VENETO - LIFESTYLE AND ART - watercolor artist: Francesca Brandolini d’Adda.

Veneto - watercolor artist: Francesca Brandolini d’Adda. Photographed in her studio, Venetian born, Francesca Brandolini d’Adda lives and works in the small town of Follina in the Prosecco hills near Venice. Follina is better known for it’s thirteenth century, Cistercian abbey: Santa Maria di Follina.Contessanally tip: Click on the photographs to enlarge them.Art. Just a few of the many

History of Tattoo

The word tattoo is said to has two major derivations- from
the polynesian word ‘ta’ which means striking something
and the tahitian word ‘tatau’ which means ‘to mark something’.

the history of tattoo began over 5000 years ago and is as
diverse as the people who wear them.

tattoos are created by inserting colored materials beneath
the skins surface. the first tattoos probably were created
by accident. someone had a small wound, and rubbed it
with a hand that was dirty with soot and ashes from the fire.
once the wound had healed, they saw that a mark stayed
permanently.

despite the social sciences' growing fascination with tattooing,
and the immense popularity of tattoos themselves,
the practice has not left much of a historical record.

London: Valentine's Day - LUST, MURDER, DESSERT...Bon Appetit!

London: Valentine’s Day only screening of scratch ‘n’ sniff cinema. Architectural foodsmith, Bompas & Parr unveils the menu for its Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Cinema, the UK’s only screening where the audience can smell Peter Greenaway’s classic film, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Hotdogs enrobed in 24 carat gold will headline the menu while the cinema will feature the world’s most

Milano: cool hair tint

Milano: cool hair coloring. Look very carefully at this photograph; can you see the subtle hair coloring? I love it; it’s so creative and discreet. Lara Aragno, director of communications for Romeo Gigli’s new company, Ioipseidem (which translates from Latin as “The me of always is never the same as before.”) wanted to change hairstyle, but having straight hair there wasn’t much she could do