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Family quality time is often not found in the big moments.. but in the simple ones where we choose to be fully present, listen and engage: maybe like a weekend walk to the neighbourhood store to grab a hot drink and explore brands and stories that are mindful to care for the Planet in what they do 🤍

Alexandra, Dan and Marc did just that a few weeks back, showing us their favourite selections, something to bring joy to each memeber of the family 😊

We hope all of you got to spend some quality time with your families over the holidays!🫶🏻

Why is coffee so central to what we do? Because we see the way it brings people together everyday 🫶🏻 From catch ups to work meetings to ‘time on our own’ journalling or flicking through some magazines, we gather around it.

We make it with joy in our stores and we gather the Romanian independent roasteries so you can also make it with joy at home ☕️

& here are some little moments and corners captured at 📍OTOTO Amzei

Almost impossible to squeeze all the fun, excitement, our wonderful community and the impact of many beautiful collaborations in 10 photos but we’re here trying.. 😇

Making the world a better place by being kind to and caring for others and our Planet is not a mission that we can do on our own, and we’re grateful for so many people, artists and brands that get it and embrace it. Here’s to more of that in 2024, together!🌍🫶🏻

Grateful for a 2023 full with beautiful moments and the energy of a growing supportive community: with whom we share dreams and choices for an alternative lifestyle that makes us all better people, in a better neighborhood, for a kinder world🌍🤍

‘Slow down’ and ‘dream big’ is what we hope 2024 is defined by for all of us!
Happy new year!🥂✨

Zile numai bune de winding down, în companie bună - cinci recomandări de filme de pe TIFF Unlimited. Si daca tot vorbim de alegeri alternative - am pus si niste recos de alternative movie drinks & snacks sănătoase 🤍

📽️ A LETTER FROM HELGA, r. Ása Hjörleifsdóttir
Fiordurile Islandei, în anii 1940. Viața unei familii de tineri fermieri pare ideală. Harnici și respectați în comunitate, ei par cuplul perfect. Până când în scenă intră Helga, vecina lor.

📽️ A TALE OF WINTER, r. Éric Rohmer
Un film clasic de la filozoful romantic al noului val franțuzesc, Éric Rohmer. O poveste despre căutarea neîncetată a marii iubiri, despre coincidențe, încredere și credință. A tale of winter face parte din așa numită tetralogie a anotimpurilor semnată de Rohmer, celelalte trei anotimpuri fiind și ele disponibile pe platformă.

📽️ LA HUELLA, r. Alessio Rigo De Righi
Cu două decenii în urmă, trei prieteni au acceptat o provocare: să deschidă, pe plaja unui sătuc uruguayan un restaurant ca cele din anii ‘50, simplu şi onest. Un loc cu vedere la Oceanul Atlantic, unde se întrepătrund poveştile despre Argentina, Uruguay, bibani de mare, pescari şi vin bun.

📽️ GRAND PRIX, r. Jan Prusinovský
Cel mai mare vis al verilor Roman şi Emil este să meargă la o cursă de Formula 1. Emil participă la un concurs TV şi câştigă bilete la Grand Prix-ul din Barcelona, dar mult aşteptata excursie se va transforma într-o cursă nebunească și amuzantă prin Europa.

📽️ THE CRUSADE, r. Louis Garrel
Letitia Casta și Louis Garrel pe ecran, împreună.

If a wine afecionado or even expert or in the process of becoming one, if just looking for something to set the stage for a romantic evening or a gift - you can’t go wrong here. 🍷

All special, all from small independent wineries from Romania. Hand-picked by our co-founder Radu from 16 local wineries, covering all wine regions of Romania and various sorts of wines from the international sauvignon blanc and pinot noir to the loved local ones such as feteasca neagră, crâmpoșie selecționată, feteasca albă 🫶🏻

Proudly presenting the following independent Romanian wineries:

Crama Fredi
Crama Lebăda neagră
Crama 1000 chipuri
Crama Thesaurus
Crama Bauer
Crama Lechburg (organic)
Crama Petro Vaselo (organic)
Crama Agape
Crama Jelna
Crama Catleya
Crama Vila Viena
Crama 7 Arts
Crama Dradara
Crama Demeter - viile Almaj
Crama Carastelec
Crama Ilie

Merry Christmas to our dear community and friends!🌲✨ We hope it’s a time full of joy, peace and rest🤍

Much love,
OTOTO team🫶🏻

Note to self, beautifully illustrated by .frei

Slow down, just be in the moment and enjoy all it brings🌲🤍

In case you need a bit of help in the lead up to Christmas for those gifts that matter, here it is.. Another selection of ideas that can help you bring some joy into the lives of your dear ones🫶🏻

Slowly but truly we entered into that most beautiful time of the year. Time to slow down, celebrate, process, enjoy presence (of our dear ones) over presents and remind ourselves of what really matters 🫶🏻

So here’s our holiday schedule, still with plenty of time and space between the holidays to come enjoy a coffee and beautiful independent brands.

