Bergamo, the undiscovered pearl of Northern Italy
Not that many people know about the existence of Bergamo, for lots of people it is just, “oh yes Milan Bergamo where we can fly into with Ryanair”… Bergamo is much more than a Ryanair route let me tell you. 120.000 People live there, 40km away from Milan using the busy A4 Milano – Venezia...
Brighton, the colourful wonderland of the kingdom
Brighton has been my second home for nearly 5 years and every time I walk around I discover something new, I see something strange, I see random people… this is the beauty of Brighton, its unique vibe. The Laines and the North Laines are the two main parts that make the city so special and...
Keep calm and have a cupcake
The first time I heard the word cupcake was a few years back from my favourite TV series Sex and the city when Carrie and Miranda met up at the now super famous Magnolia Bakery in New York for a really sweet snack with a coffee, what’s not to love about? Cupcakes were “invented” in...
Vintage markets, tourist attraction or hidden treasures for fashionistas?
London has its own personal style, the people walk around dressed up casual but “researched”, the British love the high street shops (the cheaper version of the latest designer collections, to name the most famous we have Zara, H&M, Primark, Topshop and so on) that allows you to dress up to the nines (if you...
A way of life. Carlo Costa’s tattoo fascination.
Man has enthusiastically decorated his body for thousands of years, and some of these decorations can leave the onlooker gasping in amazement at their intricacy and sheer beauty. Often the wearer of the tattoos is making a statement of some sort. Indeed, the very word tattoo is said to stem from the Polynesian word ‘ta’...
Memorabilia Britannia, when the souvenir takes over.
Nowhere else in the world is like London when it comes to souvenirs: in the city there are so many souvenir shops and all of them are always so busy, God bless the Queen…and the tourists! Talking about the Queen…the Royal Family is the main souvenir inspiration for these companies, followed by London inspired features...
London – Concrete jungle or paradise lost?
London is a city of contrasts, humour, oddness and creativity, cheerfulness and glumness, poverty and wealth, boorishness and knowledge, youthfulness and oldness, someone unknown said. What is it London to me? The Union Jack, the Royals, the Big Ben, the rain, the cabs, the buses, the afternoon tea, the pubs, the underground, the crowd of...
The creation of beauty is Art
Italian make-up artist Gloria Boccalini is a freelance and beauty consultant for Yves Rocher that soon will launch her beauty blog to share with all the make-up addicts her passion for her job. Gloria started with study corrective and photography make up, she took part to courses like History of style, story of the colours...
Comics – A passion that is timeless
Italian Comic designer and Illustrator Alessandro Iannizzotto knew very early in life that his passions were drawing and designing comics, everything started with Mickey Mouse comics in his youth, developed even more with Dylan Dog but something completely change when Alessandro in hi teenager years discovered the adventures of Spider Man, the comic that truly...
Milano – fashion, traffic, noise, pollution…with a special place in my heart
Milano is without discussion the financial, industrial and fashion capital of Italy (I am sorry Rome, the real capital). Milan is the centre of everything, industries, universities, fashion districts, TV headquarters and luxury hotels. Milan with its monuments and historical building makes it the perfect place for a weekend gateway of culture, shopping, good food...
Miami, the melting pot of South Florida
Nowhere else in the world you will be able to see such a big mix of cultures like you can see in Miami, from Cuba to Argentina, from Dominican Republic to Brazil, from Colombia to Italy, from Russia to Turkey, you name a country, you will find citizen from that country in Miami somewhere, guaranteed....
