Too Young For The Blues

2011-03-07T14:06:00.007+01:00

Beautiful snowflakes on my jacket.

I feel truly blessed that I was able to visit a little village in Switserland with my family. It holds a very special place in my heart; it feels like my second home. It's a place where I've been in good and bad times, where I've met the purest people I know.

The place where I took my first steps.

After a rather difficult time, it felt so good to be away from home and spend some quality time with my family. My battery is reloaded. I'm ready to get back on track.

The only thing left to conquer at the moment, is the flu.

* the pictures aren't great quality, since i made them with my blackberry. Excuse moi!

2011-02-06T15:56:00.005+01:00

While I'm enjoying a lovely cup of tea, it is storming outside. The wind is crying.

I should be studying.

2011-01-31T14:46:00.006+01:00

After a long, long day of traveling I am finally home. Farewell, Florence.

I am back in a drizzling town. A town full of people who are not listening to each other. People who are just fulfilling their own needs without looking around.

The word I'm looking for is selfishness, I think.

I really do want to go back to Italy.

picture by high enthropy

2011-01-26T17:52:00.006+01:00

Another day has passed. Time is a peculiar thing. One moment you have 2 weeks to go, before you know it 2 weeks have changed in 2 days. I don't like the idea.

I have fallen in love with this beautiful city.

2011-01-23T19:08:00.002+01:00

I have been in Florence for a week now, and I'll stay for another week. It is a little university trip - since I'm studying History of Art, it is imporant to see art with your own eyes, not just in a book.

And boy, I love it here. What a lovely city Florence is. And I'm so excited to see all the art and architectures. The food is delicious (really - I've never tasted better tomatoes) and don't even get me started about the hot Italian men (thou

gh some can be very creepy).

Last week I was so busy looking around and having a good time, that I forgot to take a lot of pictures. That will not happen to me this week - I'm going to make loads. And I will post the best of them here.

This is a picture of the old Medici palace: palazzo Pitti. I visited it today and I decided that this is where I want to live when I'm older. The only thing I have to do to achieve this to either make a lot of money or marry a very rich - and handsome - man. Sounds fair to me.

2011-01-22T21:00:00.004+01:00

It has been quiet some time. I have been very busy with my exams and, also, a lot of partying. But I will make it up.

At the moment, I am in Florence. What a wonderful city. I am here with my university, and we are studying loads of art from this city. I love it.

2010-12-10T17:20:00.003+01:00

I wish we still had magazine covers like this.

Vogue, july 1935

2010-12-05T11:40:00.005+01:00

Rome. One of my favorite cities in the world. I'm so lucky to have lived there for 3 months.

2010-12-01T18:41:00.002+01:00

I still wish I was a princess.

2010-11-30T12:12:00.005+01:00

Today a friend told me about Arthur Rackham, an English artist who illustrated loads of books around 1900, such as the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, a Christmas Carol and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. I did a little research and absolutely fell in love with his fairylike drawings. Here are some of his wonderful illustrations:

The Holy Grail

Peter Pan:

fairies:

Yesterday I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 for the second time. And even though I knew exactly what would happen - I've read the book quiet some times - I couldn't help but feeling a warm salty tear rolling down my face while sitting in the cinema. I felt so intensely sad when this little guy died.

Besides all the sadness, there are tiny little snowflakes flying around, making the world around here so pretty. I think it's time for a big mug of hot chocolate.

2010-11-28T23:38:00.002+01:00

I'd want you to meet my good friend Alice. We go way back.

Alice told me she knows a very special place. She calls it Wonderland. She said I could visit sometime.

I'm very much hoping that some day, I will.

2010-11-27T18:42:00.003+01:00

If only we could visit the past sometimes.

I wouldn't mind picking up a copy of the 1896 september issue of Vanity Fair.

I wouldn't mind spending my holiday at the french riviera.

I wouldn't mind going to this party with a very handsome gentleman (Cary Grant would do).