As part of OTOTO’s slow forward through Advent time, we enter the extraordinary world of sourdough bread with Andra, from Sourdough Explained.

“Since the whole process takes time, it naturally forces you to stop rushing and enjoy the moment more. It’s a gentle reminder to find joy in the simple things. Not to mention that nothing quite compares to pulling a fresh loaf of bread out of the oven, and sharing it with your loved ones”🫶🏻🍞

Andra has been making sourdough bread for more than 4 years now, and the way she talks about her passion, makes all of us curious to learn more about it.

The workshop at OTOTO on Dec 20th is sold out but here is another chance to get into this wonderful world.

>> GIVEAWAY
✨ Andra’s sourdough starter
✨ 1 seat at one of her virtual sourdough bread masterclasses
✨ Bread bag from I’m Cotton You
✨ Month of Sundays tea towel by Iulia Groves and
✨ A bottle of red wine from 1000 de Chipuri

For your chance to win, simply:
• Follow and
• Like this post
• Tag a friend with whom you’ll share your sourdough bakes

The giveaway ends 19.12.2023 at 23:59 (RO time)
*Open to Romanian residents only
*Winner will be selected at random and contacted by in DMs on Wednesday, 20th Dec’23

And of course keep an eye on Andra’s page and OTOTO for upcoming happenings 🤍

The gift of giving.. and thoughtfully choosing and wrapping gifts that make our dear ones feel seen, known and valued 🫶🏻

We provide the gift boxes and the wrapping paper and you curate the gift that says just that🤍.. with the help of many lovely gift items from sustainable independent brands that bring us joy and do the planet a favour 🌍

Starting with a coffee conversation, we wanted to see our lifestyle collections through fresh eyes. Here’s a slow paced sequence of getting into the layers and stories of the lifestyle pieces you like.

We took our time, Călin getting in front of the camera (normally creating beauty behind it) is something new and we enjoyed the play.🫶🏻

As part of OTOTO’s slow forward through Advent time, today is the second edition of the ‘Atelier’ series, organised by Iulia Groves (Month of Sundays) and hosted by OTOTO Dorobanți. We will be making block printed colourful holiday cards with repetitive patterns, a thoughtful gift to self or our dear ones🫶🏻

With over 15 years of experience in graphic design and visual arts, Iulia is focusing her work in the field of Surface Pattern Design, creating digital patterns as well as manually printed designs, using the block print technique.

Speaking of patterns, take a look at the ‘Month of Sundays’ selection of perfect gifts, hand printed, pure linen kitchen towels – available in all three OTOTO locations 🤍

And while we are at it – check out the rest of OTOTO selection from other talented local creatives and beautiful independent brands.

Today workshop is sold-out, thank you for that 🏹🤍
& many thanks to lovely .glo for the sweet photos 📸

Fully embracing the Christmas Advent at OTOTO.. magic brought in by our dear community & colleagues✨

It’s the hot drinks with a magic touch (thanks Bianca), it’s everyone sharing moments with the dear ones, it’s bucking our tables with special gifts that matter, it‘s dressing up stores with Christmas „trees“ and magic illustration that fully bring on the spirit while not leaving anyone out (not even our dearest Planet) 🌍

Here a small selection of gift ideas from our tables 🎁

The essence of .cu.capul.in.nori is the beauty found in simplicity, embracing slow moments, natural wear and natural living 🤍

And it comes from Alexandra, who is the heart and hands behind it, living an authentic life alongside her wonderful family.
Come meet her tomorrow and discover her linen pieces and beautiful photography!

Meet and Greet:
Saturday 9th December 7pm

NOOR Pop-Up and Exhibition:
Available until 15th December

📍OTOTO Victoriei
Sustainable Lifestyle Floor & Galeria Scara Blocului

Still finding it difficult to slow down and take time for self in the craze and excitment of a big full year, so we invited creatives to create space to nurture our inner peace through a series of crafty workshops.

✨Make your Own Terrarium with Ana Popovici, Minimatera - 6th Dec

✨Hand Printed Holiday Cards with Iulia Groves, Month of Sundays - 11th Dec

✨Painting Porcelain Decorations with Anca Dragu, Una Ca Luna - 13th Dec

✨Hand Painted Porcelain Bauble with Claudia Irina Amza, Îngeri și Zmei - 18th Dec

✨Magic in a Jar: Intro to Sourdough Starter with Andra Ștefănescu, Sourdough Explained - 20th Dec

📍 OTOTO Dorobanți

Swipe to find out more and find all the registration links in our bio 🫶🏻

La mulți ani tuturor 🇷🇴 şi în special tuturor care iau un rol activ în orice bucățică de „ogradă“ pentru a creea ceva cu impact în România!

