Weekend reads 10-20-2020

Hello everyone, hope that quarantine is treating you right! Here are a couple of lovely links to sweeten your weekend:

• This stork nest webcam is so adorable. My favourite part is when the dad(?) returns to the nest at dusk and they kind of greet each other and chat before settling down to sleep.

• I  am doing the Science Of Well-Being online course from the Yale University and can really, really recommend it. It goes beyond the basics and delves into really interesting research (did you know that our minds are really bad at predicting what will and won't make us happy?) and is very pragmatic.

• Älois Guinut asks thought-provoking questions about fashion and consumerism post-Covid. We all hoped that the quarantine would save the environment, but it looks like production and consumption is going to soar as soon as quarantine is over.

• Kim's Convenience is a series that I have been binge-watching. It's about a Korean family that owns a small convenience store in Toronto. It has a comforting humour and deftly plays with east-asian stereotypes without falling pray to them. My favourite part are the weird repeat customers in the stores and the very dorky Shannon.

• The Hemingway Editor is not only an amazing spelling and grammar checker, it will streamline your writing style and help you keep your sentences readable.

• Chilled Cow is fully of low-fi beats for the best background music. This track is my current favourite.

• And now I give you the best fashion and makeup channel on youtube: Aly Art. I recommend starting with her body type videos. Dipping into this system of understanding face and body types has really done wonders for me in terms of understanding why certain looks don't work for me even thought they should because I'm a "pear" or whatever. Aly throws in tiny pearls of wisdom in her videos that have been game-changers for me -- for example I followed her suggestions for my body type (SN) and did my eyeliner soft and chunky and then lightly smudged my lipstick in the corners, and bam! I can't believe what a huge difference this made.

• @brownhistory is the most interesting account of instagram. It documents unseen and forgotten moments in the history of brown communities, with both heartbreaking and heartwarming and sometimes quite humorous stories and pictures.

• @mazale has the most swoonworthy home ever.

• My favourite song at the moment: Don't Delete The Kisses. Bonus: Song Exploder's podcast on this song.

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Weekend Reads November 2019

From my other blog

 * @mazale_ has the most beautiful home ever.

* Seven ways of accessorising vor visibility.

* Hitting those high notes. Wait, what?

* Can exercising make your skin look younger or even reverse ageing?

* The Ashen Cat

* What is really behind the trend of modest clothing. A multi-layered and fascinating read.

* Small space hosting hacks, from people who actually live in small spaces.

* A Top Derm On What Every Woman Should Know About The Beauty Industry. A very interesting episode, even if I don't agree with all of her opinions.

* TrippinThroughTime. I love this one.

Turkish reporter talking to a mushroom instead of microphone

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Weekend Reads 18 November 2017

      Hi everyone, the weather has been really awful -- rainy and windy and dark, making me want to sleep and stay in bed for hours and watch a lot of movies. I really envy those of you living in sunnier climates!

Here are some cool links for this week:

* I started out my style journey by learning about proportions. Here is a great post about calculating your perfect skirt length.

* What do you do if you have only time to use one makeup product? Or three? Here is an experiment that helped one woman to decide which product makes the most difference.

* DIY: pantyhose headbands

* Death of the show off. (I'm also so happy about flats in the front row)

* Style: The perfect vs the must-have

* A manifesto for slow travel

* The great language game. I'm ridiculously proud of my scores.

Did you know that people walked differently in the medieval times?

Weekend Reads 27-10-2017

Weekend Reads + A Couple Of Questions

* As soon as the lilac blossom, I'm going to make this lilac oil infusion. Somewhere else I read that you should let the flowers wilt a bit first, so that they contain less water.

* Very interesting read on gratefulness and offering up one's identity.

* Beautiful styling ideas for your windowsills.

* Great thrift store shopping tips.

* Cute ways to customise your sunglasses.