I wouldn't mind going to this lovely tearoom and have a piece of that delicious-looking pie.

I wouldn't mind going to this concert, at all.

I wouldn't mind owning some of these posters either.

2010-11-24T19:32:00.004+01:00

A smart-looking guy on my tv just told me that tomorrow there will probably be snow. I do really hope so. I love it. It makes me want to either dance around outside and have a loads of fun or sit inside by the fire with a big cup of hot chocolate with cream.

Everything is so beautiful when there is snow. Here are some pictures of the dutch landscape at it's best:

Amsterdam by Where the dream starts...

2010-11-22T14:20:00.002+01:00

Richard Avedon. One of the greatest fashion and portrait photographers of the last century. Auction house Christie's in Paris held an auction on the 20th of november. They sold 60 Avedon lots for 5.5 million euro. Take a look at some of his amazing work:

"There is no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created like an author creates a character. So when Marilyn Monroe put on a sequin dress and danced in the studio. I mean, for hours she danced, and sang, and flirted, and did this thing. There is no describing what she did. She did Marilyn Monroe. And then there was the inevitable drop because she was someone who went very high up and went way, way down. And when that night was over she sat in the corner like a child with everything gone. But I wouldn't photograph her without her knowledge of it. And as I came with the camera, I saw that she was not saying, 'No'."
RICHARD AVEDON

2010-11-21T08:06:00.001+01:00

London

2010-11-17T10:23:00.005+01:00

Two weeks ago, I happened to be in London where I visited Tate Modern. I got to see an exhibition by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. A big hall was scattered with 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds, each individually hand-painted by in a Chinese town called Jingdezhen by 1600 . artisans. Weiwei wanted visitors to experience and contemplate the essence of his comment on the mass consumption, collective work and the famine of the Chinese industry.

Standing in the big hall with all those seeds before my was quiet incredible. I actually couldn't believe those were fake seeds. It must have been one hell of a job to create those tiny identical porcelain sculptures. And that's Weiwei's whole point.

2010-11-14T16:24:00.002+01:00

I just discovered this amazing blog Paris vs New York, which compares Paris with New York with wonderful graphics. Here are some of my favorites:

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Brilliant. I love Christopher Walken. And Fat Boy Slim. Obviously.

Hurray

2010-04-19T09:57:00.003+02:00

It's the day I've been secretly looking forward to the whole year: my birthday!

I've had such a wonderful weekend, full of family and friends, cake and presents. We were having a lovely time under the bluest sky I'd ever seen - since there weren't any planes in the sky.

My big present was a Macbook!!! I can't live without it already!

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Some buildings I didn't dare to dream of:

Kansas Public Library

The Basket Building in Ohio, VS:

It's Lego, bitch

2009-07-31T11:54:00.004+02:00

I just came across this picture in The Cool Hunter - isn't this just the coolest necklace?

But Clouds

2009-07-31T11:25:00.005+02:00

Flew back yesterday from a very relaxing - but quiet boring - holiday. I love flying - especially the funny feeling I always get in my stomach when the plane takes off and lands at the airport. And I love windowseats. Those beautiful clouds, they truly fascinate me. I love their shapes, the different colours, their shadows on the ground. So I obiously couldn't resist taking some pictures.

incredible, those shadows on the IJsselmeer

hmmmmmmm :)

maui love

2009-07-02T14:45:00.002+02:00

I just found out that my aunt and uncle have a little house on Maui. For their holidays. They've had it for over 10 years now. And that we're more than welcome to spend some time there.
I JUST found out.

Just imagin, I could have spend every single summer holiday there. *sigh*

My plan is to go there next summer. I didn't there to look at the ticket prices yet......

Just some daydreaming:

massivley cute

2009-06-29T10:46:00.003+02:00

It is such a beautiful day today! I love the sun. It makes me happy!

