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As Frankie says: "It was a very good year, for small town girls..."

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Frank Sinatra knows exactly how to make an evening inspiring and pleasant. Just listen to him and you will see ;) Frank rocks Today I would like to share with you few of the moments from 2015, that were simply amazing. And I'm gonna do this with this few pictures and memories that stick to them, and will forever warm my heart. To be clear, I'm not doing it to show you how super-duper my life was/is. I am actually doing for myself to remember about it. After all, it's so easy to forget that life is what we make of it (Coehlo would be so proud of me...;)) But seriously, I want to remember myself that I should be constantly grateful because I'm constantly blessed with the greatest gifts of: friendship, open mind and tireless spirit that is still young (although body is getting old way too fast...)   Yes, despite the few very, very dark moments it was a good year, not only for a small town girl like me... I wanna thank all of my friends for being with me whe

Barbarian art, pale faces and judgemental jerks

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  Duomo, Milan No matter if you have ever heard about Giorgio Vasari your vision on art and history is probably strongly infuenced by this Florentine man born more than 500 years ago in Arezzo. I have found it very amusing to put his name right next to the picture of the Milan Duomo. If you wonder why...continue reading ;)  Giorgio Vasari was an architect and painter working for Medici family, but above all he was the first art historian. His work titled: "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" had an enormous impact not only on the artists and those particulary interested in art but for many others. Thanks to him, we use the word "gallery" in reference to the place where we go to see works of art. He was the man who first used the term "Renaissance" in print, as an indication of the new era - the era where art is being born again after dark centuries of the Middle Ages. Last but not least, he also made up the ter