met on 20 february


Chiara, at PanePasta, Milano

Tati and I woke up and.. we decided to torture Chiara.
Tati decided to apply her some nail polish, but she refused the offer, even after being pressed by us.
Then we decided we wanted to make her up, but she refused again.
Finally I succeeded in braiding her hair, but she had such messed up hair that I had to put a handful of hair conditioner on it.
Here she's watching skins, disconsolate, with full-of-conditioner-hair.

it would have been great meeting

lotus flower

met on 18 february

Franci, Bucci, Melo, at PanePasta, Milano

I love dinners at my place!
Our guests have been Franci, ex-flatmate, and two friends from Bergamo.
Ali cooked a potful of risotto, but then they brought so much food...

and this was our kitchen the morning after

satellite

met on 14 february


happy st. valentine day!

I decided to have a romantic dinner with my boyfriend and my flatmates, watching Machete by Robert Rodriguez. Wow! In Machete everything you always dreamt happens. The good wins, the bad dies. In a perfect trash, splatter way.
As it should be.

it would have been great meeting
[source: theselby.com]

black hearted love

met on 10 february


The Churchill Outfit, at Vinile45, Brescia
[pic by Anna]

I love you!
Ok, they're friends of mine, but I really like their music.
GOODLUCK GOODLUCK GOODLUCK GOODLUCK!

Oh, their EP 'In Dark Times' is now available.

Anna, at Vinile45, Brescia

Anna loves photography and she took lots of pictures to our friends.
I tried to take her some pictures too, but... either I'm not able to photograph or she's not photogenic at all! That's why the picture here above has been taken by someone else.

i love fede's tattoo

mr. gavin
4 Mr. Gavin by The Churchill Outfit

met on 4 february


Marchino, at Sgt. Pepper's, Milano

I had to say goodbye to him, he's flying to Shanghai and he will spend there the next six months. Milano is going to look strange without you!
Obviously I'm taking care of Sonia, his sweet girlfriend.

what did he bring to china?
The Olive Branch shower gel, so that he can't forget mediterranean smell!

arrested in shanghai

met on 3rd february


Giulia, Davide, Dino, Sonia, out of Clo's door, Milano

Surprise cake for Clo's 24th birthday!
Giulia cooked this amazing chocolate cheesecake, Sonia bought candles and... at midnight we were ready out of her door.
I love making surprises.

happy birthday

she baby

met on 1st february


Ceci, PanePasta, Milano

Ceci is our new flatmate!! Welcome to PanePasta!

here is our "bad toys collection"

robbers

met on 22 january


Rob and Ali, PanePasta, Milano

Rob is the perfect guest you can have: he speaks in a low voice, he congratulates you for your amazing house, he wakes up and kisses your head to thank you!
Ali is the perfect flatmate: she wakes up and has her breakfast in a wine glass.
And.. we had breakfast with KRS One.

my favourite bookshop on friday night is here
Cox 18, Via Conchetta 18, Milano

sound of da police

met on 21 january


Marco, Università Bocconi, Milano

What a beautiful guy there! In cap and gown you look like a child not like a doctor...
You always worked hard and with success but now it was time for you to graduate!! CONGRATULATIONS!

i loved
dancing hardcore music with them before going to Marc's graduation party

i wanna be a gabber baby

met on 20 january


Marco, at Dino's mini-flat, Milano

Marco started studying Audio Engineering at SAE Institute with my brother. Since they moved to Milano they are always together. Marco is elder than my brother and he is the "wise friend" (he even practices yoga)!

it would have been great meeting
Giorgio Gaber

io se fossi dio

met from 13 to 17 january


Dino, somewhere near Beaubourg, Paris

Originally Dino had to be my travel-mate. But there we met so many people...

Irene, Tube and Isotta, Place de la République, Paris

I studied with Irene last year in Milano, then she moved to Copenhagen but now she is in Paris, where she's doing an internship at Lagardere for the magazine ELLE.
Tube is a university-friend too, but he's now taking his double degree at HEC in Jouy en Josas, near Paris.
Isotta, his girlfriend, lives now in Sarajevo, but was on holiday in Paris.