You know what also makes me really, really happy? Baby animals. They are just so cute, I always want to cuddle them sooo badly!

Here are some übersweet pictures to make your day a little happier :)

such a cool song

2009-06-29T10:38:00.000+02:00

Let's kiss 'n tell..

2009-06-22T18:37:00.004+02:00

Sometimes, on days like this one, I'm bored to death. Today I should be packing, cleaning up my room, doing some of my finances, book a ticket to London, wash a little and probably a lot more.

On days like these, I'm addicted to gossip sites. Kind of a bad habit, I know. But I just love looking at all the pictures and keeping up with the newest movies, relationships, hair and clothing. Sometimes artificial stuff can be great.

Here are some fun celeb gossip sites:

Popsugar - has everything: celebs, lifetstyle, beauty, fashion, etc. (my favorite)
Wonderwall - new but promising
Celebitchy - fun!
Perez Hilton - probably one of the best known
Pink Is The New Blog - has all the news - literaly everything there is to know
E!online - from the tv channel
People - from the magazin

Fabulous Heels

2009-06-22T15:01:00.007+02:00

If I having nothing to do - or if I'm not in the mood to do anything, even though I might have to - I always end up surfing the net. I find the most amazing things. So that´s what just happened: I ended up finding pictures of some amazing, some funny and some fabulous pairs of heels. Some of them not my style at all, but still worth showing!

I love those LV's

And, naturally, the Chanel Gun's

Lovely Marc Jacobs'

How awful are those haha!

I love those studs and balls! Brilliant design by Sergio Rossi

Schindlers List Theme

2009-06-22T14:54:00.003+02:00

Truely one of the most beautiful pieces ever written in the filmmusic history.

Written and conducted by John Williams and performed by Itzhak Perlman

Isle of Love

2009-06-21T12:54:00.003+02:00

What would be more romantic than to spend your valentines day, anniversary or just a regulair day alone with you lover on an isolated?
Galesnjak, a kroatian desert isle with the perfect shape of a heart, would seem the perfect choice.
Look how fabulous this isle looks from above!

the view from my window

2009-06-19T23:52:00.002+02:00

Gosh i miss Rome!

Sarah Moon

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manu chao - politik kills

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And I'm back in Holland. Rome was fantastic, amazing, fabulous. I want to go back so badly...

On my last day I decided to visit a museum with a unusual exhibition: Hiroshige, Master of Nature. The japanese pictures where breath taking. If, by any chance, you're about to visit Rome and you want something else than all the classical art, you should definently go there.

italian class

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check out this fab design: the eclipse clock by qian yiran.

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jasper goodall

2009-06-03T14:29:00.003+02:00

I have only 4 days left here in Rome. It's incredible, time flies. I'm going to fill my last days with relaxing: enjoying the sun, strolling down the streets, partying and -obviously- shopping.

Almost a month ago I met a guy, Robbert. He's also from Holland and while talking we figured out we had some friends in common - it's a very small world after all. I got along with him very well, he was only for 6 days in Rome (on his way to Tokyo, he was traveling the world - lucky basterd) and he was goodlooking - so I decided to have a good time.
Bad decision. I did have a good time, for the first couple of days - and so did he - but I think I kind of gave him the wrong impression. Because I think he actually fell in love with me. He started to claim me and wanted to spend all his time with me. Hoooo, back off, mister. I drop out when they start to act like that. I am in Rome with Sarah, my best friend, and I couldn't and didn't want to abandon her. But since the poor guy only had two days left, it seemed harsh to me to let him down. So I did spend some time with him, but I every evening I had an excuse ready to go home and sleep in my own bed. Then he left. I was relieved. Free.
When I got home that night, there was a letter waiting for me in the mailbox. A love letter. He had written, very poetically, what a great days he'd had and that he was going to miss me. While reading I actually felt guilty. I still feel a little. I'm just reaaaally bad at stuff like this! Poor guy. I might run in to him when we're both back in Holland, he said he'd call me and that we definently must see each other again. Ouch. We'll see about that!

