Bye bye summer

  Summer is officially gone. Hello cold weather! It was good while it lasted, but fall is here! Fresh and new! 

 We even had a couple of rainstorms with lots of thunders and lightnings. One thunderbolt fell really close to our apartment (scary) and as a result we have a dead modem... We know it's from that rainstorm, cause the same thing happened to our neighbors and they also have to buy a new modem, as well as a new computer. We still don't have a connection after a week (apparently this happened to many people around Greece)... I borrowed an old modem from our friend Georgia (thank you Georgia) just to check how you guys are doing!

 

 So let me share a summer day with you, just to keep the memories fresh! I've never mentioned that my dad is a boat captain (that's his job) and he owns a small fishing boat! So me and G. went for a ride! 

Daddy and me

 When I was young we used to do that very often! We also used it for fishing! Almost every weekend! Yes, I know how to fish with many different ways. (useless talent no. 83)!

Leaving Nafplio port

A closer view of Bourtzi castle, by the port entrance

The lighthouse, famous first date place!

 The day was windy and the trip was sooo bumpy, but fun!! My hat fell in the water, but we saved it! It is a hat from France after all, I couldn't leave it to drown. A special gift from my mother's best friend Anna! (snatched immediately).

Hat rescue

 We then found a safe-from-the-wind beach and took a dive! I lost a contact lense! Oh.. the joys of nature!

See the castle wall around the cliff?

See the people on top of the wall?

 We swam right below Akronafplia castle. It was so amazing! Thanks for the ride dad! 

Love thy cellulite!!

 Back to present day: I found a job! I now work in a small tavern/bar (or tsipouradiko in greek). I cook and serve (it's not a big place) which means that I'm running around like a crazy person most of the times... I must have lost a couple of kilos in a week and the girl who worked there before me, lost 18 kg in 4 months. Working in Greece is getting kind of ridiculously hard, you know. On a happy note, maybe my next career is in modelling, haha! But more on that... later!

 Let's just focus on the lovely summer memories, shall we? 

Kisses, Dimitra

The fancy dress

Hi everybody! I hope you had a lovely weekend!

 Since we're on the hair topic and everybody responded so well, I decided to give you another good hair day. In fact this is probably the best hair day ever, because it's the only time you're gonna see me in a hairdo! I called my friend Fani, who is also my personal hairdresser, showed her my dress and she acted accordingly! This is the result:

 The day was special: our next-door neighbors got married! Isn't that sweet? We couldn't miss it, so we dressed up and joined the party! They got married in the same church I was baptized (in Orthodox church, this is the day you get your name, which by the way in greek is Δήμητρα).

St. Nikolas church in the background

 I really love the pattern of that dress and the fact that it cost me 15 euro and nobody can guess that... but it is the most unflattering dress I own, at least for my body-type!

 I knew that when I bought it and I've changed the neck-line a bit (it was v shaped, but it didn't work), but still... girls who are pear-shaped and curvy like me, should avoid that type of dresses! If you really insist, pick a wild pattern like this one: it's eye-catching and people focus on the dress instead of the little flaws. It's a nice visual trick and it works! I only got compliments on this outfit!

  I've made a bronze earring for this dress, which I forgot to wear at the church, but I wore later in the reception. I'm pretty sure I should have a pic of it in my hard drive, but can't locate it!! I'll incorporate it in the next jewellery post for you to see though!

 I liked these shoes so much, that I've bought them in purple as well! I do that often. It was years ago, but I think they were 20 euro! The big beige clutch is now a vintage Crest that I snatched from mommy! That brand was very famous in Greece 30 years ago, but I can't find any information about them. I remember they also had luggage in their collection. Anybody remembers anything?

 

 That's the plate of the newlywed's car with their names on! Antonis and Aggeliki, I wish the very best for your joined life ahead of you!!! Love and kisses to all! 

Back to the future... (blogging!)

 Good morning and have a lovely new week everybody!! I missed you all out there, a lot! We have a lot of catching up to do, you know? But first things first...! The most important thing to do is thank each and every one of you friends for your lovely messages, emails, comments and even phone-calls while I was vacationing! You're so sweet! 

That's me, in case you forgot about me already!

 

 

 

 To answer the big pressing question of what was I doing for a month, I guess the answer is: NOTHING! And let me tell you... it was awesome! Well... when I say nothing, I mean I was either doing this....

 

...or this....

...taking a swim here...

 

.... or here...

....or even here....

....going for road trips...

....and enjoying breathtaking views!

 In the meantime, I realized my little blog has a life of it's own now: more than 2.000 views, 10 new followers and numerous comments kept me fascinated during last month! As promised here, this is great news and we have to celebrate with a thank you giveaway! Stay tuned please, cause I'll make something with lots of love and positive energy and I'll send it to one of you!

 And as some of you may have guessed (from the improvement of the pics quality) I've bought a new camera!! Too complicated for my taste - I like to keep things as simple as possible - but I'll manage!

