The Things I like

Reading on the bus Coffee with milk and some apple pie Cloudy skies, rain, the smell of the earth after the rain White bedroom with white bookcase, white desk and white chair Sunday papers, not greek ones though High heels Rabbits Computers Reading and writing in bed Cats, all of them but especially fat and fluffy ones. Scottish folds, especially! Garlands with lights The Great Gatsby (the book, although the film is nice too) That place in Norway, Bergen Travelling, if I can travel once a month I am happy The cold, winter, snow, red cheeks, gloves, the wind, grey seas, frozen lakes Christmas, everything about it 40′s and 50′s fashion and soft curls Petite Fleur, a favourite cafe in Athens Jazz, swing, big bands Warm watermelon. Not exactly warm, but not cold White candles and black candles Walking in the street and looking through the windows at other people’s lives and making up stories about them The things my son says Having breakfast in the morning while reading my favourite sites Buying stationery Buying presents The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Beastie Boys, Nick Cave, Muse, Puressence Onion soup My sister, my friend Blondie, , my close online friends, my friend Anna, the people I choose to live with online and offline My godson who is a metrosexual even now that he is so little My diary Arranging books on shelves Henry James, everything he has ever written Pearls, little crystals, everything that shines a bit Black clothes My dwarves, I have a small collection Aeroplanes My ipod My mum who is so generous and my dad who is so funny Babies, the way they smell, sleep and laugh Attikon, a nice cinema in Athens Cafe Avissinia, again in Athens, in Monastiraki, among the antiques Corfu and Nafplion in Greece Greek mountains and their villages like Metsovo and Zagoria and the villages in Pilio Reading to my son before he goes to sleep Sleeping, when I can manage it Flickr Lanterns Old churches Children playing after school Autumn, the yellow leaves, everything Lunch with friends Sunday lunch and Saturday dinner Being alive, I’ve never taken it for granted Mornings Making up new recipes Lighthouses Village squares Aubergine pate Toasties Walking aimlessly Big umbrellas Photoshop and playing with it Mushrooms Short stories Painting Buying books for my son When people say "I made it for you" Lattes Road trips Design Teaching Learning about the universe from my son Dancing Roisin Murphy Retro, shiny robots Jane Austen Scotland, Edinburgh, the Royal Mile, Loch Lomond, St. Andrews Smoked tea Bookmarks New shoes Russian food and literature and the russian language, one of the most musical languages Postcards, sending and receiving Being alone, not all the time though English literature My "women writers" mug People who don’t take themselves too seriously "Little Gidding" from Four Quartets Ricky Gervais because he makes me roll on the floor with laughter Theodore Roethke, my favourite poet Buying cookbooks My blog "Kingdom" a perfume by Alexander McQueen Big, fat teapots My deli Jo Malone perfumes "Good Taste" cafe in Richmond Champagne Pumpkins, pumpkin soup, pumpkin risotto Internet radio The internet Taking pictures Throwing/giving things away Chopin, because I am a fool Dollhouses Toni and Guy shampoo, makes hair squeaky clean White sheets Orchids Ghose stories, stories about witches, spooky things Little red boats Bridges, although I also fear them Pebbles Scandinavian Design Millais Kir royal Illustrations, I can browse for hours Figs with sweet wine Falling asleep to other people’s voices Silly movies with crisps and Coronas When people have no idea how beautiful they are White fences Wet grass Tim Burton Libraries Breakfast, I dream about it all day Beck Cesare Pavese Crap poetry because it’s so funny Frogs Chestnuts Cold water in a cold glass Making marmalade The colour green and most of its shades The smell of paper 3D puzzles Mojitos Going to the open market on Wednesdays Waking up to the sound of the rain Tartan tissue paper Cleaning and scrubbing I always add more and more nice things in my StyleFeed