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WORK TRIP TO SAMOS

3 Oct

HERE I FLY AGAIN…

THIS TIME THE DESTINATION WAS GREECE…

ONE WEEK WORK TRIP UNDER THE SUN…. LOVELY AND AUTHENTICAL  GREEK ISLAND CALLED SAMOS….

OUR HOTEL WAS LIKE A MINIATURE GREEK VILLAGE WHERE EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN  LITTLE HOUSES…


GREECE IS FAMOUS FOR HAVING CATS EVERYWHERE…I LOVE THAT…THIS LITTLE KITTEN CAME TO OUR ROOM ONE MORNING…

OUR ROOM WAS FRESH AND  ALL WHITE…WHICH I LOVED!!!!!

THE CEILING WAS SUPER-COOL AND THE ONLY COLOURFUL DETAIL IN OUR ROOM WAS THIS FRESH BLUE-ORANGE STRIPED COTTON RUG…

VIEWS FROM OUR  CUTE LITTLE BALCONY…

EVERY MORNING STARTED  AROUND 5:00 A.M AND AFTER  HAIR AND MAKEUP WAS DONE IT WAS TIME TO GO TO YAMMY HOTEL BREAKFAST …

CUTE LITTLE KITTENS MIAUING FOR BREAKFAST TREATS….

VIEW FROM BREAKFAST…

SAMOS WAS VERY VERDANT AND PEACEFUL ROMANTIC PLACE WITH CUTE LITTLE RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS…

COLOURFUL HOUSES…

SAMOS MARINA…

GREEK TAVERNAS WERE SERVING WONDERFUL TRADITIONAL GREEK FOOD…

MY FAVOURITES WERE MOUSAKA AND FETA SALAD…

ME AND MY FAVOURITE STYLIST…

 

SO LUCKY AND HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN LOVELY PLACES LIKE THIS!!!!!

LITTLE SUMMER JOYS

27 Sep

SOME MOMENTS FROM THE END OF THE SUMMER….

WORKING AT THE STUDIOS AND OUTSIDE…

MY COLLEAGUES AT THE  HALTIALAN KARTANO…

THESE LAMBS ARE LIKE DOGS, THEY WAVE THEIR TALES AND LOVE WHEN PEOPLE PET THEM…

IF THE SUN IS SHINING… MATTOLAITURI IS THE NUMBER ONE PLACE TO GO WITH YOUR FRIENDS…DEFINITELY!!!

AND THIS EXTREMELY LOVELY MOET & CHANDON IMPERIAL ICE CHAMPAGNE IS A ´MUST´ DRINK TO  HAVE, TOO BAD IT´S ONLY SERVED IN VERY FEW PLACES….I LIKE IT BEST WITH LIME…I ACTUALLY LOVE IT!!!!

AFTER THIS BOTTLE….OUR PARTY HAD THREE MORE BOTTLES…AND THEN WE WENT TO DINE TO MANGE SUD RESTAURANT, LOVELY FOOD AND GREAT EXPERIENCE…WONDERFUL EVENING EVERY POSSIBLE WAY!!!!

WORKING….CAN BE FUN TOO!!!!

WE GOT SOME WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS FROM TACO BELL…SO I MADE OUR FAVOURITE SOME HOME MADE SOFT SHELL BEEF TACOS….YAMMY!!!

MY NEW NIKE FREE SNEAKERS ARE THE BEST, NO SOCKS NEEDED, LIGHT AS FEATHER….AND AVAILABLE IN TRENDY COLOURS, LIKE MINE!!!

RUNNING….

LOVELY DINNER IN THE AUTHENTIC LAPPI RESTAURANT, DRINKS AT BAR A21 AND NIGHT OUT  WITH OUR FANTASTIC FRIENDS FROM LOS ANGELES …

THIS SUMMER WAS AWESOME BUT TOO SHORT AS ALWAYS….ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SUMMER…

CELINE, DOG WITH SUNNIES AND PARTY AT MARQUEE

21 Sep

AFTER SPENDING THE WHOLE DAY UNDER THE SUN, IT WAS TIME TO GET  ENTERTAINED BY LAS VEGAS….

