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trrriple-rrr · 4 years
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This is the start of this year’s Advent Stories! Chris Marshall will be the star of our first eight story days. I hope you will enjoy the story!
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“Oh wow!” The words are out of your mouth before you can stop them.
Stepping into the hotel lobby is like stepping into a different world. You are swallowed up in the atmosphere created by glowing golden decorations, white marble and heavy (and undoubtedly very expensive) dark wood.
You immediately feel out of place and tighten the grip on your bag. You are here for a reason even you still cannot believe that you have been given this chance.
You clear your throat and look over to your colleague standing next to you. She is trying to appear totally nonchalant as if this place is something she’s seeing every day.
“Right. Let’s find out where we will meet him then.” You clear your throat and push your shoulders back.
 Somehow the people at the reception lmanage to look quite intimidating.
“We have an appointment with Mr Marshall.” You manage to get out even if your mouth has gone dry. “Senator Marshall, sorry.” You smile and ignore the slight eye roll you get from the receptionist.  She picks up a phone and checks your reporter’s ID before telling you where you would find “The Senator”.
You reply with a sweet smile and take a deep breath. Your colleague is whistling quietly as some really nice designer clothes walk by, which you have only admired from the wrong side of the store windows so far.
“I wonder how long she’ll manage to keep that clean.” Your colleague mutters as a beautiful woman walks past you wearing an all white outfit, covered by an equally all white Dolce and Gabana coat. You bite your lip so you won’t laugh out loud suddenly. “Maybe she thinks that she can wear white as snow’s white too…”
“She’ll be in for a surprise then.” Your colleague hoists her camera bag over her shoulder after throwing a look outside the large window showing the grey mess that used to be freshly fallen snow just a few hours before.
“Right…Let’s do this…” You say to yourself and step into the lift. “You’ll do great.” You mutter quietly and silently thank whatever caused your editor to give you this interview with the senator instead of doing it himself.
You sort through the questions in your mind and hope they will be smart, interesting and challenging so that this will only be the first of many interviews you’d do in hotel rooms just like the one you are standing in front of much too soon.
You knock on the door and feel your knees trembling slightly. Maybe you should have done more research? Thought of different questions? Put on a different outfit?
As soon as the door gets opened you just know that it wouldn’t have been of any help – nothing would have been able to prepare you for the sight of Senator Marshall. Standing in front of you. In person.
His light blue eyes shining, a bright smile on his lips as if he just heard a joke...
Wow…
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The beautiful banner was made by the beautiful @once-upon-a-mystrade!
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hardoncaulfield · 6 years
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How to feel like a glamorous spy from a 60’s movie
Fashion: white miniskirts and square toed boots. Black turtlenecks and big blazers. Slim leg suit trousers and shiny black oxfords with a white shirt and a skinny tie. Silver cuff links that catch the light. Big sunglasses. The Chanel style skirt suit. A string of pearls. A Kelly handbag. Kitten heel mules. White gloves - think Audrey Hepburn. A simple watch with a black strap. A black leather vintage briefcase as a bag. A black or white beret. A silk scarf. You should wear mainly black, white, navy, cream, and other nondescript colours. If you have to add colour make it a slash of red lipstick or a red flower in your lapel.
Details: white eyeshadow with thick black cat-eye eyeliner. Lots of mascara. Fake beauty spot by your lip. Golden shimmer on the cheeks (feminine). Clean shaven face, thick strong eyebrows (masculine). Hair parted and slicked over with shiny pomade (m) or else a slick beehive with an eyebrow length straight fringe (f). Include a pocket square in your jacket or a big statement ring.
Perfume: Pure Poison - Dior. Sauvage - Dior. Amour Nocturne - lucky scent. The One, for men - Dolce & Gabana. Eau Tendre - Chanel. J’adore - Dior. Guilty Absolute pour femme - Gucci.
Character details: listen to French songs from the 60’s eg. Françoise Hardy, Brigitte Bardot. Carry a little vintage compact mirror to powder your nose/check you’re not being tailed. Carry around paperback novels in your briefcase/handbag to use for coded messages. Drink martinis. Smile at people mysteriously from over your martini in the bar and if they ask what you do for a living say “that’s classified.” Wear your sunglasses often and lower them to peep at people discreetly. Invite your friends to come over and watch old bond movies, while drinking martinis. Make up code words with your friends and use them in everyday conversation. Cultivate an aura of mystery by giving out as few personal details in conversation as possible while listening intently to what the other person is saying. If you’re not drinking martinis you should be drinking double espressos while reading a broadsheet or writing in a notebook in a little cafe with wooden tables and a window for people watching. Invest in silk pajamas and dance around your room in them, pretending it’s a hotel room in Moscow and you’re about to go on a date with a Russian spy to drink martinis and plot against the Soviet government.
