Florence best rooftop ever: I don’t wanna move from here 😍

I’m not a snob and I don’t want to give you a wrong feeling, but believe me, the photos you’ll see in this article really represent the top rooftop of the city, or better, the very center of the city.

Some photos show you Santa Croce, Green mosque, the fantastic Dome, by day and by night:  

jakuzi Florence
  

  

top view of the Dome
  
  
towards Santa Croce
  
Green mosque on the left
    

   

Dome of Florence
    
    
    
just need beachwear
 
some pictures by night:

  

wonderful Dome
    
   

1 year with #WSBK2015 – Ducati, Davide, Chaz and brand new Aruba.it

Yes, it’s almost finished, World Superbike Championship is coming to an end. There is already the winner of 2015 but I want to share some exclusive moments I have been lucky to enjoy.

Let’s start from the very first and official launch of the new SBK Team, directly from the data Centers based in Arezzo, where Aruba.it brand is from.

 Part 1 – Arezzo data center

pre-launch
  
getting ready
  
Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team
  
Mr Stefano Cecconi, Team Principal
  
Domenicali, Ducati Motor Holding
  

 

the new mix: Cecconi, Domenicali, riders and the rest of the Team
  
Davide Giugliano official rider, Daniele Casolari by FeelRacing
    
Chaz Davies, official rider

Part 2 – Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’   

the entry – Misano World Circuit
  
Aruba.it Racing Ducati Superbike Team
  
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
  
Ducati Superbike Team
  
inside the circuit
  
work in progress – movie? commercial? real frames
  
  
got it – 4k motion
  

 

Part 3 – Ducati box, Chaz Number 7, Scassa and picsinside

  
  

Ducati Panigale R – number 7 Chaz Davies
  
Chaz Davies, aruba.it, BFT, emc
    
    
Luca Scassa
  
Chaz Davies
  
Luca Scassa
    
  
advanced tools for 4k motion commercial
  
 

It was surprisingly unexpected: excited to be in the Ducati box durino their private tests, excited to be in the circuit during their laps, excited to be part of those experience…and the best is yet to come 

– follow me to discover the wsbk rounds and riders and Ducati hospitality – 😎

Florence tips – 10 places you should go 

Florence is a wonderful city and, above all, a small wonderful city, so that you can hang around and see a lot of things at the same time. Good job 😎

Here you are some pictures about what you can enjoy in the city…and where:

 1. #Mayday Club, organic cocktail and weird owner in Via Dante Alighieri

weird stuff Mayday
  

  

   

Mayday icons directly from the 50s
 

2.#Hemingway chocolate Cafe 
  

dark chocolate 90%
  
inside Hemingway choco cafe
  
choco spoons
  

3.#MaurizioSalici Antiques & lifestyle in Via Santo Spirito, look at these particular signs and high-level gadgets:


Maurizio Salici antiques in Via Santo Spirito
  
    
  

4.#Venchi chocolate stores (near Piazza del Porcellino and the new one in Via Calzaiuoli):

Venchi chocolate
  
  
    

5.#FourSeason hotel in Borgo Pinti with its sculpture Gardens:  

Gherardesca garden
  
contemporary sculpture
    
sculptures by Piva
    
Masks in Four Season gardens
    
Four Season – the hall
    

 

inside Four Season where you can enjoy aperitivo
 
6.#LaProsciutteria for good wine and aperitivo in Via de Neri:
‘prosciutti’ from Italy
  
La Prosciutteria – Via de Neri
    
  
la Prosciutteria – top wine
  
  

7.#yogurt & co. Top yogurt of the city in the city centre, via de Tosinghi

  
  

work of art made by yogurt
  
  
8.#Rivoire, one of the oldest and classic cafe of the city – actually, the name Rivoire, or better the surname, if by a family of Piemonte who started its business there:
Negroni jam
  
the real Negroni
    
history of Negroni
   
#9.Arte de Ciompi Shop in Via Cerretani, where you can find handmade souvenir made by leather that could be books, blocknotes, frames and so on…   

    
 
#10.GoldenView, a little fashionist cafe corner on Ponte Vecchio, where you can enjoy not so regular cocktails 😁 

aperitivo with roasted rabbit, potatoes and cocktails with rosemary and mint
  

teapot cocktail
    
not only proseccos

New places coming soon!
 

Live from Belle Epoque market in Florence 

I don’t know why tourists and Italians would buy gadgets from Paris in Florence, but it works this way 😳

I’m exactly in Santissima Annunziata Square and there’s this Parisienne market where you can find everything from souvenirs representing Tour Eiffel, bags, jewelry and fake representation of Moulin Rouge!

Here you are a little demo 😁 and if you want to enjoy it remember it will be open until next weekend

 

beginning with onions stand 😏

 

wonderful lavender flavour

 

savon de Paris

  

choco parisienne

textile and shirts

 

moulin rouge – belle epoque

 

 

piazza santissima annunziata

  

lovely half-gothic jewelry 😍

 

handmade French Jewelry

 

recycled glass for aquarius

 

…and obviously cheese

More info here

#NoteOfTheDay Mademoiselle de Paris sung by Edith Piaf, song by Jacqueline François, 1948

Vogue fashion’s night out with coffee Illy for #DREAM campaign -vfno2015

It’s the day after. Just having a coffee in Gilli, one of the top place of Florence, and discovering about this collaboration through a lot of wonderful postcards, ‘free postcards’ 😳

I should have known before that Vogue and Illy were having a contest about the best landscapes and pictures representing Dreams. Lot of pictures took part, but just a little has been selected to become real paintings (or illustrations) that will be exhibit here.

Here you are the selected postcards:   

dream Carousel #vfno2015
  
dream Love #vfno2015
  
dream cypress #vfno2015
  
dream Postcards #vfno2015
  
 
dream Sea #vfno2015
  

dream Ballet #vfno2015
 
lovely Ballerina shoes – detail
  
dream Tightrope walker
  

dream wedding #vfno2015

Some pictures are missing, so you have one more reason to go watching them live ✌️

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

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?
😍😍😍