met on 10 september

This is Ste, at his new place, Copenhagen

We used to spend together at least 4hours a day, 5 days a week. Specially before exams. I'm going to take an exam on monday, but he is in Copenhagen! He lives with the little crazy Irene, but yesterday she was out with a finnish guy. Do we maybe have a hot gossip?

I LOVED THEIR LIVING ROOM

Summer Mood - Best Coast

met on 9 september

These are Valerio and Tati, at PanePasta, Milano

Tati is the new housemate!! She moved here last week, but we already knew each other.

Valerio is her ex-housemate and he's staying here for a week or something more.

At this moment they're here with me and they're...absolutely calm and BLACK. Yes, black is their colour.

Anyway.. WELCOME HOME!

These are Nico and Yigit, at Frankie Morello, Milano

Yigit started an internship at Frankie Morello last semester, now he's still working there and... he organized the Frankie Morello event in occasion of the Vogue Fashion Night Out! Nico just came back from Rome, where he was on internship at Unilever.

Careerboys!

This is our neighbour, just above our apartment, Milano

Tonight at 1.30 we were sleeping, but he and his friends weren't. They started playing Karaoke, singing awful Italian songs. Result: four pijama girls ringing his door-bell in the night. Thanks for stop singing!

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

Lady Vendetta

Des Visages, des Figures - Noir Desir

met on 7 september

These are Paola, Paolo and Mariano, at work, Milano

Yes, they're my "colleagues"!!

We are all doing an internship and we are all in love with Skype: via Skype we plan our breaks together.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT HAVING

Guardami - Enchanted Eye by LUSH

When you start working and spending 8 hours a day in front of the pc, you definitely need an eye cream.

Dominos - The Big Pink

met on 4 september

This is Domenico, at Balakobako, Milano

The Descendents on tour: only 3 dates, in Australia. Dreaming about Australia.

He dreamt, I've never heard talking about The Descendents.

These are Dino, Marchino and Sonia, playground, Milano

The playground. Wow.

We spent hours there, playing.

And taking pictures with a very bad camera.

IT HAS BEEN GREAT GOING TO

Balakobako Caffé (WHAT A NAME)

every 5€ spent you gain a stamp. every ten stamps you gain a bottle of red wine.

perfect if you are a group of friends.

Cousins - Vampire Weekend

met on 3rd september

These are Franci and Ali, PanePasta (our place), Milano

My housemates, back from Morocco, cleaned EVERYTHING and re-designed our common spaces. I loved them, really.

Neatness is our religion.

FOR MICHELA

Yes, we have a Splugen Brau!

Our owner is a design fanatic (and we love it, of course).

Ava Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins

met on 27 august

This is Laura, Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto, Brescia

She's back! Laura spent the last three months somewhere 500km far from New York and now she's trying to get used to Italy again.

She's obviously in love with NYC, but in a few days she's leaving for the Berlin Festival! Poor girl!

MY BROTHER'S PRESENT

Plaster Casts of Everything - Liars

met on 22 august

This is ?, Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto, Brescia

I've never watched Lost, but everybody knows who Hugo Reyes is.

He is Hugo Reyes!

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

Miranda July

contemporary artist

she also directed a very nice movie You and me and everyone we know

she also wrote a book, please look at the funny website for the book launch HERE

Blue Monday - New Order

met on 21 august

These are Gianluca and Brian, Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto, Brescia

Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto lasts almost 3 weeks; during these 3 weeks you will meet all your high-school friends and acquaintances.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT HUGGING..

Zulù

..and see if my arms can cover his waist circumference!

Io sto bene - CCCP

met on 20 august

This is Cata, Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto, Brescia

Sie ist super!

Cata lived in Berlin and she gave me useful tips for my trip there.

She's helping in Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto backstage and she is now engaged with.. an amazing guy.

She creates beautiful necklaces you can find at Bazaarwear!

These are Annuz and Keita, Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto, Brescia

Annuz still owes me a picture of mine taken by a friend of her! Finally we became facebook friends and maybe I'll arrange to have it. I'm begging, but the picture was called beer against cedrata! I think it's a good reason for my insistence.

Keita!! It was something like 2 years (or more) we didn't meet!

Once he told me his dog was called Nami (storm in japanese) because his father had to bring it from Japan to Brescia via helicopter in the middle of a great storm. And I believed it, of course.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

Haruki Murakami

L'Assenzio - Bluvertigo

met on 19 august

These are Andrea and Filippo, on holiday, Tremosine

I spent two days with these superfabolous children. Way back into childhood!

IT HAS BEEN GREAT GOING TO

Tremosine

pic stolen from flickr taken by sandrinchen25

No Cars Go - Arcade Fire

met on 16 august

These are Marco and Simone, Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto, Brescia

Marco, old friend I meet every year at Festa di Radio Onda d'Urto.

Simone, my boyfriend's friend that.. already has two children! Yes, two children!!

IT HAS BEEN FUNNY MEETING

Buzzcocks

maybe a bit aged?

Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks

met in lerici

Creuza de ma - Fabrizio De Andrè

met in berlin

Alexanderplatz - Franco Battiato

on holiday

sea sounds are better than music

FOREVER

This is Giulia

♥

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

met on 24 july

This is Asso, at Casa Assoni, Castelmella

Great storm = great drop in temperature: yesterday night.. 20°C!

I wore blue jeans and ankle boots and I felt so so so good. I hate summer.

My night out with some friends ended at Asso's place (parents on holiday, hell yeah) where, for the nth time, we played the Inglourious Basterds "post-it game". We've been Amanda Knox, Julianne Moore, Emilio Fede, Julian Casablancas, Ciccio Graziani, Paul the octopus and Riccardo Scamarcio.

SPECIAL THANKS TO

the summer storm

Riders on the Storm - The Doors

met on 13 july

This is Valentina, pic stolen from her facebook

Gogol Bordello concert took place in Sesto San Giovanni. Dino and I don't have a car in Milano, so we went there by underground and asked for a ride (hoping to find it) to come back.

Valentina gave us a lift till Piazza XXIV Maggio, on the far side of Milano! She has a beautiful and super-polite dog.. but the great thing I discovered is that she is an amazing dancer and choreographer and dance-teacher: tribal bellydance, Oriental dance and Argentinian tango!

If you want more info about her: http://www.myspace.com/valentinabulzi

IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY GREAT MEETING AGAIN

Gogol Bordello

WHAT A CONCERT YESTERDAY NIGHT!

Wonderlust King - Gogol Bordello

met on 8 july

This is Matia, pic stolen from his facebook

We attended the same high-school, we often meet at Lio Bar in Brescia, but this time I met him at the central station in Milan.

We decided to have an ice-cream together at Grom and I started talking about organic food, biological products and my ideas against intensive farming. He remembered me that his father owns a poultry farm.

We stopped talking about that.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

Not Moving, Italian 80s band

A Long Life - Not Moving

met on 4 july

These are Ale, Cecco and Eros, Flavia's garden, Azzano Mella

35 degrees + 2nd season sales day = paddling pool and barbecue at Flavia's

special thanks to them: in spite of the unbearable heat, they prepared hot dogs and hamburgers (and veggie burgers) for all of us!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DENTURE..

no more brace for Flavia!

No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

met on 1st july

These are Jury and Simone, at home, Milano

I'm glad to introduce you.. Jury, my new housemate, and Simone, his boyfriend! Sorry again, Jury, for the first impression you had about me, but this unbearable sultry weather drives me crazy.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

"witches" from the first Four Rooms chapter

Born Free - M.I.A.