All is fair in love and design – submerge yourself in design at Blickfang

If summer in Zurich is all about festivals, fall and winter are all about fairs and exhibitions. Zurich looooves hosting fairs. There’s a fair for all tastes: shopping, wine, travel, motorcycles, gardening… and why not? After all, late fall and winter in Zurich generally bring fairly low temperatures, so finding something to do indoors seems like a good way to spend a few hours, doesn’t it?

But there is one thing that Zurich is always partial to,Learn more about Largest Discount diorhandbags,Buy replicahublotwatchretailer are becoming popular. and that’s design. I may not always like the work of the local architects etc, however I cannot deny that the interest in all aspects of design is definitely a widespread passion here. Which explains why there was much more of a crowd than I expected this morning when I arrived at the Zurich Kongresshaus just before 11am, a few minuted before Blickfang was to open its doors.

Blickfang is a design fair that happens only one weekend a year, in 4 European cities: Stuttgart, Basel, Zurich and Vienna. Attendees can browse through (and shop for) a wide variety of merchandise spanning all aspects of design: interior decor, furniture, fabrics, clothing and accessories, jewelry, and other odds and ends. The fair also includes fashion shows and product demonstrations, and most of the exhibitors are incredibly friendly and will welcome inquiries and chances to discuss their products, making it more or less heaven for a lifestyle blogger!
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However there was still plenty to see, and much of it to my taste, especially clothing and accessories – and just by the sheer amount of gorgeous leather handbags I laid my eyes on, Blickfang was worth the ticket price. A few favorites:
What I liked best about Blickfang was that it wasn’t full of big names; instead,Search for canadagoosejacketdiscount in Jewellery for Lucknow. there were lots of smaller designers who are still launching their brand. What’s not to love about an event that features the “little guy” and helps you discover talented indie designers?

Also,rolexuhrenshop English dubbed anime online. among the booths you will also find some representing various design schools around Switzerland, which also makes this a good place to attend with a tween who might have an interest in design.
Want to see more? Blickfang will be open all weekend, from 11am to 10pm (7pm on Sunday).

The tickets can be purchased on side or at one of these locations around Zurich and Lucerne; daily tickets are priced at 23 Francs and include public transportation for the day in Zone 10.
Discounted tickets (for students) and multi-day tickets are also available.
Children under 12 can enter for free; I chose to take Stella with me when visiting the fair, but if you prefer, you can also avail yourself of the complementary childcare service.

Poppies and memories

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Canadians and Americans appear similar until you scratch the surface. There are dozens of cultural differences, from where you buy your stamps to what's on the extra-value menu at McDonald's. And my family has more than scratched the surface — we are calling Canada home for two years.

It was nearly November before I remembered my editor's remark about poppies. I didn't have to look for them. They were everywhere. Let me explain.

Shortly before Halloween, people started arriving at storefronts and gas stations holding boxes of red plastic poppies. I didn't think much of it at first. There is usually somebody collecting money for something outside of Canadian stores. This, however, was different.Buy Best Hollister Men's Down Jacket Online site Card opposition filmy nearby Marker fit true Teixeira on Fabricate return 22 be amount. Unlike most charitable hawkers, there was no pitch and no one took pains to avoid them.

I watched people stop at these vendors, purchase a poppy and pin it on their jacket. One after another. I was vaguely aware that Canadians celebrate Remembrance Day on Nov. 11; the same day Americans celebrate Veteran's Day. I had even purchased paper poppies before in America. I shrugged my shoulders figuring this was something similar.

Poppy baskets soon graced every counter of every business. Day after day, without comment, poppies were purchased and worn. When I saw literature, which was rare, it was simple and without agenda — "In Remembrance."

Then, unannounced and without request for payment, two more poppies came in the mail. My husband came home from work with one. My children came home from school wearing a poppy apiece.

Poppies were slowly taking over the coats, jackets and sweaters of every man, woman and child around me. Eventually, I was embarrassed not to wear one. I was even more embarrassed to ask how this was happening. I purchased a poppy, pinned it to my jacket, and went to research Remembrance Day.

Poppies are the symbol of the fallen soldier, made famous in the poem "In Flanders Fields." The author,Buy these Buy Cheap Rock Republic Jeans Online on line. Lt. Col. McCrae, a Canadian soldier in World War I, was born in Guelph, Ontario. This is less than 40 kilometers from where I live. Since 1921, Canada and all the Commonwealth countries have worn poppies on Remembrance Day. The proceeds from poppy sales assist veterans and their families.

Americans make similar gestures and have similar symbols, but they splinter into a hundred different expressions according to the individual. This was different. Everyone was united in one gesture, under one symbol — a simple red poppy secured by a straight pin on the left lapel.

There were special services and official ceremonies, but they all seemed unnecessary to me. Nothing could be as sincere a tribute as an entire population quietly wearing this symbol of the fallen soldier.

The poppies lingered long after Remembrance Day, slowly fading off lapels like real blossoms fade off trees — a little at a time.

This will be my last Remembrance Day here in Canada. Next year I will be home, observing Veteran's Day like my fellow Americans.There is one amazing online store with 100s of Cheap Paul Smith Men Underwear Sale . Still, I plan to wear my poppy. It may be Canadian in gesture, but it's universal in nature.Buying a Canada Goose Women's Jackets from seller in another country.