SUNBATHING SHABBY CHIC WEARING THE MOST COZY ALEXANDER WANG DRESS ON EARTH…

THE COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL IS ONE OF THE FEW HOTELS THAT HAVE ROOMS WITH BALCONIES, LOVELY FOR SMOKERS AND TO HAVE A GLASS OF WINE BEFORE GETTING READY FOR THE SHOWER…

THE VIEW IS FROM OUR BALCONY, THERE IS ONE OF THE POOL AREAS, THE PARTY POOL WHICH IS THE COOLEST  DAY AND NIGHTCLUB CALLED MARQUEE…WHICH IS ALSO POPULAR CELEBRITY HOT SPOT….

MORE LAS VEGAS BALCONY VIEWS…

SPARKLING DETAILS FROM HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN…

PLENTY OF COOL BARS…

CRYSTALS AND ME…

READY TO GO….

WITH MY LOVE….

TO CEASARS PALACE….

TO MAKE ONE OF OUR DREAM TO COME TRUE…

TO SEE AND HEAR OUR SUPER- FAVOURITE ARTIST CELINE DION´S SHOW ….

IT WAS FULLY BOOKED, OF COURSE….THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE…

THE SHOW WAS  TOTALLY AMAZING, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST ARTIST THAT MADE OUR EYES ´SWEAT´BY BEING SO GREAT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY…WE LOVED HER!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO EVERYONE, IF SHE IS AROUND!!!!

AFTER THE STUNNING SHOW WE PUMPED INTO THE COOLEST LAS VEGAS DOG WITH STYLE, SUNNIES AND EVERYTHING…AND HE REALLY SEEMED TO ENJOY BEING DRESSED LIKE THAT….LOVELY LITTLE CREATURE!!!

BACK TO THE HOTEL WITH MY LOVE…

AND GETTING READY TO HIT THE POOL PARTY…

PARTY OUTFIT; TOP AND SHORTS/ ALICE & OLIVIA, SHOES/ STEVE MADDEN AND PURSE/LOUIS VUITTON

POOLPARTY AT THE MARQUEE NIGHTCLUB WAS SO COOL AND TOTALLY CRAZY…

IT WAS CHEERS  AND SERIOUS BUTT SHAKING…AND TO BE HONEST…THE PARTY WAS SO CRAZY FUN THAT WE ENDED UP PARTYING UNTIL NEXT MORNING 10:30 AM…..HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALL THE LAS VEGAS GOERS!!!!

COSMOPOLITAN

12 Sep

HERE WE FLY AGAIN…

AT THE FAMILIAR AIRPORT OF….

LAS VEGAS!!!!

IT WAS TIME TO GET DIZZY WITH COLOURFUL LIGHTS AND  ARTIFICIAL AMBIENCE OF SIN CITY ONCE AGAIN…

SIN CITY BY NIGHT….


NEW AND TRENDY HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN WAS GOING TO BE OUR HOME FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS…

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I GOT RID OF ALL THE DISTURBING COLOURED LIGHTS….I ARRIVED TO THE RECEPTION AND TOOK AN OVERDOSE WITH ALL THESE COLOURED LIGHTS ….

THANK GOD OUR SUITE WAS REALLY COZY …

LOVELY DETAILS EVERYWHERE, WALLPAPER IN THE CLOSET WAS AWESOME…

 

THE WALLPAPER IN THE TOILET WAS COOL AS WELL…

HOT TUB WAS OPEN TO OUR BEDROOM AND BALCONY…

AND THERE WAS SOME SIN CITY KIND OF ITEMS SOLD IN OUR MINIBAR…

 

IT WAS ´ GET LUCKY ESSENTIALS PLEASURE KIT `, CONTAINING CONDOMS, LUBRICANT AND PAIR OF MINTS…PRETTY SMART IDEA….AND NOTICE THE PICTURE ON THE PACKAGE; SCREW AND NOB….WELL DESIGNED ENSEMBLE…


GOOD MORNING SOY MILK LATTE WITH A STRAW…

GYM TIME…

RUNNING WITH THE MORNING TV….

