tales of the nightingale

open the door in style

2012-02-09T13:13:00.000+01:00

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I don't own a house, but for the future
I'm always looking for nice handles
the hand is definitly my favorite
but wood I like as well

only one of the handles fits in a door in my apartment
last ones are from a bakkery in Antwerp and a gallery in Paris

sheep flocks like snow flakes

2012-02-09T00:05:00.000+01:00

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I really like this video
my mother used to work in a spinning company in the 50ies
but for sure, she never had such thick thread in her hands
everything got bigger
but the poesie of the sheeps stays the same even when the shepperds dog is displaced by a car :-)

found via

sourdough with fig, walnut and anise

2012-02-02T08:23:00.002+01:00

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I just bake myself through the whole book
and hope once I know the trick :-)
it's getting better I have to say

sweet bread this
good for wintertime

music that your heart doesn't freeze

2012-02-01T23:56:00.000+01:00

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freezing temperatures all over Europe
had to save the plants from the terass
steam from soup cooking
finally sunshine
music for these days

Liz Green - o, devotion
Leonard Cohen - old ideas

like the sexyness of older man
and
the melancholie and morbidity of young woman

cloths for cold days

2012-02-01T23:38:00.000+01:00

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why not wear scarfs, kerchiefs and blankets this way
when it's freezing outside?

Folk Costumes from Lithuania

Zemaitija, second half of 19th century
Alytus, late 19th century

first snow this winter

2012-01-31T11:14:00.000+01:00

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I nearly thought it will never happen to have snowflakes on my terrass
so silent yesterday, strike in Belgium
cold
snowflakes
silence

I'm happy, it's better then the grey days in January

Asarum splendens opend her first flowers, too early I think but
so misterious

parcel from Japan

2012-01-26T11:53:00.000+01:00

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I finally ordered some things from this wonderful shop
rice bowles
little dessert forks
cooper coated wok
beautiful pieces

it came padded in nice paper
and I'm happy that the douane in Brussels didn't break it either

more japanese cooking will come

...
whisky liked the wrapping as well

cabins, shelters... beautiful blog through maria

la finition en maroquinerie

2012-01-25T14:24:00.000+01:00

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no idea how you say it in english
but this are old tools to finish leather edges for bags, shoes, belts...
you put the iron into a Bunsenbrenner
and burn a ligne in the leather

under is the modern version

misterious cooking

2012-01-24T10:33:00.000+01:00

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sometimes I try out things
like addapt meat recipes to tofu
I pickled tofu like we do in Switzerland "Suure Mocke"
so
the process I liked
the change of colours I liked as well
but then the taste?
too sour, even the caramelized vegetables didn't made any difference
it stays a try out

Suure Mocke here, here and here

eigen haard naar eigen aard

2012-01-23T06:37:00.001+01:00

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a book from 1961
illustrations by Peter Eggendorfer
how to style a modern home where you feel comfortable?
a lot of classic mid-century designs
the texts are hillarious
but it's still modern today

good day today

2012-01-22T18:40:00.000+01:00

David Lynch "Good Day Today" official music video (dec 2010) from Arnold de Parscau on Vimeo.
...
got the CD from David Lynch as a birthday present
I like it
the video is quite special
no nightmares please just a good day
but it's in his Lynch way!!!!

whisky in action

2012-01-20T10:52:00.000+01:00

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that cats can't tell that their is something wrong
is sometimes a pitty
she leacked her hair of
after an injection form the doctor
she got fast better
and is now in form again
playfull, more in action, crazy

she was paralyzed by the itching
I still don't know exactly how to deal with her food allergy

purple sourdough

2012-01-18T09:03:00.000+01:00

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improving my baking skills
even with a good recipe it's not that easy
you need a lot of patience, time, good flour and a hot oven
the oven which seems not to work like it should and the flour is still my problem
it's a craft wich isn't learnt in one day
I'm a little bit dissapointed, 'cause it didn't rise like I would like to have it
it's too flat :-(

beetroot is one of my favorite vegetables and the colour is just insane

recipe wall via

old stationary

2012-01-17T10:40:00.000+01:00

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since going to art school
I was always collecting old stationary
the papers and booklets I nearly finished
but I have a lot of other things

