met on 23 april

This is Chiara, at home, Milano

She told us frightening stories about a certain Mr.Brooks.
She asked me if I would ever kill somebody.
She gave us yoga lessons.
She decided to leave to India to find a real yoga guru.
She undressed in front of my camera.
She made fun of Giulia and made her shout.
She hid under purple blankets and did not want to come out.
She silent looked at me with an expression like "okay, she is totally out of mind".

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

Cunts - Jarvis Cocker

met on 22 april

This is Rubens, Bar Cuore, Milano

Rubens comes from Brasil, we met him at 55DSL and he followed us during the whole night! The best memory I have about him is on Duomo place: Rocco and Davide asking him "Rubens, do you like boys or girls?"

These are Louìs and Karol, Bar Cuore, Milano

They are Rubens friends. They joined us at Cuore and we finished the bar's Jegermeister supply.
Next week they are leaving to Barcelona, then Madrid and then I don't remember.





These are Matteo and Doris, corso Genova, Milano

They are my neighbours!! Sorry for the picture, but after you brought me to the last pub it has been very hard to take a straight framing.

PS You are not old.

met on 18 april

These are Giugi and Lia, Fabbrica del Cacao, Brescia

Six old teenagers speak up on saturday night. What are they talking about?
Flesh-colored pantyhose to comfort tired legs, being single / being in love, children (yes, children!!), uncomfortable shoes.. and so on.
At the same time I feel like I am 18 and 24.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING
Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson

Stars & Sons - Broken Social Scene

met on 15 april

A beautiful sofa and Betty's fabolous bike.

Just Can't Get Enough - Nouvelle Vague

met on 12 april

This is Elena, at our grandmother's, Gerolanuova

My cousin! What an eventful past we had!
We created potions crushing all grandma's flowers and plants.
We told us amazing/funny/frightening/stupid/serious stories.
We dreamt on our future.
Once I even hit her on the head with a hammer.

Then we grew up.

IT HAS BEEN GREAT MEETING

Kira

Summertime - Janis Joplin

met on 11 april

This is Aldo, Bicicletta, Brescia

Aldo and his new tattoos.
He spent all yesterday afternoon in here and came out like this.

Besides, one of these days he will become father.
Congratulations,
Good luck,
Break a leg.

met on 10 april

This is Claudia, Bazaarwear, Brescia

Unfortunately you can not see it in this picture, but her hair is light blue / grey.
She is the Fairy Godmother every Pinocchio would have wanted.






IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING
Gina Lollobrigida
Fairy Godmother in Le Avventure di Pinocchio, Luigi Comencini, 1971

met on 9 april

This is Davide, Colonne di San Lorenzo, Milano

Davide, here proud of his "YEAH" bracelet. Ran away from Sicily, he is by now the third Angelo and Rocco's flatmate.
He is really adorable.
Particularly because I feel adored by him.






IT IS ALWAYS GREAT SPENDING TIME WITH

betty.
beps.
betta.
pepsi.
fattons.
bepsikea.
bertuccia.
fungbetty.
bettyspaghetti.

etc.

met on 7 april

This is Stefania, Università Bocconi, Milano

Only one thing to say: in the afternoon we had two marketing exams, we started at 14.30 and finished at 17.40. We were so stressed that we even sat in the wrong classroom, luckily we discovered the misdeed five minutes before the exam started in the right classroom.

met on 4 april

These are Cecco and Fede, Re Desiderio - Lio Bar, Brescia

Amazing look for Cecco that cut off his curls.

Amazing look for Fede that updated her grandmother's pois dress, smoked using a noteworthy cigarette holder drinking something mysteriously green.

They deserve a standing ovation.

HAPPY HAPPY LOVELY BIRTHDAY TO
Flavia Gina SeroTonina, 22 years old on the 3rd ApriL

met on 1st april

This is Antoine, Università Bocconi, Milano

Studying statistics with Antoine can be a risky decision. The findamental thing is to apply, then you can do your exercises listening to all his messy life stories. If you are lucky, it can also happen that he functions as a Cupid for you.


IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING
Albert Cohen

met on 27 march

These are Joergen and Matt, at Bond, Milano

People from Norway are always amazing! They all study at Bocconi and, mostly during the weekend, you can find at least one of them in every club or pub.
That's a great thing because like every person in northeuropean countries they speak perfect english and drink as everybody should do at least during weekends.