* For simple make-up looks I love Violette's channel. As she applies her make-up at the back of a car or a cafe using her fingers to blend, you wouldn't guess that she is actually a pretty big professional make-up artist. Plus her voice is so amazingly soothing.

Finally I have a big favour to ask of you: please take a few minutes to answer a couple of questions. They will really help me. Thanks!!!!

Weekend Reads 17-12-2014

      Hi everyone, have you been? It's been a while since the last weekend reads, so without much ado here you go:

 * I know that the concept of Hygge has been done to death and horribly commercialised. So I was really happy to find an authentic blog about it from an actual (half) Dane. Some of my favourite posts from Hygge House are the shabby house, candles in the city, healing gifts, the real hygge,

* How to Become Less Uptight in Two Minutes

* Home: My Scandinavian Home has lots of interior that I love.

* Frau Frida's blog is full of beautiful cozy homey photos. If you can't read german, you'll still want to scroll for inspiration.

* How to eat less crap during the holidays.

* Great tips on styling cardigans


A Christmas movie that is as fun as it is charming, with very young and adorable Winona Ryder, Christian Bale and Kirsten Dunst:

Weekend Reads 20-05-2016

* Lilacs are blooming and if you want to pluck some, this is how you keep them fresh.

* I really loved you're not my child, don't call me mom.

* You might be old enough to rememer The Scatman song, but did you know that he struggled all his life with a debilitating stutter for which he was bullied in school, which made him depressed and addicted to alcohol, until he found scat music? My hat goes off.

* So apparently you can easily turn leather into suede at home. Who knew!

* Homesong. A beautiful blog about a beautiful simple home. I want to move in and steal all her stuff.

* I've always been fascinated by the Korean 10-step routines, but not a huge fan of all the products with dubious ingredients. Now one of my favourite bloggers presents a zero-waste, natural version of it -- based on actual traditional Korean DIY skincare.

* The Murmuring Cottage is a beautifully curated tumblr of the most calming images ever. What are your favourite blogs or tumblrs for aesthetic inspiration? I'm looking for new ones.

* How to quick-soak chickpeas.

* An in-depth article about heels, their psychology and their history.

* War and Peace is one of my favourite books ever and one of the the greatest stories ever told, so I was pretty stoked about BBC making a miniseries based on it. It's quite good (even if not Russian enough and not philosophical enough), with some amazing actors. And Prince Bolkonsky. And that ball scene.

  
What great posts or blogs have you read (or written) this week? Do share in the comment section.

Weekend Reads 11-10-2015

      Hi everyone, have you been? I have been doing a bit of spring-cleaning around the blog -- small tweaks to the design (mainly removing unnecessary stuff), deleting spam comments from older posts that don't have th IntenseDebate comment system, and switching up some of the widgets that work in the background. My knowledge of CSS and HTML is really basic, and I'd love to learn to use them properly and not like a monkey on a typewriter.

   I haven't done a Weekend Reads post for a while, which means this one is full of links I'm positively bursting to share! Here you go:

* How and why to keep a commonplace book.

* Productivity secrets I learned from a sexy chef. 

* If you are a fan of the series Outlander, or of costume design or simply appreciate good period pieces, you'll love the blog of the costume designer Terry Dresbach. She talks about the process of creating the pieces for the show, how the costumes support the story, plus the blog is completely unpretentious and a pleasant read.
   On that note I'm not sure whether to recommend the series Outlander to you. On one hand it's really good, it is one of the few series made for the female gaze, and the Scotsmen and the steamy scenes (which, again, are made for women and do not objectify the female lead). On the other hand, the ending of the first season has one of the the most graphic and heart-breaking things I have seen on TV (although I have to admit it has been directed well. Really well.)

* Love Snake and Action heroes.

* How actually look good in a cardigan.

* How to budget like a Parisian

* Wardrobe stylist Allison Freer shares her favourite tools to fix wardrobe disasters, + 10 more, + even more. Some of them are really ingenious, and I haven't seen them elsewhere. solutions for wardrobe malfunctions and

* I laughed at I Tried Living My Life Like Every Fashion Girl on Instagram Ever

* Bras: Here is a no-sew way of repairing a bra where the underwire has broken through the fabric.