I really like the bicolored pencils
Don Drapper use it in the 12th episode from mad men, when he write his statement about tabaco
and as swiss I'm of course only using Caran d'Ache :-)

green winter greens

2012-01-14T21:49:00.000+01:00

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for cold dark days
healthy heartwarming food

tart with savoy gabbage, kale, kohlrabi, gruyère and rosted pumpkinseeds
buckweat pasta with green lentils, sorrelpesto and arugola

was inspired by edible selby René Redzepi

favorite jackets

2012-01-13T15:30:00.000+01:00

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I like layering of jackets
I like wool
I like boyish jackets
I like small shoulders-which is difficult with mens jackets!
I like Tweed
I like pockets

APC A/W 11
Isabel Marant Etoile S/S 12
Brockenhaus handknitted mens cardigan 70ies
thrift store handknitted wool cardigan
Marni A/W 10
Brockenhaus Camel Coat cut-off 70ies
Second Hand wool blazer 40ies
uniqlo mens blazer
army raincape 1975
Vanessa Bruno jeansjacket

jak and jill did their blog new
a glimpse of fashion inspiration
and Mister Mort has some of the best streetsyle from the US, unusual

A.FRIEND

2012-01-08T21:28:00.001+01:00

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Sale makes me nervous
I get paniced by the amount of clothes, which lost in value in a little while
I get paniced by the people grabbing in all these clothes
and I'm asking why we need so much stuff

so I looked in the new collection in my favorite shop in Antwerp
found the perfect, little nonchalant jacket
and back home
I had a present in the bag!

The press release from the new collection from

A. FRIEND by A.F.Vandevorst

nicely done, sweet and a personal way to get new clients

concrete-neon-wood-brass

2012-01-08T09:44:00.001+01:00

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Zurich is changing the face every time I come back
the concrete bridge wurde konkret
konkretes bauen
zementenes holz
beleuchtetes grau
gespiegelte hochhäuser
papier in porzellan eingelegt
bronzene armaturen
neon in holz

Escher-Wyss Platz, Prime Tower und Hardbrücke
toilets and staircase in Museum Rietberg

reminds me of this
already posted before this and this

Kunstszene Zürich

2012-01-07T21:44:00.000+01:00

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There was an exhibition in Zurich
where every person who calls himself an artist
could take part

big halls full of art

for every budget and taste something
"Chrut ond Rüebli"

3 friends of mine took part as well
nice work they did

unknown streetart
Carmen Stadler - Anne Lorenz
Carol May - Nicolas Kristen
Mareike Spalteholz - Renata Vonarburg
Kati Perriard - Helge Thelen
Rebekka Kimmich - Lily Zufferey
Captain Maik
unknown - Domke

happy new year

2012-01-01T01:00:00.002+01:00

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a new year to dance
a new year to dream
a new year to work and live with passion
a new year to change the routine
a new year to come

Berlinde de Bruyckere

2011-12-31T11:05:00.000+01:00

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some pieces of art touch me deep in my soul
my body
my mind
I feel uncomfortable
strange
tension in my thoughts
something is happening and keeping me feeling and thinking
still
with these sculpturs in my mind

Berlinde de Bruyckere is such an artist

the beauty of sorrow and passion

the drawings were also very nice, but I was not allowed to take more photos
Kunstmuseum Bern

cabinet of less curiosities

2011-12-30T12:20:00.000+01:00

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more of the home in zurich

cabinet of curiosities

2011-12-29T13:20:00.000+01:00

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the obscure cabinet of a creativ couple in Zurich
situated in the middle of Kreis 5
they like comic figures and other figures
objects with patina and stories to tell
a whole bunch of little brothers is watching you here
a warm and inspiring home

breaking the ice

2011-12-26T19:49:00.000+01:00

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stunning pictures from Johanna Burke
her work and apartment in NYC

via Freunde von Freunden

I like her dress
the real artist dress
I don't think it's by coincidence, that she's wearing it!

