Cityfinity

Ljubljana is one of those unfortunate cities that people abandon in summer, either to escape the heat or head off to the seaside where it's even worse. Yet, curiously, summer is also the season when Ljubljana is the most alive, for those who stay gather in cafés along the Ljubljanica river in evenings to chat without a worry in the world or have lazy breakfasts and brunches exclusively before noon when the sun reaches its highest point and you have to hide inside. The whole city is brimming with the energy it usually doesn't have.

Ljubljana glamour is handbag paradise on Tavčarjeva and the smell of Florentine leather breaking through the window. Ljubljana glamour is V. M. on Čopova wearing a black evening dress at noon. Ljubljana glamour are Maxim and Hotel Union. Ljubljana glamour is the saccharine sweet smell in the air when spring is on the verge of summer. ...

It's 2 AM. I've had one of those evenings that are hardly good for me, but from time to time I choose to indulge in them anyway. Without any intention to go to bed I stretch myself on the sofa, reading Smrt slovenske primadone (Death of Slovenian Primadonna) and wondering about the ending of her story. The pain in my stomach reminds me it's been more than half a day since I last had a meal. ...