MET YESTERDAY

met on 3rd april

Laura, at Piscina Caimi, Milano

My first impression about her was that of a snobbish / posh girl. How wrong I was!

She's absolutely nice, pleasant and she really puts you at ease.

We were at an exhibition at Piscina Caimi, a beautiful but abandoned huge swimming pool right in the center of Milano, now squatted. One of the most fascinating places I've ever been since I live here.

Chiara, on tram 9, Milano

I met her at the tram-stop in Porta Romana, just coming back from Piscina Caimi. I told her everything I could tell her about that amazing space and I hope I didn't bore her too much!

She is from Sarzana (Liguria), near where I spent my last summer holidays and where I casually met her at the "octopus festival".

it would have been great meeting

Georges Perec

After having heard talking about him so much, I finally started reading La Vie mode d'emploi (original title) and... I'm totally in the book, in all the stories held in it and linked with each other, in its amazing mechanisms (he was a mathematician)... wow, really.

DNA

met on 2 april

Gianluca and Flavia, Vinile45, Brescia

Couple of the year!

Flavia's birthday is on the 3rd April, so we waited for midnight and gave her awesome presents. The fate kept her in Brescia: she was supposed to be in Milano for The Kills concert (the ticket was a present from Gianluca), but at the last minute the gig has been cancelled.

Ale now works at Vinile45

where he prepares really tasty shots.

nuova luce

met on 31 march

Bicycle thieves, corso Ticinese, Milano

Roberta needs a new bike and after a horrible experience with buying regular / legal bikes in Berlin, she decided to steal one. Here the thieves are pointing the booty.

Don't worry, obviously they finally stole nothing.

if you live in the town center, this is great

http://www.bikemi.com/

bike

met on 30 march

Ares or Rèas or similar, in the elevator, Milano

Going to have dinner at Dino's place, I entered the elevator with my brother and my flatmates and there we met him. Alice (dark brown hair in the background) started singing loudly the song Alouette and he sang with us!

this sounds cool (even if i hate the word cool)...

next Sunday (3rd April) - Exploding Fluid Inevitable

from 18 to 22, via Botta 18, Milano

exhibition in an abandoned swimming pool

venus in furs (from Exploding Plastic Inevitable by Andy Warhol)

met on 28 march

Romi, at Le Tits, Brescia

[pic stolen from her facebook]

We've been classmates for five years at high-school and yesterday I barely recognized her. I didn't expect to meet her at all! She brought me up to date about other ex-classmates and ...

my best congratulations go to Karol that passed the test to enter medicine and had the courage to give up with what she was studying, but a HUGE good luck to Silvia who got married!! Yes, she got M A R R I E D !

i really like their mood

Le Tits, Circolo Arci U.N.O. -

via Redipuglia 11, Brescia

miles to go

met on 20 march

Andrea, Caffè della Pusterla, Milano

Sunday morning means breakfast at Caffè della Pusterla.
There you can always meet our neighbours, as Andrea, that always greets us saying "how beautiful you are, just as you wake up".

i really loved

Ackroyd & Harvey, Testament, 1998-2010.

Growing grass.

pick up the phone

met on 19 march

Manu, at PanePasta, Milano

Manu, just came back from London, is now looking for a job as window dresser.

If you need her... tell me.

It was the first thunderstorm of the season and we loved staying home: 8 people around the table playing all sorts of games.

brand new pet! Ali and Manu's hedgehog!

bloodbuzz ohio

met on 18 march

Jacopo, Viola, Ari, at Bar Rattazzo, Milano

We're gonna move to The Netherlands, rent a big house and found a urban farm.

my flatmate never stops talking about

The Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs.

Here is Tati interpreting the William Tell tragic game scene.

eva eva

met on 17 march

Jacopo and Sofia, at PanePasta, Milano

Jacopo, my flatmate Ceci's brother, and his girlfriend Sofia had lunch at our place.

I met them also the night before, trying to enter a big open bar party organized by Sony.

They brought us some very peculiar Zigulì, created to promote The Vaccines, a not so special indie rock band (in my opinion, nice background music for sunny sunday afternoons).

the vaccines zigulì

if you wanna

met on 16 march

Elektra, at Luca & Andrea, Milano

Elektra, from Athens, spent this last month in Milano hosted by a friend. She then decided to move here starting from next September to study Scenography, but she still has to choose where to do it.

Any suggestions?

Massimiliano, at Luca & Andrea, Milano

Massimiliano is a Bocconi professor, but I met him for the first time at Bar Rattazzo. In a few time he'll move to Hamburg and I think his students-friends are going to miss him.

Whitney and Nadina, at Luca & Andrea, Milano

Whitney, from New York, and Nadina, from Chicago, are doing their internship here in Milano.

Whitney told us really scary experiences with facebook (and I really reconsidered the privacy issue on fb), while Nadina revealed herself to be a great Farmville player, thanks to her internship.

it would have been great having

the amazing Olivier Dollé bookshelf

map of tasmania

SOMETIMES EVERYBODY NEEDS

A BREAK.

violently happy

met on 5 march

Enrico and Camille, PanePasta, Milano

Camille came from Paris visiting her boyfriend: dinner at my place!

Poor Enrico, from Ancona, sea-lover, can't really stand Milano. I hope he'll get used to the grey sky, that can be fascinating (sometimes).

Actually I am really in love with this town and I try to do everything to make people like it too. If you need any kind of advices/tips/whatever, just call me and I'll try to do my best.

for the first time after one month

I found Marchino on Skype! There (Shanghai) it was 5.15am.

don't believe me when i'm high

met on 3rd march

Roberta, Botega Caffé Cacao, Milano

WOW! Love at first sight!

We virtually met on couchsurfing last summer (I asked to surf her couch in Berlin, but she was moving back to Italy), but we personally met yesterday for the first time.

She is from Palermo, where she studied philosophy, then moved to Berlin, then to Milano. BUT next Autumn she will move to Jerusalem.

WOW, again.

She's a great girl, with so many stories to tell. And I love stories.

next tuesday - 8 march - you are all invited here

Agenzia 200 - curated by Alberto Garutti

opening March 8th 2011, 6pm

Unicredit Studio, Palazzo Cordusio, Milano

the suburbs

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]

Annie Novak, urban farmer in Brooklyn

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.

http://www.thechurchilloutfit.com

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