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Dolce Vita

On Fridays, I volunteer.Yes, I know what you are thinking: "How altruistic of her!", but no...this is a very self-oriented act. I volunteer so I don't have a gap in my C.V while I am waiting to find a paid job or internship. Anyway, to tell you the truth, it is quite uninteresting... I am not helping people in distress (I would much rather do that, would be way more interesting and useful), I'm just doing admin stuff for a charity which will not be named (sorry curious people!). I don't think I'm getting new skills here but, hey, it keeps me occupied. So, the whole point of this post is to tell you about the only thing that keeps me happy when I'm at the office: the coffee machine! Meet M53 Dolce Vita!

Tada! 

E.

Here Lies Love

Big cities.  One lived, one to be lived in!  Operation New York commences.  

Just need a working visa or a green card..no problem, yes?

That pastry there, tis delicious, it's a sun bun!  And that's a lovely Gateau cappucino.

What more do I need?  Well, maybe next post I'll attempt a dream board!

C.

Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair

 19 days till spring! Can't wait.

E. 

Weekday Luxury

Green tea and American Vogue.  Yummers.

C.

Colour Me Mine...

  From my multicoloured toes, you might gather that I'm quite the nail polish fan.  This is true.

Have a gander! <3

C.

Sniff This! Spritz That!

Here I share with you dear readers my little perfume collection.

My collection is quite shy, I admit, but I am very picky with my scents.  Here you see Victor and Rolf Flowerbomb, Hugo Boss Woman (an old favourite), Coco Mademoiselle and the remaining four are bottles that I am desperately trying to empty.  I had a high school phase where I loved the sweet Escada perfumes, now...not so much.  However, I do not want to throw them away, and my cousin is too careless they wouldn't survive a day if I offered them to her, so my plan of action is to use them as gym perfumes.  After a shower and a steam sesh I drench myself, against all perfume etiquette with either Davidoff Cool Water,  Escada Ibiza Hippie, Escada Island Kiss or Escada Rockin' Rio.
Now, sweet reader, what's your favourite perfume?!

C.

I am a working girl

Hum, not really, but soon I hope... This afternoon I went to Old Street for an interview with a "forecasting company". I got this interview thanks to C. who put me in contact with a recruitement agency last week. They had thought of a possible job for her. However, C. having decided to go back to Stockholm a few months ago (leaving me feeling ever so lonely:  "come back to me" C.!) said she wasn't interested but that her good old friend E. still in funky London town might be. So, here I was being interviewed by a nice Scottish man when he suddenly asked: "Do you watch TV?". I answered "Yes...", but the truth is I don't have a TV here in London so...well, I don't watch any really! Anyway, he then asked if I watched Mad Men... (Yes, interesting interview). I triumphally replied that I did. Indeed, these days you just need Sidereel on a computer to live happily ever after. He was wondering what I thought of Don Draper's wife, what she represented and all. I just said that she represented the white middle class female of the sixties. The oppressed wife who listens and obeys to every single desire/order her cold husband has and takes care of the kids. (I was not convinced of my own "analysis"...not very deep!) He said that she represented the "good gone bad" blablabla... This just made me realize, that C., bigger Mad Men fan than me, would have totally excelled at this interview. Moral of the story: C. should come back to London, plenty of perfect jobs for her here.

E.

Blazer: Zara , Necklace: Accessorize

Chocolate Cake in 1 minute and 30 seconds!

Wohoooo, I am about to share with you special people an incredible recipe, but shhhhh, tell no one!

Here we go:

1 egg
2 or 3 tablespoons of Nutella
2 tablespoons of self raising flour
2 tablespoons of sugar
MIX IT all,
PUT IT in a ramekin
POP IT in the microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds and
EAT IT

Yummy hey?

E.

PS: This fantastic recipe was created by Emilie Laystary, a friend of my good friend Juliette! Here's her blog: http://penseesplastiques.blogspot.com/
PPS: Do admire the lovely bright red Starbucks cup C. got me for my birthday last year :)

Coffee Conversations ©

I imagine, as a future contributor to The New Yorker, what little crumb of trivia I can segue into a six-page article and my mind always goes to coffee conversations.  Copyright C.!

