For future record ...

As I was looking at my legs the other day, despite the fact that I have always accepted my body irrespective of the way it looks, I somehow realized I had never before taken a photo which highlighted how firm my legs used to be and the potentially sensual-like side of me ...

 

 

Now that I have turned sixty three, decided to have a photo session at a photographer friend in "lingerie" (which I have not used very often, to be honest) for future  record.

 

Christmas oriented dinner gatherings - The 7th and the 10th of December 2018

I am not normally into Christmas oriented dinner gatherings unless they are organized by my family members. Amidst a few invitations which I refused I ended up showing at one organized by Carla, my hairdresser for her employees, family members and some of her "best clients" at Klara's and actually participated in another one organized by Klara for her employees and four of her client friends (I included) at Manel's. 

 

 

 

At Klara's

At Manel's



















Lena and Pauli (on the left) and Tiago (right).

Leta (left) and Tânia (right).

Klara and I (on the left) and Petrika and Rafael (right).

The highest moment was the exchanging  and revelation of the "secret friend" behind the presents as they were being handed out. There were some useful and a few sex oriented presents which had some of the older clients present at the restaurant blush but

 

Presents for some of my Iranian friends

I have been looking at some photos sent by Saba after she handed out some of the presents I left for the Nomad children, a couple of siblings who are actually friends of hers, her mother and her aunt, as well as some handed out to Moji and his family by Hamid in the name of some of the tour group members who travelled with him across the Iranian Azerbaijan.

 

 

I spent precious moments with these people over the last year in entirely different circumstances. Getting a smile out of them or finding out they were satisfied with what I sent them made me really happy. 

 

 

 

The Iranian restaurant 1001 nights, Lisboa - The 26th of November 2018

Having missed our Iranian food Klara and I decided to venture into the Lisbon night in search of an Iranian restaurant everyone had been speaking about - The 1001 Nights, whose name seemed perfect for our "night dreaming" adventure. And what an adventure it was because due to wrong directions we were provided we ended up walking for hours on end looking for something we had been dying for and didn't seem to find. We stopped at a bakery's to have some tea and use the GPS to locate it.

 

 

The overall atmosphere was rather simple with just a few photos hanging on the walls, some sparse minakari and caligraphy cards and printed table cloths. The Iranian music being played set the scenario and once they brought the food we felt like being at "home" in Iran.

 

Memories surfaced with unstopable sequencing ...  mingled with the soft voice of the Iranian servant and the smell of the tasty food. We spent hours talking about potential trips to Iran in the future and by the time we left had already determined we would come back sometime (soon).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pizaria Dani and Klari redecorated in Iranian style - Moscavide - The 16th of November 2018

Upon returning from Isfahan Klara came up with the idea of  decorating her restaurant with artistic artefacts from Isfahan, a city she had fallen in love with. Despite the fact that pizzas have nothing to do with Iranian food, the intention was clearly to have the restaurant disclose some photos and  artisitc pieces from Isfahan and eventually change people's negative opinion om Iran.

 

 

Klara, Lena, our Finnish friend, and I got together one evening and decorated the tables with part of my photo collection (one Museum or interesting area per table),with those we didn't find space for on the tables stuck directly on the walls. Many of my personal minakari copper decorated plates and the ones incrusted in lapis lazuli stones were put on show cases  along the restaurant walls. We decided to hang some printed and embroidered towels on the walls as well and must confess were happy with the final result.

 

 

Some of Klara's guest friends took pictures near some of the artefacts, which made Klara particularly happy. I took the opportunity to have some of them go on a Isfahan "tour" using some of the photos and was especially satisfied and honoured to have played my part in regards to Iran and the way people should look at it.