Concert outfit

 Last weekend we The Gentle One decided Friday was a good night to go out for a concert. To be honest I was not feeling like partying at all, partially because I had been dealing with boring health issues almost the whole month, and partially because after 

my eight good hours of regular work, last thing I would do is to attend a crowded concert

on a stuffy basement.

Sometimes we do silly things for love, don´t we?

Belated Halloween post

It took me a few days to collect all the pictures from Friday´s Halloween celebrations,

which is always a double special ocassion for me, as The Gentle One and I

celebrate our anniversary at midnight.

Yes, what a cliché, right?

A gothic couple celebrating their romantic relationship on All Hallows Eve...

Well, all I can say in our defense is we ACTUALLY started dating that night, so we consider it as an amusing coincidence (although all our non-gothy friends roll eyes when the subject is brought into conversation and can hardly believe on our innocence).

Aurum Masquerade

 Happy Sunday, everyone!

I´ve been pretty busy lately as a consequence of  job overload.

Pre-Easter evaluation is a nightmare for teachers, I can tell you: suddenly you have a large pile of exams to correct, plus half a hundred reports to write. Besides (and as an English teacher), you are charged with the responsability of deciding who is going to take the Cambridge exams and who is not.

Result? No time for reading, sleeping or eating properly.

But now I am done with it and I have one entire holiday week (hurray!) so finally I can tell you about the great masquerade ball which was celebrated last 9th of March.

♥ The Gentle One and I plus my friends Ana and Sade at the photocall, based in one of the Venetian gardens of the palace.

Aurum Masquerade was born as an annual event (this year was its first edition) and designed to gather recreationist, steampunk, lolita and fantasy comunities in a dream location. For this purpose, the amazing Hostal de los Reyes Católicos, a beautiful 15 th century palace in the heart of the city, was chosen. The place is a mixture between Renaissance and Baroque arquitecture, full of charming ballrooms and gardens that inmediately transport you to a glorious past.

 ♥ Some of my favourite assistants (amazing ensembles, don´t you think so?)

 ♥ The amazing organization team. I love her Marie Antoinette style!

We were received by a royal crier, who announced our names before entering to the great ballroom.

After that, The Gentle One  and me were blessed with the honour of opening the ball as dance teachers!

Well, we got really nervous but I have to say that it was an amazing experience to see all the guests following the minuet steps together. 

♥ Funny ball-opening!

After a lovely music selection formed by precious waltzes, minuets and polkas, we could taste the supper.
Dessert was yummy, with lots of cakes and fruit brochettes.
 We could also participate in a draw!
Many amazing prizes were raffled, such as brand lolita gowns, steampunk appliances and historic jewelry.
I was not lucky this time, but my friend Ana got a beautiful necklace.

♥ The girls of the local lolita comunity together.

♥ This moment looks like stolen from Sofía Coppola´s Marie Antoinette.

♥ I truly love her hairdo!

♥ My friends and I (and too much red wine at that time).

I can say that we had the most wonderful of the nights.

The general feeling was the one of being inside the pages of Cinderella and I can´t really stop thinking about next year´s edition.
 

So if you truly want to experience a fairy tale, come to the north of Spain next year!

She has a portrait somewhere, and it is getting old instead of her.

Hi, dears. 

I am here just to say that, at the moment, I am having the most wonderful of the days. I turned oficially twenty-nine half an hour ago and it feels great. The night is going to be full of beloved friends and a certain roaring twenties scent will be floating around.

 I hope this year brings me some extra wisdom!  

You never can have enough of that.

Have a wonderful weekend everybody.