 

AND WATCHING THE  HOTEL BELLAGIO´S WATERS DANCING IN THE RHYTM OF THE VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS…

TIME TO HIT THE POOL …

THERE WAS THREE DIFFERENT POOL AREAS…


MY LOVE BARBEQUEING SOME FINNISH RIBS…

LUNCH TIME….

ONE OF THE POOL BARS…

SOME COOL WHITE WINE FROM NAPA VALLEY…

ME AND MY LOVE…

AFTERNOON FRAPPUCINO…

RED NOSES….

THERE WAS COOLED CHILL OUT AREA WITH TVS AND BILLIARD TABLES FOR THE SUNBATHING HATERS…

AFTER LAYING THE WHOLE DAY IN +42 DEGREES, IT WAS TIME TO STAY INSIDE AND ENJOY THE COOLNESS OF THE AIRCONDITIONING….

AT A HOTEL´S CHANDELLIER BAR…

AND TAKE AN OVERDOSE WITH THE NOISES OF SLOT MACHINES AS WELL AS GET COLOURBLINDED BY ALL THE IRRITATING LIGHTS…

HOLLYWOOD PICS

7 Sep

FROM RODEO DRIVE TO HOLLYWOOD…

THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME…

MICHAEL JACKSON AND ME….

FRESH AND YAMMY HOT DOGS…

LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD SIGN…

MY LOVE AND RYAN SEACREST…

AMERICAN IDOL HOT SPOT THE KODAK THEATRE…

PATRICK SWAYZE FROM AWESOME MOVIE;  DIRTY DANCING

REAL SNAKE AND CUTE LITTLE BOY…

MY LOVE ACTUALLY DID SOME CELEBRITY SPOTTING, HE SAW SAMUEL L JACKSON ON THE GOLF COURSE…HOW COOL IS THAT…

MADAME TUSSAUDS …

ALFRED HITCHCOCK….

COOL DAVID BOWIE AND ME….

TOM HANKS…

SOME STAR WARS FREAKS…

MERYL STREEP…

HARD ROCK CAFE…

LIONEL RICHIE….

AND PLENTY OF OTHER STARS….

WE GOT HUNGRY AFTER STEPPING OVER ALL THOSE STARS AND WENT TO HAVE SOME SUSHI …IT WAS DELICIOUS….

AND AFTER SUSHI THERE WAS FILMING OF A MOVIE GOING ON….

 

 

 

 

IT WAS TIME  FOR HOLLYWOOD HAPPY ENDING…AND MOVING TO THE NEXT DESTINATION….

 

 

RODEO DRIVE

5 Sep

THE LOS ANGELES STORY CONTINUES AGAIN….

IT WAS TIME TO THE LUXURIOUS RODEO DRIVE´ING….

BEAUTIFUL AND NEAT PLACE WHERE MONEY DOES THE TALKING….

NICE SHOPS INSIDE AND OUT..

MY FAVOURITE….I LOVE CHANEL!!!

LUXE HOTEL RODEO DRIVE….LOVE THOSE CHAIRS

MY LOVE WEARING RALPH LAUREN FRONT OF RALPH LAUREN…

VIA RODEO CHILLING…

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SHOPS KITSON…

ROBERTSON BOULEVARD´S RESTAURANT IVY IS HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY HOT SPOT AND OUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO EAT….

SO CUTE AND NICE AMBIENCE…

DESIGN MANAGEMENT IN THIS PLACE IS WELL DONE FROM THE MENUS TO THE TOILETS AND EVERYTHING….

THESE PICS ARE REALLY BAD, I THINK THERE WAS TANNING OIL OR SOMETHING IN MY PHONE LENSE SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS…

IT WAS TIME TO DIVE TO BED AND COUNT THE LAMBS …..