* Create a Wake Up Happier Spot. 

* Tips for a life in a tiny apartment 

* A basic guide to zero-waste living.

I loved this short piece of Aussie humour:

Weekend Reads 08-09-2015

      Hi everyone, I have been spending as much time as possible by the water. My favourite is the Eis Canal, which is as icy cold as the name suggests. It's exhilarating to swim with the fast current in water that is 4°C on a really hot day, dodging the kids jumping off the bridges, then falling asleep on the bank.


On to the interesting links that I found this week:

* Why you should never use anything with microbeads.

* Adblock is being paid to show ads. I switched to Adblock edge.

* Beautiful photos of the American summer in the 70s.

* Breathtaking photos of the polish summer

* And for my polish readers, I loved this charming piece about Warsaw's swimming pools in the 70s.

* Iconic movie scenes that were improvised.

* This coconut-mango-chia pudding is delicious.

One my favourite summer songs / videos:

Weekend Reads 13-06-2015

   Hey everyone, above is a photo from a hike in the Alps that we did last week. The Alps are pretty much like you'd imagine them to be, with cows and bells and cheese and the most amazing beer. I tried out hiking in a dress, and it was amazing. The dress was sleeveless, knee-length and cotton and it kept me cool and comfortable throughout the very hot day. Just don't pick a dress with spaghetti-straps, as the straps of the backpack will rub the skin on your shoulders.
   If you are looking for easy trips, especially ones that are doable with small kids / people who can't walk too far, I recommend the book series by J. Berg which feature several books about fun and easy trips in the German Alps. We have  Erlebnistouren für Zwergerl and a couple of others that I can't locate at the moment.

Onto the links for today:

 * Photography: The exposure lock button.

* I love discovering English-language beauty blogs from non english-speaking countries. Daily Curlz is a blog of a black latina from the Dominican republic, and I absolutely love her posts about hair care.

* Apartment Therapy tested all the methods of keeping cut flowers fresh.

* Eyebrows can change your entire face.

* Ever wondered what happens to all those amazing costumes from TV shows?

* A few bra-fitting tips for transwomen.

* I'm currently watching Masters Of Sex and in love with it. The series is about the pioneers of research in human sexuality in the 60s. It's brilliantly written with plenty of interesting and strong female characters, great acting, and a dry humour. NSFW trailer, of course.  And a small peek behind the scenes.

I love the song, and the video is breathtakingly surrealistic:

Noah "flaw" from takcom™ on Vimeo.

Weekend Reads 17-01-2015

  Hello everyone! How have you been? Before I jump into this week's links, I wanted to talk about why I have been posting less frequently. I went down from the 3-4 posts a week to around one post. The reason is that I have been getting a bit of blogger burnout, and I decided to go for one good from-the-heart post a week instead of space-fillers. Space-filling is easy, I could gather content from somewhere, re-post older stuff. But that's not something I want to be doing regularly.

   Also, blogging takes up time, something that I haven't have much of recently. Some of the posts that I write can take several hours from start to end. I know, I can hardly believe it myself. But if a post is about something really specific, I take quite a lot of time to research online some that what you get in the post is in-depth, as accurate as possible, and with lots of bonus tips. Writing goes fast, but editing takes ages since a lot of mistakes creep in. Then I run the post through two spell checkers. And then there are the images -- I love taking my own but I'm not terribly good at it yet -- so styling the stuff I want to shoot, shooting and then editing takes a long time. Finding images online that I like that I'm allowed to use is usually annoyingly time-taking as well. 

  Well, I'm not writing to this to talk about "the hard life of a blogger" but just to explain why I choose to slow down. What gives me encouragement is that most of my favourite bloggers aren't very prolific (Dress Like A Parisian, Style Digger, Si Dawson to name just a few). Blogs that have new posts each day usually have several contributors -- and I mostly read only the original author's posts anyway, or rehash a lot of old content.

