If you have the idea of preparing heartfelt gifts in bulk for Easter or other celebrations for friends, relatives and acquaintances, then I have an idea - a handmade soap-sponge. Universal, practical, crafted with imagination and the warmth of the maker's hands.
Of the promised delicacies, what was to be found were the culinary secrets of Sardinia - who else but Roberto to prepare and serve them. There were also nuts - whether from India itself, I couldn't say.
Nowadays, specially aged or genuinely old items that are now as if gaining a second life are increasingly coming into fashion. In various shops and jewellery stalls one can purchase handmade items - splendid little brooches, lace jabots, aged little boxes with symbols and motifs of past eras, scarves, retro handbags, kerchiefs, slippers and goodness knows what else, reminiscent of things seen in the depths of mothers' or even grandmothers' wardrobes. Beloved, well-worn items that it seemed a pity to throw away are now becoming relevant and stylish. But what exactly is vintage?
Bodies interweave, hurried steps pass by, endlessly past through puddles, glances that casually notice nothing. Am I alone in this city, in this world, or is there always someone watching over me? Some inner force, some light that allows the chrysalis to be reborn as a butterfly. That too can be called God. When you have found it within yourself, fallen in love with yourself, then you can lift your eyes to another and fall in love with God in the other person. Butterflies are drawn to the light, people to love.
It must be said straight away that the name "festival" has been taken rather too boldly. To even notice this so-called festival, you have to enter and exit the "Gastronome" department of the mc2 shopping centre almost twice. Ordinary shop business-as-usual. The pastries, though, were perfectly fine - delicious, in fact.
Which of you or your acquaintances or colleagues has ever brought a sick note to work stating that they were absent for two or three weeks due to depression? At least no such case is known to me in Latvia. Moreover, most people don't even regard it as an illness but as a weakness of will. They'd say - he simply can't pull himself together, why is he playing the helpless one!
For all fans of the band Rammstein and industrial metal, 4 March of this year is a big day, when their idols will take to the stage right here in Riga with their far-famed pyrotechnics, scandalous stage image, and no less provocative song lyrics. Six men in their prime will do everything to leave the audience with an unforgettable aftertaste and a powerful emotional and quite extraordinary experience. Here I have compiled improvised CVs for each of the Rammstein members, offering a glimpse behind the commercially successful rough stage persona.
Today on the second floor of the Nature Museum we visited the annual rabbit and other pet exhibition, open from 24 to 28 February and organised by the Latvian Small Animal Breeders' Association "Rabbit and Others". We looked at, photographed, and filmed all the exhibits - here is a glimpse of the event.
This time I will tell and show how you can make finished felted wool slippers with your own hands. In my opinion, such slippers are great both for shuffling around the house yourself and as a gift - for grandma at Easter, for example.
An incurable romantic, her temperament is as though turned inward. At different stages of life she fantasises about various figures and nurtures illusions, whose common feature is their unreality. In childhood she was an enthusiastic reader of fairy tales, and imagined figures seem to her no less real than living ones. Her first acquaintances are nice, delicate, romantic young men who have not yet fully come to terms with their sexual desires.