MELROSE PLACE

24 Aug

TRENDY AND COLOURFUL MELROSE PLACE WAS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES…

CONTEMPORARY  SHOPS, UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE  WITH STREET CRED COOL LOOKING PEOPLE…

AND HERE COMES ONE OF THE COOLEST….MY LOVE!!!

VERY NICELY DECORATED STORES AND BOUTIQUES…

HAD TO TAKE PLENTY OF PICTURES OF THIS JOYRICH STORE, SUCH A COOL IDEA …

THIS PART OF LOS ANGELES WAS SERIOUS EYE CANDY, LOVED IT..


COOL SURFER SHOPS…

AND THEN I FOUND THIS AWESOME FLEA MARKET ….

THERE WAS SO COOL STUFF, COULD HAVE EASILLY SPEND ONE DAY DIGGING TREASURE PILES OUT THERE…

…WE GOT THERE SO LATE THAT I HAD TO MAKE FAST CHECK AND FIND SOMETHING….SINCE ALL THE SELLERS WERE ALREADY PACKING STUFF…

LOVELY SHABBY CHIC FURNITURE…

BELTS, FUR COATS, BAGS, BOOTS….EVERYTHING…

THIS PLACE WAS SERIOUS FLEA MARKET LOVER´S HEAVEN ON EARTH…

I FOUND THIS LOVELY VINTAGE FUR JACKET AND COUPLE OTHER THINGS….

MY LOVE HATES FLEA MARKETS, SO HE WAS LUCKY I DIDN´T FIND THIS PLACE EARLIER…..

WHEN WE LEFT BACK TO THE HOTEL, I NOTICED A YARD SALE FROM THE CAR WINDOW…IT´S VERY COMMON THING TO SEE IN LOS ANGELES AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF UNITED STATES….PRACTICAL WAY TO GET RID OF USELESS STUFF!!!!

PICS FROM SANTA MONICA

22 Aug

…THE STORY CONTINUES…IT´S  SANTA MONICA…

SANTA MONICA BEACH…


VARIOUS STREET ARTISTS ….

LOVELY CAFETERIAS AND RESTAURANTS EVERYWHERE…

AMUSEMENT PARK..

ME AND MY LOVE CHILLING…

SANTA MONICA BEACH BOULEVARD…

SANTA MONICA IS VERY PRETTY AND VERSATILE PLACE TO HANG AROUND…BOTH DAY AND NIGHT…

OTFIT; RUE 21

OUR HOTEL CUSTOM WAS REALLY NEAT AND  NICE WITH IT´S  SIMPLICITY AND MINIMALISTIC MODERN STYLE…HIGHLY RECOMMEND…

THE POOL AREA WAS VERY CUTE…

COLOURFUL…

NICE DETAILS…

VERY PEACEFUL AND QUIET….

LOVELY LOUNGES IN THE SHADOW…

MY LOVE GOT ABRASION FROM NEW PAIR OF SHOES, BUT NO WORRIES….I FIXED IT WITH STYLISH HELLO KITTY BANDAGE….SO CUTE!!!!

HAD TO TAKE CLOSEUP OF IT…..

OUTFIT; TOP /ALICE AND OLIVIA, SHORTS/ JOE´S, SUNGLASSES/ GUCCI , WATCH/ MICHAEL KORS AND FLIP FLOPS/ CARLOS SANTANA.

THE YARD WAS VERY NICE AND TRENDY PLACE TO HAVE DRINKS OR FEW…

THERE WERE THESE FUTURE AMERICAN IDOLS SINGING BY THE PEDESTRIAN STREET, AND THEY REALLY WERE AMAZING SINGERS….

ANIMAL BUSHES…

ABORABLE ICE CREAM STAND…

BROADWAY MOVIE THEATER….

SANTA MONICA WAS NICE PLACE FOR SHOPPING TOO…

MY OUTFIT; DRESS / RUE 21

SHOPPING MALL WITH LOVELY SHOPS AND HUGE WELCOMING SMURF….

