01 February 201912 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESMORNING – TIME FOR BREAD AND COFFEE Monika Brzywczy We are in a beautiful, wide space in Stalowa street - one of the prettiest and still underrated streets of Warsaw’s Praga district. We have an impression that Stalowa could equally be located in Berlin’s Neukolln. It is easy to believe, especially when we look at it while drinking a filter coffee and eating a thick slice of fresh bread with country butter from the Rano Bakery (Eng. Morning Bakery), which opened in July.
09 January 201906 August 2020 PEOPLE, EVENTSHIGH TIDE Monika Brzywczy Her plates and bowls from the “Wave” collection have been all over social media in the past weeks. These pastel blue, pink and light blue pieces evoke summer paradise or the endless sky during the sunsets - that is everything we miss so much in Poland during winter. These projects come from Mua Studio, made by Katia Romanowska.
15 October 201812 July 2019 PEOPLEGLASS, DESIGN AND QUOTES Monika Brzywczy Collectors in Poland – we checked what they are gathering, and why and how much their collections gain in value. We described people with a broad spectrum of interests, ranging from Scandinavian design, GDR glass, and Polish photography to plastic beads and toys from Olympia flea market. In the new USTA Magazine we bring you interviews with specialists in collecting like Maurycy Gomulicki or Adam Leja.
25 September 2018 PEOPLEBEAST Monika Brzywczy With a grain of his own unique contrariness, he readily emphasizes that in case of Category 5 hurricane, he would remain sitting in his living room, eating peanuts and contemplating nature's frenzy. Meet Rodrigo Larios, architect, artist and master in living.
22 July 201812 July 2019 PEOPLEDifferent Pressure Levels Monika Brzywczy In the current issue of the USTA Magazine you can read an interview with Andrzej Bargiel, the first man to ski down the Broad Peak in Karakorum. Few years ago he left everyone behind in the prestigious Elbus Race in extreme class. Last summer he established a new record in the fastest conquest of the five highest peaks of the former USSR. Andrzej tells us about the hardships, the turning points and the reasons why it is worth going alone in the mountains and live there day by day.
07 June 201817 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS(Polski) Nasz Eden Monika Brzywczy After months of intense work we can proudly announce that we have opened our own bistro. We serve vegan food, third wave coffee, orange wines and we have a small greenhouse with succulents, and artisanal ceramics - everything we love most gathered in one place. This is our Eden. Come visit us in Saska Kępa!
21 February 201812 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTSBaron & vodka Monika Brzywczy Aleksander Baron – a one-man band, and a well-known and recognised chef. He has been nominated the main chef at the ZONI restaurant, the new restaurant, which is just about to open at the Polish Vodka Museum in the Praga Koneser Centre.
15 February 201812 July 2019 PEOPLELIKE A LITTLE COLOURFUL TURTLE Monika Brzywczy Sometimes you just need talent and some luck to make it big in New York. More often though, you need to work very hard and be ready to make sacrifices, because you know that there are dozens of thousands of other ambitious artists. We discuss big city life, finding balance and the Icelandic spirit with artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, aka Shoppy.
04 February 201812 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESJUGGLER, COFFEE, AND KLAUS Monika Brzywczy Żonglerka (eng. Juggler) is a newly opened bistro bar in Krakow’s Salwator district. It is located in a cosy, angular space of a former grocery store. When Julia and Szymon were opening the bistro, they had good wine, good coffee, and slow Saturday breakfast in their minds. They also wanted to revive the social and cultural life of their quarter and do something for their neighbours.
21 January 2018 PEOPLEAU REVOIR MONSIEUR BOCUSE Monika Brzywczy January 20 the legendary French chef Paul Bocuse has died at the age of 91. He was the pope of modern gastronomy and one of the founders of the nouvelle cuisine. The gastronomy contest he created ‘Bocuse d’Or’ is still regarded as one of the most prestigious cooking competition in the world.