  So I hope that you will bear with my slower schedule and stick with me!

Now, onto the links:

* Curious about what a ballerina's day and beauty routine looks like? Read this and this.

* If shaving irritates your skin, you might want to try a hair trimmer.

* Check your priviledge, feminist

* The Nife has completed a shopping fast and now talks about shopping motivations and substitute activities

* I love the Daughters Rising lookbook -- the beautiful accessories,

* Female cartoonists draw their bodies and talk about beauty,

* This hearing test is so cool. I can just barely hear the 15Khz. Did you know that as teenagers we can hear really high-pitched sounds, but we lose the ability as we get older? Some places actually have a device that emits these high pitches to get rid of loitering teens.

body-image, and feminism.

* Five things every room needs to feel complete -- simple but so true!

* Book of the week: Alexanda David Neel's My Journey To Lhasa is one of my all-time favourites. At a time when white people used to travel with caravans of servants, she disguised herself as a beggar with her face covered in soot-ass to hide her skin colour, and with her adopted son (a Tibetan Lama), nonchalantly starts her seventh attempt to reach the Forbidden City of Lhasa. Also, she was 50 at the time, a scholar of Buddhism, an ex opera-singer.

* Song of the week (lyrics slightly NSFW):

What did you find on the net this week that you'd like to share? Let me know in the comments!

Photo credit: me

Weekend Reads 29-11-2014

      Hi everyone, have you been? I'm in the middle of a flu, and it's not fun, especially as kids don't let you have a day off.
   Autumn ends for me with the beginning of the first advent. I have been auditing my winter wardrobe, which is much smaller than my summer one -- commuting by bike and public transport means my winter clothes have to be really warm and comfortable. And it's not so easy to thrift sweaters that are made of nice wools and not acrylic or cotton.  

* Style: This post really showcases the power of alterations.

* Bras: or rather breasts. An photographer interviews women (from lap dancer to priest) and asks them how their feel about their breasts. The photos are NSFW. Also, the 101-year-old Jewish lady is seriously badass.

* Travel: "It is forbidden to take photos of soldiers relaxing", and other unexpected images from North Korea.

* Body: Renee Zellweger had plastic surgery done, which I normally don't judge. However, it pained me that the work done to her epicanthic eye folds seems to have been done to get closer to stereotypical north european woman look. Renees original eye shape is a characteristic of her Kven/Sami heritage. For me, they were a reminder that what is unromantically called hooded eyes can be really charming.

* Food: This pumpkin mousse is amazing, and easy to make. You can store it for a pretty long time if you pour it directly into airtight jars (I get mine from Ikea) that you have thoroughly sterilised with boiling water. Make a double batch, it's a great gift!

* Funny: This guy experiences a $24,000 flight.

* Inspiration: This amazingly shot editorial makes me want to go o Italy next summer. Or at least do my eyes like her.

* Movie of the week: Speaking of Italy, this is one of the most beautiful films I  have sen this year is La Grande Belazza (The Great Beauty). Every shot is mesmerising, and I love the touch of surrealism. For best results watch in original Italian with subtitles. Dubbing takes away one-third of the film's beauty.

Speaking of Italy, this is one of the most beautiful

Weekend Reads 11-05-2015

Viens, France

      Hi everyone, how did your week go? I have finally settled down after coming back from France. I really loved the Provence, it is amazingly beautiful, the food is great, and the tiny villages are just drop-dead gorgeous and calm. Everything is so pretty, the houses, the streets, the clothes and accessories... seriously, my eyes hurt when I got back to Germany.
    I'd like to give a shout-out to an amazing language learning podcast: if you want to learn some French or any other major language, I really recommend the Coffee Break podcasts. They are slow paced but really easy to follow, and have this building-block method which is really nice. And they are free! I went through some Coffee Break French podcasts before my trip, and I was amazed how well I got around with what I learned (plus, the French were super-nice to me, they really like it if you make the effort). Right now I'm going through Coffee Break Spanish, since I can understand a lot of Spanish passively and would like to learn to string together a sentence.