SWEET STARBUCKS FRAPPUCCINOS….

MORE FUTURE AMERICAN IDOLS…AND SOME STREET STYLE…

CUTE SURFER SKATER BOYS….

LOVELY RESTAURANT  IVY AT THE SHORE….

IT WAS VERY NICELY DECORATED INSIDE AND OUT BUT IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO TAKE PICS FROM ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOUR PORTION…..

WE WENT THERE FOR LATE LUNCH…IVY IS KNOWN FOR IT´S VERY BIG PORTIONS, ESPECIALLY THEIR DESSERTS AND COFFEE CUPS ARE  AS BIG AS IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND….SO STARTER SALADS AND DESSERTS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE SHARED WITH SOMEONE….

AND THE STARTERS WERE HUGE ALREADY, GREAT TUNA TARTAR AND THE BEST TORTILLAS AND GUACAMOLE EVER….THEN IT WAS HUGE AND DELICIOUS SALADS, WHICH I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURE OF…. YAMMY!!!!


SECRET PICTURE FROM  RESTROOM….AWESOME SEASHELL MIRROR….

TINY PANTS DIVA ON THE BEACH

16 Aug

MONDAY NIGHT IT WAS TIME TO GET READY TO PARTY IN RAINY HELSINKI WITHOUT UMBRELLA…

ON THE BEACH FESTIVAL 2011…

ME AND MY LOVE WERE READY TO HIT THE BEACH AND GET SOME SAND IN OUR SNICKERS…

IT WAS THIS CUTE BARBADOS BABE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD  TO SHAKE OUR BUTTS WITH…

BEACH WAS CROWDED DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT HAD RAINED ALL DAY…

TINIE TEMPAH WAS ON STAGE…

RIHANNA WAS SUPPOSE TO START AT 9:00 P.M., SO WE DECIDED TO GET ON THE MOOD WITH A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE FROM CHAMPAGNE BAR….

EVEN IF THAT CHAMPAGNE  WAS REALLY  WARM AND SERVED FROM PLASTIC CHAMPAGNE GLASSES…HAVING MY LOVE THERE SHARING IT WITH ME SAVED THE MOMENT …

IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON TO PARTY WITH RIHANNA…

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAMERA OR THE MAN BEHIND CAMERA…?

MY OUTFIT; JACKET / J.LINDEBERG, SWEATER/ GINA TRICOT, PANTS/ZARA, HAT / PIECES.

IT WAS 9:00 P.M. …BUT SHE DIDN´T SHOW UP…

IT ENDED UP TAKING ONE AND A HALF HOUR THAT TINY PANTS DIVA TO GET ON THE  STAGE…

FINALLY…

SHE HAD SOME COOL ASS  SUNGLASSES….

SOME OF THE FANS ON THE FIRST ROW….

SOME SPECIAL EFFECTS…

THIS GUY BETWEEN HER LEGS IS REALLY GETTING EXCITED…

I WAS WAITING FOR MY FAVOURITE SONGS TO COME….


WHAT CAN I SAY, SHE IS SUPER-SEXY AND CAN SERIOUSLY SHAKE THAT BOOTY …

STILL WAITING FOR MY FAVOURITES…FOR NOTHING…

AND BAM…. IT WAS OVER, NO LAP DANCE, NO DIFFERENT OUTFITS, NONE OF MY FAVOURITE SONGS, NO ENCORE…..

FIREWORKS…

NEVER SEEN 20 000 PEOPLE WALKING IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD BEFORE…WE WERE EXHAUSTED AND  A BIT DISAPPOINTED BUT HAPPY….HAPPY MOSTLY BECAUSE WE NEW WE HAD JUST COUPLE MINUTE WALK BACK HOME…

BEVERLY HILLS 90210

12 Aug

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE BEVERLY HILLS NEIGHGBOURHOOD WE WERE STAYING AT…THE CLIMATE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE AND THE SUN WAS SHINING EVERY SINGLE DAY…

MY OUTFIT; TOP / ALICE & OLIVIA, JEANS SHORTS/ JOE´S AND MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE CONVERSE ALL STARS.