christmas menu 1957 & 2011

2011-12-26T12:15:00.000+01:00

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a napkin I found a long time ago and kept for this special day

christmas menu 1957

bouillon

grilled trout with potatoes
chicken and seasons salade
biscuit

christmas menu 2011 by my sister

carrot-ginger mousse with cress
bouillon
chateaubriand with runner beans and fried potatoes, orange butter
warm chocolate mousse

after pop-up flea

2011-12-19T17:49:00.000+01:00

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a big thank you first to all the nice people who attended my flea
it was a nice experiance
an even bigger thank you to the sunny boys fom Solarshop for the promoting :-)

the collected objects got new homes, new stories to whisper in ears
Whisky got a lot of attention and hugs
and I have empty space in my boxes to go on with collecting

waiting for more snowflakes

burned cake & sunny brioche

2011-12-19T12:16:00.000+01:00

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the cake got too crispy and the dark chocolate even darker!

but the brioche are a sweet temptation in the rainy weather we have here
the old trays and molds are fantastic

preview pop-up flea

2011-12-16T10:52:00.000+01:00

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some sneak peaks from the pop-up flea
whisky the cat is waiting for you

before pop-up flea

2011-12-15T18:29:00.000+01:00

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how to separate the objects to sale from the ones I want to keep?
how to deal with the fact that strangers enter your apartment?
how change a living space into a shop?

I underestimated the modern communication
I got linked and posted and linked without doing anything myself
there was even a portrait about myself here
and the Antwerp newspapers wants to write about me

strange ghosts
sheets to hide
sheets to separate
sheets to clear the mind and the belongings

maybe I wear a mask :-)

sourdough

2011-12-09T23:41:00.000+01:00

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There is a trend again to back own bread
Miss Elmlid does a bread exchange already for some time
articles in the new Gentlewoman and in Elle decoration from november

I ordered this book and it's a very good baking book
Sourdough is in fashion

After trying with the starter four times, I finally succeded to back my first bread
Roggen

cape-workers union

2011-12-09T13:23:00.000+01:00

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some garments tell their story through their label
this cape is from New York
made in the Ladys garment workers union (ILGWU)
between 1955-1963

I like the pattern and the contrasting lining
and for ones I will be able to ride a bike with

pop-up fleamarket coming up

2011-12-05T10:18:00.000+01:00

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need more space
get rid of some things from my collection

vintage clothes, shoes, accessories, juwels
fabrics, leather, beads
houseware, tableware, ceramics, glass, lamps
books

have a look

friday, 16.12. 6-10 pm.
saturday, 17.12. 2-7 pm.
sunday, 18.12. 2-7 pm.

Nachtegaalstr. 42
2060 Antwerpen

tanning

2011-12-03T20:55:00.000+01:00

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It's a long way from a slaughtered cow to a leather bag
the process in the beginning is maybe the hardest and especially the dirtiest

I had the chance to visit a tanner in Belgium

Altan in Zulte

it's like time stopped, machines and tools still from the 30ies
real craftmanship

black beauties-hermès

2011-12-02T22:48:00.000+01:00

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If I would be rich
I would shop at Hermès
I would lern to ride a horse
and dream about a journey through the moon dessert

via the sphinx & the milky way

wanted backyard atelier

2011-11-30T18:57:00.000+01:00

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Antwerpens Hinterhöfe sind legendär, sowas gibt's in der Schweiz schlicht und einfach nicht
das Prinzip ist grundsätzlich überall dasselbe
von der Strassenseite her mehr oder weniger unscheinbare Hausfassaden, meist schmal und hoch
würde man jedoch eintreten in diese Häuser, durch den Gang spazieren
eröffnet sich meist im Hinterteil ein langgezogener Garten und öfters auch
ein Hinterhaus
leider alles meist abgeschirmt durch meterhohe Backsteinmauern auf allen 3 Seiten

so ist's auch bei mir
nur meine streunenden Katzen wissen besser Bescheid, was sich hinter den Mauern verbirgt
Whisky und früher auch Campari haben immer den Weg über die Mauern gewählt und sind irgendwann
in für mich unbekannte Welten abgetaucht
mein Klofenster ist ihr Tor zu einer mir verborgenen Welt

wieso ich erst nach sage und schreibe 6 Jahren auf die Idee gekommen bin
auf einen hohen Stuhl zu stehen und über die Mauer zu schauen
weiss ich nicht

aber was ich da sehe
nur gerade 8 meter von mir entfernt, ist
ein freistehendes Hinterhaus
Atelier
mit viel Licht
niemand scheint sich da aufzuhalten
was für eine Vergeudung

muss dringend mit meinen Nachbarn reden

PS: aber auf welchen Nachbarns Grundstück dieses Haus steht kann ich nicht sehen

Harvest

2011-11-30T13:55:00.000+01:00

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I nearly forgot the sweet potato
cleaning the terrass for the winter
I took out the sweet potato plant and had of course a sweet potato
twisted in the tiny pot!

