I REFUSE TO UPGRADE!

October 21, 2009

To reintroduce myself as the “LBI Queen,”  I hosted a 1990s party – WE REFUSE TO UPGRADE!!! some flicks from our very 90s outfits….

Flashback Spice Girls!

Flashback Spice Girls!

Why do we refuse to upgrade?! ummmmm Gameboys, hightops, wutang clan, spice girls, aqua, venga boys, walkmans, neon colours, floral prints, overalls, fresh prince,  and ZACH MORRIS PHONES! Need I say more?!

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a new orange phone?

a new orange phone?

The next generation of INTERN MADNESS will be headed by the ZACH MORRIS phone (as pictured above) because I REFUSE TO UPGRADE! R.I.P. ORANGE PHONE your legacy has been born at the 1990s party. As I said at the party, in my famous speech to the crowd (which turned out to be around 50 people in the end) and I will say it again.

It isn’t about going to the bar, it isn’t about going to the Pub, ITS ABOUT REPRESENTING! So TONIGHT we REPRESENT the new generation. all said of course by raising the phone in victory….

this time i put it on a necklace so i wouldn't lose it!

this time i put it on a necklace so i wouldn't lose it!

<3 these girls!

<3 these girls!

1990s!

1990s!

1990s!

1990s!

But where do I find such retro things like random Zach Morris phones? Which was actually called “Portaphone (r) 2000″ cause you know that’s what 2000 looked like in the 1990s. Nasch Market of course!!! What is Nasch? I wonderfully beautiful and atmospheric place that is a flea market, and food market, as well as other various items.

some examples from a few years back

nasch summer 2007

nasch summer 2007

nasch summer 2007

nasch summer 2007

In addition to buying antipasto, veggies, fresh breads, etc. You can also sit at a bistro in Nasch and get an XXXL Schnitzel, which is what I did two weeks ago before searching for second hand retro treasures for the 1990s party!

XXXL Schitzel

XXXL Schitzel

XXXL Schnitzel

XXXL Schnitzel

yummmmers….what a lovely place to eat. We were ALL happy with our meals, and especially happy that a donut sample lady was nice enough to bring over a little something something for us to taste at our table…..and THROUGH THE BUSHES! It was funny I kept peeking at her….I’m talking deep fried doughnuts

I am happy with my XXXL Schnitzel

I am happy with my XXXL Schnitzel

the nice sample lady...even climbed OVER the bushes!

the nice sample lady...even climbed OVER the bushes!

After our lunch we went searching for treasures….It was a GOLDEN day for me….I found a sequin hat (for 1 euro), two purses (4 euro each), AND a random leather vest, PERFECT for the 1990s….and of course the new ZACH MORRIS phone to REPRESENT the legacy of the old orange phone.

Here is how satisfied my trip to Nasch that day made me:

8323_148605412543_501982543_2723222_1261380_nAnd the aftermath of the 1990s party?! A string of funny quotes and one LONG hungover sunday spent lounging and eating pizza…….ah yess hangover sunday with my telephone and a beanbag chair @ Emma’s

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xox


Prater Fair Grounds – A Peek at a 1970s Sinister Horror Movie

October 2, 2009

So the day I met Emma….I thought she would get a kick outta the Prater Fairgrounds in Vienna. How might I explain the atmosphere of this place….

A retro, sinister, cheesy, and tacky midway which is open all the time. It is reminiscent of a zombie movie in the 1970s….or Buffy the Vampire Slayer Circa 1992:

loved this movie

loved this movie

 There are inexplicable things at the Prater…..along with the classic fair atmosphere. It is these inexplicable things that give the prater so much CHARACTER!

Here are some EXPLICABLE flix….just a great atmosphere:

Nothin says fairground without a HOLE pic :)

Nothin says fairground without a HOLE pic :)

bringing out the innerchild

bringing out the innerchild

just a little beer garden before rides :)

just a little beer garden before rides :)

beauty

beauty

our excitment for going on rides!

our excitement for going on rides!

stopping for cotton candy :)

stopping for cotton candy :)

here we go!!

here we go!!

loves it

loves it

BUT I WANNA GO ON THAT ONE!

BUT I WANNA GO ON THAT ONE!

THE CLOWN LOOP DE LOOP!

THE CLOWN LOOP DE LOOP!