Do you think this is a mess? Not yet...

Paul, at La Caravane, Paris

Pol, Pol, Pol! He was the only one we actually planned to meet in Paris. Mon Pol! We met in Milano, while he was there for an Erasmus from Paris, but now he lives in London.
I wait you soon now that you work a lot and you're rich!

Charles, Sophie, Rémi, au Chat Noir, Paris

Charles and Sophie hosted me and Dino for the first two nights in Paris. That was their first couchsurfing experience, but they've been actually amazing with us. Sophie is only 24 but she already teaches French, Latin and ancient Greek, while Charles works in fishing at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Rémi is a friend of Paul and he is Parisian. That's the only thing I know about him.

Ahmed, au Chat Noir, Paris

Ahmed is Paul's room-mate in London and we loved him. Ahmed you're a great guy and the way you laugh makes me laugh a lot. Hope to meet you soon, in Toronto, in Milan, in Paris or anywhere!

Camille, at her place, Paris

Camille is the beautiful Paul's cousin. She hosted us for two nights, but she's been incredible in any situation: cooking pasta, helping us at the police station, booking our taxi in the early morning, but she gave her best in drinking red wine and talking about art and politics. Camille the angel!

Stella and Betty, sur la Seine, Paris

They came to Paris for the Godspeed You Black Emperor (yes, very short name) concert. Another great coincidence. Thanks to Paul we spent an unthinkable night in Paris, dancing in a stranger's house till 6 am, than going to Montmartre waiting for the sunrise. It didn't arrive. Paul forgot that it was January and we had to wait till 8.30 for the parisian sun.

le tourbillon de la vie

met on 9 january


Franci, PanePasta, Milano

Franci left PanePasta.
:(
Goodbye and good luck my sweet lovely Franci, we wait you soon!
Franci is an amazing make-up artist, so if somebody is looking for one.. tell me and I'll give you her contacts!

i loved her make-up
Selita Ebanks as Phoenix in Runaway by Kanye West

heartbeats

met on new year's eve


Arianna, Ria (hope it's written like that), Isotta, at Marchino's place, Milano

The New Year's Eve girls!
Arianna, back from Bergen where she spend the last 4 cold months. She arrived in Milan with the idea of coming back home in the night, but she obviously quickly changed her mind. Norway made her even more beautiful.
Ria, arrived directly from California. She's the smile girl: she knew nobody but immediately felt at ease with us. Hope to meet you again!
Isotta, the no-Facebook Romagnole girl. She now lives in Sarajevo where she's learning slavonic. I was really curious about Sarajevo, actually I knew everything about it, but after what she told me I would really love spending some time there. Did you know there's no McDonald's in Sarajevo? I've found this quite amazing. Not negative, of course, but strange.

goodbye

2010

give up the funk

met on 30 december


Stefano, in his new bedroom, East Village

Ste!! From Milano to Copenhagen to New York. Yes.
He spent the last 4 months in the Danish capital and now moved to New York City, where he started an internship at Rai International.
I'm sick with envy.
Good luck!

he now lives
just behind the famous When Harry met Sally restaurant

narc

met on 27 december


Giorgio, at Osteria dei Mercanti, Brescia

Old school-mate, great Dino's friend.
On the bus to school he influenced my adolescence vocabulary with words such as "leso/a" "tirare le pezze" and similar. Verb of the year (learned via facebook) has been "gasare".
Almost obsessed with Islam and Middle-east trips, he dreams about the 70 virgins for all eternity kindly given by Allah.

what did he receive for xmas? (by Dino)

punk islam

met on 25 december


Federica, at Madera, Brescia

Back from Copenhagen for Christmas holidays, here is Federica!
Copenhagen is for sure an incredible almost perfect place, but.. something is missing up there. What? LUSH! There's no Lush in Denmark.
We must act! A little piece of Cocoloco soap for her!

Cecco, at Vinile45, Brescia

WHAT A BEARD!
I love it! And I also love the fact that he always has a comb in his pocket to take care of it.

it would have been great meeting
Mr.E

that look you give that guy