the few vegetables I harvested by accident this year were all red

Botanical prints

2011-11-28T22:31:00.001+01:00

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this botanical prints are from around 1850
and come from an old library from Padua

bought in this nice shop in Venice:

Antichità - Brocante
Via Mocenigo 5/A
30126 Venezia - Lido

the owner, a french lady, was once a fashion designer and is now a collector of mainly antique fabrics, clothes and venezian glass

apple tart I & II

2011-11-28T10:09:00.000+01:00

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baked two different apple tarts

Öpfelwähe with pomegranate and ginger
the swiss classic with a twist

Tarte Tatin
the french classic

the only apples, you buy in a regular supermarket, which are usefull for this are
Boskop

Granula-Cereal-Knuspermüesli

2011-11-25T12:01:00.000+01:00

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Making granula

- mixing in a bowle different kind of flakes with sea salt
  I use spelt and kollath wheat, organic

- cut different whole nuts in big pieces and rost them in a pan without oil!
  don't burn them!

- heat in a pan good quality olive oil with honey, till the mixture bubbles

- mix the flakes, nuts and oil/honey mixture

- put it on a backing tray with paper

- rost in the oven 180℃ till it's lightly brown

- let it cool completly and break it in pieces
  add dried fruits, I like dry ginger

- enjoy

maria loizidou

2011-11-22T12:23:00.001+01:00

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visited a gallery in Athens with nice work from Maria Loizidou

"This ancient game of light and darkness, of the inner and the outside world, of the deadlock condition of hope is the theme of Loizidou's entire installation...
Although the gateway to the outside is blocked from our gaze, the light penetrates the paper material allowing some hope."

Athens III-folk art

2011-11-21T20:32:00.001+01:00

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beautiful embroderies from Greece
mainly 18th and 19th century
the last are knitting needles

Athens II

2011-11-21T12:22:00.000+01:00

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do we see something of the crises in Greece?
maybe yes
churches are more visited
demolished shopping windows
closed shops
less people in the restaurants
less public in the show

but
life goes on
and people and animals care for each other
what else should they do?

in ancient times they asked the orakel
in our times it's all in our own hands
like Pandora says in our performance

Athens I

2011-11-17T18:12:00.000+01:00

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last stop of the tour
Athens

polishing

2011-11-14T12:48:00.000+01:00

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people who know me better
know
that I like to polish nearly everything which comes in my hands
maybe a sort of meditation with the aspect of perfection

this weekend was a full polish weekend
thrifted a big amount of antique baker molds and trays
4 wooden weels
a slot
a kind of screw clamp for the table of a tailor, can't completly figure out the use of it

it was hard work to be honest :-)

if you're looking for a vintage lamp...

2011-11-11T15:38:00.000+01:00

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you have to come to Antwerp to this shop
this guy has a collection of vintage lamps and furniture
that is giant
lamps in all variations

auf den Hund gekommen

2011-11-11T08:56:00.001+01:00

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old advertisments are the best!

and after 4 weeks of absence Whisky-my cat-found her way back
new cosy place she choosed
and I like her as much Roman people like the cats in the ruines

Naga tribe necklace II

2011-11-10T08:38:00.002+01:00

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bought on the fleamarket in Rome this amazing necklace
Tribe Konyak Nagaland
age around 1950 or earlier I would say
the 28 bronce faces are not all different but most of them
for the Naga the strength of men is concentrated in the head
that's why they wear masks before hunting and fighting
and they were headhunters!
glasbeads
bone
shell
brass
cotton thread

Roma IV-ciao eternal city

2011-11-09T23:31:00.000+01:00

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I think Rome is the most beautiful city in the world
if you touch the marbel on the Pantheon
you can nearly feel the centuries passing bye

