Fuzzy Bus

London has some great night life going on all the time. There are lots of great theatre productions to see and many restaurants to enjoy. One of the hot spots for a good night out is Piccadilly Circus. There are so many clubs with different themes to spend your time dancing and drinking in. You will find clubs celebrating different cultures such as Salsa This club not only has hot salsa music and dancing going on at night, it also has salsa classes. You can get a ticket on a Thames Salsa Cruise here and they have special events for corporations hosting parties.  

For a great bit of entertainment and fun head over to Sound . Each night there is a different kind of party going on from Disco to RnB and Hip Hop. They also have some comedy shows and their happy hour goes until 9 pm. There are different areas to hang out in and they have some VIP packages to get for a group.  

For some serious Jazz music find your way to Ronnie Scott’s . They have live performances of the greatest jazz musicians in the world nightly. There is even a Sunday Jazz lunch. The rest of the week, there are three act shows each night and you will want to check the times before you go. This is one of the oldest Jazz clubs in the world and a must experience for the true lover of Jazz music.  

Piccadilly Circus clubs are only a subway, taxi or brisk walk away from your great London hotel and plenty of people and maps to show you the way. Save up some energy for the nightlife in London because it will take you for a fun ride.

There are many things to see in Mannheim, and many ghosts to chase. There is a sometimes terminal case of hipness that comes through at certain times of year, where everyone moves like a ghost. It’s also one of the great moments in the city, and really, any month is terribly interesting. Summers are always the season when the city takes a collective breath, but Fall can be broody enough to warrant staying a few extra nights in the hotel in Mannheim . An extra day should be allowed, always, to try to chase any loose threads of a journey, although the ends are impossible to find.

It can at times be like an archetype of itself, the perfect postmodern place to chase all kinds of techno-electro dreams. Cafe life is of the moment, but it’s also frozen in time, and often feels like walking into the past. Perhaps, on a particularly good afternoon when the wind is just right, one can catch a glimpse of Carl Jung’s grandfather and namesake.

The stories go that he was the lovechild of Goethe, and more than 200 years later, it doesn’t matter all that much. Anyone who’s been pulled into the mystery of Goethe’s plays understands that there are things that happen out of time, and sometimes a daydream is just as true as anything else. He was also a surgeon in Mannheim, and a member of the Freemasons, and so colorful a character that the grandson would see himself reflected, and find roots of a mystic hero here.

It would be nice to have one of those great legendary dinners with famous people and have the grandfather and Jung himself there to tell stories. Nothing would be cleared up by the end of the evening, just more loose threads, and conversations with people who were so good at inventing themselves as they went along.

Seoul is a travel destination that has traditionally offered a spectacular way of getting to know this amazing country. Now more than ever, it’s an exciting time to visit. The usual attractions are here, with excellent restaurants and very lovely Seoul hotels that meet the standards of the most discerning travelers, and there are also a number of other exciting things in the works.

In terms of art and culture, Seoul is uniquely positioned to demonstrate a vast archive of thoughts and ideas in new forms, and one of the places where this can be seen in very clear light is the Media City biennale. This edition of the art expo, coming this year in the fall, is the fifth edition of something that started in 2000. It’s a perfect moment to capture the amazing work that’s being done at the junctures between art and technology, and will demonstrate what the artists in South Korea have been up to these days.

There is also a very cosmopolitan curatorial team, selecting works that are local as well as work by international artists. This year there is more of a focus on Japanese work, including work by Japanese artists working in Korea presently. There is a lot of discussion in the contemporary art world about using new media in general, and in a local context, the global development truly finds its revelatory power.

Art and technology have merged traditionally, and very comfortably, but it was often the case that these works were considered more elitist than others, because of the question of access to means of production. Now, where teenagers often have access to amazing technologies that previous generations only dreamed of, it’s become a much more democratic form. In fact, constructing work on a laptop can be even more accessible than paint supplies. This will be reflected at the event, where the best minds in art today will be using the advantages of media along with their own expertise, to make an event that is like none other.