I have to go and catch my bus, Sarah and I are meeting some friends and we're going to see Night at The Museum 2 - I know, probably not the best movie ever, but there's nothing else really... Ciao!

2009-06-01T00:32:00.001+02:00

2009-05-30T18:02:00.002+02:00

While doing some catching up at the sartorialist I came across this picture. He is so adorable!

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" As I write this I am realizing that great personal style is made up of a certain percentage of "always" items and methods, mixed with a certain percentage of "sometimes" fashions, and a certain percentage of "nevers". "

- The Sartorialist

2009-05-16T17:41:00.004+02:00

I recently say these ads hanging in the subway and I just love them.

Kate Moss for Bulgari. The composition is great. And the light, her face... Great picture.

Burberry The Beat for men,

I have a thing for those brittish guys. Well, for some of them.

These Days - Nico

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Went out last night...

2009-04-28T17:40:00.003+02:00

... and came home -walking in the pouring rain- carrying a cactus.

Breakfast At Tiffany's - Truman Capote

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"Remember and miss you and rain and please write and damn and goddamn were words that recurred most often on these slips; those, and lonesome and love."

vespa's & friends

2009-04-27T15:00:00.003+02:00

It has been a while, and so much has happened. I'm having the best time ever.

The other day we had the best time ever. 2 goodlooking italian guys took us for a ride through the city on the back of their Vespa's. It was AMAZING!! After dinner we walked to a place where you had the best view over Rome. It was fabulous. I loved it.

Another thing I love about being here is meeting new people. You run in to the most random people. Some of our friends:
- a canadian guy with a great view on everything, who is the funniest person ever when he's drunk
- a british guy from London, who has an amazing cockney accent. He is the sweetest guy I've ever met: his girlfriend is an anorexic actress and the way he handles it is amazing
- a HOT dutchguy
- an american girl who has been engaged and just travels the world
- another british guy who studies the classics in Bristol, who is best friends with the russian model who is in a relationship with Ron Wood (Rolling Stones)
- a London guy who makes thousands of pounds playing poker on the internet (which he doesn't need at all since he is pretty rich already) who hangs out with some guys from Cajun Dance Party (and i happen to really like him, he's coming to visit in Amsterdam in June so who knows......)
- a swedisch girl who lives in berlin and works at a juggle academy
And many more people. It is so much fun. The other day we had a dinner with the school and I sat next to an austrian priest. So random.

Some other great things: last week I had the best birthday ever, last wednesday there was a huge concert on Piazza del Popolo and Ben Harper played, we've been to a beautiful beach, and sooo much more!!

The internet connection here is veeeeery slow so I'll try to post some pictures next time!

Elephant gun

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Eastern sunday. Rome. Churchbells ringing everywhere. Lovely.
Schoolmates actually got tickets to go in to the vatican, because they have a priest in their class. That, I think, is a lifetime opportunity, even if you are not religious I had plans to take a walk to the vatican to see what's going on there, but since it is going to be busy and I'm so relaxed here I think I'm not going. I do love it to watch all those people together though. It's so much fun.

Yesterday the weather was great. 24 degrees and sun. Since we had no school Sarah and I went to Borghese park with our English friend James. After it James knew this fantastic restaurant where we went. An italian guy played italian love songs there, live. It was so much fun. We had the best time.

Rome:

someone relaxing in the sun on the spanish steps

the tiber by night (sooooooo pretty)

one of our favorite parks, Pamphili

I love watching tourists

Erthquakes and Romans

2009-04-10T16:42:00.004+02:00

I haven't been on my pc for quite some time. Time I'd write something!

Rome is great. Lessons are great, people are great, weather is great, city is fantastic.
It's just the right city for me. I adore history, art and culture. I've had latin in highschool and to see al these amazing things here now and to actually have time for them is super.
Love it.