Roma III-fleamarket

2011-11-09T20:31:00.000+01:00

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getting up at 7 in the morning to go to the fleamarket in a city like Rome is not that painful
beautiful weather
not that much to find
too much new things
but I bought another Naga necklace
will show later
there were some amazing stones and cristals
and a stand with old stationary

some kind of Blues

2011-11-08T19:53:00.002+01:00

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recently I like to listen to this

Roma II

2011-11-06T02:50:00.001+01:00

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light

doors

food

Roma-at night

2011-11-05T14:49:00.000+01:00

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walked around at night
found this shop
and the lady didn't stop to talk
so I missed my last tram
and had to walk home by foot

Mickey Halloween

2011-10-31T23:57:00.001+01:00

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Happy Halloween

San Francisco-signs of our time

2011-10-31T19:11:00.000+01:00

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worldwide
old signs
new signs

is anything changing?
did somebody lose a shoe?

a city full with freaks
but the bankers worldwide are more freaks then we thought
and more dangerous to our society then some homeless under a palmtree

San Francisco II

2011-10-31T12:10:00.000+01:00

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animals
people
food

San Francisco

2011-10-31T12:02:00.000+01:00

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2 days in SF
too short but so beautiful
indian summer

autumne colors

2011-10-23T18:40:00.000+02:00

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nothing goes beyond old sewing skills
vintage fashion will always inspire me

dresses from 1918 till 1930
from the collection from Alexandre Vassiliev
seen in Venice

and a new vintage foulard
in the most beautiful color combination I could imagine

Venice VII

2011-10-14T02:07:00.001+02:00

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I'm already gone but the memories stay
and I still have the swinging in my body :-)

Venice VI-Biennale 2011

2011-10-13T17:49:00.000+02:00

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I haven't seen so much art ever in one single week!
nearly got an overdose

Biennale has 3 good things for me

German pavillon: Christoph Schlingensief
Swiss pavillon: Thomas Hirschhorn
Nordic pavillon: Andreas Eriksson

Honestly, it's not happening often that art touches me deeply
and if it does, I don't have to see the rest

ein Herz aus Kristall

eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

Venice V-interiors

2011-10-13T13:49:00.000+02:00

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this city lives from art and exhibitions
sometimes it's just worth to see the interiors of the Palazzi

when I will once own my own house or apartment
I would like to have terrazzo floors, concret and wood
it seems for me the perfect combination
and a room for my antique fashion :-)

Venice IV

2011-10-10T05:47:00.001+02:00

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secrets and tales in every corner of the city

Venice III-Olivetti

2011-10-09T17:47:00.000+02:00

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one of the only 20th century interiors on San Marco is this
olivetti showroom from Carlo Scarpa
beautiful architecture
beautiful details
wood and marble
craftmanship

Venice II

2011-10-08T22:14:00.000+02:00

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Palazzo Fortuny

Jan Fabre Pietas

Venice-Lido ...

2011-10-08T10:13:00.000+02:00

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aufsteigender Mond
versinkende Sonne
Wind
Mahler 5.th Symphony Adagietto

Venice Lido

hidden Zurich

2011-10-04T22:58:00.000+02:00

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even if I know this city so well
there are still some places to discover

bench on Sihlporte and in the dressing room from Day-Bahnhofstrasse
at A.s place are always nice details
Helsinki Bar on Sundays from the brother from famous Pippilotti Rist
Wasserwerfer from the police under the Viadukt

ate Luxemburgerli in the parc from the Friedhof Sihfleld
bought the world's finest underwear Zimmerli

Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh

2011-10-04T10:15:00.000+02:00

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I visited this exhibiton
low cost furniture for India
raw forms
nice colours
interesting details

Genève last day

2011-10-01T19:15:00.000+02:00

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Genève was nice
good saucisson
rich people
between old and new
some kind of grandezza

now zurich

Genève Fleamarket

2011-09-29T13:37:00.000+02:00

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what a great market
many nice things
bought this lamp
think from an old watch workshop

...

and I had the most expensive haircut ever: 136.-- CHF
but it's straight and simple like I wanted to have it

Genève

2011-09-27T12:27:00.000+02:00

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On est arrivé à Genève
beautiful space
old factory with a wooden building inside: BMF

