brunch with the girls is kind of an institution in my life. plus if it involves a couple of cupcakes, naturally. aren’t my girls beautiful? and so kind of them to model my cupcakes, hehe. thank you, sheepy, bb, galia, fluffy, hase and ki. you are wonderful girlfriends. still, a confession: this specific brunch involvedContinue reading
those pictures are making me so immensely happy…the colors! oh, the fresh spring greens! and peas! everything with freshly peeled peas must be a gift from heaven. and the soft lilac of the lady’s smock flowers. can’t get over the perfection - or imperfection, and maybe that’s what makes it so endearing - of thisContinue reading
it became more and more obvious that i do not, in fact (to my own sadness) have a green thumb at all. unlike my relations (my mom has amazing skills with plants). mine is much more like a black thumb, ahem. particularly with my balcony plants (i admit, bouquets are easier, though i’ve even managedContinue reading
with one third* of the year almost already over, i feel like i’m ready to do the accounting… it’s been a good beginning, for sure. and it’s looking really, really rosey in the near future, too. for starts, well, how to spill the beans… i’ve sort of, maybe, kind of, possibly met someone (i’ve alreadyContinue reading
when in milan, you should undoubtedly do (at least) two things: eat well and shop (just stop before you actually drop - or before your credit card starts to burn…). naturally, we did both. and though we actually wanted to put more emphasis on the lucullan part (i.e. sit, eat, drink coffee, watch people) forContinue reading
what 4 days off can do for you… i spent the long easter weekend in my hometown luzern, that’s really so pictureqsque (seee for yourself on instagram). i’m thoroughly knackered after everyting, but also, the soul’s batteries have been recharched. ready to rock tuesday tomo! apart from that, if i had to pick one alimentContinue reading
remember the crazy chai pear and chocolate pudding tart…? that’s when the collaboration (though, in all honesty, we stick to calling it ‘playing around’, actually) between photographer extraordinaire christine benz and my humble (aspiring food stylist, ahem) self started. by now, we’re already two days, several hours of hard, sweaty work and a couple moreContinue reading
i pride myself on knowing some things about life - mainly, that is, how to live it well with a focus on the small things - yet whenever i’m in another part of this world, i realise how little i actually know of the world. yet, that might make me acutely more aware of theContinue reading
this week was pretty intense in all areas of life. for starts, my friend’s wedding recently resulted in a couple of new friends who promptly invited me to sing at their dad’s birthday party, and an insanely glamorous and fun one, at that. the songs we picked were somewhat jazzy, swingy. since i’m a bitContinue reading
i’m immensely curious about other peoples’ lives. aren’t you? and us girls, we carry our lives in our handbags, don’t we? sometimes i could set up shop with my bag and live out of it for a week. i even carry around a spare pair of tights sometimes of course i only have glamorous thingsContinue reading
