Kerstin in Miami

Leaving on a rainy and sad Sunday!

kznmiami — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:58:30 +0000

Do you remember the first view out of my hotel window when I arrived 4 weeks ago?
That’s the version of my last sunday …You can hardly notice the yachtes wich are normaly very closed and right in front! So no beach or pool day – we had to spent the last dollars in the shopping mall!

Rainy, sad sunday morning!

And then I went straight to MIA airport to catch a cosy window seat for this overnight flight!
Waiting, waiting, waiting for this delayed Air Berlin machine ….

Waiting for departure!

Boarding still in progress!

Jepp got it - so time to fall asleep!

Puh, got all the stuff safe through the customs – but now have to tidy up and get ready for the next trip

Bunch of US souvenirs for family, friends and myself!

Farewell weekend in Miami: Part II

kznmiami — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:36:00 +0000

….after a quick beauty and styling session the farewell programm went on!
We went to Miami’s Design Destrict, an upcoming area with many galleries, interior design and art shops!
Not yet realy fancy and well known but wiht high potential…..it looks much more pretty at night!
Here you can find such crazy and special installations:

"The Living Room" at 40th Street

Good question: Would you love to live here?? I don't know..

But we were not looking for any propertie here – we just wanted to enjoy the “I love Miami Spice” Menue at the Grass Lounge! One of the best places in town, with an amazing only outside atmosphere and a realy cool floral interior …

The Grass Restaurant's outside online!

The very styly Grass Lounge

Where is the grass green?? At the restrooms

Some hands as decoration...

And we realy loved the Grass’s version of it’s Miami Spice menue It was not so easy to decide but at the end everything was sooooo delicious – yammi…

Starter: Yellowfin Tuna Tataki

Thai Chilli Shrimp Salad

Entrée: Tilapia

Marsala-soy skirt steak

As desert:

Key Lime Calypso

Chocolate volcano with icecream

That was the best dinner I had within this 4 weeks in Miami – and for sure I had the chance to see lots of different restaurants and places! But our farewell programm did not end here…

Then we went to a fashionshow wich took place in one of these brand new skyscrapers also near this Design District and was kind of promotion for new investors or neighbors! So we went on the 7th floor to a beautyfull pool area and got lots of strong sponsored welcome drinks before the show! The Catwalk was right in the pool – a realy cool scenery and great fashion – especially the bikini collection of Kristina Ashley!

Pool Catwalk on the 7th Floor

So cute bikinis - every was worth to buy!

It was toooo hot - we had to cool down!

The other fashionistas!

And last but not least the “Harter Kern” went on clubbing in Brikell at a brazilien party! Olé olé olé!

The "harte Kern" of brazilian dancers!

Cheeeessssseeee!

Almost out of control

Farewell weekend in Miami!

kznmiami — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:00:58 +0000

Hi folks,

today I will go back to Germany, my stuff is already packed so I am ready
The last days here have been awesome with lots of crazy impressions:
Starting with the “All Agency” Sapient Event last Friday where every team presents the latest creative projects and campaigns in this chilling TGIF atmosphere having a few beers and pizza!

Sapients "All Agency" Event in the DC

Chilling and listening to the latest news!

The Media girls: Jessica, Melissa, Mellissa again and Yesenia

Starting saturday morning having Breakfast with Mira in the Hotel and after that we went to North Beach!
A realy nice spot, not to crowded and the weather was realy crazy! Heavy rain storms passing left and right with flashes and thunder but luckily in our area it was not realy bad….

Starting the weekend like this....

Crazy clouds passing by - it's raining over there far far away!

Thunderstorms are coming closer!

Posing at North Beach - real Mustang girls!

Unfortunately it started also to rain and we had to leave – but not before our quick & dirty fotoshoot with this fancy Ford Mustang! That provocates a crazy chorus of horns….. tstststst, american boys!!

Almost time to say good bye …..

kznmiami — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:35:10 +0000

Holá todos,

unfortunaely today is my last day here in the Miami office – time flies by here so quickly, it feels like I just arrived yesterday! So I have to grab all the new and interesting media insights and tricky bridgetrack skills together and bring it back – with all the other more or less material stuff I also bought here – to Germany!
There is definitly a lot to import from this very exciting, crazy and interesting 4 week exchange trip!!!

I would like to thank everybody you was more or less involved in making this great experience happen and letting me smell this american spirit of Sapient Interactive and Media in specific.

A very big big thank you to the whole media team here in Miami who gave me a very warm welcome, this bunch of online media input, trainings and sessions who let me participate in meetings and nice vendor events and gave me the important local recomendations to explore Miami’s beach-, night- and shopping-life!! Thank you soooooo much It was awseome beeing part of the Miami media team!!!

Here are some pictures from the last days – luckily there will follow some more due to there are a few hopefully sunny days left!! I will have a tough schedule for the realy last weekend here
Hope to see you soon at home and you guys here as well somewhere and somehow!!

Driving home fotoshoot!

Coral Gables lovely and exclusiv neighborhood!!