This is Vincenzo, at Plastic, Milano

It has been great meeting him after almost 10 months. As always, skinnier than ever as he dances on the cube.









This is Luchino, taxi to go back home, Milano

"Heyyy! Are you going to XXIV Maggio square? Share the taxi with us!"
In the taxi he said me I'm ill-mannered because I ask too many questions.
In the taxi he said Flavia she's well-mannered because she doesn't ask questions.
What a boring person!

met on 22 march

This is Marta, at Clo and Marchino's, Milano

Marta, from Conegliano Veneto (yes, where Del Piero was born), one of the first people I knew at university. Yesterday we finally spent the night chatting together about everything.

Red wine lover
Red wine connoisseur
Red wine mate
Purple lips and blue teeth only for the chosen few.

These are Ninni, Eugenio, Michi, at Clo and Marchino's, Milano

EVERYBODY LOVES SICILY

Ninì - The one whose facial features change hour by hour.
Eugenio - The one who really looks alike Sergio, the one who told to all the girls "You're the woman to marry"
Michelangelo - Whose grandmother for Christmas gave him an envelope containing 5 euros.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT GOING TO

Sicilia at Sergio's

met on 18 march

This is Stefano, Navigli, Milano

"Hey, do you have a lighter?" "Tutina! How are you?" "You became a woman! I remembered you as a young girl!"
We met something like two years ago here in Milan, then I never met him again, before yesterday.





THE POPE SHOULD SHUT HIS MOUTH
having sex using condoms is the ONLY way to fight AIDS
please imagine Pope Ratzinger explaining african people the "humanization of sexuality, that is, a spiritual human renewal that brings with it a new way of behaving with one another"

met on 15 march

This is Filippo, at our grandmother's, Gerolanuova

Little king of the bongo, two years old on the 17th march.
Stupendously cute, isn't he?
Please, click on the picture to see it bigger and to be astonished by his huge eyes.

met on 14 march

These are Fede and Marco, at Re Desiderio, Brescia

"So you sometimes browse my metyesterday!"
"Yes, and I'm still waiting to see myself in it!"
"Haven't you already been there?" "No!" "Really? Let's take a picture, now!"

IT HAS BEEN GREAT BEING AT
after so long time.. I saw the Capitolium by night

met on 13 march

These are Enrico and Nicola, Castelmella

Just came back home, my brother asked me to go for a drive. I went and we arrived here: sunset, fields, two friends playing drums.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

Gogol Bordello - Sally

met on 9 march

Lina, at Trattoria da Lina, Milano

From over 60 years in Milan.
Everybody should have a dinner here at least once in life. Then it's maybe better if this place doesn't become too much known.
You enter here and the first thinking is: "Am I still in the centre of Milan?" Yes, you are. Behind corso Genova (via Alessi 1) there is an informal and great place where you can eat same things your grandmother used to cook when you were younger. And because of grandmothers' ability to make everything extremely tasty, here you can eat the best pasta with beans of your life.

met on 6 march

This is Moreno, at Giorgia's, Milano

What to say.. we danced and drank together all night long!
Exclusive party boy!

This is Paul, at Giorgia's, Milano

Paul is Austrian, so I started speaking german with him. Seen that I don't remember german so well to broach, we continued speaking english. The matter is that he speaks italian as a motherlanguage, so it was non sense speaking a foreign language.



This is Silvia, near via Ripamonti, Milano

I received an sms with an address for a party at midnight. At two we arrived there, there were more or less ten people and nobody we knew. We entered there, drank and danced the whole night. Silvia is a photographer, if I remember well. We had fun together.

met on 5 march

This is Nick, Diesel Store, Milano

Nick, from New Jersey, studied with Sergio in Boston. He speaks perfect italian, but sometimes he should speak english:

we were taking a picture with some friends, when a guy arrived and put himself in the middle; Nick tought he was american too, so shouted in italian "AND WHO THE FUCK IS THIS GUY?". The guy obviously was not too happy about that.

This is ?, tram 14, Milano

This girl offered Easter egg to everybody on the tram..
little things able to make everybody smile.











IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT MEETING

"chi getta semi al vento farà fiorire il cielo" -
it was at the Darsena, in the nearest of where i live, now it has been erased
Ivan Milan street poet
till 15 March at Spazio Oberdan www.poesiaviva.it