WE SHARE THE SAME SKYES!

weird summer for me.

after went travelling around italy (genova, pavia, milan, Lecce, and salento), I went back to the north for another festival.

my (at the end!!!) tanned skin was kinda ruined by an unprecise amount of english rain and mud.

but was worth it!

The reason I went back to England was Reading festival, southside of London.

so many different people all covered with mud, enjoying music and some sunny/rainy weather, believe me or not, there were families, also with very young kids.

I've seen women carrying trolleys into the mud, with their rock and roll sons all covered with that sticky mud, and wearing hunter boots.

oh, hunter boots, didn't know (there are no festival in Italy, u all can imagine why) but in the UK everyone's wearing them during festival, I think it's not actually for necessity (I've seen people dancing barefoot in the mud) but cause they are considere "glamorous"....(.....?!)

and I've just found out that there's a jimmy choo version too......................

CMOOOOOON????!!!!!

But my concern is music, and this is the reason why I renounced to the last days of this italian summer for some grey days in the Uk.

I bought the tickets in april and they were all gone for the weekend (was really worth to stay the all 3 days) so I chose to stay only on saturday cause THE LIBERTINES and ARCADE FIRE were playing.

The Libertines reunited for this festival after years they didn't play together. When I was 15 they were definitely my beloved band I still like them tho' but of course I feel they're music it's so typically me of that period, and even if I've seen Pete Doherty and Barat in many different gigs, I've never seen them playing as the libs....I so decided to go to see them as a gift to the 15 years old girl who was craving to see them live.

In fact that was what happened, I really felt I was that age again shouting, jumping and singing those songs.

and all those people of my age next to me during the gig, I could see them feeling the same.

It was more a feeling than a gig, they learned how to play now, they're more thecnical now and not punky anymore. There was no Doherty forgetting the words while singing or falling to the ground because of drugs, and this is quite cool actually. They're in their 30, and pretending to be a teenage band again would have been more than ridicolous.

After the libs and some other band during the day, the last one to play were the arcade fire.

This band is quite a classic for who consider himself a kind of "indie music listener" but me, personally, I was never so fixed with them even If I recognized their great unique sound.

But this gig was really a revelation! before the festival I was listening "the suburbs" (last album) and I found it so deep. The suburbs is basically a concept album about living in the city.

S.

lately

I haven't been posting for awhile, real life has been getting in the way...some time in Rhode Island and then back to California, then an unexpected trip home to Florida for a few weeks, now back in California and rushing to get ready for Portugal in six days, it's crept up on me all of a sudden. Although in my world, rushing to get ready for a nine-month trip basically involves waking up at 1pm, watching Project Runway reruns and several hours wandering the aisles of Trader Joe's in search of 'plane food' to supplement my Lufthansa asian vegetarian meal. Never mind that I have 5cm of space for the 8 raw food bars, or that my time would probably be better spent learning Portuguese...anyway, here are some miscellaneous photos of the past few weeks here and there:

Pageant of the Masters at Laguna Beach in early August; the farmer's market in L.A.; a stack of pancakes the size of my head at The Griddle in Fairfax; a record $55 latte at Urth Café (including the parking ticket we racked up in 5 minutes on a quiet street); L.A. Galaxy vs Real Madrid at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; a reunion with the Duke of Zavatarello in Hollywood; the Veggie Grill at Irvine Spectrum; calamari from the Gulf back at home; sunsets & banyan trees on Boca Grande, Florida; the Fishermen's Village in Punta Gorda; a sunset somewhere over Las Vegas; and a license plate from the Sunshine State...

I'm working on a new blog for my Erasmus year on tumblr; I haven't decided on a name yet but there will be more photos up there when I do. In the meantime, Serena is in London right now and I'd like to take a quiet moment for us all to be privately jealous of her. I could really use some Rough Trade in my life right now...

Happy Tuesday!

LOVE

-a

did u get the real good ones?

A SUNDAY LIKE THIS....

Haven't post for so so so long! feel very guilty, but some crazy things happened together in the same time:

- ipod broken

-laptop broken

-external memory broken (with all the pics from glasgow, spain, holidays etc)

This is maybe to warn me to stay away from technology for a little while, but I won't so now, that I have some time in the morning (actually the time of the day when I enjoy writing more) I decided to post some picture of the beautiful Sunday I spent yesterday.

wake up very late after went to bed at 3 in the morning thanks to my lovely dog

ehehehhe yeah this is my pijiama (quite ridicolous, I know)

I moved recently in a house pretty much in the country after been living for almoust 20 years in the city centre.

So I'm now kinda of adapting to a different lifestyle which I'm totally appreciating.

It's true: here u can litterally hear no bad noise, no cars, no people shouting, everything so peacefully relaxing.

Yesterday some people of the villages here around organized a day fest in the valley and since I really didn't want to spend the day at home, after seeing some motorcycles race rally from the window and hearing music I took my dog and went there.

Billi, Billy or Billie?

can someone give me the right name for a dog? (don't even think BILLI exists!)

as soon I reached the place I met my little cousins who were totally in love with my earphones:

and suddenly all these little children went around me

this day fest also consisted of some rugby matches between young teams,

I'm actually very interested in this sport since I consider it quite genuine and loyal.

And it's a pity that this one doesn't have the same importance that football have in my country.

just next to this there was a rally competition

, and I was shocked when, between these giants motorcycles, I saw this little child:

this place is in open country, and very close to the these dusty place there were horses, which were peacefully eating and drinking.....ahhahahahah quite weird!

before having a special dinner (you could buy roasted meat and pasta and eat there on the grass)

me and my little blond princesses went to see some paragliding

after the deserved dinner I decided to spend some time in the city centre with my friends but since there were actually not so many people around we thought to go to play bowling

good choice for a sunday night =)

I SCORED A STRIKE!! AHAHHA NO WAY!.....

....AFTER ALL THIS EFFORT SEE HOW IT ENDED.... : I LOST!!

song of the day: