Sunday, 21 November 2010
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
The Strawberry Girl
Let me present to you, The Strawberry Girl. She absolutely terrifies me.
It was first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in London in 1773. It was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds who is claimed to be the most popular portrait painter who ever lived.
If you fancy giving yourself a bit of a scare whilst visiting London you can go see her in person at the
Wallace Collection . Make sure you don' get too close to the painting, she might just pull you in to her own world.
Sunday, 14 November 2010
5 DAYS IN BASQUE COUNTRY
My love and I went to Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) to visit some very good friends of ours - Ane and Katza. We had the most amazing time that is better described in pictures than in words.
The first night we were treated to a super nice experience at a Gastronomical Club which is a typically Basque thing where you get together and eat, socialise and eat some more. The one we went to is called Txoko and after dinner and endless bottles of wine there was of course time for a cigar.
The Guggenheim building is really quit impressive. It changes it's shape from every angle. When you enter the city it's the first thing you see. From there it looks like a ship. Apparently that's representing the shipping yards that used to be there.
photo: Matt Hass
This is a permanent exhibition by American artist Richard Serra. It was so big! Read more about it here. I just wonder how the hell they got it all in there.
Ane in one of the "pieces". The sound in there was so incredible we couldn't stop laughing. Ecococococo!
They also had some work by Jeff Koons
We went on a road trip through the mountains towards the sea.
Pintxos and beer by the sea
Katza is loving the leopard
photo: Matt Hass
Durango
San Sebastian
We wanted to spoil our hosts so we took them for lunch at Ni Neu. It's traditional cuisine with a modern touch. If you ever get to San Sebastian you have to go there. The food is amazing and it's located by the sea. There was a storm stirring up at the time which made it all even more beautiful. This is what it looked like a day later later.
We also went to the aquarium.
photo: Matt Hass
I Love this photo.
The sniffy babies say bye bye.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
BLESS THE 80s
Sometimes it happens, that one gets pleasantly surprised. Today, on the tube, a man came on and to my immediate annoyance the music in his headphones were super loud. But after a few seconds of irritated listening I couldn't help but feel a smile slowly take over my face and my foot start tapping the floor. This blessed soul was listening to Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley by the swedish band Herreys. Now, every swedish reader would hopefully know what I'm talking about. You see, this song was actually the winner of the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest and basically became the national anthem.
Also I must say that I think the style is pretty relevant today. I, at least, love gold shoes.
But this nostalgic tube journey did not end there. The next song playing was Dover-Calais with another brilliant swedish 80s band called Style. And oh my did they have style! This was another contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest but this time in 1989. And it very much captured the hearts of Sweden, being played on the radio until we all felt a bit ill. My 7 year old heart went right out to the guy on the right, Christer Sandelin. The hair did it all.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
KARL LAGERFELD
I recently read an interview with with Karl Lagerfeld, and I must say he has some good things to say.
If you want to read a great article, get Vice Magazine volume 7 number 3.
Be politically correct,but please don't bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that's the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation. -Karl Lagerfeld
Friday, 9 April 2010
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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