Vogue fashion night out #vfno2015 Florence

Yes here we are! Just after some hours spent in the streets of the city center to explore the Vogue Fashion Night of 2015..

Agenda said it would have been full of people, parties, dj sets and shops open till late, but above all, the promotional gadgets were supposed to be everywhere. Not true. Gadgets can be translated into buying #vfno t-shirts for only 20€…25€ 

Even if the 30% is supposed to be part of charity funds for Meyer’s hospital, I literally think that this price is too much.

Anyway, let’s start with a little bit of pictures:

#vfno2015 #Pinko #pinkoLove 

queue to enter Pinko
  
inside Pinko in Via Roma, Florence
 
#vfno2015 #sisley  
#vfno in sisley
  

#vfno2015 #scrambler #DucatiScrambler in partnership with Tudor, Fani optical store in Via Tornabuoni 
scrambler #DucatiScrambler in partnership with Tudor, Fani optical store
 

 #vfno2015  #EmilioCavalliniBoutique   

Emilio Cavallini, Florence


 #vfno2015 #Pomellato Hyppo dancers 😍

Pomellato, Florence

  

Pomellato, Via Tornabuoni
  
#vfno2015 Inside Strozzi Palace with DJs, purple lights, people 
Strozzi Palace
  
Strozzi Palace
  

And finally, here we are in Repubblica Square, where fashion people, normal people, casual ones, dark ones, stylish and vintage ones, everybody meet.

 
  

  

10 ways of relaxing – pictures that help you remind of peace

#relax1 ‘No bag, no shoes’ 

relax No bag No shoes
 

#relax2 ‘Sound of waves’ 

eveybody use a picture like this, I want to use mine too’
 

#relax3 ‘horizon’

just staring at the horizon
 

#relax4 ‘le petit dejeneur’

breakfast with friends, yogurt, cereals and coffee

#relax5  ‘birdwatching’

birdwatching on the beach

#relax6 ‘sunset panorama’

sunset panorama

#relax7 ‘sightseeing’
 

#relax8 ‘enjoying pool in the countryside’  

#relax9 ‘finishing the wine in your glass’
 

#relax10 ‘go exploring, find attractions’ (or art exhibit’)

 

The Monday after the weekend – in Ibiza!

It’s Monday, the Monday after the last summer vacation weekend, after a weekend spent in Ibiza.

I planned that sort of ‘hey there’s another wend of holiday in September, don’t mind to be at work again, you’ll be in Ibiza in some weeks!’  

Ibiza – views from the plane
  

   
And here you are.. A mix of parties, discos, but also wonderful beaches and places where you can enjoy spritz, zumos y patata bravas 🙂 

Let’s have a virtual tour of the central city  Eivissa (Ibiza):

Ibiza Castle and Cathedral

  

‘la catedral’

  

  

  

  

  

  

    

  

  

  

  

  

towards the top of the Isle
  
pescado everywhere – Eivissa
  
casa 13 cafeteria y piadineria
  
tiendas Ibizencas
  
tiendas Ibizenca
    
    
  
placa del puerto en Eivissa
  
    
  
Las lagartijas de Ibiza
  
  
yogurterias
  
  
pobre osito de peluche
  
    
  
tienda Adrenaline ~ design and jewelry
  
artes Ibizencas

And now let’s discover the norther coast where all the most popular places are: Cafe del Mar, Cafe Mambo and also the vip area ‘Telamanca’ with fashion and stylish building and villas:

   

cafe del Mar, Ibiza
    
apartments in Telamanca
  
Cavalli Cafe – Ibiza
  
   
Finally, here you are the best sides of the isle: beaches and discos, mornings and nights, relax and euphoria 😍😍💁💁 

 

Las Salinas Ibiza
  
    
  
sa Trinxa beach – Ibiza
  
sa Trinxa – aperitive time
    
    
Sal de Ibiza las salinas
    
san Antoni – northern coast Ibiza
    
cala Comte – Ibiza
    
  
cala Comte – Ibiza
  
    
  
And now discos (while singing #peopleFromIbiza please!) 
Pacha – Solomun night on Sundays
  

  

Flower Power Party – Pacha
  
  
Matinee- Gay party at Amnesia
  
    
  
people in the street – Childrens of the 80s party promotion
  
Cafe Mambo at nightime
  
Music On party at Amnesia
  
    
    
IbizA Rock – Playa d’en Bossa
  
Ushuaia Tower – Playa d’en Bossa
  
ticket party stands everywhere
  
the hummingbird, symbol of Ushuaia
  
Hummingbird, Ushuaia
  
Richie Hawtin signature
  
Carl Cox
    
That’s it! 

For any info and questions just write me and I’ll be happy to give you some tips!

bye bye Ibiza
   
🌾😎😍💁🌊☀️☀️🏄⚓️💽👙

☑️ got it!

Sunflower Closing party – Florence, August 30th 2015

Let’s start directly by some pictures   

 

  

  

  

I thought it was like a Carnival party, but it’s more about music and DJs. It’s one of the few parties based in Florence, where you really can enjoy happy people, great DJs and whole day far from the regular city parties. 

Let’s finish with the line up! 

line up Sunflower closing party 2015
 

And the location, of course!

Manduca Florence
  
let the flowers start!
  
phillip and Cole, two popular DJs from Florence
  
  
Satoshi Tomie
  
  
Fabrizio Sala
 Let me say it has been an heavy day, but I wish to be still there… Dancing and listening to some great electro music #summerIsAlwaysOn

Lion’s Fountain: an Irish pub in the centre of Florence

I was hanging around, just off the office, so why don’t have a great beer-time in one of the best Irish pub of the city? 

Here we go: Lion’s Fountain is its name and it’s located exactly in the centre, in San Pier Maggiore square.  
 

