"SICILIA BEDDA" - part I

here am i…better here we are … is 5 47 AM I am in the ferryboat to pass from the continent to the island of sun….

I wanted to write even if until now is on paper..and later to make it virtual…because feelings come and go….

The motor of the ferryboat sounds like a kitty cat that ruffles under our feet… the radio is playing a song but is so low because somebody is sleeping :D :D poor K.she wanted to see all.. but she didn’t had what to see because there is only the highway here and only in Napoli you can see the volcano! but only from far…then the road takes us to the up and down of the Calabria...and after it brings you to the shore of the sea…and from faraway you can see the Sicily that is still sleeps and wait the sun to shine up again…

I already feel another air I think is because of the sea but also from the people here even if it is late the man that sends the ferrytickets is smiling and tell you “welcome home”..how I love this land…

After we enter the belly of the ferry you think nothing bad can happen to you..and after a short trip of 30 minutes the belly of this whale is opening and there you see the MARINA of MESSINA…I don’t want the authorites to build the bridge!!! It would tear apart the fascinating trip of the ferry… plus people here feel this like a purification before getting home…

I have the feeling of an immigrant that left his home in the early 1900 to see “l’America” without knowing if he will see again his mother,his land or his brothers...i guess this si the reason why people in south of Italy are more open to the others…and also because they are a mix of cultures : french,arabs,spanish,greeks,and who knows other who passed over here…

And the radio now plays Anna Oxa “Storie”(eng. Histories) and now the sun is begin to say hi…and K. is yawling and says we are there?yes dear..she turns her head and sees the feery…”WOW! We were on that?”she makes me smile really…I ask her if she is hungry to pass to get breakfast of she can resist a little longer because I have a special place to take her for breakfast…she says” then I can hold on”.

So we get on the highway and as she notes this is really a high way!is over 200m over the sea built and on your left u have this the blue sea and the right the mountains…and so we get some 30 minutes and I see the Exit for the Roccalumera and after driving a little in the small village and see the bar of the breakfast!San Marco- the best Granita e fresh baked brioches.Signora of the bar so nice brought the granite that is the fruite mashed with ice or it can be with coffee made or chocolate whatever your hearts wishes and those wonderful Brioches..this is the breakfast of the Sicilians. As usually they talk with you always we told her we are here for the weekend and if it were for me I would do this km every day…and that for K.she made her first Italian sentence… “questo e molto buono”

So we continue our road to Catania, and around 8 we got there..Signora Maria was already out like in the good Sicilian tradition was cleaning outside the front door to clean…

Kisses and hugs and laughts like they always do!and the first important question that they would do you if u get there DID YOU ATE?!

Time flies and we are round lunch signora maria told us she will make us “ ‘Na cosa speciale! La pasta con le sarde!”

I was so curios and stood to help her…meanwhile K. and the other friends of mine that are all from the same family fixed the table…and me and la Signora talked a little telling her how I like the city and the island and she asked me “why don’t you come to live here if you like it that much?”I laughed when I hear her but in the same time it made me think…

After lunch I took K. to explore the city...the best way to see a city is or to walk or to go by bike…but we decided that afternoon to walk…so we saw the Duomo di Catania after the symbol of Catania the Fountain of the Elephant and the little shops around...

As the sun was too hot for a normal spring afternoon we decidet to pass into a gelateria and do not forget that ice cream was invented in Sicilia so there like always I ate the best ice cream!

This is the first part of our trip…

~to be continued~

Short up date...

R.left today…I am sad and already miss him but I think we need some time to breath…

Miss Dior lost 2,5 kg :D :D :D :D yupppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :D :D

I promise to all that Monday evening I will post with some pictures from Sicily… and tell you all how it was…

I will miss you all this 2 and half days!Stay all good and take care of yourselfs!!!

Hugs to everybody!!!!

Until Monday comes here a picture of the Antique Theater of Taormina…and the little town that you see is Giardini di Naxos and far away Catania….

Envy me!!!! :P:P:P JOKINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

P.S For my Texan friend and also for you all Gigi!!!! one of my favorite songs....

memories of the sea....

Weekend is coming and as I said before I need to run away from the city…R.is leaving for home tomorrow morning…we discussed and we made peace :D ! but K. is not going with him…

So I been thinking why not to runaway for the weekend and take her also with me!!! :D

The spring is making itself place in our days..and the sun is getting stronger…and as always Sicily is calling for me!!!!!!!!!!

I called my friends from Catania and they told me that the sun is up and are round 20 degreed and I just cant wait to feel the smell of the limons…and see Etna looking over the city….:D and see the mercato of fresh fish…and see how everybody smiles…This what I love about Sicily…All smile and feel life as it should be felt…

So I told K. that I will leave for weekend… she made a sad face and I added” not alone!” how happy she was!!!

So tomorrow evening we get our stuff in the car and hit the road Jack! :D :D

In 12 hours we are there…I never feel tired when I go there…I,

guess is the only place in the world that makes me feel like home…

And I made on polyvore this outfit just to keep in mind what to take with :D :D

I cant wait to be Sunday morning there,to eat a nice granite and a brioches! The classical Sicilian breakfast…and see the sea….

Here how I imagine myself in a café….

memories of the sea by yara_butterfly featuring Diane von Furstenberg dresses

and here the wonderful song of Gino Paoli that remebers well the Italy of La Dolce Vita....

the real face of "friends"....:(

A little”very” nervouse….

This is why I need to calm down…..and say all…..