...
I already swom in the lake
finally the summer feeling

Lausanne II

2011-09-25T17:52:00.000+02:00

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sitting in the sun
watch the mountains and the lake
butterflies all over
silence
good cheese and vine
that's why I miss it sometimes

Lausanne

2011-09-23T10:49:00.000+02:00

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we arrived dans la Romandie

old cinema art deco

man on the shore

2011-09-21T11:11:00.000+02:00

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something for men and women
soon
death in venice
lido
I'm looking foreward

Balkan souvenirs

2011-09-20T19:15:00.000+02:00

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that's what I brought with me from Belgrade and Zagreb
knitted socks from a folkloristic costume from the Belgrade area
the enamel pan
book about costumes

dried and fresh flowers

Zagreb from dawn till dusk

2011-09-19T18:22:00.000+02:00

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the Balkan is an experiance I will not forget
long nights
hot days
people with a good heart and soul
a lot of alcohol
a lot of vegetables
a lot of meat

Zagreb fleamarket

2011-09-19T12:22:00.000+02:00

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On this market you find everything
your picked car!
empty sip bottles
lonely shoes for the amputated ones
telephones without basis
a lot of knives and weapons
dead stocks
weaving loom

Zagreb market

2011-09-18T06:37:00.000+02:00

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the market is amazing
eat the best tomatos here since years
so much freshness

worst hotel of the tour

2011-09-16T11:26:00.000+02:00

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we stranded in a hotel in Zagreb with a schizophrenic owner
some special price politics
you can book the room for have a day
that's kind of clear to me :-)
the worst interior I ever saw
so bad taste
and small rooms and dirty toiletts
smells and hair everywhere
uuugh

Belgrade III

2011-09-16T11:22:00.000+02:00

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I'm already gone out of Belgrade but the last night was beautiful
party on a boat in the Sava till 5 am.

Belgrade II

2011-09-13T01:54:00.000+02:00

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Fleamarkets are different here
bought an enamel pan which I saw recently in a vintage furniture store in Antwerp
there they thought it's skandinavian!!!
it's real balkan :-)

Belgrade

2011-09-11T00:57:00.000+02:00

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Belgrade is different
I like it
you may smoke everywhere

tour goes on

2011-09-09T00:53:00.002+02:00

...

after a summerbreak we are back on tour

Balkan

Switzerland

Venice

Lille

Rome

Athens

I hope for a warm automne and great places

portable life II

2011-09-08T16:57:00.000+02:00

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exiting to see the dress in the movie
it's visible several times
on the horse
in the sea
under water
I made it out of real antique lace from Gent
houres of work and a lot of fitting for the actress

portable life

2011-09-07T11:24:00.001+02:00

...

I did the striped costume for this movie

premiere today in Oostende

dark side of the basil

2011-09-06T20:42:00.001+02:00

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bought the basil for its color
took it out of the plastic
he was tired and schlapp
made pesto

looked kind of weird
but tasted good

hunting & collecting

2011-09-05T20:42:00.000+02:00

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Stormy weather in Belgium
hazelnuts were falling
covered the wealthy fashionstreet in Brussels
and nobody took them

I took the possibility to collect a fool bag
need to find a hazelnutcracker
my squirrel cracks only big nuts

cobalt blue

2011-09-03T00:52:00.000+02:00

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blue I like more on other people and in nature
but there it looks great

Acid yellow

2011-09-01T19:19:00.000+02:00

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Cos has some fantastic colours in their winter collection
like acid yellow
one of my new favorites
the art work is from Katharina Trudzinski
at the moment in the Pop-up Solarshop in Antwerp
and some pics still from zurich

clocks in Zurich

2011-08-26T11:10:00.000+02:00

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one of the things which I really had to accustom to -when I moved to Antwerp
was the missing clocks
in Switzerland they are everywhere
not only in train stations and on churches

maybe that's why I'm not that much on time anymore:-)

vintage check

2011-08-23T19:33:00.000+02:00

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my friend A. would like to have a check tablecloth
measured mine and took a picture
linnen or half linnen
mostly 50ies and 60ies

