy to see some new faces as well! ;) 
Follow my FB page, to stay updated with the upcoming events & don`t forget to spread the word! ;) 

xo, Maja

Group photo, but there are 4 girls missing (one is hiding behind the umbrella, two came a bit later & I`m taking the photo). :)

Instacollage of the different moments ;)

:: EKO BRLOG ::

Yesterday, I was at the opening of the first eco friendly shop for animals - Eko Brlog (Oblakova 32, Celje). The shop is fantastic (as you can see below), Anja & Karel really did a great job. I wish you guys all the best, that many lil` fellows will enjoy your food and products! ;) 

You can find Eko Brlog on facebook (here), where you can find all the informations about the products & shop. 

This photo is from their FB page & the model is Adam. :)