And then there's the earthquake. It's devastating. So many have lost everything. It is just horrible.

We felt the shock here, in Rome. Well, we: my friends felt it. Naturally, I slept through it all. But there have been some very strong aftershocks I did feel. And believe me, it's the weirdest feeling. It is pretty scary. Although there is no danger for Rome, my appartment is on the 7th floor and it is not a pleasant idea that a whole building could collapse in just 30 seconds, in the middle of the night. Brrrr. But enough about the earth shaking.

Let's talk about the roman guys. Before I came here, I knew they could be bad. But they're worse than bad. My friend and I walk everything here (Because it's just lovely to walk and it happens to be the best workout). So there you go, two girl walking in the streets of Rome. One blond, the other beautiful curly hair. And then there happen to be men on probably every corner, everywhere you come. And they can't leave it not to call you or stare at you or whatever they do that involves you. The first few days it was fun. But then it got really, really annoying. Cars slowing so they can look at you, cars honking at you. It drives me crazy!!

A funny thing involving men happend the other day though. We went to a bar (where they had the BEST cocktails), having a great time. At a certain moment, when i came back from the bathroom, my friend was talking to two guys. They turned out to be two lawyers, one 26, the other 30. And they tried very hard to impress us. At the end, the guy who was taking care of me was screaming that he really was a serieus guy, looking for a really serieus relationship, that he really wanted to marry me. It was so funny. The good part was that those two men were actually nice and not really that serieus. But my first proposal is in the pocket, haha!

I'm going back to bed, I'm in the mood to watch breakfast at Tiffany's since i just finished the book, so that's what I'll do.

Have a great weekend and a happy Eastern!

i tried to put some new pictures here but the internet isn't my friend today so I'll try again next time!

ROMA

2009-04-01T16:02:00.004+02:00

Rome is fantastic. I knew it was going to be great but it happens to be even more than that!

My apartment is great. Me and my friend share it with 3 swedisch girl who are all very nice. It is a 30 minutes walk to our school. We could go by bus but there is just so much to see everyday, we rather walk. The lessons are great. In 3 days I can already make myself clear in Italian.

And the city has so much to offer. Literally everything I have seen is beautiful and elegant. The bridges, the buildings, even the view from the kitchen window, where I'm writing now, looks beautiful with all the antennes on the roofs. There is so much art and history everywhere. And I must not forget the men. Even though some of them are really slick, there are sooo many goodlooking men out here!!

I've been walking al lot, probably over 35 km. So I don't have to worry about all the delicous pasta's and pizza's here :P!!

Today a very random thing happened. It started to rain (it has been over 20degrees the last few days, but today was not so good) so we decided to walk into this little restaurant. We were looking around if we wanted to stay there; there were a couple of Italian men talking and drinking coffee. Then this men came up to us and started a converstation. He was very nice, and we talked about some very uninteresting things. It turned out that he was responsible for all the cooking for the AC Milan team. We weren't impressed. He got a little annoyed (italian men try very hard to impress you), and took his phone from the table and started to show us pictures of him with all the AC milan players(Kaka, Ronaldinho, etc.) eating and having a good time. Then he showed us the numbers of Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten in his phone, and some text messages. He talked and talked and it was so random and funny! He invited us to join him and his friends for a glass of wine, but we had things to do so we couldn't stay. Random.

Things like that happen often, it is so funny.

Here are some pictures:

They lover berlusconi

some streetart

Dutch people at the Trevi Fountain

Rinze van Brug photography

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Rinze van Brug Photography

My Italian filmmusic love

2009-03-28T10:50:00.004+01:00

Tomorrow I'm going to Rome!! I'm very busy putting all my stuff in my suitecase, which - ofcourse, because I always need to take clothes for a year and nog for 2.5 months - does not fit.