 I'm still not ready to say bye-bye to good old summer, so I'll be posting summer outfits and places and of course the jewellery I've made during August! Φιλάκια!

One World One Revolution

We do not forget.... And we are not alone.

Howard Beale: "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the street, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it.

We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat. And we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be!

We all know things are bad -- worse than bad -- they're crazy.

It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out any more. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, "Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials, and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone."

Well, I'm not going to leave you alone.

I want you to get mad!

I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot. I don't want you to write to your Congressman, because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street.

All I know is that first, you've got to get mad.

You've gotta say, "I'm a human being, goddammit! My life has value!"

So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell,

I'm as mad as hell,

and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"

Quote from the movie "Network" (1976)

Peace of mind (.... οι ψαράδες μου κάνουν "τουϊτ" )

 Hello lovely readers! Anybody noticed my absence? Did you miss me? I thought so.... I missed you too!

  Last post I told you I was feeling a bit uninspired and under the weather. I've been a bit depressed, being unemployed and all.... and found it hard to concentrate. My lovely Norwegian friend I. (I've mentioned her in this post) , noticed that and made me an offer I couldn't resist!! 

  

 She suggested that we spent a couple of days in a small village nearby, Poulithra. Those of you who read the blog for a while, might remember, that last time we've been there, we had a car accident (read about that here).  I decided to set my fears aside and just go! I'm glad I did! 

  We had 3 days of fun and relaxation! Me, my friend I. and her cute dog Poppy, did a lot of swimming, chatting, eating good food, reading books and just being lazy under the sun! No internet connection - that was new! (και κανείς δε μου έκανε "follow".... )

Poppy had the best time!

Hi there! Fancy my new hat??

 And although I terribly missed my lovely bf (yes... I'm corny, I know), some exclusive "girl-time" is always refreshing!! Besides how often do you get to swim with ducks??

Yes, a duck....

...right there, by the beach!

...Followed by more ducks, in the water!

Another beach (duck-free and people-free)

...Dimi happy, under the shadow of a cliff!

 I came back last night, sooo tired but feeling fresh, did a little catching up with your blogs and I'm off to take pics of those jewellery I've been making lately! I hope you're all in summer mood! See you next time!

Athens today....

No need for words today.... just pics.

picture source:  Athens Indymedia

A coffee in the sun and an outfit

 Hello dears! Almost every day of last week, I've been working on the small hotel renovation. This is a lovely opportunity to wonder around in the center of Nafplio instead of the suburbs... It's such a lovely town with beautiful buildings and views everywhere! So you get to see some nice pics of the town, instead of the usual background of orange trees !!

 For those of you who missed that post, I'm just helping out Rania (my mother's cousin), to freshen up her small lovely pansion in Nafplio. She's a very pleasant and nice girl and even though I'm not an interior designer professionally, I was more than glad to offer some help!! This is the lovely neighborhood the pansion is located and we're currently working on the top-floor/attic.

 A lot of the talking and arranging takes place at the corner cafe across the pansion to combine business with small pleasures!

 And this is a typical outfit of the working week in an attempt to be stylish, comfortable and weather appropriate! (the last being a bit difficult since the weather has gone nuts....)

Outfit:

Skirt - Sprider stores

Top - Sprider stores

Jacket - Ysatis

Shoes - Urban Outfitters

Bag - Hondos Center

Earings - handmade (by me)

Glasses - Dior

 Today was one of those days (we chose fabrics)!. But now, I'm back home and we're listening to my amazing man's record collection! Yes, that's vinyl, thank you very much!!

 I guess that when it comes to the dilemma of free time vs. money, we choose the first!! See you all next time! Stay happy!

White bohemian skirt

 Hi people!! How are you? If it wasn't for stupid blogger deleting stuff and sad events happening in Greece, I would've posted sooner. But... no mood + bad weather do that I guess.

photo by I.Kafkas (diffusedlight.blogspot.com)

 (For those of you who are interested about more Greek news, I have to say that I'm quite shocked from what is happening to our country... Mr. I. Kafkas - who was hit brutally by Greek policemen on the head and remains in critical condition - is also a very talented photographer and blogger. I thought that the blogging community should be aware of incidents like that. You can visit his blog here.)

 On to happier and more girlie things, as soon as we got a little bit of sun, I wore this favorite skirt of mine! 

 There's a liquor store near our house, so that's me playing top-model around some empty beer crates! I don't like beer and don't drink it, but I appreciate the colors! 

Outfit:

Skirt - too old to remember... (hey! That's vintage now!)

Top - Sprider

Jacket - Ysatis

Belt - Local shop

Shoes - Urban Outfitters

Bracelet - handmade (seen here)

Bag - Hondos Center
Glasses - Dior

Look - skulls!!! Cool right? 

 More talking next time...! Kisses!