I do not find sitting sipping extra hot Mocha (no cream and a sachet of brown sugar) among the surl of café conversations eavesdropping.  I sit there with my book, paper or pen in hand, probably some Francois Hardy in the background and enjoy soaking in the snippets of conversations buzzing about the place.  Would it be interesting to note down what you hear from each little party, couple, meeting at Starbucks, Kitchen and Pantry, Fig & Olive, Gail's Bakery, Sturekatten, Kaffekoppen - and concoct a fantastical trivial commentary?

I think so.

I think E. and I both fall into this generation's blog-affinity for taking pictures of your food and coffee conversations - here's a little collection of Coffee Conversations ©

Trade?

E. -

What do you say?

Trade this -

For this? - 

What do you say? eh eh eh?  

Ok, time for some Monday afternoon errands and a cuppa!

C.

The Academy Awards 2011 - What a SNOOZEFEST!

Finally I have the channel that sends the Oscars, so I fortify myself to sit up till 6 am!

Most. Boring. Oscars. Ever.  The Academy chose James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host the Oscars in order to bring in a younger audience; I have no idea if that worked, probably...but there was no chemistry...NO chemistry.

I even watched the two-hour long red carpet bit, there was a lot of Baywatch dresses going on!  My favourite however was Mila Kunis dress, utterly stunning!
What was your favourite dress?

Funny fact - the annoying Swedish commentators Filip and Fredrik (who generally contributed with crude, rude and lewd comments - only allowed in Swedish television it seems), mentioned that after Libya, Sweden is the country where the least amount of people follow the Oscars (of the countries that broadcast it.)

Off to the interview, fingers crossed!

Have a good day everyone! E. 

The Look

I've got the hair colour down pat, now just need someone to bite me in the neck and carry me like a newborn kitten into the lap of a news agency and tell me, do your thing - so I can get my hands on these leather lovlies.  Anyone have any journalist job offers?

Picture borrowed from asos.com

C.

My Mulberry Baby

Mum's present for my graduation :)

E. 

E's 20 questions and answers

E.'s answers

1. Where were you three hours ago?

Waiting for a friend in front of H&M (Oxford Circus)

2. Who are you in love with?

C. tihihi 

3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?

Yes, but I prefer eating pencils. 

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

My phone, slowly dying by the way. Sadness, I've had it for 5 years... it's a bloody legend!

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?

Two days ago: Westfield in Shepherd's Bush. Pity I can't afford anything there :(

6. Are you wearing socks right now?

Yes. Damn interesting hey!

7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?

Same as C.:I don't even have a driver's license. Too cool for that!

8. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?

Yes, on Thursday evening. Went to Secret Cinema (amazing experience, I recommend it) and saw "The Red Shoes" (1948). 

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?

Earl Grey Tea in a café on Old Compton Street. 

10. That last food you ate?

Aubergines, pumpkin and ricotta salad, and a little piece of quattro formaggi pizza. Yummy.

11. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?

Yes, black trousers, for interviewing purposes. Hopefully will get me a job!

12. When was the last time you ran?

Two weeks ago, painful.

13. What is your favourite animal?

Dogs! For sureeeeeeeeeee

14. Your dream vacation?

Where the @#&% is St Kitts and Nevis C.? Such a snob! ;)

I'd say Argentina but actually would prefer just living there!

15. Have you been in love?

Oh yes, and it hurts.

16. Do you miss anyone right now?

Yes.

17. What are your plans for tonight?

Staying in and preparing a job interview I have next week. Fingers crossed for me please! I'll be wearing the black trousers...

18. Were you an honour roll student in school?

Nah, not really, but I was popular. Tihihi

19. Where is your best friend?

London, United Kindgom

20. Do you have a tan?

I wish man! I am half Irish and have to spend at least three weeks under the sun to even hope getting a good tan. Anyway, not necessarily a good thing, all these extra freckles, why??? Whyyyy me!!!