{inspired by @roseate-angel }
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Yes am back, they were selling for export exorbitantly but local i was exchanged for artificial yellow. Yes am back folks. Sudan Electronic are good dude, the USA tolerated Albashir and was rude 4 this reason. It makes you feel good and love respect and makes you slim as well even 4 Ethiopia makes you desist from arguments but channels you to lonely mature women. Why should we buy from white and what help are they to us. Aborigines are Choni and Gabana, the kenyan tribes in mass their lands natural resources were discovered like oil and many had learnt to make machine while other did not so they rushed to intermarry and thats how these other tribes got those blood b4 being shipped to earth and reshuffled again by pochogis. Tea you should heat all well with milk if you just soak it into a cup of milk you risk developing cancer of throat and lips and never you are alerted. When you buy of African made goods like sandles from UG or Kenya you get fed up of white and life, you feel like you wanna die or hang yourself. I mean you leave the things of this life which is to the positive and better dude, you became a man of few words. Container houses brings mauti/death thoughts close to you like soon you will die or loose a close friend soon. I have come to dislike them dude. Folk lifts fl, and put offering in the middle to hurl, sprinkle like sperm, urine, mafi from above to make machines. Jesus with little kid or Malachi four to cement the truth, like Christ was crucified in the middle with 2 thieves, one on both sides from lofty high bro to give us hint how he was talking of machines being made and how partially they are made. Nyako nyime en-shaggy kaka ojanyo wiye no owadwa, nene kaka joseph penjo, wiye ojany ka-nyieme, anadware- oloso kagima oywak, talking kinda as if he is crying in bass like a little kid someone taking his food yet he is still hungry. Abromiyi rat and rat manew, okblonegi but blothulo wiyi no, pat wiyi no. Odwachieme e-od-G mokfine Dong onethough gi-susan. Even and Adam were warn not to eat from the trees in the middle of the Garden as this will give them typhoid which was hard to treat and they did that and was diagnosed very quickly and that why even was saying in a crying voice we are naked out of stomach pain/upset period folks.
If you buy senye/pussy/vagina to sweet of another someone you find yourself in hell furnace, burning squatting. Vineyard and worker to cement the truth as much as manhood if you know about it. Titi that kinda is giving you a blow, long paw paw like or cylindrical is used to make grenade launcher, plane, gas cylinder and missile as well so this the advantage of hindu. This kind of breast they look at you and return the information back on their nipple, take heed dude. Colorado state, france and Germoney got one cash crop which is a hot cake, it grows big irish potatoe which is used as french fries alover Europe and America and use to make best cars alongside kales as sukuma wiki sw-ag, swara and thats why the bible also says in genesis 49 that Joseph chose the best land. Nyasaye oknyalweyi kamano, God cant just 4sake his own people, malachi 4 google. Kales and waru machines makes you at ease and the best dude. Kikuyu were gotten from Zambia transfered/relocated to kenya after Lake Victoria basin dried up when the pochogis dug the new outlet at Ginja, initially it reached Nairobi with it source and drained at Somalia. The luo, luya and Nilots, kamba were gotten from South Africa at Kalahari and namib desert and relocated to kenya. Lost coin parable and transfiguration of christ to cement the truth. Pielo e-agulu many people in a circle with offering in the middle as paw paw Brest, penguin makes a rocket or missile/plane as another method. Brest that wants to block you- mfalme wa yahoodi. If luo and luya would have been left is s.a they could attributed their character to lack of food like kamba, so with fertile land in poverty they talk well but when lifted financially changes and want to be first. The natives of South Africa were gotten from Australia not as earlier thought. Missouri state people are rwandis many folks. When tea is fenced at night the can cut the power off and still loot so let it have two electric fence and in between landmines placed to detonate any heavy foreign particles like a toddler in-case he transfigures to.
Kaka alielo, vile nimenyowa nyele ndivyo nimenyowa chini, but wacha manene chini nimechwido sana. An anjela aponone france to-ouso yourope as well, majani chai usiku. Oregon, colorado people many are Gikuyou blooded, carli4nia are uraguay, embu, kalenjin blooded, aborigins were not from Australia but EGYPT, It was changed and it been long we can never know, only its written and the Arabs should get out of there, you saw the vita as the release of the horse. Michigan people are from Uganda esp the Baganda and madi people. Anakawiya kwa cho kwa anatakakutowa apendix, the useless one in man but in ruminants very helpfull. From lofty high, you hurl/sprinkle snow unto the appendix then boom the rocket at night maybe from tall poles or cranes, many people- mfalme wa yahoodi to cement the dawning truth. We modho pi-eagulu-no mana mama Emanuel gi chiegi no diewo-e rather mama alando period utters marto. Get money via 2goinvoice and print the bank statement get to any nation embasy and get to that country as a tourist, stop disturbing people and claims. Tore your travel documents so as not to be got and live in that country out of guarantee of the invoice money. Jesus with division to cement the truth. We were kidnaped with bob colymore in India via a drone off nairobi to India that Iran fell, i guess but me lucky feehilly cooperated alongside kebi and was released. He was kidnapped a longtime, the fellow who was talking with Jeff koinange was an impostor as will smith after transfiguring. To ascertain the truth let us resort to fingerprint b4 a debate period. Georgy tinde erudho laki, you mean nowdays you even brush ya teeth, the luyas offloading 4 hindu, friends swag and pride has gotten in, yaani maringo imekushia, yaani i mean sunga odonjo. To kitambo/chon kinda it was methene gas to others, you couldnt near!!! Emanuel was heard saying sasa tunaweza karibia, yaani we can sit even with dignitaries like teresa may and be accepted. Nenene foss kaka ringo kagima yamo tero, koyoutdho tiende konchiel karangol, eti amenda kubuy credit Minaj nika amemuaccept so wali kuwa wana chart. Fuck that dude!!!  