* Style: I love Kleiderkreisel, it's my favourite place to buy, swap and sell clothe. I recently discovered the US equivalent Vinted! France has Vinted.fr, Vinted.pl for Poland, Votocvohoz for the Czech Republic, and Manodrabuziai for Italy.

* Life: Life is all about all those Kronos moments.

* Photography: DIY vs store-bought light tents

* Cute: Comics every introvert will understand

* Swim: how to securely fasten bikini strings

* Beauty: Cara Delavigne's brows are available to try on (scroll to the bottom of the post).

* Book of the week: The Erotic Mind is a really great book about the psychology of sex. It examines the causes of the human desires and turn-ons, exploring the idea that humans use eroticism to heal emotional wounds and find a way to accept themselves. Powerful stuff.

Weekend Reads 15-03-2014

Hello everyone! I hope you've al had a nice week. I'll keep it short today and go straight to the great links for this week:


* This lady does her own brazilian waxes at home, and tells you how.

* How to fit your shoes into your outfit

* If you own a smartphone, you might want to read this.Because of this I don't have the Facebook app, I access Facebook via the browser.

* I loved Housecleaning for artists, creatives, ADHD-ers and ENFPs!

* Seriously cute comics about introverts.

* Find the fish that live  in the very deep parts of the ocean fascinating, so I totally loved this TED talk.

* If you want good lighting at your makeup table, your home or your photography corner, you need to know your Kelvins.

* It seems that a lot of people don't seem to know that breasts can change shape according to the position you are sitting in, so this lady made this small demonstration (NSFW).

* Mesmerising (and sometimes hilarious) photographs of dancers. Going about their daily life... or not? The dude in the shower kills it. And no, this is not photoshop, dancers can really leap like this.


And finally, something to melt even the coldest, blackest hearts:

FIRST KISS from Tatia Pilieva on Vimeo.

Weekend Reads 28-03-2014

Hey everyone, I hope you have been having a great week! In Germany it's the time of Fasching, which means carnival. Last Thursday was "women Fasching" where gangs of females roam the streets and cut off the neckties of men. Other Fasching traditions include stuffing your face with Krapfen (which I can't stand the taste of after an incident where I ate ten in one sitting), carting of your kids to the obligatory kid's ball, and attending more or less embarrassing Fasching partes. I'm going as Frida Kahlo, who is on of my favourite artists. I'm even trying to regrow my monobrow, which I haven't seen since I entered my teens. I have got a contour shading palette from Buyincoins, and plan to use it to contour my face to make it a bit more Frida-esque.

On to the links for the weekend:

* The image on the top of the post is from the amazing Jim Benton. Check out more of his work here.

*  If you seem to own lots of scarves but never wear them, you'll love this exercise to help you find "your" scarf type.

* The beautiful Jemima Kirke (Jessa from HBO Girls) talks about the invisible female artists.

* Things fitting perfectly into other things is oddly satisfying.

* I loved this beginners guide to eco-conscious shopping.

* Thought-provoking: "normal" photos of celebrities.

* I totally do this all the time.

* How to hack your makeup with cornstarch

* It’s hard work keeping up with all the latest trends from London Fashion Week.

* Which focal length is best for portrait photography

* Movie of the week: Frida. I like to get to know artists and their art through books or movies. The movie is passionate, and Frida's paintings are beautifully woven into the visuals. The music gives me goosebumps, especially the song La Llorona by Chavela Vargas (the bar scene).

Frida (2002) - Trailer from tamsanat on Vimeo.