Two Cups, with Chocolate Shavings!

Trying to make this our background.
E. you're more of a techie than I am!
Andele, andele!

20 Questions and Answers

C.'s answers

1. Where were you three hours ago?


Sleeping in my bed.

2. Who are you in love with?


My family and friends, two heartaches this year wooo wooo.

3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?

I've nibbled on one, tastes like sourdough.

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

My third toenail on my right foot is painted pink.

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?

The last time I went to what officially can be called a mall was on Tuesday, Täby Centrum.  That place used to be so depressing, now it's quite cosy.

6. Are you wearing socks right now?

No, I should because my feet are icecubes, but I've thrown a blanket over them.

7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?

No, I don't even have a driver's license.

8. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?

Ja!  I saw Morning Glory on Thursday.  Twas glorious!

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?

Bravo OJ! (That's orange juice)

10. That last food you ate?

Leftover grilled chicken, with baguette and tzatziki.

11. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?

No.

12. When was the last time you ran?

Thursday.

13. What is your favourite animal?

I love wild cats, lions, cheetahs.

14. Your dream vacation?

St Kitts and Nevis with best friend or boyfriend, spent too many years away from the beach now.

15. Have you been in love?

Oh yes.

16. Do you miss anyone right now?

Yes.

17. What are your plans for tonight?

Watching the Oscars with my little brother!  Woo!  With chips and dip, mint chocolate Marabou and coke.

18. Were you an honour roll student in school?

YES! tihihihi

19. Where is your best friend?

Hamburg, Germany.

20. Do you have a tan?

Nope, white as milk! It is very becoming...

Your turn E.!

A Little Pretention Doesn't Hurt Anyone

Yo!

So, New Year's thing was to not buy any more books until all those unread tomes residing in my wicker bookcases would allow me to sniff their pages.

Trying to make myself feel a bit more important and organized I ventured to write down a to-do list of a selection of books that would fit on one page of my little agenda.

  I'm on The Group by Mary MacCarthy, so that's two books down, a book I've been looking forward to read for quite a bit....yet, it's proving to be quite the snooze.  Not impressed.  Well you write something better, you say!  Yah, I'll get there.  Tihihi.

C.

Happy Toes!

Happy toes, happy C!

Stylish, no?  Why, yes!

I also like to have mini-marshmallows with my mocha.

C.

First girly post (more coming soon)

C. had warned me: "Never ever go for a guy who just had a long term relationship".

So, we have friends and they are supposedly here to give us advice, which they do, but we don't listen to them, do we?

Three years ago my friends warned me: "Don't date this guy, he's dangerous". I dated him.

Two months ago my friends warned me: "Don't date this guy, he's on the rebound". I dated him.

Yes, I know they were right. I actually knew right from the start that number one was dangerous and that number 2 was on the rebound. However, and sadly enough, I have to test, to see for myself and to get hurt to understand that I can't tame a dangerous and manipulative man and that I can't make a man on the rebound fall madly in love with me and tell me I'm the love of his life.

Well, friends give advice and we don't listen, but they listen when we say we should have listened to their advice.

E.

I like my Mocha with cream on top

An Atonement Green Dream

Rather than describe my dream as a fluffy pink dream, I'd like my dream to be the colour of the deep emerald green of Cecilia's character in Atonement.  True, it is the colour of dollars, but simply, tis my favourite colour.  And so what is my emeral green atonement dream?  Journalism.  Imagine making money on what you love doing!
Imagine being paid to be a contributing columnist to The New Yorker's 'Talk of the Town' section, where the littlest detail becomes a topic of conversation - a crack in the concrete where a weed has broken through or the carcass of a prehistoric woolly mammoth or dog-napping.
It's a long way to go - so here's to practicing!

Oh...and welcome to Two Cups of Mocha - where we contribute from Stockholm and London.  We love mocha, extra hot.

C.