Hi guys! I finally managed to go out on a date on Friday woohoo! We chose to see “The Artist” at the Grosvenor Cinema in the glamorous and super cool West End of Glasgow. I had such a great time. The movie was superb (can I adopt that dog? What a cutie!) and I was able to relax and enjoy it in the comfy couch at the back of the cinema room. Civilisation! Boys if you have an important date…the couch is a must!
Which movie did you see lately?
Happy 2012!!! I have had a very nice time with my family and have been taking all the rest in the world during the holidays enjoying great food and even greater wine! Today we decided to go to the Aquarium at the Loch Lomond Shores and we had an absolute great time! I was more excited about the fish than all the children in there and went on the Carousel and had a very nice banana cake at the coffee shop there. What a great day that was!
Oh I have also had a change in my looks! Can you notice the difference?
This where I was last Sunday before the heavy snow covered Glasgow. We went with my family to the Boat House near Loch Lomond for lunch. You can find their website here. The environment was absolutely superb, the decoration of the place was completely my style, and the food was very good too. We had the paella and the wine mussels.
I could also imagine myself spending lazy Sunday afternoons having tea and cakes and reading magazines and newspapers in their lounge area. We will be returning there a lot… Enjoy the photos!
Which is your favourite restaurant/cafe/bar?
And this is what I had today! A beautiful cream tea, as they call it here, at a favourite Glasgow cafe, Fifi and Ally. It is situated in Princes Square and it makes the best fruit scones I have ever had. My friend and husband both agreed that this was the case! It does look awesome in the photo yeah? Can you imagine what it actually tastes like? These are the things the cafes back home just cannot do 
. But hey since I live here I am so lucky to have the opportunity to enjoy them with my friends and my love.
Where is your favourite place for tea or coffee?
I know I know…I have not updated the blog for ages and I have missed it so much! Yesterday we went with some good friends on a boat trip around the Isle of Arran, had a great lunch with Caesar salad and fabulous chocolate cherry pie that my Colin made from scratch, drank champagne and bonded. I was also so happy to wear my red Vogue sunglasses my dad bought for me as a gift for the summer.
Some people above had decided to name their boat “Quantum of Solace”. I found this worth of a picture!
Today I took my dad to our favourite coffee/restaurant place in Glasgow. It is called Little Italy and it has, to my opinion, the best coffee and the best pizza in Glasgow. My dad loves it too and we go there every morning for a treat. I also love their Portuguese tarts. Yum yum!!! I had my favourite cappucino and an amaretto cheesecake.
Where is your favourite place for coffee?
1. Spring is here!
Spring tries to come and this makes my day! I love waking up with the sun coming through my window, I have a big smile all day when this happens 
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2. Music
Upload my iPod with new, sweet, exciting music. My favourites are Athena, Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Ray La Montagne. But best of all the minute I open my eyes, I draw open my curtains, open the window while my absolute favourite “Feeling good” by Nina Simone plays over the singing of the birds…ohhh bliss!
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3. Cocktails
Now I don’t know about you but I have missed the warm nights out with my girlfriends wearing beautiful clothes, going out, and drinking cocktails while we laugh and enjoy life. My favourite places to do this here in Glasgow is the Champagne Bar at the Corinthian Club and the Gardens of Hotel De Vin.
4. Dressing down and staying in
Nothing makes you feel better than taking care of yourself. Sometimes being busy in our everyday life we forget to try to look gorgeous, prioritising unfortunately other things rather than ourselves. Looking great though, makes you feel great too! And this philosophy matches my moto: “If you are going to do anything, either do it in style or do not do it at all”!
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5. Spa day
Create your own calming environment with simple tricks that can really change your day! Put on some calming music and a face mask, light some candles and soak yourself in bathtub full of waterlilies! This is what I have done to create a spa atmosphere in my place so please feel free to be inspired! Waterlilies can be found in any garden centre that sells “accessories” for fish ponts. I got mine at Dobbies, Glasgow.