In TUSKYSupermarket to make sure urine pour on the offering they extend it using pipes 4 the urine to fall in the middle. Supermarkets should be made of thick hard glass so that nothing hidden goes inside. We cant afford/go no trusting the foods, Let a chain store be a chain store not a factory. Open one and thats why in developed world they work 24/7. If a child knows much than in his age in the old Red Indian heritage, he was grabbed at night without his knowing and hurled in the lake superior, the same should happen now. It was done to sway tomorrow evil in the society. I now put my post on football matches as Jamaica vs Domingo or in any country Tv news like Bahama, japan, Congo Tv news check friends of any nation and check them in the 1st - 3rd post on the you-tube and promise there you will find me. Rental houses should be built for visitors not necessarily hotels where if you want to travel to any land you book online and let them be well equipped with modern furniture and TV's and let the occupation period be 1-3 months not more and this a new business idea and looking forward to not getting a job alongside buying and selling of speedy stick deodorant door to door in overseas market b4 opening an immobile office. The deodorant is bought at $ 3 and me wanna sell it at $ 10 out of shipping fee. This a new business platform i wanna venture into not sleeping around with harlots like Barryme and kepi swears Toni Aloyce. Modems broadband and limosin cars are made out of kilimi/lim, one make one car of different animals i.e hammer one is of cow, Lincoln car one is for wild beast and more. Gi-sin omera bro the walami. Lands with lakes which where dried like KS or Russia are wheat supporting and many people love them coz they are undulating, they give you instant curse and makes you go to hell. Your reproach in judgement time can be population outburst and inconsistent food made you to dry it then you escape fire but without that fire dude. You enjoyed good things bro like onding kenya, the holly ground Moses the green man saw the burning bush- women with release/ejaculate Barnabas as he was masturbating on the cross. The place gives you instant back pain necessary for rapid sex, it arouses you in a nutshell. The same they want to do 4 lake Victoria and great lakes basin they taste for humidity, temperatures, soil while on ship necessary 4 wheat farming and kinda they have found out. Big cities of the world are always built on cool/cold land of that nation to support business in clothing, much cloths sell in cold lands as opposed to hot ones like doa. Thats why the white people relocated capital from dar to dodoma and mombasa to Nairobi to support their used/mitumba clothes and thats why in pretense they say Nairobi or kigali is beautiful coz it feeds them somehow and any city of the same caliber.  
This the most reliable AE way to produce power and the most convinient/effective/effectual and surable way to produce your own power. Take one wet cell of 24 volts the put the negative and the positive cathod/terminals on a wire then on a socket then plug the welding machineWM on the socket like you do to it on the wall as input then on the output on the 2 wires that holds the welding rod, cut them and do likewise with the socket, it will give you approximately 48-52 volts when the battery is fully charged, then take a motor bike star and again return the power to charge the same same battery the welding machine is using to ensure the power is not depleted or take a computer/florescent/TV adaptor used in the usa of 120 volts which its output is 24 volts, when you use half current which is 50 V given by the WM It will give you 12-15 volts then put in a solar energy controller to again charge the same battery incase you are using 12 V battery to give you 24 V on The WM but with 24 V wet cell look for A transformer that gives you 50 V as output when used on 200 Volts which if you use half current gives you 20-25 volts to charge the very very battery. While is the USA you can add another welding machine wm(2)to step up the 50 V given to 100 to power your machine but in a nation that uses 220 volts like Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya add another welding machine to WM (3) step up the power from 100 - 200 V to be used in your household. Th beauty is you can use it in welding, cooking, heating, in fridge with just one battery. OR Guys use 4-5 motor bike batter to give you 60 Volts after connection but let them be in 2 sets, put light switch in-between the positive and negative terminal after connecting to switch off power supply inbetween the wet cell when you are charging one set while the other is in use. Put the wet cell together in a wooden frame explains eddy roy of KB and studying in Rusia with her associates. The 5o V when you step up by adding 1 wm will be 100 to be used in nations like USA but like in Nigeria or E.Africah add another WM to step it to 200 V to power you household or business premis. Below are links carying diagrams of all the accesories above. You plug an electric plug in a socket n/b. With an invator option it eliminates you not to heat and cook with it as the invator burns, how many times have you hard that cheap is expensive. The white people got another software at withdraw funds at 2goinvoice and telling theit diehard fans around. Corruption of the hieghest degree. Wilson Williams advices me.
What is a url or a link folks, click the link below or google to find out stop disturbance.
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/1352/uniform-resource-locator-url
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIMymzNrRhc   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9obm__-OGdI
My new tumblr a/c are nelsonunderwood, nelson higgings, nelson hector and nelson upholstery as well as mcfarland.