Like all Saturdays morning I prefer take breakfast with my friends….and today I tought to take also K.with me…because a little fresh air would make good and after we go to see what’s around shops…

I don’t feel to let her alone go around because not knowing the language yet would make me a little worry…

So we dress up…she puts the most beautiful green hijab I ever seen…she looks soooooo pretty..

And what I tought??!?!if she puts it lets try! I just covered my hair…and I liked that kind of tourban she wraped me up…grab our maxi bags and hit the road Jack….We got to the coffeeshop and there were waiting my “friends” they made a face!!!!!!!!!!

I said “hello everybody! She is K. my friend….They nither said “hi”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!just an “Ah!”(I said to myself we heading for a fall….”)

And so from one croissant to an other and from the first cappuccino to the next they told me….”D.you should stop pretending being on of them”….i tought I got lighted up……but I holded my calm…”you know we aren’t very happy to go around wrapped like that…and to be seen with such persons….. I got black….. “you know here we aren’t in the desert….mamma mia! I got so nervouse…I just told them: Yes we aren’t but you act like living in one!the answer was: “we tought you had more class!” and the replay “is because I have class I get up from here and I go….”I tooked K. and left. She knew something wrong happened and asked me if was her fault…I calmed her…

I never imagined my best friends…. we know us from some good years would tell me this….how closed mind they can be????????????????? I really don’t understand….

Is my problem in what I belive what I do and with who I am friend….they should know that K.is more pure then all of them!!!!

I couldn’t let this accident ruine our day out…so I took K.to the mall…we had so much fun…We bought some things for the house and some clothes for her…like she says “to wear them inside” I adore her!

What a wonderful story is the life…I used to hate her…and now she is my best friend…..

Today I learn how to cook cous-cous :D just can’t wait….

I feel a little disappointed on people…how they can be so stupid….(not all!!!) only if they would listen to this girls…and their beauty and I talk here about the inner one…it makes me really sad…..

I really didn’t wanted K. to assist to this thing...

I just immagin Monday going to university….:)) this makes me laugh….but I swam against the courent….always….

And I will not stop now….never…..

happy woman's day!!!!

happy woman's day!!!!

"Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed. "


i hope today each of us,women.mothers,sisters,or just woman,find a little ray of sunshine in our souls.....

beacause each of us is 3 times a lady......
and in the end we find ourself in the arms of our beloved ones....lover,husband,children....
isn't it wonderful to really feel a woman in a world of men?
with the sensibility that each of us feels and with our tears that run out of our eyes when we get emotioned or nervouse.....specially when nobody needs them!!!

for all my friends from here...and for those i dont know....(but specially for them....
Hijab Chic,OmAbdullah,Texan in the UAE)

“No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn. “ - Hal Borland

And I guess in life is the same not only with the seasons…After a very strong winter that hit all Europe and not only the sun begins to be stronger and all the colors start to be brighter…..

Season change fashion changes….What a stupid thing….i don’t belive in trends , but I belive in colors and in their power to express our feelings..

I would reather say that they help us to express our feelings and not only in each occasion..They are a communication code and say a lot about our personality and mood……

So looking in designers collection for this spring/summer for this year.

In my opinion the Queen of this summer will be turquoise in all tones,and to be sincer I am very happy that the strong-neon colors are gone!!!!!!!!!!! They stressed my eyes last summer and I couldn’t stand anymore this but I see the cardinal purple is again and since 2 years is the new black….

It was so funny last spring to see on the streets of Italy that from 10 persons 7 had something purple on….

For myself,I can say that I will wear purple when nobody will wear it and it will be just a memory for all of us….

It is so good to be non-in-trend!

So my dear friends get inspired what ever dressing style you have,let colors come in your dressing room and give a big “Welcome!”to spring in your soul.......

MAKE FROM YOUR BATH YOUR OWN SPA



After I wrote in my “7 things about me” that I like to make my own homemade spa i want to share with all of you some of my secrets…..
We have to take care from of 3 steps in our :


PREPARING THE ROOM: To enjoy the bath as much as we can is sure that the bath has to be very clean (I guess all of us keep it clean because is important for our health) then you can light some candles and some incense sticks,get some fluffy towels that should wait you when you get out of the tub….
Put some relaxing music or music that you like in low tone.This little things will not only make the bath get into a special mood but also it will give you the right spirit to make it……


The second step is the preparation of the receipts.There are a lot of them and some of them even from ancient times for example the bath milk of Cleopatra…In our times they changed to comfort our need and possibility…
In one bowl take 50g of powder milk,50g of liquid honey,one spoon of jojoba oil,5 drops of essential rose oil,5 drops of essential patchouli oil and 5 drops of essential santal oil.Mix all of them very good and pour them into the water of the tub.

The plants are also known for their capacity of healing and relaxing…Next receipt is known for it heeling quality when the flu takes over us…. For this you need mint, ginger, meadow sage, chanterelle, savory, laurel leaves.If you don’t find all of this ingredients you can use the tea bags that contain this plants,the ginger cut it to slices and put all in one cloth bag and drop it in the warm-hot water…let it for some 10 minutes and then you can take your bath….
Another receipt for when you have the feeling that the cold has got even into your heart, is made like this : rosemary, lavender, meadow sage, ginger, cinnamon, balm.Do the same like before and drop it into water….
The last one is against insomnia and anxiety…Put in a cloth bag lavender, rose petals, wild camomile and hop flowers…and drop it in the warm water…
I know it can sound very difficult to find this plants but if you go in any naturist shop…

The last important step is after the bath….don’t rub your skin with the towl because will make it very dry and apply a body lotion that you prefer and get in bed 10 minutes after you get out of the tub…..

I will try to share you some beauty tricks and ideas that sometimes can be better then the most expensive cosmetics…