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Archive: 2013 October 18

A proper business lunch: People become nicer after eating well

2013 October 18

White tablecloths, low prices, good food and even better service – these are four things that Lithuanians expect from a good business lunch. What makes a good business lunch? How can you know that a restaurant’s kitchen is clean? Why shouldn’t you hurry to leave your table? “Hurry slowly” is a Latin saying that has survived to the present day. Jolanta and Dalius Šlapelis, the owners of the Skonio Slėnis restaurant being opened at the BOD high-tech centre, believe in this saying wholeheartedly.

Business lunches can be lunches meant for discussing business matters or the daily lunch selections that most of us are used to. The standard business lunch takes about 1.5 hours. This relaxed lunch, more free with its time and finances than most, is meant for businesspeople. The business lunch is no less important of a ritual than observing which individual first offers their hand for a handshake. It seems insignificant, but it can decide a lot – someone’s mannerisms, the atmosphere, and even what food one orders. Daily lunches, on the other hand, are brief lunches that can be had during one’s break from work.

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A swinging evening

2013 October 10

Where: The Energy and Technology Museum

What: The New Vision company’s evening

When: October 10th, 2013

Our hosts know that guests must be greeted warmly. Mead with hot apple juice and sea-buckthorn berries always lifts guests’ spirits and warms them up so that smiling would come more naturally. The museum was home to more than just technological inventions – there were floral inventions, too! A bouquet of flowers with fruit and red rowan berries matched so well with the cold metal, it seemed as though everything the hosts touched was made warm.

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Autumn creeps up through the moss. A still-life

2013 October 8

Where: Vilnius Town Hall

What: Sostinė Klubas evening

When: October 8th, 2013

There comes a time when white candles become… too white. “Too bright, too decorative too elegant – when all you want is cosiness, warmth and a hug,” – says Audronė, our decorator, as her match lights an aged candle. The silver candlestick smiles back.

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