milano centro

Milano Centro, 14.02.2013

via spadolini-viale ortles

via spadolini - viale ortles, 13.02.2013

#2 people can do the most amazing of things

     I've been looking for the Kisses album ("The Heart of the Nightlife") since May or June with no success, so in the end I just reached out to iTunes and downloaded the thing. It's been playing on repeat for two weeks now, with pauses just to listen to whatever else is included in here-posted mix, which has dance-around-the-room tracks just as well as the ones that you really notice end for a minute or two, like Flunk's Play. 

    It was supposed to be a motivational compilation, but didn't really end up that way. Instead, it has proved to be a great soundtrack to all of those activities that don't involve your mind, like unpacking and cleaning up. 

    Download here. Cover photo: courtesy of Esperanza De La Fuente.

Track list: 

1. Let's Dance - David Bowie

2. Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds

3. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens

4. One Too Many Mornings - The Chemical Brothers

5. Midnight Runner - Cut Copy

6. Balance - Future Islands

7. What Makes You Think You Are the One - Fanfarlo

8. Your Arms Around Me - Jens Lekman

9. People Can Do the Most Amazing of Things - Kisses

10. Play - Flunk

11. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

12. Green Grass of Tunnel - Mum 

summer in the city

 Listening to Lovin' Spoonful.

 

back from milan

I just came back from Milan yesterday. It was such an amazing time that I had there. Milan has got such a creative energy - it's the perfect place for awakening after a hectic schoolyear! It truly is an inspiring place, with its modern touches to classical architecture. I am so looking forward to going there again. I would really love to post some photos, but somehow I always left my camera in the hotel!

places to go, places to stay (+ at home)

 

 

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This is a really tiny fraction of the photos that my parents took during their trip to USA about 20 years ago. They are, withiout a doubt, one of my favourite things, and I love to look through them. They make such an inspiring collection, and the colors captured by the old camera are wonderful, so fresh and somehow romantic. I especially like to stare at the ones that depict bridges - I have got a couple framed and standing on my nightstand, and one stapled into my organizer. 

I am really keen on the idea of taking such a trip myself one day. I quite enjoy going places by car, and doing so with someone I love, listening to great music, seeing all of those amazingly beautiful places, even sleeping in the car and showering at gas stations, and eating ice cream instead of proper breakfast, would be dreams come true. I have done some sightseeing with my parents in the USA already, but I was twelve at that time and my brother was eight, so we only cared about enormous candy and we were bothered by not understanding anyone, and we were whining all the time. 

good time

 diy brecelets: semi precious gemstones, metal elements in golden.

 onyx and golden beads, pink marble and golden tubes, turqoise and golden beads.

 orange marble, golden beads and golden tubes, onyx and golden beads, turqoise and golden tubes.

 

necklaces: in white quartz, onyx, red quartz.

 Lately I've been doing some jewelry all the time (see: photos above).The sound of beads bouncing and rolling on the floor is something I already got used to - unlike my parents, who are quite irritated with me making all that noise. I also hope to find some other metal elements, preferably vintage. 

I really wish I posted more outfit photos, and I actually started to carry my camera around so that my friends could shoot some photos, but somehow it never works out - it's either terrible wether or lack of time to blame.

feel it all around

 Semi-precious gemstone necklaces (from left: lava, pink quartz, agathe, amestyth)

 Lava charm necklace

 Cherry quartz and gold plated brass bracelet

 Pink quartz necklace

Inspirations: flowers, soft pastel hues, perfume bottles, see-through fabrics.

I wish I posted more often! I need to work on that.
The photos above show my little diy project from the previous week. I like the bracelet especially - perhaps the photo doesn't show its charm, but it looks wonderful worn with a tiny vintage watch in golden and a black sweater.
Have a great week!

+ Feel it all around - Washed Out

fabric

my photos: painted linen, vintage demin, nude tights pompom, sheer pink polyester.

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