mountain craft

2011-08-21T08:54:00.001+02:00

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In the house we found old carpets
still not sure if they are really from this area, look kind of marrocan also, but how could they get there?
surely handwoven, wool from sheeps, hair from goats maybe
plant dyed

in the brockenhaus in Chur they had this nice pottery

I'm also in love with my cup, found in the basement of the house
before whole western society was drinking latte macchiato
there was just Milchkaffi in Switzerland or also called Schale, 'cause it was mostly served in a big bowl
drunk as a regular drink with quite heavy food

sonnenschirm

2011-08-20T18:29:00.000+02:00

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years before iced cappucino there was Yogidrink Mocca or Himbeer
I only got it from my neighbour not from my mother
even as a child I liked the parasol a lot

so many childhood memories and I'm happy that some things still exist
like the "Stängeliglacé" from Gasparini

Maiensäss

2011-08-18T12:54:00.000+02:00

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My sister owns the familys mountain house: Maiensäss from 1835 on 1700m above sea level
Lenzerheide/Lai
the house is called "Acla Broina", which means brown house in rhaeto-romanic the 4th language in Switzerland
a typical house for this aera, where the herder went higher in the mountains during the summer period

chilhood memories on and on
beautiful structures and ambience
from wind, sun, snow weatherd

city oasis

2011-08-14T22:21:00.000+02:00

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one of my favorite oasis in Zurich

old botanical garden

and the new generation of city gardeners try to make the city more beautiful with wildflowers

would like to have this books

random zurich

2011-08-13T00:24:00.000+02:00

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some pics from the rooftop at escherwyss platz, the max frisch bath
some from the old town
some from the brockenhaus

Roggenbrot & Hot pepper sauce

2011-08-07T10:27:00.001+02:00

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once a year I cook hot pepper sauce
and it lasts for one year 'cause it's really hot

while cooking I had too sniff and cough a lot

recipe:

200 gr chillis
1dl apple vinegar
2-3 garlic
sugar
sea salt
laurel
clove

I put the chillis in the oven for about 10 minutes, put them hot in a plastic bag, close it, let cool a little and then peel them.
Put everything in a pan and cook for about 5 minutes. Mix it, cook again for some minutes and pour them in jars.

Baking bread needs patience and strong hands-but it's worth it.

En Guete

George in the East

2011-08-06T13:04:00.000+02:00

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I really like the preview fom TOAST A/W 2011

little flowers

2011-08-05T12:09:00.000+02:00

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Epimedium is flowering again, normally only in spring!
Tricyrtis is flowering normally
Oxalis and wandering jew as well
morning glory and indigo flowers again
they seem too be a little confused with the weather we had this year

confused little flowers :-)

leather care

2011-08-05T08:23:00.001+02:00

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nothing goes about this products for leather care

tapir Leder-und Sattelseife=cleaning also pattent leather
tapir Lederbalsam natur
crème de luxe Peausserie=cleaning delicat leather like gloves
Burgol Palmenwachsschuhcrème=polish like a mirror

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a simple briefcase by Arthur & Aston
needs still some care!
old necessaire made in England
Charles Jourdan vintage

the craft of Cheaney
nice bag collection of a talented lady: Williams

on or in fashion

2011-08-04T10:39:00.000+02:00

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lately I'm a little bit lazy with posting
it's not that I don't discover but it's not always worth to post it directly

by attending the wedding
everybody was occupied with questions about what to wear
what works for me the best is combining vintage pieces with something new
to break the "old-fashioned" look

what's in now are the forties like in uk vogue issue August
but were midi skirts out of fashion ever?
don't think so, they're just too feminine to ever get out

and in fact
nothing can be out
'cause the person who wears it, makes the pieces in again
personal style is always in
that's what fashion should be

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the most beautiful sandals I ever had:
Céline
perfectly made
nice box and good quality of shoebag
nothing cheap about it
worth the price tag

red hair beauty via style bubble studio sober

glimpses of paradise

2011-08-01T10:33:00.000+02:00

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It's not often that I attend weddings
this weekend was the wedding from Marisa & Stijn
a huge celebration in the countryside of Belgium
it was very beautiful
everybody did their best to look gorgeous
and dance their feet wound

I finally could wear one of my furcapes
and I have to say: it's so cousy

How deep is the ocean, how high is the sky?