Entries from July 2008
Hi there,
had a crazy appointment at RikRak yesterday evening with Massimo – an awesome italian hairstylist for sure – to get this fancy and cool miami hairstyle 
Was first a little bit scared because of my poor hairstyling specific vocabulary – is it just a trim or a real hair cut?? no idea – but finaly we decided that it is something in between! So I drove to Downtown Miami passing lots of skyscrapers where the finance guys are making the big big $ and € transactions and the waterfront too!
Downtown Miami - Brickell Avenue
Downtown Miami - Finance District
RikRak at Brickell Avenue
Downtown Miami - Waterfront
Downtown Miami - Waterfront
And now I would like to present you my new and fancy hairstyling:
PRIOR
Yesterday's snapshot
AFTER
Today's snapshot
Categories: After Works
Holá que tal? Hope you had a great and sunny weekend as I had.
Yesterday I explored the North Beach area a little bit more: first took a sunbath at Surfside Beach – I dont’t know why it is called so, there was no surfer at all – then stayed a little bit more south at North Shore Beach. So I could tick off two more beaches from the long long list of the offical greater miami beach guide!
But due to there was no shady palm at all I got too much of the miami sunshine.
Surfside Beach looking North
Baywatch at North Shore Beach
Getting almost sunburnt
And after the relaxing afternoon on the beach I had to do my chores, little household things.
You can meet a lot of funny people at a coin laundromat here in Coconut Grove!
Laundry at Coconut Grove
Waiting, waiting, waiting...
Luckily this was a very fast washing programm…
This sunday started with very heavy and rainy thunderstorm and I was wondering if the snorkling trip could be realised under this rough weather conditions at the Key Biscayne National Park.
Starting sunday like this....
But it pulled ahead and we could put out to the ocean more than an hour driving to the world’s third-larges reef! 95% of this National Park is underwater. It was awesome, snorkling very close to big barracudas, papageifishes and big swarms of other kind of colourful marina animals….
Welcome to Key Biscayne National Park
Visitor Center at Key Biscayne National Park
Our way driving to the coral reef
Passing Adams Key on the left hand site
Put the gear and fins on and explore this great reef!
Driving back - what a great sunday snorkling afternoon!
Categories: Beaching · Weekend activities
This morning we got a nice and very sweet surprise – a big box with lovely cupcakes and lots of marshmallows which are placed next to me! It’s hard to sit here with this sweet smell in my nose all day long! They are made by Stella’s Sweet Shoppe – have a look at this old-fashioned cupcake emporium, they look so pretty but taste incredible sweet! What a lovely “Death of sugar”….
Very sweet cupcakes! yammi
We will have to get a coffee as well at our favorit caffein dealer – the next Starbucks of corse!
Our favorit Starbucks coffee shop!
Categories: Media · Sapient Office
Here are some spots at Coconut Grove where the after work life will take place. Some nice bars and restaurants are not far away and luckyly you don’t need a car to go there, it’s just a few steps away from the hotel.
I already watched Heath Ledgers last brilliant performance as Joker in “The Dark Knight” – you have to watch it, don’t miss it! This movie breaks already the $$ record at the box office here!
Coco Walk
Coconut Grove Main Street at night
Coco Walk
Categories: Nightlife · Shopping
Yesterday afternoon we had an official meeting with the Google guys from Chicago. James Bond – not the 007 agent for sure – and Anna presented the latest Google news and its great and still growing portfolio. It looks like Google does not focus on the big search and Google Adwords business any more – in the USA Google conquers the whole media world: they are now doing also in radio, print and tv !!! That’s scary…
And they start to promote a new way of buying offline media: forget about GRPs and all that traditional stuff, with Google you can buy everything on CPM! That will be kind of revolution in the advertising world. And not surprisingly they use auction tools and bid mechanism for this remnant inventory sale! That’s Google style!
Source: www.google.de
Anyway, we had the great pleasure last night having dinner at the Emeril’s at Miami Beach wiht almost the whole media team. Emeril is a Jamie Oliver like famous cook here with his own cooking show on FLN.
We had lots of fun and tried delicious things!
A ride to Miami Beach
The Emeril's at Loews hotel on famous Collins Avenue
Emeril's sitting right in front of the pool & beach!
Miami media folks!
Las chicas Melissa & Jessica
Chanel & Yesenia & James from Google
Anna, Nuno and Brian
Almost the whole media team!
