I've been talking about it a lot * week 42

A string of opinionated random thoughts

The kitchen of Fabrizia Caracciolo’s Paris apartment

Don’t stop dreaming.

Your body reflects what you eat. Your mind reflects what you consume.

Avoid mental junk food. Feed your mind substance.

Dream your goal, manifest it, persevere, keep imagining that life, throw all the details in your mood board, don’t divulge it, keep it between yourself and the universe. Let’s add S T A U N C H like little Edie.

Love

• UPDATE: Mid-rise wide-leg jeans. I bought them and simultaneously committed the sin of the decade because I bought them on the H&M site. I am still processing what I have done, that hangover feeling, you know?, when you wake up regretting that extra Negroni, but also not so much because it felt good. But, then, I am thinking of all the nasty chemicals used to treat the denim, which is soft and a little stretchy and comfortable. When are jeans ever comfortable? They fall perfectly on my hip bones, and when I see myself in any mirror or window I feel cool. Also, I could have gone one size down, which means I lost more of that menopausal weight, ozempic-less, organically and unintentionally. But, what can I do to atone? That’s where I am, peeps, you will see me wearing them every weekend to at least lower the CPW (Cost Per Wear). I am spiraling while greenwashing my purchase.

Shape, volume, proportions

• I may have followed the impetus and also bought something like this dress/shell. One thing you can say: I am frugal and poor.

• Any lip salve, balm, or protector, soft but not sticky, not oily, and unflavored, unless it is the Rose Balm Dot Com by Glossier. I keep them everywhere, in every corner of the apartment, every bag. I bought these because I already use their face cleansing oil, will report soon. This looks attractive too. Dunno anything about the brand tho.

• Negroni Rosa: why in the world didn’t I know of il Negroni Rosa before?

• Burning palo santo

Isabella Rossellini shows the sheep the hat knitted with her wool.

Hate

1- Election year 2- Election month 3- Two-weeks to election day 4- People that will not vote in the US elections 5- That probably hardly vote in Italy when it’s their time to vote 6- And don’t understand that Jill Stein is NOT an independent, she is an asset to the GOP 7- Because they don’t understand the American system 8- Also the ‘undecideds’. Dude what’s there to be undecided for, unless you have no brain. Disclaimer: I know I had promised not to go into elections rage, but BOY the tension and the PTSD to that Nov. 8, 2016 is REAL, no matter how much Zoloft, Rescue Remedy, Magnesium I take.

How do you say it in Italian?

La farinata di cavolo nero, is a minestrone where we add Tuscan kale and polenta flour and eat it sautéed in the iron cast pan and then we add olio nuovo. Cannot fucking beat all those flavors together. I also add pumpkin, that you don’t do according to my mom, but it’s so good.