Lion’s fountain Florence
  

Here you are its famous ‘fountain’:

 

Lion’s Fountain
 
inside Lion’s fountain
  

  
As you can see from these pictures, it’s one of the most international place because thanks to its position, its special beers and above all to the fact that it’s possible to watch Football matches, it has become very popular among the foreign students who live in the city. 

All the football supporters always go there.. before, during or after the matches, and this is its great fortune. 

Moreover, you can also choose to have a delicious brunch:

   

Their motto? #beLions !  
If you have the chance, enjoy Lions of Florence!

 

What’s cooking? How to prepare ‘Italian pasta with seafood’ 

Good morning! It’s my last day off after my vacation, and I’m in Naples, hence nothing’s better than celebrate with a good lunch with freshly made pasta with seafood  (it is very common in this city to eat seafood on Sundays).

I’m going to describe you each step for cooking a great pasta with seafood, or more exactly ‘vermicelli by De Cecco‘ with venus clams, swordrazors and hardclams.

Enjoy this recipe!

Step 1everything you need is: little tomatoes (The perfect ones are ‘datterini‘) and a few persil, garlic and little chili peppers, vermicelli pasta and seafood:

datterini tomatoes and persil – directly from the market
  
vermicelli pasta by De Cecco
 
garlic and little chili peppers
  
seafood: venus clams, hard clams, swordrazors

Step 2: while preparing the above-listed ingredients in a pan, you can put some water to boil in a pot.

Put the seafood, with a little salt, garlic, persil and tomatoes in a pan and let them cook for some minutes until their shells open: this means they’re are ready to be eaten.  

salt in the seafood
  

seafood with shells open
  
waiting for boiling water
  
pan and pot
 

Step 3: mix the seafood in order to have a colorful and flavored result. In the meantime, as soon as you can see the boiling water, you can add some salt in the pot and then add Vermicelli: 

mix seafood
  

put salt in the boiling water
  
add vermicelli pasta
  
cooking pasta for less minutes than it’s shown
 …you need to know a little secret: everytime you cook pasta, you have always to let it cook in its water for less minutes than it’s written in their packaging, and then cook it for the remaining munutes in the dressing you chose. 

In this case, thanks to this step, you could cook pasta for some more minutes together in the pan with seafood. 
The results?
😍😍😍   
 

Traditional food in Southern Italy

It happens when you’re back in those place where you have lived, and you find all those products that are so genuine, nothing but ‘bio’ or ‘organic’ or ‘eco-something’…just so natural

Let’s start from fried figs, they used to be one of the top dessert for our grandparents, and fortunately they’re still prepared and used by families:
 

Those are the popular red peppers: traditionally, they’re put at the sun because  they need to get dry. Then, the dried peppers can be used to have a sort of peppers-powder to dress pasta or prepare fried peppers:

red peppers of Basilicata
  
red peppers dying at the sun
 

And here you are a typical kind of pear named ‘pera signora‘ (in English it would be Miss Pear 😁) that is becoming even more important for its uniqueness: 

pera signora – products sustainability
  

pears, tomatoes, potatoes, aubergines
  
complete products line from pera signora: jam, marmelade, fruit juice, in syrup

Pera Signora is part of Slow Food project, see here for more details 

And this is a very giant bread made in Calabria – I think a family of 4/5 people can survive for a month also if eating only it:

giant bread – from Calabria
 

crunchy and giant bread made in Calabria

Finally, it is worth to mention pasta – more exactly it’s  ‘rigatoni‘ with bacon and eggs, or white-Amatriciana, and a little dessert made of choco-profiterols: 

white amatriciana with rigatoni pasta
  

choco-profiterols

If these pictures male you drool and you got hungry, well… enjoy your meal  😁

  

Japanese-style vs. ’50s-style wedding

Some weeks ago, I wend through these two completely different wedding parties: styles, menu, people, locations, deco and so on… The only thing in common? The amount of things to eat!!

The beginning: an unexpected Japanese-style wedding 😍 

wedding tree
    

sugared almonds and other cereals
  
location Visconti, Marconia – Basilicata coast
 
and some other Japanese deco and sushi: 
kaede table list
  

sushi and other menu
  
origami butterfly and sugared almonds
  
origami Japanese box
  

wedding gift – Japanese cranes symbols of happiness
 
And this is the ’50s: 
old and polka dot 500
  

love bicycle – wedding day at Garden, Matera
  
super big hall – Garden Palace in Matera
  
mohito sorbet and liquirice
  
magic gardens of ‘Garden’ in Matera
  
gardens of Garden Palace – Matera
  
heart sculpture in a tree
  
Ice sculture and infinite fruits buffet
 
That’s it! And everything ended with lots more weight 🙂

Weekend to Ischia Island 

I thought I already posted some of The pictures I’m going to show here in my old article dedicated to Ischia. But I was wrong 🙂 

And I think I will convince you to spend a fabulous weekend in this isle, enjoying its wonderful beaches and cliffs and glimpses!

Anyway enjoy them:

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
Do you think to go and have a ‘direct’ feeling? 😀 If so, just take the right ferry!!

Great Advertising to understand, guess what they mean?

Yesterday I found this nice and challenging article about several advertisements I want ti propose to you. It’s great when you catch up the meaning above all when it’s a little bit complex and not taken for granted. 

Let’s start whit this!

A very sticky, or better, very absorben product 😀 


How to make people running towards the exit, If not using Axe!
so disgusting…

  So real!!

I didn’t think that a brand could joke like this with its competitor:

‘Stuck in The wrong job’:

How to deal with ‘hot and spicy’ – by Pringles: 
  ‘Stop hiding problems’ it’s unuseful!

Here you are the power of Nikon S60: how to localize until 12 faces!!
  Dreaming of… 😉