Weekend Reads 08-02-2014

    Hello lovely people, how have you been? I realised right now that I am feeling really good, considering the time of the year it is. I always get bad winter blues, and this year all I have is a very light low. I'm chalking it all up to physical activity, and am really grateful for it. Working out does take several hours out of my week, but I'm actually much more productive because I have more mental and physical energy, and more motivation. So yay! I bullied the fitness instructor at my gym to teach me how to use weights and lunges, and as a result I have jelly legs and really sore muscles. it kind of feels good.


* Amazing, body-positive fitspo by fellow bra-fitting blogger MissShapen. Also, she makes me want to get a Panache Sports bra, even though I already have one.

* How to fix fraying pleather bag straps.

* 12 things every home should have.

* Best-of images from Humans Of New York.

* Coffee scrubs are amazing. You can simply use grounds + body wash or moisturiser; but if you want to go fancier, here is a lovely recipe and tips from a coffee expert.

* I loved this girl's makeup secrets.

* The truth behind weight-loss before-and-after photos.

* 100 years of breed "improvement".

* I loved Sarah's advice on smart things to do with your old blog posts.

* I loved the Bag-Batch-Barter-Better advice here.


  Over to you. What caught your eye this week?

Weekend Reads 25-01-2014

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  How have you all been? I'm still continuing the projects I mentioned last week. Veganism has been easy so far, but then I haven't been invited to eat at anybody's house yet. I'm still fixing a thing a day and am quite happy with all the bags, jewellery and clothes I have reclaimed. I'm getting to the end of the Apartment Therapy Home Cure and I really recommend it. I also have the book, and it suddenly made sense when I read that the author has been a Waldorf teacher: the Waldorf kindergarten rooms are the most warm and welcoming spaces that I know, and at the same time really well-thought out and practical. Anyway, the Apartment Therapy book and the online cure both place a lot of emphasis on making the home work for you and on making it warm and welcoming. The exercises provide impulses and insights rather than laying out all the rules.
  I also report that my back problems ended up in visits to an Osteopath, and the experience has been amazing. Not only is are the sessions extremely nice (I always doze off), but I have zero back pain and a much better posture. Oh, and I feel calmer and happier for a week or so after every session.

Onward to the links! Here is the great stuff I have been reading this week:

* What if we lived in a body-blind world? 

* Really good tips on taking outfit photos, or just photos of people in general.

* I really liked these beauty tips!

* Ha ha.

* How to dress for your body shape, also long and short torso are nicely explained.

* Really interesting article about the history of modern makeup. I'll never walk indifferently by a Max Factor stand again!

* I like the idea of a fashion emergency kit.

* I really enjoyed this motherhood around the world series.

* Observing the 2nd amendment.

* After My Yahoo rolled out it's clunky, horrible new version, I looked for alternatives and fell in love with Netvibes. If you have never used an RSS reader before, it is a great way to have all the newest posts of your favourite blogs in one place, instead of having to go to each blog and see if a new post is up. Here is a nice explanation of reading blogs via RSS readers. You can even make feeds out of Ebay searches! (just add &_rss=1 at the end of the URL and press enter).

  That's all folks!

Weekend Reads 18-01-2014

  Hello everybody, I hope you´ve had a nice week! You might have noticed that I have not been doing weekend challanges recently. This is because I have a couple of things already going on in the sel-improvement department. I am doing Apartment Therapy´s Cure, I am also doing a FATAD (fix a thing a day) challenge where I repair something everyday, and I am also going vegan a couple of weeks. My doctor thinks that my digestive problems, bloated belly (I often look pregnant after eating cheese or yoghurt) and lack of energy are related to intolerance of diary and eggs. After a couple of weeks of a vegan diet I´ll get my levels of Histamine re-checked, and then I´ll know whether I´ve correctly identified the cuplrits.

   On to the links for the weekend:

* Best ways to avoid a muffin top. I thought I knew them all, but Angie proved me wrong.

* Faking weight loss witrhout photoshop explains why you shouldn´t believe everything you see on the internet.

* North Korea -- A Travel Journal. Not sure what I was expecting, but this was rather surprising!

