Models, Monster, Minnie and Me

Saturday, 2 February 2013

Hello Buenos Aires

The thing that I was most blown away by in Buenos Aires was the amazing street art. Graffiti, stencils, painting, stickers, they use it all and make it look damn awesome. It's everywhere- from the uber-hipster area's like Palermo (think SoHo in NYC), to the more gritty somewhat-dodge area's like La Boca (where we managed not to get robbed thanks to a local policeman who pointed us in a safer direction). The streets and buildings are covered in such vibrant colours and style that make it impossible to know which side of the street to look at because there is just so much to take in. An unfortunate side effect of looking up all the time means your eyes are less focused on the pavement, where sadly there is quite large amounts of dog shit. Not so cool.

i like how even though things overlap/differ in style, it all works.

don't get caught with no knickers on ey.

awesome house

coolest lamp-post ever

little stencil-paint man

obviously, my dream house.

empty space taken over by green

creepy panda

awesome.

zebrawoman

i like all the different textures in the buildings and foliage

one of the most amazingly decorated buildings i saw.

In La Boca

just a really big chicken..why not.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the first load of Buenos Aires pics.. more to come. xxx

Monday, 28 January 2013

coming soon...

So yeah I know, massive fail on the blogging front over here. I will be (attempting) to rectify this in the foreseeable future. Here is a little picture of the content of my next post - all about my awesome adventure to Buenos Aires - consisting of samba, steak, and a shit load of oversized beers.

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

New old additions

I do like finding new but old additions to my household. It gives me so much more pleasure than just buying some random print from Ikea or wherever. And I much prefer the process of stumbling across something special, somewhere you may have never thought to look, and you know it is one of a kind - it gives it more weight, more meaning, and more significance to its presence in your life.

My newest old additions are -

A very cool portrait of King George the second of Greece (Γεώργιος Βʹ) who ruled twice, from 1922 to 1924 and then 1935 to 1937. I don't know when this portrait of him was done, but it has been sitting buried in one of the back rooms of my family home for over 26 years. As it went somewhat unclaimed (I had to fight my sister over it a little bit, but she is lovely and let me win) it has now got a lovely new place in my home. Joining King George are - a postcard of Serge Gainsbourg sent to me years ago by my lovely friend Johnny, a picture of a little girl covered in tattoo's (you can never start too young), Lobster Telephone by Salvador Dali, and a Gilbert and George postcard also sent by the lovely Johnny (we went through a postcard phase in London).

This is a real picture of King George (thank you Wikipedia)

My other new additions are two old frames found from the flea market in the old town of Brussels. It is such an amazing market, full of everything you could possibly imagine. It was the second time I went to it, and it was even better this time, mainly because the sun was shining which always makes me a happy bunny. I like to put on an awesome playlist and just stroll up and down to see what catches my eye - and then attempt to let loose my Lebanese side and do some intense bargaining (which never really goes too well, I fail at being Leb). So the one frame is an awesome vintage gilt one with a portrait of a couple in it, they look really happy and so properly groomed - not a hair out of place. The other one is a really delicate rose. I'm not really fond of flowers and such girlyness, but there was something about this that I fell for. I loved the colours in the frame and on the border of the picture, they have a really old feeling to them, and I liked how chipped and sad it could have looked anywhere else, but in my house it just kind of works. Accompanying (and surrounding) these additions are various old family pictures, and little figurines that I have from here and there. I do like me a bit of a random medley.

Peace&Love

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

uh-oh

Yeah, I know, I failed at blogging yet again. What can I say? It's been a long, somewhat turbulent, somewhat strange, somewhat awesome, summer. And with all that my blogging skills fell somewhere by the wayside. It's on me kitties, and I'm gonna make up for it as best I know how.... which is...ummm... by drinking and sharing my general awkwardness and tomfoolery I suppose.

So let's see... what went down this summer.... There was the usual amount (by usual I obviously mean overtly excessive) of debauchery and mayhem- drunken shenanigans, festival shenanigans, naked drunk pool shenanigans, awkward drunk shenanigans - all things considered there were a bucketload of shenanigans all round.

A general overview of said shenanigans (while still attempting to be somewhat discreet so as not to completely shame any naughty accomplices) -

Went festivalling in Brux with my wonderful godsister &co.

Yes...i wore a backpack. lets not talk about it

day one, hour one - off to a brilliant start

We are gangsta posers with random new friends

Massssssive baguettttes. hubba.

And I saw Beirut play, so now my life is complete.

and back to Brussels for sunshine and more food/alcohol/silly times.

Then the rest of july was a carefree medley of worky times, drinky times, silly times, and some other times -

Minnie is clearly not impressed with my job.

I now have a baby donkey named after me.

Did a Cosmopolitan editorial for September, and finally used this cool location that I've been wanting to shoot at for years. (the issue is out now if anyone cares to see the finished product of my blood, sweat and tears)

my little elzy doing awesome make ups.

Panny pants being a moody photographer

pretty model

Some mandatory silly behaviours.

Cosmo teaaam!

Had some ridonkulously messy drunken silly fun in P-town (commonly known as protaras). Which encompassed everything from Lady gaga, to potential bar brawls, welsh dj's, red indian chiefs, 80's power slide injuries, and everything in between...