July 2012
89 posts
Florence
I have mixed feelings about Italy. Florence is exquisitely beautiful, ridiculously so and the amount of fun that could be had there seems truly limitless. Unfortunately, it was vrek hot; I’m talking like 36 – 38 degrees Celsius, too hot to be alive really. I don’t really enjoy heat like that, I live for the sun but bot sweltering pain brought with it. So I immediately went into mole mode, wanted...
Day 1 in Florence
Kitsi’s schoool, Polimoda, is ridiculously beautiful. I’d get straight A’s studying in a place with aesthetics like that.
Our waiter was a CLOWN! I think he was flirting with me by being a meanie like bringing me one ice block when I asked for ice. We asked him to cut our pizza (because they don’t slice the pizzas in Italy, how strange?) And then he just brought half...
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (The Duomo)...
Lotsa ‘pregnant’ gypsy women begging in the squares
I climbed 414 steps to get to the top of this baby. The views from the top were incredible.
The Duomo is so beautiful that when I first saw it, I just started crying. The work of God in people is next level.
Beguiling things, Florence
Isn’t this Homer Simpson’s beer?
This beats the Daily Sun’s headlines. I’d totally read the news more if we had signs like this.
Vintage shopping is PROPER out here
Riding Kitsi’s bike around was so glorious. I like Europe so much for the bicycle related happiness
Umm I didn’t really expect this in Italy?
Poster in Kitsi’s room. I feel...
Daytime adventures, Florence
Mxm! This place is selling DREAMS! Where the black people at?!
View from the train. While Kitsi was at school I explored the city. The highlight of this was going to Corniglia, one of beaches along Cinque Terre, to swim and tan. Pebble beaches beat sand beaches hands down. No sand in your crack! So I saw a topless lady and figured its a nude beach and got naked too. Turns out she was a...
Aperetivo and unexpected magic, florence
Aperetivo is this really dope arrangement where bars serve a buffet of snacks around cocktail hour, like after work drinks, and the buffet is free if you buy drinks. It was one of Kitsi’s classmates birthday so we joined em and got a bunch of unexpected magic for our efforts.
We were just walking along and saw all of this being set up. Intriguing..
Okay so there are ‘Tall...
I think maybe Florence made me feel insignificant, in the sense that it hasn’t changed in hundreds and hundred of years and isn’t ever going to. People are going to keep flooding in like ants to be awed by it (its high season for tourists and the crowds are overwhelming, I avoided quite a few touristy things because it was just unbearable to stand in queues for hours in the heat.) and everything...
Lake Retba, Senegal
Lake Retba or Lac Rose lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, north east of Dakar. It is so named for its pink waters, caused by some kinda micro-algae in the water. The lake is also known for its high salt content, which, like that of the Dead Sea allows people to float easily.
Its pink and you can float in it? This is where I’m going next.
Zurich
Day 1: Dubai just devastated me.
Day 2: Zurich instantly rejuvenated me.
I was sooooo happy to see Kitsi sheesh! I scuh-reamed when I saw her. We spent the night at a friend of her mom, Carla. This woman was just incredible, she had even made us friendship bracelets. We sat and spoke to her for awhile, just lapping her up, and it was unanimously decided that we will both be the kind of woman...
Dubai
16 hour stopover at Dubai International. More like stop. Grinding, halting slowing down of all bodily functions. I was in total Zombie mode. All I have to show for that time is this photo. I found Rascals the day before I left. Apparently it was a Facebook campaign that got them back on shelves? Well, the timing was impeccable because they saved me in a major way and got me safely to Zurich when...
Some things you’re not letting happen right now because the timing isn’t perfect for you. Some you’re not letting happen because you are very aware of where you are. But all things, as they are happening, are happening in perfect order. And if you will relax and begin saying, ‘Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding. And I’m enjoying where I am now, in relationship to where I’m...
But I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are. ~ Don Cheadle
I was having a moment of Nirvana worship with my...
“Peace before everything. God before anything. Love before anything. Real before everything. Home before any place. Shoot before anything. Style and state radiate. Love power slay the hate.” ~ Mos Def