La OTOTO, 1 Decembrie e dedicat antreprenorilor, creatorilor, artiștilor, oamenilor de bine din spatele brandurilor și proiectelor minunate născute sau dezvoltate în România în ultimii ani.

We’re proud to know you and have you!🫶🏻

Weekends are about taking it slow, quality time with our dear ones, pretty latte art in our cups, smiles, pets bringing us joy and making mindful and sustainable choices in our local neighbourhood stores 🫶🏻

People who put their heart into what they do, and do it with passion and joy are our kind of people 🥰

Some things change with time, and some stay the same.. like .trippin and Ramon being behind the bar, making our coffees and our days better 🫶🏻

Nov 23 vs July 21 ☕️ (and a lot of fun inbetween)

Nothing we want to do more than cosy up with a hot drink on a rainy day ☔️

Hot chocolate or matcha to warm up inside, some comfy knits and something to spark our creativity and inspiration, whether it’s a magazine or some space to journal ☕️

Grateful to have gathered around beautiful people, driven by passion in what they do, guided by the same values, committed and kind - some became colleagues, some friends and partners, some became OTOTO family 🤍

Mihai is one of forever OTOTO - known to most as our knowledgeable stylish colleague from sustainable lifestyle, also the one we relied on for our pop-ups at events and festivals, engaged in our community beyond the job, although super busy as part of the Romanian Philharmonic - which is his actual job and passion and he is also a very ambitious runner. Mihai decided to focus on these two passions for a while so we will miss him as a colleague but will see him for a coffee at OTOTO regularly ☕️

Wish you all the best, stay well, stay as you are - beautiful human 🫶🏼

Grateful to have gathered around beautiful people, driven by passion in what they do, guided by the same values, committed and kind - some became colleagues, some friends and partners, some became OTOTO family 🤍

Mihai is one of forever OTOTO - known to most as our knowledgeable stylish colleague from sustainable lifestyle, also the one we relied on for our pop-ups at events and festivals, engaged in our community beyond the job, although super busy as part of the Romanian Philharmonic - which is his actual job and passion and he is also a very ambitious runner. Mihai decided to focus on these two passions for a while so we will miss him as a colleague but will see him for a coffee at OTOTO regularly ☕️

Wish you all the best, stay well, stay as you are - beautiful human 🫶🏼

Parenting is certainly not easy, but probably the most wonderful thing that we can be and do, with so much new to embrace and curiosity to foster 🫶🏻

We love to support and empower all you parents to be role models and raise a next generation that knows how to look after themselves, others and the Planet 🌍, with the help of our sustainable brands with beautiful stories: on shelves specifically dedicated to you and your little ones.

We love that we can partner with others in this mission. .ro does that wonderfully through their mantra of “collect memories, not toys” and their sustainable toy subscriptions for babies and toddlers.

Check out their latest post to find out more about their upcoming Jujuc talk happening on Sunday at our Victoriei location 🤍

We’re not quite sure how it’s the end of October already but we for sure had a lot of fun!😁

Lots of laughter, coffee, new projects, puppies, behind the scenes moments and we only ever occasionally get tired and need a nap.. 🙈 All in the name of supporting people make more sustainable and mindful choices every day, for people and the Planet 🌎

Thank you for a great month, OTOTO friends!🫶🏻

“Come as you are” este și despre a crea locul și contexte pentru cei mai mici - ca să rămână așa cm sunt și să își păstreze autenticitatea, curiozitatea, vulnerabilitatea și dorința cu care toți ne naștem: de a fi better humans for us & the 🌍🫶🏻

Suntem entuziasmați să continuăm seria de evenimente în care cei mici pot visa, explora, învăța și se pot juca, cu…

✨un atelier teatral de Halloween ‘PERSONAJUL DIN MINE’,
🎃Marți 31.10.23, ora 18.00
OTOTO Victoriei 2nd floor
🧚‍♀️găzduit de draga noastră .cu.y, absolventă a Masterului de Pedagogie Teatrală
🦹🏼copiii își antreneazã comunicarea, imaginația și lucrul în echipă prin intermediul personajului ales. 🐶 🐱 🐭 👻🧛‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧙‍♂️

Îi așteptăm cu drag pe cei mici constumați în personajul preferat: cu măști, costume, pictați, iar la final se vor bucura de 🍭Trick or Treat 🍭

Mai multe detalii la link-ul din bio!😊

Dear community of furry friends - we have news! The type of news that will make your friends wag their tail and both of you happier & healthier… aka the accesories you’ve wished for are now in-store 🎉

The uber-cute and sustainable accessories from Mia Cara for dogs and cats are highly functional, designed to get our four-legged friends moving, playing, exploring and to keep them stimulated and mentally occupied, promoting concentration and reducing stress. All whilst looking beautiful and minimalistic 🦴and being manufactured sustainably with great attention to detail, mostly in Germany and Europe.

We could not resist not to add some furry sweetness we’re sooo grateful to get on a daily basis at OTOTO 🥺🐶

Not sure we convinced you to come check out the dog accessories (and if / when to also check out the dog food section - all natural ingredients), but it does make us who don’t have a furry friend - wish we had one :)

The days are getting shorter and our evenings cosier, the perfect opportunity to get lost in films, especially with making accessible so many beautiful new masterpieces these days 🎥

have been kind enough not only to give us some film recommendations, but also some snack recommendations in the tone and mood of each movie 🍿

Swipe to make your experience even more wholesome!

1. Organique LOVE cheese and jalapeño, for a bit of a spicy experience in ‘Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii’
2. Răzvan Idicel chocolate: some sweetness for the romance in ‘Past Lives’
3. A lovely cosy P&T berry tea to combat the cold in ‘Libertate’
4. Salted caramel München Stash nicely combining the drama and comedy of ‘Mon Crime’
5. Some white 7Arts wine to match the melancolic ‘Fallen Leaves’

contains a lot more cinema gold and beautiful interviews to explore, in physical format on our shelves 🫶🏻

We designed OTOTO with our kids and youngsters in mind as well. A space they would love and explore by themselves. We see them as part of the community and plan to create more chances for them to play, learn and remind us all to stay young 🤍

This Saturday from 12:00 the space upstairs at OTOTO Victoriei is their playground. Together with .ro we bring them a selection of animated shorts about magical friendships. So every kid can leave OTOTO with a new magical friend 🐰🐑

Register at the link in our latest story and join us this Saturday. Parents, you can enjoy a coffee downstairs!☕️

Fun fact: Did you know OTOTO translates as ‘younger brother’?

Nothing beats the energy of a community coming together on a basis of passion 🫶🏻

The days might be getting shorter but the vibe of the bike enthusiasts is not getting lower, and once again we’re very happy to host them!🚴‍♀️

Feels so good & rewarding to know we did something good today, we contributed, we made choices with impact, on people & the world around us 🌍

Here a few of our choices of MUD Jeans - the circular denim brand, together with a deeper look into the positive impact of choosing a MUD pair of jeans has! 👉🏻 swipe to get all the facts!

It only gets better: we can be part of the greater impact by bringing in our old jeans for them to receive new life, and getting a little bonus for our next positive impact pair👖

You can drop your jeans in our circularity cube until 15th Oct at
OTOTO Victoriei
Sustainable Fashion
2nd Floor
⏰Monday - Sunday 12:00-21:00

The life of MUD jeans never ends. It just restarts!🫶🏻

That’s how getting the knowledge behind the yumm looks like - on the faces of Carina, Iulia & Mihnea.

We tried hard to soak up a lot of science-based knowledge from Ciprian about nutrition and all Republica Bio has to offer buuuut we rather invite you join in getting all this knowledge first hand! Ciprian is the founder of Republica Bio and an ‘Integrative Nutrition’ Certified Coach by IIN New York. He will be with us tomorrow at OTOTO Dorobanți from 7pm ready to share more on healthy nutritional habits and the story behind Republica Bio..⁠
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…a brand with deep care for people’s nutritional sensitivities that shows in all their production processes of their products with minimal compositions - single ingredients that shine their super nutritional powers and simple effective combinations. ⁠
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We’re in awe of the healing power available in nature and in food, and we’re ready to learn more!🌿⁠
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Our recipe for getting the best ideas out into the world. 📖🖋️

There's just nothing like the classic pen, paper and, we would add, cup of coffee as we get organised for getting back into studying.

Moving slow forward into routine and healthy habits 🫶🏻

Sharing coffee and treats always works best to end a week and swing into the weekend 🎉☕️

Our “MEET THE ENTREPRENEUR” series continues with: Sebastian Sosin 👏🏻

Sebastian is a cats lover and a sauce whisperer, the genius behind the brand . He started making different types of mustard in his home, together with his three cats at that time, and his craft has now grown to a wide variety of artisan, full of character sauces, still locally produced and without anything artificial or synthetic.

Come and meet him, hear his story, ask him questions and try the unique tastes of everything has to offer.

TOMORROW
Friday, August 18th, 5.30PM
📍OTOTO Dorobanți

From the series “yummy can be good” - something to chill our hot August days in the city: icecream made from 100% natural ingredients made with passion by beautiful people 🤍🍦