Categories: Media · Nightlife · Sapient Office
Not realy I guess! I was also very surprised that there must be a three of them all here in this area – more or less close to each other. Today I had a quick stop at the second one the “Falls Office” to say hello to some of the BridgeTrack experts – it was a little tricky to find it – the office and the experts as well!
Looks like a garage from outside at first view!
That's the address: 12910 SW 89th Ct, Miami Florida
Coming closer and inside there was no doubt that this must be a Sapient office!
Familiar things just passed me, but here they don’t play table soccer they play ping pong!
Sapient branded front desk whith lovely people as usual!
Take a seat here!
The "Falls office"
The "Falls office"
Outher cube look & feel here!
And don’t forget this is the Sapient office where most of the BridgeTrack folks are based!
Here you are one of big promotion poster.
BridgeTrack big poster
And downstairs there is Sapient’s print office where we do lot’s of offline stuff for Burger King and Citibank!
By the way – the Palmetto Bay office was the former Burger King Headoffice in the US – now only some Burger King advertising flair is left!
The offline ideas are developed in this printing area!
A real printing machine - 4c I guess
Categories: Media · Sapient Office
What’s going at the weekend here in the sunshine state? Everybody is on the beach with “Kind und Kegel”, big barbies (barbecues of course) , coolers and lots of other camping equipment: VAMOS A LA PLAYA, OH OH OH OH …. I also tried to relaxe and found a lovely place under this palms here at Key Biscayne
Beach at Key Biscayne
Baywatch at Key Biscayne
Hay mucha gente and the Skyline of South Beach!
And luckily the shops are also open on sundays I started today the big shopping tour at the dolphine mall based on Melissa’s enormous list of local insider tips! What a crazy “Reizüberflutung”…
Shopping Marathon started at Dolphine Mall
And finaly tried to find out what’s going on at hip South Beach on a sunday afternoon – but there was no chance coming through all that traffic at Ocean Drivce or even to get a parking lot ;-(
Gave up and drove home – will try again soon!
Sunday afternoon traffic jam at South Beach
A save journey home from South Beach
Back in Coconut Grove I enjoyed this fantastic ocean view out of the pool!
I am still looking for a captain of one of these yachts – can’t be so difficult
Let's go for a sailing trip!
Categories: Beaching · Shopping · Weekend activities
Holá guys,
today the “sunshine state” shows its full potential, its hot hot heat outside.
Just had lunch and would let you know how the famous “Brückentag” could look like
But don’t be too jealous – I got a bunch of mosquito bites which are now horable itching back in my cube…..
"Brückentag" Lunch
"Brückentag" Lunch
But how to get there? Round about 30 minutes driving – hopefully against the traffic jam – and passing a jungle like street with lovely, huge and luxury properties….
Not a real pole position
Nice bay-side!
Here must be the ocean front at the end of this channel
Against the traffic jam, yippie!
Categories: Media · Sapient Office
Here are some office impressions – the miami style of Sapient!
And today there is this special Hollywood atmosphere in the air – big film crew is working on the next “Burn Notice” episode: all that sun, surfing and spionage stuff taking place in Miami – must be something very famos, all girls are getting crazy about the main actor!! Maybe I can get an autograph….
Only a few steps upstairs....
Come in and find out more!
A warm welcome to Matt and all the others...
Turn right to one part of the interactive studio
Lots of creativity is in each cube!
The fancy star wars atmosphere is also here! I'm looking forward meeting Mr. Darf Vader!
My cube for the next weeks here! Not as fancy as the other ones right one....
And last night I had the great pleasure to have dinner at DeVitos italian cuisine in South Beach – the latest hot spot in town I was told! Unfortunately Danny was out …
Categories: Media · Sapient Office
Hotel room view 20th floor
Hi and Holá que tal?
Yes finaly I survived the bunch of tourists going also to Miami with Air Berlin yesterday and arrived here at Coconut Grove. Could not check out much yet but this is the nice view out of my hotel room from the 20th floor! The ocean is not far away….and the pool not either!
Just jump in the Pool
My cultural first impressions have also been bilingual: not only english is very common here, spanish skills could also be very helpfull – I had the chance yesterday at the airport as translater to guide someones way home
Looks like this will be a hispanic-americano influenced experience!
Categories: Beaching