Cruising home from Palmetto Office

Tarzan & Jane would love this trees!

Jungle like alleys!

Our last night ride through Ocean Drive at South Beach! I took ages finding the right and not illegal parking slot but finaly we arrived at the trendy Skybar at the Shore Club! An amazing Hotel with a cosy outside bar and pool area – to be honest we expected a fancy place somewhere close to the sky on the xyz floor with a perfect view but at the end it was on the ground floor! But we enjoied it anyway! Had a tasty dinner at Nobu - a great japanese restaurant!

Cruising fancy and crowded Ocean Drive!

Ocean Drive at a Thursday night!

Having dinner at Nobu!

Nobus special Miso soup - delicious!

And walking back to pick up our car we passed this beautifull place – the Setai Hotel and Restaurant! It’s sooooo amazing …..Spending a night there you just need at least 1000 bucks….so let’s go there next time
That’s hard to top, but we will see what’s coming next at this last weekend here in the sunshine state – acutally it’s raining ;-(

The Saturday Night Update

kznmiami — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:06:02 +0000

Hey guys,

I just got a bunch of pics taken last saturday night and would like to share a few of them with you.
We started at the Sandbar at Coconut Grove and went to South Beach later on….
So just enjoy these like we enjoied this saturday night

Coconut Grove at night

Coco Walk at night

Starting at the Sandbar: Thomas, Graham, Kerstin & Mira

Some shots from the Gemma Lounge on the nice balcony having a perfect view on the touristic hot spot Lincoln Road….

Jessica & Thomas

Candace from New York and Kiran the Miami girl

Sapient girls from DUS and MUC

Graham posing before rushing home early!

Chill out Sunday at Key Biscayne

kznmiami — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:57:10 +0000

Yesterday we just relaxed and hang around at the southest point of Key Biscayne. With its lighthouse and sandy dunes this beach is more or less similar to this special northsee atmosphäre. We were looking for lguanas which should be located there but could not find any! Luckily I had not to drive and could make more pictures during our ride – we took Miras super fast and fancy canary yellow Ford Mustang, awesome….

Paparazzi on the way...

The lighthouse at Key Biscayne

Lighthouse Beach Area

Over the dunes straight to the beach

Lovely Fotoshoot at the Beach

And on our way back we made a stop at the Rusty Pelican and had a nice dinner with a perfect view of the Miami Downtown skyline! That was a lovely fotoshoot, we could not get enough of this great atmosphere. And also enjoied a sundowner as the sun went down…….

Downtown Skyline

Sunny Sunday passes by!

Time for a sundowner - cheers!

Exploring day- and nightlife at South Beach!

kznmiami — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:18:43 +0000

Holá chicas y chicos!

now I got great support of beach-, shopping- and clubbing-affine Sapies here in Miami! Mira, Thomas and Graham arrived last week too so we are a big Sapient crew here exploring day- and even nightlife wiht the Miami locals here
It was realy fun….

Saturday first we went to a big big warehouse sale in the convention center and made some great deals! Bought fancy jeans and beach stuff for only a few bucks. After this stressfull shopping marathon we had to get fresh energy at Sushi Samba to be ready for the crazy and crowded South Beach!

Kiran & Jessica screening these bunch of jeans!!

Lunch at Sushi Samba

Mira & Kiran enjoing Sushi

Me & Jess did also!

Just walking down Lincoln Road we arrived at the famous South Beach very closed to the Ritz Carlton Hotel and found some place to put our towels ….
It was realy crowded and the water was like taking a hot bath!

Coming closer to South Beach!

South Beach's Baywatch!

The VIP Ritz Carlton parasols and deckchais!

The bunch of sunbathers and us!

The saturday night report will follow soon! First I have to collect and censor the lovely fotos we took at the Gemma Lounge!

Women & Wine Tasting Parties

kznmiami — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:44:28 +0000

Hi wine lovers,

here in the US beeing part of “new world” – outside the traditional wine-growing areas of Europe like Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa and Mexican as well – I got the chance to refine my wine senses. Mira, Jessica, Kiran and I joined this exclusive wine tasting seminar by sommelier Cynthia Betancourt at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Downtown. It was so funny sitting and watching all these wine loving american women who were looking for professional tips and tricks for their own “home wine parties” which will for sure come very soon!!

It was an amazing experience drinking a Sauvignon Blanc out of a wrong glass the Burgundy one- a totaly different smell and taste, awefull! So take care about your glassware next time – it makes such a big difference! And one more learning from last night’s wine session: using a plastic cup every wine tastes realy bad no matter if it’s an expensive Chardonay or cheap Pinot Grigio!! Keep this in mind for your next picnic

Mira, Kiran & Jessica

Some appetizer to keep the taste sense pure!

Skyline after thunderstorms and our wine tasting

Some Impressions from Downtown…

kznmiami — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:40:03 +0000

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

And now I would like to present you my new and fancy hairstyling:

PRIOR

Yesterday's snapshot

AFTER

Today's snapshot

Weekend News

kznmiami — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:28:51 +0000

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!