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NOVEMBER 2012
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07 O pener Ania Dąbrowska 08 Calendar Music, art and events around town 10 Museums Dates and shows 31 I nsider’s Pick Sowa i Przyjaciele 38 Luncheonettes Nabo 56 Hot Find SAM
57 Insider’s Pick Petit Appetit 61 Insider’s Pick Czarna.Bar 69 Insider’s Pick Reset Point
INfront
13 News in Brief A rainbow on fire, the world’s narrowest house, sporting disaster and award winning hotels 16 Trends Return of the shot bar 18 Relics of the PRL Sady Żoliborszkie housing estate, the local milk bar and Solidarity graffiti Editor-in-chief Art Director Editor Editorial Intern Publisher Advertising Manager Key Account Manager Distribution Manager
20 Architecture Lubomirski Palace
73 Insider’s Pick Umpa Lumpa
22 Drinks Battle of the regional beer bars
77 Insider’s Pick Similan
FEATURES
24 City Walk Exploring Żoliborz 88 Why Warsaw? DJ Donnell Knox from Kalamazoo
Alex Webber awebber@valkea.com Kevin Demaria kdemaria@valkea.com David Ingham dingham@valkea.com Karolina Kalinowska Morten Lindholm mlindholm@valkea.com Jowita Malich jmalich@valkea.com Maria Pięta mpieta@valkea.com Krzysztof Wiliński kwilinski@valkea.com
Contributors: Bartosz Bajerski Gill Boelman-Burrows Kit F. Chung Michał Miszkurka Paula Rewald Agnieszka Le Nart Ed Wight
84 Street Index 85 Classifieds 86 Warsaw Map
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