Yesterday evening my friends came over and we had a lovely dinner. After dinner we went out. I had the best time. Because a lot of people knew it was our last day, they all ended up in the same club to say goodbye and we had so much fun. I don't remember much though. When I woke up thanks to my great alarm (ahum) I noticed that my fingernails were blue. And one was red. No idea when that happened.

BUT tomorrow is the day!! And because I'm so excited for Italie I'll post some Italian filmmusic here by one of my favorite componists of moviemusic: Nino Rota.
He composed music for almost every Fellini movie, and he's the man behind the Godfather theme!

Maybe you're not into classical music. But even if you don't like it, listen to these pieces!! They are just so good!

Nino Rota's theme for Fellini's movie "La Strada". That movie is so great and touching. You need to see it!

Rota's theme for Fellini's movie "8 1/2"

The worldly known theme of the Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola, composed by Rota.

Federico Fellini

2009-03-25T15:28:00.003+01:00

In 4 days I'll be going to Rome. For 2,5 monhts. To learn Italian. To have a freaking good time.

Rome
Caput Mundi.
All roads lead to Rome.

I am SO excited! I'm going with a very good friend, and we'll be staying in an apartment in the middle of the student neighbourhood of Rome, Trastevere, near the centre.

Todays inspiration comes from the legendary Italian filmdirector Federico Fellini.

One of my favorite...

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...stores.

Dover Street Market in London. If you are a fashionista, visisting this store has to be in your 10-things-to-do-before-you-die.
The store opened 4 years ago on - ofcourse- Dover Street. If you're a windowshopper, this isn't the store for you though: you could walk up and down the street without noticing the store.
But then you enter. The place looks great. There's a lot of space, almost like a warehouse. The avantgarde designs are fabulous. If you're not used to highfashion stores, it could almost feel like you're in a museum. Designers are laid out in sections, and although there's no logical set-up, creator Rei Kawakubo purposefully wanted 'beautiful chaos' and that's what she's got.
And then there are the clothes. Beautiful, gorgeous clothes. Very, very expensive clothes. But what do you expect with Comme des Garçons, Lanvin, Christopher Kane, Rodarte, YSL, Junya Watanabe and many more...

Just to go in the store is a whole experience, even if you come out empty handed. And hey, it's a great reason to go too London, isn't it?

Books

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I have this thing for books. I never come out of a book shop empty handed.

I'm the happy owner of these since saturday:

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Gilgamesh, an acient myth

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Love Letters of Great Men

Toscani for Benneton

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Luciano Benneton, the founder of the clothing label Benneton, had a rather different look for advertising:

"The purpose of advertising is not to sell more. It's to do with institutional publicity, whose aim is to communicate the company's values [...]
We need to convey a single strong image, which can be shared anywhere in the world."

That's when, in 1982, he hired photographer Oliviero Toscani.

And controversial those pictures are.

Egon Schiele

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I loved the most recent Pride & Prejudice movie. The story (you've got to love Jane Austen), the acting, the art direction, the camera work. But I fell in love with the music. Those piano scores are just so beautiful. I could listen to them all day.

Here is my favorite part:

RIP Natascha Richardson

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She died in an skiing accident on monday. I just loved her as an actress. It is a terrible loss, especcialy for her husband, actor Liam Neeson, her two adolescent sons and the rest of her family. I will miss her as one of my favorite actresses.

She died because she didn't wear a helm during her skiing. PLEASE, everyone who skies or snowboards: wear a helm. So many terrible accidents have happend because people didn't wear one. A lot of those accidents wouldn't have been so terrible if there where helms involved. I think it should be obliged, by governments all over the world. It is for our own safety.

May Natascha rest in peace.

L'Occitane de provence

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Some of my favorite skincare products come from L'Occitane. I can still remember the day I fell in love with them.