LITTLE SHOPPING AT THE FARMERS MARKET …

THERE WAS THIS LITTLE SIGHTSEEING TRAM GOING AROUND …

SOMETHING TO EAT… SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT SINCE WE ARE SALAD LOVERS WE WENT TO CHEESECAKE FACTORY ….AGAIN, THEY HAVE SO DELICIOUS SALADS AND PORTIONS ARE HUGE, AS YOU CAN SEE….YAMMY…MISS THOSE ALREADY…

I LOVE PALMTREES….

AND OF COURSE I NEEDED TO GET SOME DOG THERAPY FROM THIS CUTE MINIATURE POODLE….

I LOVE TACO BELL…

MY FAVOURITE SNACKS LOOK LIKE THIS….I HOPE WE ARE GOING TO GET TACO BELL TO FINLAND SOON….

MY MORNINGS AT THE UCLA STARTED WITH MORNING RUN AROUND THE CAMPUS AREA…

I RAN INTO THIS EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS PUPPY CALLED NERO…FELL IN LOVE AGAIN…

MY OUTFIT: FRILL TOP/ ALICE & OLIVIA AND  JEANS SHORTS/JOE`S .

SUNGLASSES BY DIANE VON FURSTENBERG.

NECKLACE/ HOUSE OF HARLOW BY NICOLE RICHIE.

MY SANDALS / ANNE KLEIN.

UCLA STANDS AS ONE OF THE TOP UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD….

THE CAMPUS SURROUNDINGS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL…….

THE UCLA´S MASCOT IS THE BEAR KNOWN AS THE BRUIN…

 

PLAYBOY MOGUL HUGH HEFNER´S PLAYBOY MANSION WAS VERY CLOSE TO CAMPUS ….NOW I UNDERSTAND WHERE HE FINDS ALL THE YOUNG AND CUTE BUNNIES FROM….

THIS CAMPUS WAS FOUNDED IN 1919  AND IS THE SECOND OLDEST OF ALL THE CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES.


MY LOVE  AND JOHN E. ANDERSON…

UCLA SQUIRRELS ARE SERIOUS ACROBATS, I WISH I COULD DO THAT…

OF COURSE WE HAD TO SHOP SOME UCLA STUFF …

 

AFTER MORNING RUN I WORKED OUT AT THE JOHN WOODEN CENTER, THAT´S THE WELL EQUIPPED SPORTING CENTER OF THE CAMPUS…

NIGHTS WERE SLIGHTLY CHILLY , AND SINCE I HAD ONLY ONE LONG SLEEVE SWEATER AND PANTS WITH ME, DECIDING WHAT TO WEAR WAS EASIER  THAN EVER….

 

MY SHOES / CHINESE LAUNDRY

 

TOOK A CAB AND HEADED TO WESTWOOD VILLAGE…

 

WESTWOOD VILLAGE IS VERY IDYLLIC AND CUTE PLACE, NICE LITTLE SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND BARS….ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNIQUE, HIGHLY RECOMMEND….

 

TOO BAD I DIDN´T TAKE ANY PICS DURING DAYTIME, SINCE IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN MORE REALISTIC PICTURE OF THIS CUTE LITTLE PLACE….

 

THE FOX BRUIN THEATER, A HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT IS LARGE ART DECO MOVIE PALACE….

 

WELL KNOWN LANDMARK THE FOX THEATER BUILT IN 1931 IS FAMOUS FOR THE MANY MOVIE PREMIERES HELD THERE.

 

 

AFTER NICE DINNER WITH AWESOME UCLA PEOPLE WE HEADED TO SANTA MONICA ….AND HAD FEW DRINKS WITH LOVELY HEATHER AND JOE…SUCH A WONDERFUL COUPLE AND FUN NIGHT AT THE YARD!!!!

BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS CLOSED AT 2:00 A.M., IT WAS TIME TO CATCH A CAB BACK HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP….