i love my food!

Greek salad…

Hmm nothing new there right?

Well, yes there is.

I am sick and tired of seeing the bastardized ‘Greek Salads’ out there. it gets to me.

It gets to me even more that Greek restaurants abroad bastardize the ‘Greek salad’ too. i have seen versions with tuna (HELLO), with potato, and always always with lettuce.

So let me make it clear: Greek salad does not contain lettuce. well at least it doesn’t in Greece.These past few evening it has been too hot to eat (even for me).

And this weather makes me miss home even more – although you may have by now noticed that everything make me miss home!

 I love how simple a Greek salad is, how it’s based on pure good ingredients and it tastes like home and summer.

 So here you go, a little piece of home…

 Greek Salad aka Horiatiki Salata

 Ingredients

 Now before I list them, can you for the love of god not scrimp on the quality of the ingredients? PLEASE

• Tomatoes – get the best you can possibly get, don’t use crappy cheap ones that are full of chemicals and taste of nothing. if you don’t live in a warm country (poor you) buy organic tomatoes, they taste like tomatoes and not like balls of water!
• Cucumber (organic please)
• Onions (organic please)
• Kalatamata olives
• Oregano
• Feta – the best you can find , I use goat milk feta as I am intolerant to cow’s milk (and all the antibiotics, puss from the cows breasts, chemicals)
• Extra Greek Olive oil – yeah not Spanish or Italian. and get organic if you can, ok?
• Green pepper (although I find green pepper to be bitter so I don’t usually add it to my salad)
• Freshly ground salt & pepper

Ok, now that you have the (high quality organic) ingredients, please read the below instructions and make sure you follow them to a T.

Are you ready?

Step one: CHOP EVERYTHING UP

Step two: toss everything in a salad bowl

Step three: place feta on top

Step four: drown the salad in olive oil

And as I am feeling super generous today, I shall share a Greek secret with you:

rip up some fresh bread (please good quality ok?) and do papara. what is papara? Only the tastiest thing ever! Dunk the bread in the bottom of the salad bowl in the oil and salad pieces.

 Bliss!

Dreaming of a beach…

cant believe its been like forever since i last blogged.naughty me.

lately i have been looking into buying a bathing suit and a bikini for the summer and my hols.

for me personally, it has always been a challange to buy a bikini and a bathing suit, especially a bikini set, as i have an hourglass body.i have a small back,yet i have significant boobage,i have a small waist and well normal for my body hips.you really needed to know this right?

so buying a bikini that is part of a set is a challenge as i either have to buy a huge bottom so i can wear the top only and then tie it in (knots at the back as it wont fit my small back). same goes for bathing souts, i either get one that fits perfectly on top but is baggy on the nether regions, and that is omething that i guess no one wants? and i get one that fits my bottom half i get boob spillage on the top.yeah, did i mention i like to play beach tennis?

in any case this year i am determined that things will be different.with so many vintage style vbathing suits availiable this year, i am hoping that this will be my year. i wont give up, i am from the meditereanean for goodness sake (although i am reminded every day i dont live there!) a swimsuit is like a second skin 5 months a year…

ok so usually i like to post vintage options…but although i have no problems with wearing vintage or second hand dresses, trousers, tops,shirts, shoes,sneackers etc i draw the line at used swim wear.call me squimish,call me a snob, but crotch to crotch? nope, it aint my thing.

each to their own of course, i am not judging, but its just something i would rather not do.

now we have that out of the way, here are some options that  i am considering….

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and my favorite one so far…

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(just joking!!!!)

i also found this super cute cover up for the beach, not sure i would wear it,but i would love to have the occasion and place to wear it!

so what do you think?

time to buy a swimsuit?

xxxx

Queensday 2012 – Amsterdam

so queensday (koningendag)….anyone ever been in Holland during queensday? its the day where the dutch celebrate the queens birthday.

anyhoo, its customary to wear orange, you can sell your belongings as everything is tax free and amsterdam and the whole of holland turns into one big party!

to read more about what exactly queensday is click here.

so what did i get up to?

well i started of the day,walking around Oud Zuid which is my neighborhood but the more affluent side of my neighborhood!did i happen to mention the weather was AMAZING?????

here are some photos of the street market…

and what did i buy?

hmm….

(vintage brabantia)

(more vintage brabantia)

(vintage clock from the soviet union)

(vintage handmade belt buckles from the 60′s)

(amazing vintage day dress that is WAY to small for me!)

after leaving my loot at home, i headed to central amsterdam.the energy in the city was amazing,it was great to feel the pulse of life in this city (something i miss so much on a daily basis).there were parties everywhere as well as huge smiles!

and this is what was going on in amsterdam…

museumplein

in front of the holland casino

leidseplein

leidsestraat

prinsengracht

prinsengracht

prinsengracht

vondelpark

so i spent the rest of the afternoon taking in the energy and amazing weather, met up with curly (telephone networks were down) and walked and walked and walked…

all in all it was a great day!

what did you do on queensday?

xoxo

Vintage (dream) Shopping list -50′s edition!

so,dresses.yes,im obsessed.i love the way you put a dress on and you have an outfit.i love the way it makes me feel feminine,comfortable and confident.the 50′s style cut,in my humble opinion,is the one of the most flattering styles out there for both the smaller or larger frame.i have a true hourglass figure (not sure who i got it from,could it be my english grandma?), and although i wear dresses almost every day – finding one that suits me is challenging. most dresses today are not cut for people with a small waist and a erm,a fuller breast,and thighs. which means i usually settle for empire lines dresses (which i love!).one of the reasons i love vintage so much is that it embraced curves (hello marilyn!) but also the smaller frame (hello audrey!) and women looked so feminine and gorgeous.

in any case feast your eyes on the dresses that have be begging for that credit card that i never have to pay back….

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there were so many more i wanted to share!so many amazing dresses out there!

which one is your favourite?

what type of vintage dress do you like?

have a great weekend!

xoxo

1,2,3..cheese!

ok so maybe this isn’t the best post tittle for what this post is actually about,but i am short of good ideas today!last week curly and i were lucky enough to score a second-hand Nikon D40 (including 2 lenses) for a super good price,and we have been taking photos ever since.its pretty exciting for us,as we love taking photos but we didn’t have a proper ‘grown up’ camera and this will provide a good start for our photo projects…

so i thought i’d share our first few attempts of taking some nice photos…(we still need a lot of practice!)…our theme?oh you know,something lying around our home…

can you guess who our model was?

is it me,or is he smiling?

could i love this little face more?

oh here are the first photos curly took of me (being silly as usual!)….(we had literally just got the camera in our hands!)

so what do you think of our first attempt to take ‘proper’ photos?

any tips?

would love to hear from you!

Vintage Dream (Shopping) List – red edition!

‘only prostitutes wear red!’ – yes that is what came out of my mouth when i was in my very early teens. And as usual – I ATE MY WORDS.

red is my all time favourite colour, and i wear red every single day!at the moment my handbag is red,my lipstick is ‘Mac Red’ and my all star converse are red – and these are just my everyday things!i love a red dress,a red tee,a red pair of skinny jeans,red shoes (i have my eye on these red ones as well as these ones!),red bedding (thank you ikea) even a red couch!

sometimes i have to giggle when i think of the stuff that came out of my mouth as a kid,the funny thing is i dont even know why i thought that,i just said it – for no reason!

anyhoo, whilst looking for a red vintage dress for myself  on Etsy  i came across so many beautiful dresses, that i thought i’d share them with you…

enjoy

first date?via

bowling?its a bit rockabilly dont you think?love it!via

wedding?if you click here you’ll see more detail on this dress!so cute!

stroll on the beach?via

spending the day on a sailboat?via

super cute dress – i’d wear this everywhere,everyday!via

Cocktails?via

 

and this?IS PURE PERFECTION!(i wish it was my size!)via

oh,and RED? it’s for everyone

 

Vintage Dream (Shopping) List

so,i’m back.I went back to Greece for Easter (the orthodox is Easter was a week later than the catholic one). i had a such a great time,the weather was (mostly) great – sunny and warm, the food was amazing and so was the all the love from my family and friends.cant wait to go back soon…

i have some amazing dresses to share…see for yourselfs!

perfect dress for any occasion!(source)

cocktails?i think so!(source)

ice cream & stroll on the beach?(source)

night at the theatre? (source)

oh you know just an everyday happy dress!(source)

perfect picnic dress!(source)

now all we need is some sun!

have a great one!

xxx

Cassie