A couple of years ago when I was about 15 years old, I went on a little shopping trip with my mum. She kept telling me I had to enter this store with her, a store I had never seen before. I didn't want to come, because in the store next door I had seen these gorgeous shoes, and I couldn't wait to get them. But mum convinced me. The moment I put my feet inside that store, I was sold. The interior gave me the feeling that I was on one of my vacations to France, which I really liked. The smell inside the store was lovely. My mum had to buy some handcream and showergel, and as she was busy deciding what to take, I had time to look around. I smelled everything, I loved evertything. When my mum paid, the nice lady behind the counter gave me some samples. Skinmoisturizer and Shea Butter handcream. That evening, wearing my beautiful new shoes, I tried on the handcream before I went to bed. The next day I woke up with the softes hands I ever had. And since then I have been married to my l'Occitane handcream.

As for the rest of their products, I love them too. I've tried all the different showergels they have and I still can't decided which one I like most.

Here are some of my favorite products:

The Store interior:

Sweet dreams...

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...on these pillow cases, by Calvin Klein & artist Jonathan Horowitz.

Some of my favorite...

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... old movies.

Grace/Wastelands

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Love Pete Doherty's new album. I listen to it all the time.

Bunny Egg Cozy

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How cute are these egg warmers by Branch?

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home sweet home

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by Linda Yvonne

Carrie's Room

2009-03-16T14:17:00.006+01:00

As a big Sex and the City fan, I went to see the movie the day after it premiered. It had been hard for me: the movie had been out in the United States for over 2 months, and it was all over the internet. And I had to wait.

Then finally, it came out. I got to see it. And I absolutely LOVED it.

I was shocked though, that in the movie Carrie got a apartment makeover. I was a little sad, because I loved her old interior. But I was curious, because I happen to love almost all the SatC interiors. And then, after a couple of exciting movie minutes, the Carrie's new apartment look was revealed.

And I loved it. I loved the shades of blue that had been used, the new furniture and especcialy the wall hangings. A lot of frames above her bed, and an incredible Paul Smith 'Love' painting near her door.

Here's Carries old apartment look:

The new look:

My favorite piece from her new apartment: the Paul Smith wall hanging, "Love Too"

Foam

2009-03-16T10:44:00.003+01:00

By my friend Eline

Some of my favorite...

2009-03-11T09:54:00.003+01:00

... shoes from the fall '09 ready to wear shows.

Coca Cola

2009-03-09T18:51:00.003+01:00

Check out the fabulous new Coca Cola design by Nathalie Rykiel.

One of my favorite..

2009-03-09T17:08:00.002+01:00

..songs. New Slang by The Shins. Love it.

Spring is coming

2009-03-09T10:57:00.003+01:00

by Jim Filmer

Some of my favorite..

2009-03-09T08:18:00.005+01:00

.. BritishVogue covers through the years.

December 1917

July 1926

April 1940

Januari, 1950

June, 1950

May 1964

Januari 1974
Manolo Blahnik & Anjelica Hudson

March 1989 - Tatjana Patitz

March 1993 - Kate Moss' first cover

Februari 2003 - Sophie Dahl

I want...

2009-03-05T15:24:00.003+01:00

If I had all the money in the world, these 3 things would on my list:

*** New York City. I'v seen a lot of the world, a lot of the United States. But I've never been to
NYC. I've heard about it, I've read about it, I've seen about it. I've got family in the
neighborhood, friends in the city. And I've never been there.
The city has all the things I love. History. Some of the best musea in the world. A great party
and music scene. The best shopping area's. And I want to go there. Soon.

*** A dog!! My neighbors have the cutest dog ever, a pug. I think the little guy is quite ugly, but
these dogs are so much fun!! Unfortunately I haven't got enough time...

