5 Weekly Favs

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Almost feeling good as new after the terrible cold I caught last week. Rafael took great care of me as usual (truth is, I love being spoiled by him sometimes…hahaha). Looking forward to the weekend, tomorrow is supposed to be a sunny day here in Berlin….YAY!!!

Here are my 5 Weekly Favs:

1- My favourite Brazilian rock psychedelic band, Os Mutantes, is getting a new photography book (A Hora e a Vez), with unpublished pictures taken during the period of 1969 – 1974 by Leila Lisboa….Oh how I love the 70’s!

2- Nerd alert! hahaha..even more excited to watch “Star Wars – The Force Awakens” after its new trailer 😀

3- Amazed by these artsy embroidered pieces custom made by Maricor/Maricar;

4- Rafael made this very cool illustration of Isaac Asimov as gift a for one of our friends, which he loved of course! You can check out more of his illustrations on Pinterest;

5- Gustav Klimt is one of my favourites artists, this week I discovered that the photographer Inge Prader recreated Klimt’s most iconic work with real-life models…the result is stunning!

Have a wonderful weekend and be happy 🙂

21Oct2015

Couscous Salad with Lamb Chops

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A few days ago, I posted on Instagram (follow me @brunaiglezias) our Sunday dinner. Rafael loves dishes with couscous, basically because he loves arabic food, on the other hand I am not quite used to it. So I began my search on the internet to find a meal that would please us both. I came across this recipe that had everything I liked, roasted vegetables, chickpeas and arugula…plus couscous! That was a winner, I thought! But Rafa usually isn’t very fond os dishes without a protein, he always says that after eating only salad, 15 minutes later he is hungry again…hahaha

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16Oct2015

5 Weekly Favs

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TGIF! For me this week passed really slow, sometimes I get irritated over dumb things and that usually kills the good mood in the house, if there’s one thing I need to learn to control, it’s my temper. Also, everyone at my german class is sick, and for my bad luck I caught it too, luckily Rafael didn’t. At least we get to stay home for the next two weeks, it’s Autumn break around here…yay!

Here are my 5 weekly favourites:

1- Best wildlife photograph by National Geographic, you can see here 11 of the year’s best wildlife photographs;

2- Mademoiselle Privé, a Chanel’s exhibition is taking place at Saatchi Gallery in London. It’s a journey through the origins of Chanel’s creations capturing the charismatic personality and irreverent spirit of Mademoiselle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld. Wish I was there to visit!

3- The chicest movie posters of all time, I fell in love with that Black Swan’s poster;

5- How beautiful are these embroidered piece of nature by Oly Shamrik?!

Have a wonderful weekend!

And if you are in Germany, Schönes Ferien!

14Oct2015

Tempelhofer Feld

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It’s been quite a while since I wanted to write this post. Since we moved to Neukölln in February we discovered that we were surrounded by parks. One thing that I learned here is that the Berliners really enjoy a day at the park, with friends, family or even by yourself…..and let’s not forget the sun of course! I love the fact that Berlin is a really green city, everywhere you go there is a park or playground for the children and countless trees. This does not happen very often in Brazil, in São Paulo (the concrete city), where I used to live, there are not so many, I didn’t even live close by one…and neighbourhood playgrounds? You can forget about that (unfortunately).

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9Oct2015

5 Weekly Favs

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1- Chanel scenarios for the Paris Fashion Week are always so fun, this time they built a nearly-to-scale airport inside the Grand Palais, you can read more about the show on this Elle’s article;

2- I’ve been looking for a shade of lipstick between burgundy and dark purple, but until know I haven’t found the “one”. On the other hand, I found this gorgeous shade of nail polish from Maybelline – Burgundy Kiss, and gave myself a manicure today, and that was the result 🙂

3- I adore Erica’s DIY on Honestly WTF, I just wish I’d have the tools to do this cute brass fringe earrings!

4- This video of NatGeo Wild of an unusual friendship between a rescued cheetah and a labrador makes me believe that anything is possible;

5- Totally addicted on the Alabama Shakes album Boys and Girls, her voice is so incredible!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

xoxo

7Oct2015

Leipzig

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Continuing to share pictures from August, we spent a whole day visiting Leipzig, a city that’s 150 km far from Berlin. We got up early on a Saturday morning to catch the 7:00 o’clock bus, but as soon as we arrived at the ticket booth in the bus station, we discovered that the 8:00 o’clock bus was way cheaper than the 7:00 o’clock (I don’t understand why this happens here), of course we preferred the next one and we also bought the return ticket that was the last bus out of Leipzig (10:30 pm). We arrived 10 o’clock in the morning and went straight to the zoo to drop off Lucas (Rafael’s friend from Brazil), he is a photographer who loves animals and taking pictures of them (check out his work here: l8photos.com), this trip was totally his idea. While he was at the zoo, Rafael and I went sightseeing around the city, the downtown area isn’t that big, so we got to see many things.

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2Oct2015

5 Weekly Favs

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Welcome October!!

1- Wouldn’t mind if I had this beautiful Illustrated Yoga book;

2- I’ve been wanting to try my luck at backing muffins and this Vegan Cinnamon Apple Muffins with Cinnamon Glaze would definitely be my first option;

3- Now that my hair is a little bit longer, I want to try different hair styles. This gorgeous crown braid tutorial seems so easy, but I still don’t know if I’m able;

4- I’m always amazed by the details of Dolce and Gabbana’s fashion show and this Vogue’s article satisfied a little bit of my curiosity;

5- Cute and fun paper straws that I bought this week.

Have a wonderful weekend!

30Sep2015

Charlottenburg Palace

Posted in Berlin by Bruna

In August, Rafael’s friend from Brazil, Lucas, came to visit and stayed with us for two weeks. We did a lot of cool things together…tourism, sightseeing, visited museums and two close cities to Berlin. It took a little while to download and gather all the pictures that we took at the time, but finally here they are!

We went to visit Charlottenburg Palace, its the largest palace in Berlin, and it was build in the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century. The original palace was commissioned by Sophie Charlotte, wife of Friedrich III (who crowned himself King Friedrich I of Prussia). Continue reading →

25Sep2015

5 Weekly Favs

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1- I still can’t get enough of my sunflower (photo above), every morning when I wake up and see that beautiful flower, it just makes me smile, can’t wait for all the buds to bloom;

2- Here’s a good thought for welcoming the new season: 4 Ways to Embrace Autumn’s Arrival;

3- I grew up watching Peanuts cartoons on TV, one of my ultimate dream as a kid was to have a beagle called Snoopy (I still want that though..haha). When they started to promote the Peanuts Movie with this action to Peanutize yourself, I didn’t think twice…it was so fun! 😀

4- This beautiful boho editorial on Vogue Australia made my eyes sparkle;

5- Thinking a little bit more about Autumn, a song from a band that I adore, The White Stripes, came straight to my mind. We are going to be friends is such a cute song and I love it.

Have a wonderful weekend!

23Sep2015

Minestrone Soup

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Now that Autumn is officially here (yay! I love this season!), it’s time to bring back that good ol’ big pot and cook delicious soups for dinner 🙂 Before Rafael and I moved in together (3 years ago), I didn’t even now how to make soup, in my head it was a difficult thing to do. I was so wrong….hehehhe. I learned how to do it with the help of cookbooks and with some tips of my aunt, who is an amazing cook. When I used to live with her, she and my cousin would make some delicious soups in the winter, my favourite was bean soup…yummy!

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