If you are involed in illegat tea picking at night you will find your way into hell furnace, some people are put into furnace some period of time depending on the nature of sin then returned back/released. If you pick tea illegal side effect is, you develop hug/broad/big shoulder and we can know it that way. Many white people in Kenya have recruited people with their day to either go to central, eastern, kisii or kericho to pick tea the people who mostly sit in a bandwagon. If you take a coin as money and put it in the middle of the palm of your hand then close the palm to hide it then bring it close to your 4head as if you are worship this does magics to you dude. It directs you all your life but do it periodically not once. It gives you insights/in-stings of those nation which are dangerous, who and where you can be killed and women who are safe or not to Marry from their nations. LIKE Rusia, malaysia, Argentina chorea/leave dude they got kawhoma or luo blooded just fuck and leave and thats why they are wanted to be harlots, Ethiopians, Jamaica as well they are kisii, scorsica as well, cheque republic and colorado, Oregon are kikuyou gives you bad blood and takes you to hell, let them marry their own, Ghanians are kalenjin and Cameroonian are meru as Barbados they disturb a lot. Japanis and italians as well are kawhoma, saudia are luo, s.a are luyas and you have seen their character with or without cash. Some nice looking stereo speakers are made with young infants/kids, those that you feel good if you near them so many kids are killed in pretense to support this as much as intestines for wires and penis for kitchen wares like knife and spoon and this is illuominatea. They kill people whom they want to support this bro, maybe you dint know.
A new massage with hope and which is better from a friend in Australia buy Electronic gadgets made out of sima/ugali/kuon. Got less side effect to the mind. Rockets are made in hot deserts like texas, sahara etc with sprinkling of snow gotten from mountaintops or winter from lofty high like on a pole, crane or folk lift. You will be left alone like a flag post on a mountaintop google in the bible. But with missiles are made in snow in winter period or on mountaintops with snow on a lofty high place like a flag post, Or when its sleeting. You hurl or sprinkle as pour the snow/theluji/barafu from high above. Women with barnabas at time of christ crucifixion to bring out/cement the truth dude. Bros are the black men of usa, dont rush to think its you.  Click the link below for more information;
https://www.bing.com/search?pc=COS2&ptag=D072619-N0310A2E56C04939&conlogo=CT3335789&q=You+will+be+left+alone+like+a+flag+post+on+a+mountaintop&form=CONBDF
Now they got made in Kenya Electronic, luo, america, Europe, gikuyu, mr hindu what do you want unless you are finished as the army.
Screw driver SD you see mrs Susan and uhuru and likes micron, inserting a screw driver on the belt of the alternator of the plane engine to cut power supply shortly to make the plane fall. She is like Mzee kobe MK matako/mfalme kevineth, mt kenya and sa got snow during winter can make Missiles as much as Tz at mt kilimanjaro- road to emaus to signify the truth. With battery made AE you can buy solar van, car from Netherlands and cut the wire from the solar panel and fix your Ae to power the car at night or in cold weather or in winter or electric car from Germany and cut the wire from where its being charged to the wall and also have a car that moves without gas or being charged. Say luo Sl small leaved, sovereigne lord, where will it take you and thats the question to Tuskys supermarket to change made in kenya to luo land which is being corrupt and championing a coup de tat or attack internet server as to overturn usa government and delete monde things from lucky dube songs in his name nelson monde or other names where he went to the cyber and found not logged in gmail and posted on youtube with or the same fellow like Dedan onyango of kcb opened the same on other peoples name and posted what mr kev sent to him on email on youtube. Safcom lines or Orange line are sold at 20 bob and mr monde just create an email like [email protected] for email opening to comment with on youtube but what he changes is after county adds a number maybe 1-100 every time he visits the cyber and maybe once a month ask 4 a phone and open now that email to confirm his email on tumblr a/c by we send you a magic link period, luya leave me alone, i dont enjoy cutting people with a panga and me am not a Nigro, if you are one, well take your pride and get your ass to the usa, leave me alone. Mfalme wa yahoodi. Now we got gadgets written made in kenya, mr white man whats your want like Mr Dennis, get back to your nation period. Stop planning panga attacks and behaves as if your my wife and am eating with you at eating very fast finishing your share, same as to with your child. Buy gadgets from your country to promote your nation, is only TV, Radio, phones, computer that you can buy from other spheres which got less side effects like from N.sudan or malaeysia. Goat & sheep parable to cement the truth. I open the gmail a/c and on the computer screen after i logg off i remove it so the cyber got no record of it to try to get into it. Its me alone i know of it and so felaz how will you get into my tumblr a/c after the tumblr password i 4got and resorted to log via email and the gmail one i removed the phone number under settings and every week i open a new email with a new tumblr and i go to my originol tumblr and what i have written new i add as copy paste from previous tumblr to this new tumblr a/c. Bwana stop. Wandete is Gambia name as well not luya/luo. Jamaicans got sense, the only thing in their nation is sugar cane used as a sweetener or to make gadgets as sacrifice so people say they have changed but to them they are looking into the future of their nation which is tourism to attract the very very white tourist who dispiced them. Malachi 4 to cement the truth, dont blame them dude, africans wont go there its only whites who form the bulk of carribean tourists, dont cheat them dude, they are highly educated than you, they think beyond their nose/reach. With tumblr you can open from any name dude even, mijikenda, luya, toro even if you are korean, so kenyans dont rush to claim lien, whats wrong with you just like with opening emails, it accepts the computer any name dude and try.  You used to say those things are made cz you had known how to make them, so you wanted to be worshiped with other tribes who have also learnt to make the same and looking 4 oversees markets just like you. Fuck that dude!!! Stop now.
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kazlifeadventures · 5 years
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Agrigento to Ragusa then back to Catania..
