The Whole World and Me

And listen to this kid and maybe, just maybe, next time you go to the supermarket you will remember this video and you will look for other places to buy fresh, organic food and support people who work hard instead of corporations.

And please note this is also a self note, because I also need to change my habits and I am starting it now!

I'm still baffled with these images.....

The project is called Sworn Virgins of Albania and was photographed by Jill Peters who visited the mountain villages of northern Albania to capture portraits of these "burneshas", females who have lived their lives as men for reasons related to their culture and society!

Many of these women assumed their male identities from an early age as a way to avoid the old codes that governed the tribal clans, which stated that women were the property of their husbands. (!!!!)

As "burneshas", or Sworn Virgins, these women have the freedom to vote, drive, conduct business, earn money, smoke, swear, etc, and their status is elevated. They are granted the rights and privileges of the male population, she becomes a he, and although these women gain freedom they also have to take a vow of celibacy.

I still can't believe some of these men are actually women!! I'm amazed... But truth be told, I think I would do the same thing, I mean who needs sex if you can drive and drink and vote and...wait?!?

What am I saying....?!?! 

Well, I will let the images speak for themselves!

The part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some format after the body has died, or the part of a person or thing that expresses the basic qualities that make it what it is.

MATE noun

A friend or a person you work with

SOULMATE noun

Someone, usually your romantic or sexual partner with whom you have a special relationship with and who you know and love very much.

Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love

"People think a soulmate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone want. But a true soulmate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soulmate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake, But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soulmate's purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and additions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..." 

The one and only CARINE ROITFELD, fashion goddess and a personal hero, has a new documentary coming out! October 16th is the day!

I'm beyond EXCITED!!!! My fashion toes are tingling and tingling with anticipation, I can't wait to watch how Carine launch one of my fashion bibles, CR Fashion Book, and how she continues to be a force of nature who inspires designers, models and folks just like you and me, to be bold and dare to be different.

Yesterday I watched the amazing movie "Before Midnight". I was beyond excited to watch this third movie, I mean, I missed Celine and Jesse and I wanted to know what would happen to them at 40, now that they are a couple with two adorable twin daughters, beautifully named after the queens of Jazz Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald, by the way.

You know what I've learned from this extraordinary movie?!? Women are real bitches! Yap, that's the truth! This movie is the more realistic one of the three, in the sense that it really depicts a couple's real life, when children, work and schedules get in the way. And how women, when caught up in all these noises of life, can be real bitches. 

It's funny that my cousin also watched the movie and didn't get to the same conclusion... I guess, as everything in life, we see things as we see ourselves and I related a lot with Celine during this movie, even though I hated her! ;)

The sad truth of it all is that I too was a bitch sometimes in my last relationship... I'm ashamed to admit it, but since I'm in a personal quest for inner knowledge, well I figure I might as well put it out there for everyone to read it. 

So as I watched Celine transform into this unrecognizable woman in front of our eyes, and as my hatred for her kept growing, I realized I was having such a strong reaction to the movie because I related so much to it... Human beings in general, women in particular, tend to lose themselves in the day-to-day things, forgetting the much more important things in life and love. It's so easy to get lost and most of the times there's no one there to reel us in and make us see, as Jesse did with Celine, that life is so much more that schedules and petty little things. 

As we get older and share more and more of our lives, we also get more and more responsibilities which can blind us to the things that used to be the center of our universe. Yes, what we think it's important in our 20's is certainly different from our perspective in our 30's and 40's, but we should never lose sight of our more naive selves...

As a good friend told me the other day: "Remember when we were happy and didn't know it?", this is exactly what I mean. When life was easier, we were happier and we didn't even recognize it.

So I guess the secret is to take a journey into our past and hold on to those little things that used to be, and still are, all we need to be happy!

From your most loyal bitch!

xx

When I read that Penelope Cruz wrote and directed a film for Agent Provocateur, which had Irina Shayk as its star, I was curious and excited. I mean, it had all the right ingredients to be something sexy, amazing and provocative!

But what a big disappointment... I mean, it doesn't make any sense, I don't think it's that sexy and it didn't make me want to buy anything!! Maybe this film was written for men, I don't know.... I just know it really doesn't speak to me!

When you consider some of their past videos, this one really doesn't make sense for me!!

I mean, just watch the one below called " Fleurs du Mal" directed by Justin Anderson.

Shocking, amazing, risky and sexy!!! And... I want to buy everything!!!

Maybe it's just me, I don't know.... Do let me know your thoughts!

TO GET FIT AND HEALTHY!!!!

This is my new Goal and I'm doing it for myself! 

Wish me luck ;)

The road that kept us together is finally breaking into two separate roads: one for you and one for me. I leave you at this crossroad with tears in my heart, but I know, I really believe it, that our roads will merge together once again. But for now, we must walk alone.

There's nothing sadder than leaving someone you love behind... Saying goodbye is probably one of the hardest things we have to do in life and yet here I am...

I will gather the pieces of my heart and will continue to build myself again. After all I've been through this year, after all the disappointment and lessons learned, I continue to feel like a puzzle, still putting these shattered pieces together. And now I have to do it on my own, because, let's face it, this is the only way to do it!