* How Hygge can help you get through winter

* Do women need to train differently from men? Lots of great tips here.

* I love slips and own a couple of lovely ones, including a gorgeous Vanity Fair one, so I loved The Irresistable Allure Of The Nylon Slip

* If you like geeky T-shirts, you´ll love Limiteed. My guy got the Smaug´s Storage Devices one yesterday.

* Model metamorphosis is fascinating.

* What happy people do differently

* Kate Moss just turned 40. Here are beautiful photos of her with Johnny Depp.

* 31 things women do when they´re alone made me laugh.

Weekend Reads 28-12-2013

   Hey everyone, how was your Christmas? I had a nice cozy one with tons of amazing food. Now I'm preparing to host a little New Year's Eve party at home with a couple of friends (I'm trying to make the best of being home-bound because of kids). I'm also in this end-of-the-year mood. Thinking about

Here is a couple of things you can do do wrap up your year:
* Think of five best things that happened this year
* five things you learned (whether skills or life lessons)
* and five new things you tried
* unclutter a room or a drawer
* think of the people who have been there for you this year
* do something nice for one of them
* do something nice for yourself. Buy yourself a gift, go for a leisurely walk, or spend an afternoon doing something you love.

  I'll be posting more ideas on how to wrap up this year and start the new year on the facebook page.


On for the last weekend links of the year!

* I loved these tips to make this life saner.

* The last sworn virgins of Albania. Fascinating!

* A really interesting article on different types of cost. A must-read for everyone trying to manage their spending better.

* If you have been looking for interesting men's style blogs, here are some great ones.

* Who is a Parisienne? Interesting.

* Those of you with kids will enjoy this.

* Germans trying to pronounce "squirrel". Ha ha!

* Everything you wanted to know about the deep web.

* Cate Blanchet's unworthy critic talks about how unequipped most of us are when it comes to critiquing fashion, and also made me fall in love with Balenciaga.

* Glass vases from the flea market make for chic makeup storage.

* The funniest reviews of Amazon.

    I wish you "a good slide" (into the new year, as they say in Germany. How do New Year wishes sound like in your corner of the world?

Weekend Reads 23-11-2013

  Hey everyone, I know there haven´t been any weekly linkups in a while. Life has been a bit busy personally, and I have had less time to be online. Luckily things are settling down and I have been creating more efficient routines, so I mean to return to doing Weekend Links regularly as well as to posting thrice a week.
   On the positive side I have started exercising, and work out at the gym as well as Aikido and Yoga. I´m really proud of this since in the past few years I have been a real couch potato. It is seriously embarrassing at my age to get out of breath when climbing stairs, and I want to do something about the situation. By starting now I will avoid being the embarrassing new-year-resolution starter when january comes. I picked the gym and the classes that take place at the Turn-verein  or "gymnast club" which is a very typical German thing. These are loved by elderly people (who are often quite fit in Germany) and kids, and obviously very "uncool", but I find they have a nice offer of interesting fitness classes and activities for a very small monthly membership (which means I can do as many classes as I want for no additional payment). (Is this a German thing or do you have something similar in your country?) And it´s very near my home, which means I skip classes much rarer. Oh, and they have a sauna for gym members :)

   Now, on to the links:

* As a parody of Fitspiration, Reddit created drunkspiration. More here.

* Also from reddit, the best intellectual jokes. On that bnote, this is pretty good too .

* Box? Check. Bag? Check. Female? Check.

* Uschi Obermaier is one of my style muses. I love her mane. The song "Summer Wine" is from the film 8 Miles High about her life, and I find it cool that she not only rejected prestigious modelling campaigns to drive around India in a truck, but that today she has a established career and identity.

* This was not what I expected form an Iranian street-style blog.

* 24 hours at Burning Man. Wow.

* What to do when you have made someone angry:

* The five languages of body love.


   What cool thing did you find on the internets this week? Or perhaps you wrote an awesome post? Do let me know in the comments.