Thursday, Or as I like to call it, "temple day". How many incredibly old and awesome temples can you see in a day...let's see....😁We headed off to visit the UNESCO World heritage site known as the 'Valley of the Temples' (Valle di Templi). Somehow this area seems to have become a melting pot of Greek temples. All destroyed at some point, and some have been rebuilt to certain stages, with others still awaiting funding for reconstruction. Either way, you want some history, this is your Mecca. There are seven ancient Greek temples from the 5th and 6th centuries BC, all within walking distance of each other We had a guided tour and saw amongst them all, the “Temple of Hera”, the “Temple of Concordia” and the “Temple of Hercules".
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Each one with its own story to tell. I am still amazed how archeologists work out not just the era of a space, but also who constructed it, and what each area was used for, and in this case who each temple was created to worship. Set high on a hill overlooking a glorious vista, the time we spent wandering the temples and the adjoining museum was well spent. I did find it curious that they also had an art installation around the site at the same time. A mix of old and new. Not surprising really, our guide advised us that there had been a Dolce Gabana fashion show held in the ruins recently. That totally explained the scaff and the weird structures inside (designed for walking on and not damaging the ruins). I tracked down the you tube video if anyone is interested:
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After all that history, we headed off to the seaside for lunch (and some of us a swim) at a gorgeous beach stop in Marinella di Salinunte. Then it was off to our very luxe beachside hotel in Agrigento for dinner by the sea.
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Friday, 19th July, almost the end of the tour (well for me anyway!) Today we headed towards the centre of Sicily. According to our tour leader this area is the least developed on the island as it is not a place tourists often travel to, and it's main industries were sulphur and salt.
I'm not sure why, but today was the best day of the tour for me. Seriously. The UNESCO heritage, Villa Romana de Casa, near Piazza Armerina, built in 3AD was mind blowing. Seriously, mind blowing. I could have easily spent the remainder of my day there. What is it? Roman mosaics like you've never seen before. They say villa, but this place must have been like some Roman Palace of a very very well to do and well connected dignitry/royalty. It's also weird that it was built in the middle of the island. One big thing I've learnt is that the Romans always built near the sea, and up high. Anyway, that aside we have mother nature to thank for the preservation of this artifact. It seems a mud slide from an adjoining hill is responsible for preserving the utterly amazing mosaics. They were apparently uncovered at some point in 1929, but not excavated until after WWII. It seems the upper parts of the structures were mostly destroyed, but the floors remained to literally tell the tales of life of its residents. The mosaics were made with 35 different colours of natural coloured marble. Here's the kicker, none of it was Sicilian marble. It was all imported from elsewhere. Each room or space tells it's own story (either mythological or historical), and utilises a different mosaic technique. The experts believe they were created by African migrants. Whoever they were, they were absolute artists! When we went through with our guide I learnt so much more about the life of the Romans and how the archeologists work out the use of a room. For example sleeping rooms in those days had no windows and only one entrance (for security). The basilica is not for worship, but more for important meetings; as were the baths and even the toilets! I loved hearing that they even had people whose job it was to warm the toilet seat before it was used. The Basilica is huge to show the importance of the owner, but also to make the visitor feel small (mind games- even back then!).
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All too soon we were back on board heading to Ragusa and it's historical baroque centre. I love a bit of Baroque! This particular city is well known due to being the setting for “Commissario Montalbano” a popular Italian TV series. Time for a spot of lunch before a guided tour through some of the city's historical highlights like chiesa di Sant'Agata, chiesa San Giuseppe, (yep, churches...😁). The Duormo was not open to the public that day, but an imposing sight as you came around a bend in the road. A cool little history rich town, set on a hill, spilling down into the gully below. It is also where I had one of the best macchiato's, ever. A big call I know, but I've made it.
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The group were then treated to a tasting of locally produced cheese and salami products - molto buona! Washed down with a glass of local wine... Back to Catania for a final meal with my bus mates, some of us finishing the tour, others mid way, and yet more to join the next evening.
I've loved my time in Sicily, the people, the history, the sights, the food. An amazing part of the world. Strange tour set up aside, I think it added to my experience in a good way (Not the getting sick bit though!) As I continue to travel I always feel like I've left something behind in each place I visit, and Sicily has been no different. A little bit of me stays here fino al mio ritorno! Tanto amore Sicilia.
Steps- you know it crazy... Will post more photos soon!
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loukkhs · 7 years
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barberjourney-blog · 6 years
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Sights, Slices, and Subways
“One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.” – Thomas Wolfe
               In many ways, I felt this was true for me over the past weekend. Shannon and I had an incredible trip to the Big Apple! And as I reflect on this journey and how the Lord has orchestrated it all, I’ve felt a shift from cautious optimism, to a readiness and excitement to jump head first into this new chapter of my life. I love New York already.  
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          Shannon and I landed in LaGuardia on Friday afternoon and after much deliberation and arm twisting from my wife, decided to cancel our Uber and travel the city like “true New Yorkers”. Thanks be to God, Shannon, and Google Maps, we were able to navigate our way from the airport to our hotel in Midtown riding the bus and subway. I’ll be honest, the thought of riding the subway to this guy from Cherokee, AL has always been more than a little daunting. Not because of the horror stories you hear about what happens on the subway. Rather, because I understood the process of buying tickets, finding the right platform, getting on the right train, transferring to another train, getting off at the right stop, and somehow not ending up in Canada about as much as I understand the jokes on Big Bang Theory. However, after a weekend of forcing myself to do it and asking “Hey is this the train to _________” A LOT, I’m fairly confident in my ability now to not end up in Quebec.