*** The Chanel Guns. I just loooooove those shoes!!

World Press Photo

2009-03-04T10:45:00.003+01:00

Among the winners of the World Press Photo awards, David Monteleone caught my attention.
Especially this picture:
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=1420&Itemid=223&type=&selectedIndex=8&bandwidth=high

The men has such a fascinating face. The look in his eyes says it all. And the light in the picture is great..

some other pictures from WPP I love:http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=1426&Itemid=223&type=&selectedIndex=1&bandwidth=high

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=1433&Itemid=223&bandwidth=high

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=1430&Itemid=223&type=&selectedIndex=3&bandwidth=high

I'm sorry I didn't put the real pictures here but it's copyright so I had to put the link!

2009-03-04T10:17:00.002+01:00

Now, where did my friend the sun go?
It's cloudy and everything has this greyish glow.
And it annoys me. Let spring start! I want sun!!

And I will get sun. In 4 weeks, I'll be in Rome. I'm going to live there for several months.
I can't wait.

I'm at my work now. Trying to work. Not working.
At least I'm making money.

Heroin&Cocaine

2009-03-02T14:49:00.003+01:00

I love these Pepper and Salt Shakers by David Shrigley, one of my favorite artists:

One of the best quotes ever.

2009-03-02T14:38:00.003+01:00

"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

Mae West in She Done Him Wrong

2009-02-28T15:59:00.001+01:00

I just love this Mumbai restaurants design.

Give Me Women, Wine And Snuff

2009-02-26T12:07:00.006+01:00

Even though I'm not really into them, I do love poems. I just don't read them often.

You may know the famous English poet John Keats. I love his poems. In highschool we discussed a few, which I really enjoyed. The other day I read his name on the internet and started to search for more poems. And there I found this little, funny thing:

Give Me Women, Wine, and Snuff

GIVE me women, wine, and snuff
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!"
You may do so sans objection
Till the day of resurrection:
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be
My beloved Trinity.

John Keats

How funny is this? Men never change.

Bless my beard.

The Blazer

2009-02-25T09:29:00.000+01:00

The influence of the celebrities in our fashion always amazes me. They wear something, it becomes a trend a year or two later the stores are full with remakes of it and you see people wearing it EVERYWHERE. Balenciaga bags, cowboyboots, Uggs, Raybans Wayfarer, Minnetonka's, just to name a few.

One of my favorite pieces is the blazer. A great basic. You see a lot of celebs wearing it lately, so it probably won't be long until we'll see them around a lot.

Too Young For The Blues

2009-02-24T21:19:00.000+01:00

Finally. A blog. A place to put down my thoughts and ideas. A place to share my favorite things. I just love so many things: fashion, literature, art, love, culture, music, and so on.

This first post is about the name of this blog. A great song with a great message by the legendary Ella Fitzgerald, Too Young For The Blues. Something we all secretly wish we are. How fabulous would it be not to worry about all the daily stuff. But unfortunately we do worry. We always will.
But luckely, we've got a whole bunch of great stuff to keep us happy, that attracks us from the daily problems.
And this is the place where I will put my bunch of great stuff and where I pretend to be too young for the blues.

Too Young For The Blues

Hurray

It's Lego, bitch

But Clouds

maui love

massivley cute

such a cool song

Let's kiss 'n tell..

Fabulous Heels

Schindlers List Theme

Isle of Love

the view from my window

Sarah Moon

manu chao - politik kills

italian class

Ads

These Days - Nico

Went out last night...

Breakfast At Tiffany's - Truman Capote

vespa's & friends

Elephant gun

Erthquakes and Romans

ROMA

Rinze van Brug photography

My Italian filmmusic love

Federico Fellini

One of my favorite...

Books

Toscani for Benneton

Egon Schiele

RIP Natascha Richardson

L'Occitane de provence

Sweet dreams...

Some of my favorite...

Grace/Wastelands

Bunny Egg Cozy

home sweet home

Carrie's Room

Foam

Some of my favorite...

Coca Cola

One of my favorite..

Spring is coming

Some of my favorite..

I want...

World Press Photo

Heroin&Cocaine

One of the best quotes ever.

Give Me Women, Wine And Snuff

The Blazer

Too Young For The Blues