I recently spent a few days in London a.k.a the best city on Earth, where I grew up. It was, as always, a great experience, especially since I always discover something new about this amazing place! This time it was a little street just off Oxford street called St. Christopher's place. There's a little plaza down there, sweet shops and a wonderful Italian restaurant. Definitely worth a visit, especially with Oxford Street packed with shoppers. This little side street offers a real haven of quiet!
It so happened that the "Dark Knight Rises" premiere was taking place while we were out buying theatre tickets ...
London has the BEST bookstores, I could have spent hours in there spending all my money on pretty little poetry books and classic literature like "Alice in Wonderland" ...
These are pictures of Richmond, a really nice part of south-west London. The view from Richmond Hill is famously beautiful and I can't help but a gree wholeheartedly!
Hope you're all having a glorious summer, I'm off to view my London loot get a head start on watching some of the DVDs I raided from HMV ... there might be some book and movie reviews coming up soon ;)
Love, x
Just saw the new Spiderman last night and loved it! Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield have wonderful chemistry, even though they don't have huge amounts of dialogue together. You can just feel they belong together - beautiful.
First off, I will freely admit that I loved the "old" Spiderman trilogy. I liked Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, although I wasn't much of a Mary-Jane fan. In that respect I prefer Gwen Stacy, who seems like a smart, more independent woman. Also, due to her scientific interests, she can relate to Peter's spidery condition more easily than Mary-Jane could. I always had a feeling that MJ was a much more self-centered character. Emma Stone portrays Gwen in her own unique way, lending the characters' relationship that note of adorable awkwardness of teenage love. There is one scene in particular when Peter is trying to ask her out but can't quite find the words and ultimately says something like: "We could go ... or we could go somewhere else instead," which shows his nervousness in a very sweet way.
Also, this Spiderman movie has some genuinely funny moments, like when Peter first discovers his new powers, struggling much more than the Tobey Maguire's Peter in the first ever Spiderman movie. This movie focuses more on the boy who becomes Spiderman, on the awkward moments his new life holds, on his personal relationships with people. In my opinion, this movie allows a more intimate perspective of Peter Parker's struggle with his new life. He seems more human, less like the hero.
However, hunting down a crazy, giant lizard-doctor called Conners is of course very typical of Spiderman movies. Peter Parker tries to reason with the doctor to abandon his dream of creating super-humans by using cross-species genetics during several fight scenes. And even though Conners stops Parker from dropping to his death at the end of the movie, it remains unclear whether he is a villain or a victim of his own power.
The first of the "new" Spiderman movies leaves several questions of Peter's past unanswered, but hints at secrets about his father that are yet to be discovered. I'm sure everyone is now excited to see what will become of Gwen and Peter's love, Peter's struggle with his new superhero-identity and his growing into a man. This was a beautiful coming-of-age story of love, justice and morality. I highly recommend this movie!
Words
the last pleasure of the poet
in a cascade of feeling they rush.
pen to paper
heart to mouth
whisper you secrets
tell me your lies.
Blue on white,
pour yourself out.
Words
truth of our hearts
spilling over the brim they gush
paper to pen
as heart is to mouth
whispering lies
telling your secrets.
blue on white
you may read my heart.
Words
the last weapon of the poet
twisting the blade in his hand they plunge
blue is red
ink turns into blood
lost on the pages
in the maze between lines
and with a last drop of ink,
the pen runs dry.
Summer cooking equals simple cooking in my book - I don't like a lot of fuss when the weather's warm and there are things like swimming and sunbathing to do. So one of my favourite meals is spaghetti with lots of vegetables and a spicy tomato sauce, best when it's already cooled a little.
Step 1:
You need two peppers (I used one red, one green), 3 - 4 carrots and about six or seven tomatoes to begin with. Chop all the vegetables into dices if you're in a rush, otherwise make them look prettier by cutting the carrots into circles and so on.
Step 2:
Dice two onions and fry them in some olive oil before adding your diced carrots. Brown the carrots for a few moments before adding the peppers. Add a few pinches of chilli and then some basil.
Step 3:
Add two tins of chopped tomatoes (200g each).
Step 4:
Add the diced tomatoes. Let the sauce simmer for a few minutes on less heat. Meanwhile, cook the spaghettis (about 500g).
Step 4:
When the spaghettis are cooked and the vegetables are softened, add a bit of salt and pepper to your sauce to your taste. Then stir the spaghetti into the sauce and add some chopped basil for extra taste and colour.
Now serve up with some great Parmesan and enjoy your simple Summer Linguini! Happy eating!
Love, x
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
"You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold"
The meaning of life, to me, is to make every single moment count. To take every chance, every oppurtunity that could possibly make you happy. And looking back, seeing that all the things that went wrong taught you something, that all the things that went right were so much more meaningful because of mistakes. And finally, seeing how much those leaps of faith you took were worth it. This video shows what a single second can bring about in a person's life:
