random thoughts

  • from one life to another

    ‘time flies’, C. told me. and feeling it a visible sign of aging, i thought. when we were kids everything was new, almost everything was a first. now it’s hard to make one day different from another. it’s rare to have firsts. some of my last first times were matcha in Japan. lifting weight. smoking… Read more

  • who’s gonna do my botox now?

    ‘have you heard?’, V. asked me. ‘our botox doctor has passed away’. ‘but how come ? he was young, beautiful and rich. he was renovating a castle… he was just 40 years old!’ i said completely shocked meanwhile i finished my glass of chilled red. we were having dinner at Furia. ‘one day you are… Read more

  • full of love

    ‘being alone is hard. being alone in the other side of the world far from everyone i know, even more’, Z. said. ‘i guess there’s a turning point when you stop saying ‘everything it’s fine, job is good, my neighbourhood is cool’. and you just say ‘it’s very hard’, i answered her. in theory there’s… Read more

  • escaping and dancing

    Carmela appeared through the arrival doors of the airport of Santiago de Compostela. she was talking on her phone, a folding version of a Motorola that i remember to be pretty fancy back at that time. she had 3 piercings in her right ear and maxi square vintage sunglasses of the 70’s. she looked like… Read more

  • technical KO

    scorpio season is here. they say it’s transformative if you survive it. Read more

  • high on hope

    ‘do you know where i can get a glass of champagne?’, a random girl asked me a tuesday at 7 am. ‘no idea’, i answered with a smile. we are all going through a lot, i thought. ‘you can’t imagine how much i need a glass of champagne’. ‘i can imagine, it’s just 7 am,… Read more