Ok so these seem like normal fairground occurances….but then you run into the statues, and the weird “it’s a small world rides,” which don’t really make sense at all! However, they are still enjoyable in some strange way – why? It’s the fact that they exist at all. I mean WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING? It seems to be that whomever created such masterpieces must have been on some sort of hallucigents, or possibly had a little more than one voice in their mind. EITHER WAY! I thought it was amazing….definately remiscent of Rob Zombie’s House of 1000s corpses for some reason…

one of the more innocent ones..

one of the more innocent ones..

ummmm?

ummmm?

a close up of the madness!

a close up of the madness!

yea i'm down with it :)

yea i'm down with it :)

and again!

and again!

To make sense of this madness – we thought we would check out the warped it’s a small world ride. Which had these disgustingly horribly beautiful dolls on display in the front:

Display in front of the ride!

Display in front of the ride!

The first car of the ride was headed by a blue smurf – YES THE BLUE SMURF WOULD LEAD US TO CLARITY!

boarded on our smurf car!

boarded on our smurf car!

the smurf lead the way!

the smurf lead the way!

Once on the ride – things were still unclear. Was it a collaboration of all fairytales? or reject fairytales gone bad? Or was it the result of what fairytales would be like if they were for a grown ups audience that happen to be on some sort of drugs? or was it FAIRY TALES FROM HELL?!

you decide…

little red riding hood?

little red riding hood?

the three little pigs minus that last brick house?

the three little pigs minus that last brick house?

merlin?

merlin?

queen elizabeth? & joker?

queen elizabeth? & joker?

but of course!

but of course!

I took some footage too because this ride was just tooooo classic!!

 

I LOVE IT!

I want to go to Prater like every weekend naturally. Its my fav thing to do in Vienna!

xx


Happy Hour & Sushi & Bowling, oh my!

July 23, 2009

When we’re not saving the world….we spend our weekends doing things to entertain ourselves…like happy hour & going out for yummy food & bowling.

interns takeover the back of the UN bar

interns takeover the back of the UN bar

and again!

and again!

interns take over the subway

interns take over the subway

and again!

and again!

This week we went to Akakiko a Japanese restaurant chain here in Vienna, Some people said it was going to be bad but it turned out delicious!!!

Welcome!

:) Looks promising

:) Looks promising

I was a little stressed that MAYBE I reserved at the wrong restaurant, but we basically took over that too (well at least one floor), the downtown location is big with four floors! It was nice to see a big turnout to the intern dinner!

time for sushi!

time for sushi!

and was it ever YUM! I would DEFINITELY go back again…

so plentiful & colourful...just look at that presentation!

so plentiful & colourful...just look at that presentation!

and again! loves it.

and again! loves it.

The next day (Saturday) was the bowling night – not as fun as cosmic bowl in Canada but still fun!

see this look - its the IM READY FOR GLOW IN THE DARK BOWLING LOOK!

see this look - its the IM READY FOR GLOW IN THE DARK BOWLING LOOK!

Cosmic Bowling is also located at Prater…I wanted to do this night to break away from the usual club scene we have, it was a mild night and fun! The girls totally kicked the guys asses at bowling! heee heee…..but no worries as Michele quotes “He is usually better” and to quote some others “it must be the lanes” or “I’m just out of practice…” suuuuuuuuuure xo.

uh uh uh uh bowling night bowling night! (Brunsick bowling centre)

uh uh uh uh bowling night bowling night! (Brunsick bowling centre)

chocoballs.

chocoballs.

Beara Love

Beara Love

her nails glow!

her nails glow!

glow

glow

On our way home, we ran into a guy dressed like a cell phone. You know…typical ride on the ubahn….Here in Vienna it is tradition if your going to get married not to have a bachelor/bachelorette but instead to dress up and parade around with your friends either gathering signatures or selling useless items. For example, after the sushi dinner there was a bride walking around with her parade selling candy and mini cacti from something that resembled an employee in a stadium selling peanuts. You know like “step right up” get your peanuts, but more like weeeeeeeee i’m getting married by a “marriage chocolate bar” or a cacti. This narrative currently makes me visualize this for some reason:

step right up!

step right up!

