Month: July 2002

  • Living in the red

    Written by: Tomáš Skřivánek (www.penize.cz) Photo by: Petr PoliakWhile interest on loans is declining steadily, low interest rates mean it doesn’t pay to keep money in the bank. Thus, the current trend is to live on debt. Pavel Juřík During the last two years banks’ relations with ordinary clients who don’t need to borrow tens…

  • Metabolism – how fast we fight obesity

    Written by: Blanka Junová Photo: Isifa Do you want to slim down, but can’t? None of the “guaranteed” diets work for you, so you just refrain from eating or come to terms with your fate? Perhaps you just need to understand your body’s mechanisms and listen to your own metabolism. WE LIVE IN A TIME…

  • The best of Barcelona

    Written by: Anita Lišková & Todd Shaw Photo by: Rene Jakl and archiv In addition to being a mecca for many of the world’s top architects, the Spanish city’s strategic Mediterranean placement makes it a holiday favorite and burgeoning business hub. Visitors will find no lack of world-class hotels, cafés, restaurants, nightlife, or warm-hearted natives.…

  • July-August 2002

    Compiled by Marie Šrámková Theater without borders The first week of July welcomes the 4th annual international show of independent and amateur theater, IV.v MB(apostrof)99, Praha 2002. This was the first festival to focus on meetings between Czech amateur and independent theater and their peers from abroad. This year, 19 ensembles from Europe – including…

  • June 2002

    Compiled by Anita Lišková “During my political career I insulted everyone I wanted to insult. The only ones I did not insult were Monika Pajerová, Jiří Lobkowitz, Petr Cibulka and other weeds of the Czech political scene, because they were not worth the effort.” – Prime Minister Miloš Zeman stated a few days before the…

  • Look & Listen

    Written by: movies Moulin Rouge Exciting, funny, and just plain weird – these are all ways to describe Baz Luhrman’s “post-modern” musical. From the moment the curtain (yes, there is a curtain) draws open, the film draws the viewer into its own strange genre. Refreshing and truly creative, with songs you can sing along to.…

  • Green below the Castle

    Written & Foto by: René Jakl Houses, courtyards, palaces, and passageways – that’s how Prague residents see the Lesser Bank. Of the many green oases that lie hidden among the sinuous streets, the palace gardens beneath the Prague Castle are among the most beautiful. The long-dilapidated gardens that were closed to the public began to…

  • Peugeot 307 SW: space and light

    Written by: Jan Tuček An extraordinarily spacious family car with an interior illuminated by an unusually large glass roof – that’s the new Peugeot 307 SW. THE 307 SW MODEL differs from the basic 307 thanks to its extended wheelbase, which is 10 cm longer and measures 2.71 m, its new, more voluminous back, and…

  • Pálffy palác: Cuisine fit for a king

    Written by: John Letzing Photo by: Dorothea Bylica As the original standard-bearer for local fine dining, Pálffy palác has a lot to live up to. Its creation myth is a well-worn tale: a Moravian waiter barely into his twenties, Roman Řezníček, leases the cafeteria in a music conservatory in 1994, and just happens to transform…

  • The Bacchus Report: Riesling Über Alles

    Written by: Helena Baker Riesling in its various incarnations is to many connoisseurs the indisputable King of Wines. And where can it be found at its peak but in its cradle – Germany – where it is thought to have descended from the original vine of the forests, vitis silvestris. The vine itself is vigorous,…