               As odd as it may sound, the decision to ride the subway and walk really helped us “take in” the city (and saved a ton of jack$). This was my 4th trip to New York, but every other trip had a very scheduled agenda. On previous trips, I was either with a group who had a down to the minute plan for each day, or I was there for business spending much of my day in a conference room. On this trip however, other than a 2 hour visit to the barber school and a brief visit to MNYBA on Saturday, we had no agenda. If we saw a shop we wanted to walk in, we went in. If we passed a bakery that looked good, we had cheesecake (or coffee, or cannoli, or cookies, or donuts…this happened a lot). We people watched. We talked. We marveled  at the skyscrapers and architecture. We took pictures. We ate. And then we ate. And then we ate a little more.
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The Godfreys take Manhattan
It was such an incredible weekend of enjoying our time together as husband and wife and not just “mom and dad”. And, side note, I determined this weekend to do whatever I had to do to spend more intentional 1-on-1 time with my wife. I’m ashamed of how often we go months and months using the busyness of our life as an excuse to not go on a 3 hour date. I need my wife. And she needs me. Without being asked if Superman uses the bathroom or if we can open 39 million juice boxes. We need time to talk about our dreams, our hopes, and what the Lord is doing in our lives. Distraction free. Even if it’s only a few hours a month. We ALL, as married couples, need this. So men, if you’re reading this and it’s resonating, I pray you also will make investing in your relationship with your wife a priority.
Ok, back to New York….
On Friday, our first appointment was at the American Barber Institute in Midtown. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, this is where I will be attending barber school this summer. Upon first entering the school, we found ourselves in the middle of a VERY busy shop floor. We were quickly directed to some offices upstairs where we met Gala, the school’s owner/director. We talked with Gala about the program, her history in the industry, paperwork etc. My biggest takeaway from our conversation was that I would receive very “hands on” training. Essentially, by the 3rd week of the program, I would be on the shop floor giving haircuts under the supervision of an instructor for the remainder of the program. I was very glad to hear this as I learn much better by “doing”. I left the school feeling very affirmed that the Lord was sovereign and that I would receive very solid instruction this summer.
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The shop floor at American Barber Institute
Shannon and I spent the rest of the evening exploring the city. We spent some time at Chelsea Market, had NYC’s best tacos, made our way over to Times Square for some shopping, and ended the night with a slice from Joe’s Pizza.
NYC Day 1 was muy bueno.
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Gimme Gimme Gimme…
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What a babe…
On Saturday, we made our way from Midtown to the Upper West Side (by subway once again…go us!) for breakfast with John Ramirez and his wife Anna from MNYBA. John is the Associate Executive Director at MNYBA and who I’ll be working directly under this summer. This was only my second time meeting him, but I feel already as if I have known him forever. We are very kindred spirits and I am confident he will be a phenomenal friend and mentor to me this summer. We had breakfast at a local diner, just down the street from the MNYBA building. John informed us that many celebrities live in the Upper West Side and frequent this diner. He said he’d seen David Hyde Pierce (Niles from “Frasier”) there many times. I spent the rest of the morning looking over my shoulder for Dr Crane and Daphne.
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After breakfast, we got a tour of the MNYBA building where I will be living and working this summer. The building, like so many in NYC, is old and full of history. I believe Anna told me it was originally built in the 1920’s or 30’s and the elevator confirmed that. The building consists of various offices, living quarters used to house mission teams, kitchen, dining area, and other misc meeting spaces. Probably my favorite part of the building was the rooftop. Magnificent views of the city! If you look to your left, there’s the Hudson River. To your right, Central Park. Undoubtedly, I’ll be spending a lot of time up there this summer. There’s even a fire escape if I were to get trapped, which of course made me think of this: 
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 “Ross, I think you should know my pants are starting to fall down and I’m not wearing any underwear…” 
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From the rooftop of MNYBA
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When we finished up at MNYBA, Shannon and I decided we would take a walk through Central Park and then make our way to 5th Avenue to window shop (because window shopping was all we could afford at Dolce & Gabana). What we didn’t know was that we were about to get caught right smack in the middle of an enormous protest. Apparently, there were marches all over the country that day and New York, as usual, was leading the charge. Anti-Trump. Feminism, Black Lives Matter, Gay Rights. Thousands of people had congregated with their signs, costumes, and agendas. NYPD was out in full force, but that did little to quiet the uneasy feelings that accompany being in a crowd of that many people. Especially in New York. As we attempted to fight our way through the crowd and get to Central Park it became clear we were just getting even more submerged in this sea of people. They too were headed to Central Park. Frustrated that our plans were being altered and pretty ready for a sammy at this point, we ducked into a local deli to wait it out. As we sat there watching the march, reading the signs, looking at their faces, and enjoying a killer Reuben, my feelings shifted from being frustrated to being very burdened for each of them. So many of these souls were putting their hope, their joy, their purpose, their identity in things that would never satisfy. In people that would never live up to their standards. In the fallen systems and institutions and philosophies of a world that fell apart thousands of years ago.
It was a great reminder of who I’m going to serve this summer. Souls that need hope, and purpose, and everlasting joy. Souls that need Jesus.
The march did eventually end and we were able to make our way to Central Park, a quick stop by The Plaza Hotel (to use their golden bathrooms), and took a stroll down 5th Ave. We spent the rest of the day as we did the day before: breathing in the sights, sounds, and flavors of the city that doesn’t sleep.
