http://www.rosecantine.com travel, fashion, food and wine, design, style and tech Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:15:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lediane Toledo and I were celebrating her birthday at the Odessa Restaurant, which on a boat at the "docklands" area of Amsterdam, not far from the Lloyd Hotel. On warm summer evenings, Odessa is a great place to hang out.ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/28/esme-and-lediane-at-odessa-restaurant-in-amsterdam/ Mapplr's favorite hotels in Copenhagen Yoezer Wine Bar: French food in the old Jaffa quarter Mapplr's favorite hotels in Istanbul Maxroam helps you avoid roaming charges Latest from Nokia: E71 and E66 Beware those 3G iPhone data plans ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/19/links-of-the-week-3/ No one can believe it but the Netherlands has just defeated France 4-1 and qualified for the quarterfinals. Goalkeeper Edwin van de Sar was brilliant. Click here to read The Guardian's hysterical minute-by-minute report of the match.ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/13/european-football-netherlands-defeats-france-4-1-goes-to-quarterfinals/ Parool Amsterdam restaurants on a map Mapplr's favorite restaurants and cafes in Rome Mapplr's favorite hotels in Hamburg Mapplr's favorite hotels in Venice Catit: Mediterranean food in Tel Aviv's trendy Neve Tzedek ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/12/links-of-the-week-2/ What tastes like burnt muddy water? Starbucks coffee, of course. I hate it, well at least the US version. Why Starbucks coffee and pastries taste better in Japan's Starbucks cafes remains a mystery. Now it seems that Starbucks is expanding in Europe. They are already ubiquitous in London but that's not ... http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/12/bad-coffee-comes-to-europe-starbucks-empire-set-for-european-expansion/ I still can't believe the news. Tom Boonen, one of the cycling's mega-stars, has been barred from competing in 2008 because he tested positive for cocaine. He was not officially caught "doping" (i.e. using banned drugs during competition), he cannot be banned by the UCI. However, tour organizers can bar ... http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/12/tom-boonen-barred-from-tour-de-france/ The Netherlands defeated Italy 3-0 in the first round of the European Championships. This is a big surprise. Everyone, myself included, expected the Netherlands to lose. But even in the slim chance that the Dutch team would win, I expected them to win by one goal, not three!ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/09/european-championships-netherlands-defeats-italy-3-0/ Watch this BBC video on how to make pizza napolitana (as officially decreed by the European Union). ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/06/08/how-to-make-pizza-napolitana/ Marketwatch columnist Chris Plummer makes several arguments as to why high gasoline prices are good for the US. It's one of the more lucid articles on the subject. As oil prices climb, we've seen politicians call for a moratorium on the gasoline tax. In Europe, they're calling for a lowering of ... http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/05/30/why-high-oil-prices-are-good-for-us-and-europe/ Mapplr's favorite Berlin hotels Free Wi-Fi service on trains in Denmark FON’s global wireless ambitions: what’s taking so long? You guys are cheap: WiMAX service for no more than $20 per month Public transport Wi-Fi is hot: SF BART to be unwired ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/05/26/links-of-the-week/ An entrepreneur’s honest assessment of what went wrong Apple has 66 percent of market for $1000-plus computers ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/05/21/technology-bits-an-entrepreneur-tells-all-apple-has-66-percent-market-share/ I am in Berlin this week and posted a report on Miniloft Mitte, one of the best places to stay in the city. I will post more about restaurants, cafes and other places to visit. It's a fantastic city with lots of new architecture and design. And it's a lot ... http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/05/21/berlin-report/ You'd never expect sporty Japanese women to run or work out in ugly sweats, would you? Of course not. Read this article about the recent trend among women in Japan: exercising, but in chic outfits.ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/05/18/japanese-women-run-in-style/ Despite my fixation on gadgets, especially new gadgets and anything from Apple, I love print. I will subscribe to a new quarterly magazine called Dispatches, which the Washington Post wrote about this week. Read more here: I’m a dinosaur: I still love print ShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/05/16/i-am-a-dinosaur-i-love-print/ It's that time of the year when people are traveling and making hotel reservations and trying to figure out where to eat. So I just posted Mapplr's top restaurants in Honolulu and top hotels in Prague: Restaurants Mapplr’s favorite hotels in PragueShareThis http://www.rosecantine.com/2008/05/16/top-restaurants-hotels-prague-honolulu/