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Caitlin Spencer

Stories from Caitlin Spencer

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Going Once...
A pawnshop-turned-auction house, the Dorotheum is a cache of antiques and glamour for art connoisseurs on the prowl
Caitlin Spencer
18/02/2009

Walking through the inner city in search of an ATM, I stumbled across the Dorotheum, Vienna's famed auction house, tucked away behind the cafes and curving corners of the 1st District. Could this be Vienna's best-kept secret south of the Graben?

Tangled up in Blue
Visual Art by Counter-Culture Bard Bob Dylan That Evokes the Themes and Images That Haunt His Music
Caitlin Spencer
18/02/2009

Monday Jun. 16, Heldenplatz -- Austria vs. Germany, Ballack had just scored in the fifty-second minute of an extremely poignant game; Austrian fans were livid, fully drenched in red and white paraphernalia, and screaming for all they're worth. There I was, a five foot two, native New Yorker struggling to see over the 50,000 giraffe-like German-speaking fans on a stunning Monday evening in Vienna.

So what does all this have to do with an art opening in London? Well, this is exactly where I was when I got a call from my father in New York, insisting I attend the premier of Bob Dylan's art exhibition on my trip to the UK the following weekend -- one of the few things imaginable that would pull someone away from the most interesting public lovefest Vienna has seen in decades.

01 Corks
From Pop to Flop
Why some wineries are making the shift to synthetic corks or twist-off caps, while others stay loyal to the traditional ways
Caitlin Spencer
02/02/2009
The reassuring “vvwopp” of a cork being pulled from a wine bottle has long been music to the ears of wine lovers.
Now, after almost three centuries, the wine industry may be changing its tune. Almost all the producers of the prestigious wine in Austria have started topping their bottles with synthetic stoppers instead of corks. Why the change?

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