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Central Park
All in all, it was glorious experience exploring the city and enjoying our time together. It was a trip where many of our questions were answered, our marriage was strengthened, and our faith was encouraged. And I thank God for all of it.
I’ll wrap it up here for now like I have with my previous posts: coveting your prayers that the Lord would continue to work and walk with us through this journey. Specifically:
-          Pray we would trust the Lord as there are still so many logistics to figure out before May.
-          Pray for MNYBA and their mission efforts throughout the city.
-          Continue praying for the students I will be serving with this summer.
-          Continue praying for Shannon, Camryn, and Lincoln as they prepare for summer without dad.
-          Ultimately, pray that Christ would be glorified in all of this and the words from this song would continue playing in the background of my soul: “I pray it’s said about my life, that I lived more to build Your name than mine.”
Thank you all for walking through this journey with us. More to come…
-Drew
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renocafeina · 7 years
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Aquí sólo aceptan efectivo. Así que antes pasé a la caja del banco y saqué $80,000. Conté los billetes y pagué. Me lo entregaron en una caja negra envuelta en una bolsa. Me subí al Uber, llegué al hotel Marriot donde me hospedaba y lo guardé en el cajón de caoba en mi closet, esperando el momento adecuado para abrirlo. *** Aún no lo puedo creer. Hasta le tomé foto con mi celular. Mi cuenta de banco con $900,000. Tenía un calendario pegado en mi cuarto, con los días tachados hasta la fecha de la firma. No sabía por dónde empezar. Lo primero fue sacar lo máximo que podría del cajero: $8,000. La verdad pensé que lo máximo era $4,000. Hacía mucho tiempo que no sacaba tanto dinero. Salí del banco y en el puesto de enfrente, me pedí dos quesadillas de flor de calabaza con queso, aunque a los 5 segundos reflexioné y las pedí con extra de flor de calabaza y quesillo. La señora me vio extrañada, pero le rectifiqué con la mirada mi pedido. Tomé el primer taxi que pasó y le pedí que me llevara a Plaza Antara, en Polanco. Me bajé y entré al Sanborns. Toqué las chamarras de piel, las carteras, pantallas y computadoras. Ví que llevaba una playera de los Pumas, donde el gatito estaba todo despeluchado de la nariz y tenía ahora una figura amorfa. Así que me compré una playera Polo negra, una rosa y una azul. Pasé a la caja y la chica me dijo que eran $2,300. Hice un pequeña sonrisa, pues pensé que era muy poco para lo que tenía. Pensé pagar en efectivo, pero me decidí por pasar la tarjeta y poner mi firma. Me sentía satisfecho, pero pasé al Olive Garden y me pedí una lasaña en paquete con sopa, ensalada y refresco ilimitado. Terminé de comer y ahora sí que me sentía lleno..llenísimo. Quería comprarme más ropa, así que decidí darme el gustito e ir a vomitar al baño. Regresé, pedí un helado, dos copas de Whisky Double black en las rocas, pagué la cuenta, pasé mi firma y salí. Empoderado, feliz y listo para comprar. Pasé por el Palacio de Hierro, justo en el área de perfumería. Pregunté por la loción más cara. Era una Dolce & Gabana de $5,000. La tomé junto con unos pantalones Lacoste, unas camisas Hugo Boss, un reloj de oro Cartier y unos calzones Calvin Klein, de esos que te hacen ver más nalgón y vergón. Compré y firmé. Salí del centro comercial con varias bolsas de marca. La gente me observaba de reojo y mi sonrisa no podía ocultarse. Llegué al hotel Marriot. Había rentado la habitación de hasta arriba, que tenía una increíble vista a la ciudad. Era la más costosa. También tenía un jacuzzi panorámico. Pedí una botella de Chivas 500 a la habitación. No sabía, pero el servicio incluía hielo y cuatro latas de agua mineral. Empecé a beber y me puse caliente. Siempre quise contratar una prostituta, pero dadas las circunstancias económicas en las que me encontraba, decidí contratar una Escort profesional. En www.mujeresfogosas.com hay un ranking del TopFire, así que contraté a la que estaba en primer lugar. Le pagué su Uber y entró a la habitación. Platicamos un poco y nos besamos. Me acosté desnudo en el Jacuzzi mientras ella me la mamaba. Podía ver sus labios apretando mi verga, mientras su mirada estaba fija en mi rostro. Detrás de ella podía ver toda la ciudad. Mientras la Escort seguía con lo suyo, tomé la carta de vinos y busqué el más caro. Nos lo entregaron y nos lo bebimos en cuestión de segundos, así que pedí otras dos botellas. Ella me dijo que la coca la ponía muy caliente, así que le dije que si tenía el contacto, que pidiera. Me preguntó que ¿de cuánto era mi presupuesto?, yo le contesté que ilimitado. Pidió cocaína rosa. Jamás había introducido algo de tanto valor por un hoyo corporal. Sentí una euforia dentro mí, aunque la verga ya no se me paraba. Ella me dijo que no había problema, que podía hacerle sexo oral. No creo que alguien jamás sobre la faz de la tierra, haya hecho una mamada tan feliz como yo. Cuando pasaba mi lengua por sus labios y su clitoris, recordaba cada uno de los pesos que me había gastado para llegar hasta ese punto. Ella sintió toda esa energía y se vino en mi boca. Me volteo a ver y me dijo que la contratara por otras dos horas más para seguir con la fiesta. ¿Fiesta?, ¿En dónde son las mejores fiestas?