Anyways, so the guy was dressed like a cell phone, and as soon as we got on the ubahn we got swarmed. They wanted us to write our numbers on him, “just in case the marriage doesn’t work out” or something like that! lol silly Austrians! It was funny and a little random:

pink cell phone man

pink cell phone man

we signed him...hehehe

we signed him...hehehe

Michele signed him too for fun! They thought he was gay, and naturally we thought it was hilarious too. lol

what an eventful weekend xoxo


CARAVISION feat. on Sparxx Vizion Shout-Outs pt. 3

July 19, 2009

So in Ottawa I hang around with a few entertainers…and today I was e-stalking some people from the Ottawa music scene, and I came across this youtube channel called SPARXX VIZION and found out that I was featured on their shout outs part three! BOYAKASHA!

You see I have a very eclectic group of friends in my home town. Who span from country people, professionals,  government workers, musicians, artists, and party people. There was no CARAVISION blog until my move to Austria. However before I moved, since most of my friends went by their stage name, artist names, tag names, nicknames, or alter ego name, naturally so did I. I went by (and still do to those who are close to me): Cara Beara, Bear, Beara, Beara Love, Affection, Bearalicious, and Lady C. but Cara Beara is and always will be number 1.

My first tag :

my vision.

my vision.

documented and witnessed by DOLL! (Ottawa, Graffiti and Pop Artist).

There you have it. and here is my shout out (see 2:12 of the video):

I am on there with the best Ottawa rappers…

Hilarious. This made my day.

It pleases me that in life I can be a chameleon and hang with all these different groups of people. I love variety in my life and I’m truly lucky to have it!

XOXO.

Look out Ottawa cause I’m coming back in September! <3


Urban Art Forms part deux.

June 11, 2009

As a follow up to my synopsis on the UAF. I have some footage :) which Scott was very nice to bring today. Sooo people some more illustrations to our Canadian adventure to a 3 day electronic music festival…

..upon arrival, drinking on the shuttle bus..cheers Canada!

…tent city..

the golden ticket…Can you hear it??? OMG

and so it begins…the frisking action.

amazing lights and effects:

SUBFOCUS!!!

amazing…..of course the camera was forgotten about the rest of the time!


1980’s Party Tonight!

May 28, 2009

So today at coffee break there were inquiries about the party from a new intern.

New Intern: So who is in charge?

Me: I am, well i do own the orange phone which i use to round up the interns…

New Intern:  What? What do you mean orange phone?

Me: [trying to explain, but looking like an idiot]

New Intern gives me a funny look, enter Selyna.

Seyna: Whats funny?

Me: He was asking who was in charge…

Selyna: Well whoever has the orange phone of course…

Conclusion: the new intern thinks we are nuts.


Rewind to the 1960s & 1970s!

May 13, 2009

The results from “the rules” were: EVERYONE WAS DRUNK! We were a parade of like 40 people dressed in vintage! The orange vintage phone was our common ground for the night…Representing the United Nations, we were united, and the orange phone matches the Vienna International Centre! 4203_1151747198406_1369433740_30375181_4408067_n

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Hello? WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT ISNT the 60s ANYMORE?

We must listen to Vittorio HE HAS THE PHONE!

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Michele my “drinking partner” for the night, and pretty much the most hilarious and lovable guy you could meet <3 Ladies, he is single! ;)

 Do you have redbull here? Yes! Ok I’ll have a coke – Michele’s famous quote :)

And our “1970s Delirium” as coined by Vittorio (before the drunken parade throughout downtown Vienna!)

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After Vittorio’s we commenced to TRY our pub crawl, which basically just turned into a HUGE parade of drunken interns from the 1960s and 1970s just trying to stay together. Thank goodness for the orange phone! Raised in the air with pride – it kept us United! Like the UN! hahahahah So many had conversations on this phone. Many were subject to violence from the phone as well hehehehe I keep forgetting, but once I remember, I am going to bring the phone as a decoration for my desk. Since it REALLY does match the color scheme of the UN (truely 1970s style!)

I swore to people though that if we ended up at Titanic I would storm off into the night! And guess where we ended up after 2 bars and much confusion about keeping the group together –> TITANIC. I stormed off into the night with my orange telephone! It was still a blast being in costume and having a parade of us :) Next theme party – 1980s!! or School Boys and School Girls!

XOXO


Rewind to the 1960s & 1970s!

May 13, 2009

Some background….

Pub Crawl Checklist:                        

 Museums Quartier – Bar-to-Bar

 Finish Line!! – The PUB CRAWL will end at PRATERDOM’s disco club by 01.00 am! (Praterstern U1) and we will continue the party there.

