Monday, January 31, 2011

NEW FREUNDE VON FREUNDEN

 I'm really liking the newest home on Freunde von Freunden belonging to Gallery owner Johann König ..... particularly the great art collection, the rugs, and the Chesterfield (love the green).
Click on images for a better look.





















Sunday, January 30, 2011

WEEKEND

 Friday night we saw Grinderman ... so great, even better than I could have imagined, Nick Cave was just amazing, (I think he has gotten better with age) as was the rest of the band ....
I took my daughter (who happens to love Nick Cave as much as I do) .... the crowd was so mixed, I saw two old ladies (and I mean well into their 80's), beautiful young girls (and boys), an entire family, mum, dad and the kids .... older Nick Cave lovers who have been fans from day one (I suppose that would include me !!!), but my favorite was an older gentleman with a long white beard and a walking stick (he even bought a T shirt)  .... yep we were a mixed bunch !!!

My daughter wore this dress .....

.... and her $20.00 op shop heels, aren't they great !!!

As we live over an hour from the venue we stayed overnight in a great hotel above this pub  (I don't like sterile new hotel rooms so it's perfect) ... we have stayed there quite a bit, it's kind of our home away from home, it has such a great feel .....

.... beautiful old pressed metal ceilings (reminds me of a painted version of these)


 nice big windows ....

.... and old floral carpet.

There's also a great sitting room ....

and a room where they have live entertainment (I actually saw a cabaret there a while back), plus the main bar down stairs which also has live music, which was still going strong when we got back from our concert.

 The next morning we walked to Surry Hills ... had a nice breakfast, bought some flowers and bread ... 

.... then it was home for dinner on the deck with some beautiful friends (one of them being this happy man) so much fun, really lovely ....
followed by a very quite Sunday, which after a couple of late nights was just fine by me !!!

 Hope you had a nice weekend
XXX

Friday, January 28, 2011

FRIDAY FAVORITES


This bookshop / wine bar in London .... sounds like a good combination to me !!!
via here
Grinderman ... we are seeing them live tonight, can't wait !!!

This lovely Sartorialist pic ....

.... and this wonderful (5 minute) film about the last glass eye maker in Britain.

Homemade french fries ....
via here
.... and this great home .... see more here.

This girls fun day out .... 

.... and this laughing kitten, so adorable (this is for you Nancy and Elizabeth)
via here
Hope you have a lovely weekend ...
and be sure to check out my other blog "What Made You Happy Today?" .... there's quite a few new faces !!!
 XXX

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

EVENING LIGHT

After seeing the photographs in the previous post, it made me want to take some evening shots of my own home, to me it always looks more peaceful and tranquil at night and being a total night owl I really enjoy it at this time ....











.... are you a morning person or a night owl ?

BLOGGERS AT HOME

I'm really liking this photo study of "Bloggers"in their blogging spaces by Brooklyn based photographer  Gabriela Herman 
 .... just beautiful.







See more of Gabriela's work here.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

THE SUNNY LITTLE APARTMENT

 I have just come across the cutest Bruxelles apartment on this blog .... the shots of the sun coming through the windows are so beautiful, not to mention the great brick walls and decor ....
just lovely.




















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