… En la playa. Le pregunté si quería irse a Cancún conmigo. Ella me dijo que sí, pero que entonces la tarifa cambiaría y necesitaría un adelanto. Saqué de mi mochila 30 billetes de $1,000 y le dije que si era suficiente. Salimos y llegamos al Aeropuerto, siempre quise comprar un boleto de avión así, improvisado, al momento. Compré en Aeroméxico primera clase el primer vuelo a Cancún. En la sala de espera, compramos más bebidas y unos lentes de sol Chanel. Ella me dijo que no le gustaba volar sin audífonos, así que le regalé unos audífonos Bosé inalámbricos. Sí funcionaron, nos fuimos muy tranquilos agarrados de la mano. Llegamos al hotel en Cancún, cenamos en los mejores restaurante, nos compramos ropa, traje de baño, perfume, fuimos a los mejores shows. Me pidió más dinero, así que pasé al banco y ahora saqué $200,000 en cash. Le di la mitad del dinero, pero en un momento de la peda, se me desapareció. Estaba solo, así que contraté ahora a dos Escorts, pero internacionales. Una era venezolana y la otra rusa. Su tarifa era más elevada, pero por supuesto, eso no iba a ser un problema. Rentamos un Mercedes Benz y manejamos a toda velocidad. También un Yate y nos dimos una vuelta por el mar del caribe, en servicio Premium en medio de una orgía. Compramos mucha Champagne y más cocaína. Renté unas bocinas y nos fuimos a seguirla a mi curto de Hotel. Mi celular cayó a la alberca, pero en nuestro Hotel Princes hay un Apple Store abierto 24 horas. Me decidí por el iPhone 7 plus, que lo podía meter al agua. Las chicas empezaron a filmarse desnudas en la alberca y ahí descubrimos que no es tan “a prueba de agua” como decía la publicidad. También se echó a perder, así que compré nuevamente otro iPhone 7 plus. Al otro día amanecí con resaca y hambre. Las chicas ya no estaba en la habitación. Se habían llevado el efectivo que tenía en la mesa y el celular. Pedí servicio a la habitación: Elegí un pastel de chocolate con hojuelas de oro y otras dos botellas de Champagne. Bajé al restaurante Buffet. Aproveché al máximo. Tuve que vomitar hasta dos veces para poder comerme todo lo que quise. Luego fui al restaurante más nice de toda la zona. Pedí Caviar. Lo probé y me dio mucho asco. Tome la servilleta y escupí ahí mi bocado. Pagué y salí. Compré una malteada de chocolate premium en Haagen, pero de la temblorina que traía, lo tiré. Así que compré dos más, por cualquier cosa. Tomé un taxi y le pedí que me diera un tour por la zona. Mientras veía el atardecer, pude recordar cada uno de los momentos que pasé en estos últimos días. Saqué mi celular y vi la foto con los $900,000 que tenía en mi cuenta de banco. Una angustia empezó a crecer en mi pecho. No quise ver cuánto dinero me quedaba. Mejor compré un boleto de regreso y volví a la Ciudad de México. *** El cajero del banco mostraba $230 en mi cuenta. *** Fui al hotel y recogí la caja negra envuelta en la bolsa. *** Llegué a casa de mi Abuelo. ¡Cómo apesta ese lugar! Él estaba en su cama, acostado. Cuando me vio, empezó a sonreír de felicidad. Me preguntó que si ya habíamos firmado la venta de departamento del Estado de México. Yo le dije que sí y le entregué la tarjeta de banco. Me pidió que porfavor lo acompañara al banco, a sacar por lo menos los $300,000 del primer tratamiento de su quimioterapia. Yo le dije que sí, pero que primero tenía una sorpresa para él, para mi abuela y para todos. Con dificultad, se paró de la cama gritando el nombre de mi abuela para que saliera de su habitación. Mientras, abrí la caja, saqué la pistola y conté las balas de oro. No creo que alguien jamás haya muerto con balas tan caras. "Rush" por Yosoyohmisoni
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tunisie-annonces · 7 years
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Un beau espace dans un style particulier, aménagé avec un goût raffiné avec une splendide façade de 7.00 Mtr. Ce local commercial (Tout commerce, actuellement Boutique de vêtements en pleine activitée) d'une superficie de 95 m² sur la route principale Hammamet Nord à 1,5Km du centre ville. Ce local se compose de deux espaces : espace d'exposition en avant première et d’une superficie privée ou magazinage en arrière plan, plus une salle d'eau. Il est situé dans une zone en pleine expansion avec des activités variées : à proximité de Hotel Solazur, Batam, Tunisie Telecom, Ooredoo, Hamadi Abid, Zen, Gabana et Brother Shoes. Il bénéficie d'une bonne visibilité et offre une facilité de stationnement grâce à son emplacement stratégique. Cet espace commercial idéal pour tout type d'activités à titre d’exemple : - Agence de banque ou Siège d'une assurance ; - Vente de produits Cosmétiques ou de Soins ; - Salon de Soins et Bien-être - Salon de thé - Eat & Drink ou Bistrot …
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