 Drinks Checklist:

Bar Drink Point Value
Pool Bar 1 pint of Beer (any kind) 1 point (1 pt extra if a Tequila shot occurs at half-pint)
The bar on its right 1 mojito or Vodka Tonic 2 points
The bar on its left 2 Tequila shots                                     3 points
Leopold Cafe 1 Cuba Libre or Gin Tonic 4 points
Donau 1 Long Island Iced-Tea or a Pint in less than 3 minutes 5 points

 Rules & Penalties

Rules Point Values
1960’s & 1970’s Costume

(dress to impress)

 

Points determined through voting
Usage of 1960s & 1970’s slang

(Austin Power can be quite useful)

 

2 points per term used
1960’s & 1970’s Dance Moves

(e.g. Saturday Night Fever)

 

2 points per move used
Appointed with drinking partner

(from opposite sex)

 

Mandatory (otherwise you cannot join in)
Only can go to toilet ONCE for place

(guys can’t go outside against a tree)

 

- 4 points per additional usage
Drink Complete Drinks

 

- 5 points for incomplete drinks
Tequila Shots must be drank on the spot

 

- 5 points for messing around
Wait for others before leaving every bar

 

- 5 points for not waiting
***Spicy ways of drinking*** (use your imagination)

 

5 points

 **Bonus Rules** – Kissing girls/guys will get 8 pts extra!!! *- A girl kissing a guy gets 6 pts extra!!!

*Ca va sans dire that kissing guys does not come from Vittorio!

*****

Thanks to Vittorio who made these rules up – which made for one HILARIOUS night! Actual rules that were followed: Costumes, Drinking Partners, and most people had a pint of beer….and some making out! LOL and from what I hear there might have been some girl on girl action @ Titanic after, but thats just a rumour :)

 


Flicks from the Weekend…as captured from facebook

May 5, 2009

4201_739724638763_3210062_42630896_5872323_nher last day as my office neighbor, but not in Vienna! The traditional fountain pose in front of the UN OPEN YOUR EYES!

4201_739724693653_3210062_42630907_7931131_n4201_739724703633_3210062_42630909_7444245_n1celebrations @ luftbad.

Will NOT be putting the FLEX pics in…BECUASE IT SUCKED! I love DnB but here in Vienna they have it every week at a place, and well the weekly DnB @ Flex….HAS NO ROOM FOR DANCING! and a bunch of stupid raver kids getting in your way each second burning you with a ciggy. Vannessa has scars to prove it! NO THANKS! Still looking to find a fun DnB party where i can move :P I think Arena is the best bet for it.

So after this…time for fancy drinks @ Manolos:

dscn0984dscn0985Then to finish off the weekend. The Lacrosse team afterparty w/Vannessa. But first some half pipe chillage in the park. Her friend Alejandro was very pleased to dance with me hahahah he was hilarious! The “latino lover” of the evening as coined by Vannessa!

4201_739711530033_3210062_42630364_6148738_n4201_739711679733_3210062_42630392_6105809_n4201_739711579933_3210062_42630374_3057350_nThe night is never complete without a reference to Lady Gaga <3 CANT READ OUR POKER FACE!


And Spring came this past weekend (Weekend Adventures pt. 2)

April 8, 2009

What a weekend in the sun! Stayed in Friday, but Saturday went to donauinsel to chill all day in the sun and drink beer! It was a gorgeous day:

picture-051The view from the bridge! People chill/tan all across the sides!

Later on…we went barhoping, but met a bunch of peeps at Museums Quartiers, another popular hang out! At night you can just chill outside and make your own party. Drinking in the streets at night when its warm? MY style! We took a little impromptu photo shoot, until the camera was forgotten for the whole night.

picture-055picture-056picture-058After chilling at MQ a whole rack of us went to TITANIC, for a night of dancing! Which was awesome! There were MORE pics BUT THEY GOT HIGHJACKED/DELETED in the drunken jumble *SHAKES FIST* Next time I will remember to always be in charge of the memory taking…cause CARAVISION is better than television <3 Partied until morning!! Well the bars close at 4ish here…So mid morning!

One room played hip hop, the other like pop hits from 80s, 90s, and today!

The pop room even played BASSHUNTER which made me EXTREMELY HAPPY! No one remembered…this was the only song i FOR SURE remembered…and also LOW by flo rida cause i tried to have a dance off with some black dude on the dancefloor but then he wante dto like waltz/spin and dip me during it…at this point i walked away from the situation!!! Oh its still the same!

BASSHUNTER <3