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Photo by ©GreekGirlGlasgow, All rights reserved
Photo by ©GreekGirlGlasgow, All rights reserved
6. Smelling wonderful
After you have indulged yourself in your spa bathtub make sure that you moisturize with the most inspiring beautiful body cream you can lay your fingers in. I love floral scents with a hint of tropical spices but I know that this is a very individualised area. Yet I highly recommend that you should try to sample the “Polynesia Monoi Body Balm“. From perfumes, I love the range of Kenzo perfumes, SJP Lovely, Armani Code and I used to not be able to go anywhere without the Roberto Cavalli “Her” however it is to my despair discontinued ((
So whatever you do, remember to put on your best attitude and mood, treat the day as it is the happiest, most positive, and most bright day in the world and spread that mood that comes from within to everyone and everything that you come in contact with! Have fun!
I feel like a jet-setter these days. A Greek Girl in Glasgow does not seem to be writing about Glasgow much! This post shows my last summer holidays of 2010. It was only 10 days but I managed to be in 3 different countries! We started with fig picking in Corfu….
Then we rented a boat from Agios Stefanos and went around the beautiful beaches like Kerasia, Kouloura and smaller ones with no road access, and swam in the tropical green waters…absolut heaven!!!
Then we flew to London and went to the Old Vic for the “Prisoner of the Second Avenue” play. It was excellent and although written many years ago, it was so interesting that it was talking about problems we face today. And then last bit was Verona and Bardolino on Lake Garda…
The above photo is of me at the opera Carmen at the Arena di Verona. It was absolutely fantastic production with around 150 musicians, live orchestra, horses and so on…The best production I have seen in my life. It was a warm evening and our friend Paul bought us summer fans or Ventalias. The next day I could not resist the shopping….a whole street full of winter fashion. I bought a winter coat from Max Mara!
For some time now I wanted to tell you about the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. My friend Julia advised me not to miss the opportunity to visit the museum and she was absolutely right. To be honest, and I am embarrassed to say, I had never heard of Peggy before…or of her extraordinary contribution to shaping the world of modern art as we know it today. The palazzo is an absolutely beautiful building and completely different to the other palazzo’s on the Grand Canal as it only has one floor. I heard that while it was being built, it started taking down the other palazzos so they had to stop to only one floor. This did not seem to discourage Peggy from buying it and she actually allowed people to come and visit her house to see her beautiful collection while she was sunbathing at the roof garden.
I was fascinated by the paintings and her taste (I almost felt that if I had the money I would go for the same things) and became really interested in learning more about this woman. So I read her autobiography Out of this Century – Confessions of an Art Lover. Her Bohemian lifestyle surprised me at first however her writing is so good that I could not put it down. Her love life is so rich and also interconnected with her passion about art. But above all, I loved the architecture of the old and new house, the gardens, the gates, the Venitian Well and best of all I loved the art…Definitely recommended!
It actually got me into the mood for buying some art…The next time I am in Corfu I want to visit the studio of some of my favourite painters, Tasos Alamanos and Spyros Alamanos. Totally different artists, totally different techniques, but a result that stays in your memory and heart forever.
I had a dream….I was dressed in white and had flowers on my hair…
I had a big party, dancing all night with my love and all my friends…
I drove a big sailing boat around Corfu…
I went on a holiday in Venice, where I ate beautiful food and drank the best wine (some of which was INAMA Soave and an amazing Fragolino) recommended by Max at the Trattoria Al Gatto Nero in the amazingly colourful island of Burano (also the best tiramisu and risotto I have ever had!), I had mojittos on the most picturesque balcony of the Canal Grande, I had lobster pasta and Robolla white wine at “La Patatina”. I fell in love with the “Peggy Guggenheim Collection”. I sat at the unacceptably expensive “Florian” and went on a bicycle ride around the island of Lido.
Then I dreamed that I came back to Corfu…I wore long dresses, met my friends and had dinners and cocktails by the sea.
I went on a speed boat and swam in the tropical sea of Kerasia…
I dreamed a dream of absolute happiness….
When in love, life is good…Getting married to someone that is not just your partner but someone you actually want to spend every minute of the day with. The one! The one you miss when you go to work, the one you cannot wait to hear what they have to say on any matter, the one that makes you feel like you own the world. And on that balcony, in Venice, he and I owned the world!
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