Ante Tomić
Although we are officially on vacation in Dubrovnik at my boyfriends parents place we still had to lots of catch-up calls to to with friends here in Croatia, dinners, next basketball (for him) and next work fiscal year (for me) arrangements to do so there was still level of stress with preparation for best friends wedding so before traveling to Zagreb we decided to go for a short trip to a nearby island - Lopud to get away from everything and everybody for just one day.
We turned off our phones (with no feeling of regret if I may add) rented umbrellas and beach beds, got some cocktails, jumped in the sea for a bit to cool off and then read our books and played cards - heaven! My boyfriend kept saying - "OMG I needed this so bad, my cell is not ringing, it is not to hot, we need to do this more often!" I loved seeing him so happy and relaxed....we definitely need to do this more often.
Currently I am having a 'post vacation blues' and can't wait for mid August to come back here again for a second part of my vacation.
How was your Summer holiday lovelies? Did you already had yours or are you planning to go?
As you might have noticed I have been posting less frequently in past number of weeks while I was working from Barcelona. I had my regular work week connecting to business trip to Brussels and Easter holidays which I could spend with my boyfriend and my dog Papi working from this beautiful and warm city.
Since the beginning of the year I have built up quite a comprehensive 'to do' list and here I don't mean the list of cliche, general things like start exercising, eat healthy etc. my goals were more simple :)
For example, I wanted to finally replant my kitchen orchids into one big pot (and learn how to do it in a process), replant my balcony tree (which as my friend Anita saids is wearing couple of sizes to small pair of 'shoes' aka its pot is to small) and plant my cooking herbs like mint, basil and rosemary.
Also, I really wanted to take some quality time (not just during plane rides) and learn Spanish more intensively as well as to learn how to cook some new meals.
Finally...during last almost four weeks in Barcelona I made it! Mostly during weekends or when I finished working in decent time and still had some energy left in me, I tried to cook some new meals like: chicken pesto, broccoli cheddar soup, Easter bread, daily vegetable soups and a desert here and there. I have to admit that I am becoming better and better cook and actually started enjoying cooking, I guess it all depends who I cook for.
Most importantly, I straighten my priorities a bit and spent quality time with my two favorite boys - Ante and Papi, we even took afternoon naps together during weekend. Heaven! :)
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"I wear my Chucks with any uniform I need to wear be it a team uniform for travel or a dress up suite for formal occasions. They are one part of my look which I always keep true to who I am."
Ante
This post has been long into making. Every time I am picking up my boyfriends sneakers around the house I tell him -"I really need to write a post about your sneaker collection sometimes soon, you have more shoes then most women I know!" So tonight, finally this "sometimes soon" time happened.
Other then our love for each other (duhh), playing PlayStation 3 and eating peanut-noodles we also share our love for James Dean t-shirts and Converse sneakers, although my boyfriend definitely has more Chucks then I do, overall my heels pick up the total score to my advantage.
„Only the gentle are ever really strong.“
James Dean
So today we pulled out his favorite sneakers from one of his shoe cabinets and realized that more then eighty percent of his sneakers are Converse. This must be worth of a blog post I thought :)
When we first started dating I noticed that he is wearing Chucks for..well..every occasion. He wore them for clubbing, for going to the beach, I was only surprised he didn't play basketball in them, which he probably would, if he could, so he told me the story of his oldest pair of slip-on Chucks and on how he got hooked for life to wearing Converse sneakers daily.
These red leather John Varvatos limited edition ones are my favorite pair
Ante got his first pair of cream color slip-on All Star Converse sneakers in Summer 2008. in New York where he went to participate on NBA draft. He paid them almost $100 at the time and wore them so much since that they broke at couple of places so his dad fixed them with superglue.
Although Ante keeps buying new pairs and various designer limited edition Converse sneakers, he remains quite emotional about his first pair of Chucks so he still slips them on occasionally. As you can see from the photo bellow - these really earned their retirement ;)
Few days ago we got Ante walked through the door coming from practice and he said: "They arrived!" with his face stretched in a big kid smile showing me the newest edition to his vast shoe collection - high top gray leather Converse shoes. I really like the round stamp logo on their inner sides and dark shoe laces.
Knowing how hard it is for Ante to find cool casual clothes and shoes in his size I found the story he told me about his first pair of Chucks really heart-warming. I was surprised to find that he remembers all of the details so vividly and still has this emotional connection to his first pair of Converse sneakers which he bought on his own.
Seems like not only us girls get emotional when talking about shoes! ;)
Last 10 days or so I was slacking with posting regularly due to busy work schedule which I tried to balance with couple of days of vacation and finally spending some time with my boyfriend. I had a lovely press event planned for one of my companies brands last Wednesday in the gorgeously luxurious Radisson Blu Resort & Spa in Dubrovnik, so I used the weekend before that to spend time visiting my boyfriend and his parents who also live in Dubrovnik.
On Saturday we went to the amazing island of Lapad, where we were swimming in the lake at the very centar of the island, had amazing Mojitos on the beach and spend our time at the island surrounded by gorgeous peacocks.
Naturally, I used the opportunity when my boyfriend was working out to ask his mum to show me his childhood photos. Wasn't "she" cute? ;)
Late at Wednesday night I got back to Zagreb to work, so I had to calm down my after mini-vacation depression with some lovely neon nail polish I got in H&M Madrid a month ago when visiting my boyfriend at the end of his play season. So, this was marked as neon Thursday. ;)
On Friday I naturally had to catch up with pilled up email on my blog email account as well as on the work one so I worked late but also had to catch up with cleaning after arriving back to my apartment so I did a little valet cleaning and emptied my change to fill up my Shoe fund (yes my boyfriend has one to, his sneakers collection is almost as vast as my heels collection).
After my Spanish class on Friday evening I was dead tired but still had to work on preparing games and decorations for my sister baby shower (she is pregnant and due beginning of August with little boy who's name will be Lovro). This is the Pampers cake I made for her.
After fun baby shower my mum used the opportunity when I was visiting her (shower was held at her house) to pile me up with cooked meals, cakes, fruits and vegetables from her garden to feed a small army. :) She is especially proud of her spices and berries.
Today, Sunday I planned as a relaxing day so I invited my friends Iva and Ljiljana for coffe and cake, I also managed to do a small shopping and to color my nails with H&M's "Blue my Mind" shade of blue for next work new work week adventure. :)
How was your week lovelies?
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