BUYING MY MACBOOK #47 #49

As most of you will know, this year I managed to accomplish one of my 2015 New Years resolutions: I bought a Macbook Pro 13”. It was also on my bucket list, as I had wanted one for so long, and it was also my first big online purchase. So in one go, I managed to tick two things off my bucket list, which i am very happy about.

SING IN FRONT OF A BIG CROWD #19

Since I’ve was a little girl, one of my dreams has been to be a singer and sing in front of a big crowd. As some of you might know, in March 2014 I joined a band called Sound Chemistry. We play melodic-punk-rock, and I really love our music. We write our own songs, and recently we got the chance to play live twice. Both times there were about 100 to 200 people watching, and I was nervous to say the least. Playing live for any musician is amazing, a dream come true. Even though people didn’t know our songs, and some maybe weren’t even listening, it still felt incredible to have people hear our work. 

Lots of times we back out of things because we’re scared that we might mess up, but I can guarantee you that even if you mess up, you’ll just laugh about it later. It’s better to try and then maybe decide to never do it again, than to never try, and regret it one day. If you want to listen to our band: here is our youtube channel. 

RECORD AN ALBUM #21

In march 2014 I joined a band. We’re called Sound Chemistry and we play melodic rock music. Singing is one of my greatest passions, and I love the process of writing and creating new content. In December, we decided to record an EP. We already had 10 songs, so we had to pick our 4 favourites to feature on the album. After that, we only really had to decide a name. We had different ideas, but none of them really appealed to us, until my brother (also the bass player) suggested we named it Underground Fairytales. Now, you’re probably thinking ‘Isn’t that the name of your blog?’ I named my blog after the album, with their permission, as I fell in love with it. We spent 11 hours in the studio, recording again and again those four songs, until we felt they were perfect. If you want to check out our sound, we have a youtube channel with these four songs. 

Do you sing or play any instruments? 

Love, Sara xx

CATERING FOR A DINNER PARTY #30

This year my parents both turned 50. So to celebrate their birthdays we organized two parties. Chiara, a friend of mine, and I, decided to cater for both. The first one was at the end of June, in Italy, with about 100 people. The second one, on the other hand, was more of a dinner party for about 20 people, and in the Uk. We started deciding the dishes one week in advance, and went shopping on the Thursday before the party. On Friday we cooked nearly everything, and I was really proud of the results.

This was the menu for the evening:

Vegetables and dips(hummus and olive and caper dip)

Peanuts

Vegetable crisps

Olives

Zucchini with Philadelphia and salmon

Parmesan and garlic breadsticks

Asparagus risotto in parmesan nests

Gammon

Potato salad

Bean salad

Tomato and mozzarella salad

Vitello tonnato

Various cheeses

Meringues

Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries

Lemon mousse

Chocolate cheesecake

Raspberry cheesecake

Tiramisu

It was an amazing turnout, and the food was absolutely delicious, if I do say so myself. I’m really proud of me and Chiara, as we managed to make all of this and serve everything, even if lots of it had to be done at the last minute!

If you’re interested in any of the recipes, just let me know down below and I’ll write some food blog posts soon.

Love ya, Sara xx
  

MAKE SUSHI #40

I’m not sure if any of you know, but I’m a scout.
Last year I was extremely honored to  be chosen as one of the Italian contigent’s participants at the Jamboree in August 2015. This means that I’ll be going to Japan next summer for two weeks, spending them with 35 thousand other teenagers from around the world.

In preparation for this extremely exciting date, 40 of us Italians reunited and spent a weekend together. In the evening we decided that we should try something new, so we learned to make sushi, and made a meal of it.

 

Although our attempts pretty much failed, I decided that from then on I would go to a sushi restaurant now and then to get used to the taste.  All in all it was great fun and I learned a new skill, so I’m pleased with it. I can’t wait till august, when I’ll actually get to taste real Japanese sushi!

Have you ever tried or made sushi?                                                                                                              And are any of you from Japan?
Love, Sara xx

MY BUCKET LIST

I think everyone of us has made a bucket list of things we want to do before we die. It can be simple things, like learning to ride a bike(if you can't already ride one), or scary things, like skydiving.

I've been making my first one ever in the last month, and i've been looking around for things i'd like to do in my life. I'm hoping to write a blog post every time i achieve one of them, so you guys can tag along on the adventure. This isn't necessarily the order i want to do them in, it's just how they came to mind! Xx

1. Get married

2. Have kids

3. Go to university

4. Apply for a job

5. Buy my own house

6. Drive from the east coast to the west coast of the US

7. Write a novel

8. Meet someone famous

9. Achieve my goal weight

10. Do a roadtrip through europe

11. Go to a fashion show

12. Go surfing

13. Visit Australia

14. Sleep under the stars

15. Get drunk (i don't know how positive this experience would be, but i've never been very drunk, just tipsy, and i'd 'like' to laugh back at the memory later)

16. Go to Ibiza

17. Get at least 90% in my final exams at school

18. Go to a youtube convention

19. Sing in front of a big crowd

20. Invent my own recipe

21. Record an album

22. Get a record deal

23. Do a photoshoot

24. Be a model for a little while

25. Dye my hair 

26. Go to a beach bonfire

27. See an outdoor concert

28. Create my own drive in movie theatre with a sheet and a projector

29. Start a herb garden

30. Have an outdoor candle lit dinner party

31. Volounteer in an animal shelter

32. Have a spa day

33. Use a polaroid camera

34. Take an outdoor yoga class

35. Go skinny dipping

36. Make s'mores

37. Go paintballing

38. Have an egg fight

39. Dry flowers

40. Make sushi

41. Go to a music festival

42. Get a tattoo

43. Learn to play an instrument

44. Visit 100 countries

45. Reach 1'000'000 subscribers on youtube (keep dreaming Sara...)

46. Have a walk-in closet

47. Make a big online purchase

48. Read 'The fault in our stars' (i know, i know, i just havn't had time to read it yet!)

49. Buy a MacBook with my own savings

50. Have an 'all nighter' on Tumblr

51. Have a 'pen pal'

52. Redecorate my bedroom

53. Go on a huge shopping spree

54. Do a whole month of daily vlogging

55. Tweet every day 'I'm grateful for...' for 100 days

56. Learn to skateboard

57. Run a marathon

58. Make a dress

59. Fly on a plane with two floors

60. Spend Christmas on the beach

61. Organize a party that people talk about for ages

62. Own a pair of Jeffrey Campbell shoes

63. Get a 'rasta'

64. Buy a car

65. Read all of the Bible

66. Talk about something I believe in in front of a crowd

67. Decorate my own skateboard (even though I can't skate)

68. Spend a whole day in Central Park

69. Learn to cook

70. Overcome my phobia of dogs

71. Go to the gym every single day for a month

72. Meet a member of the royal family

73. Move out of my parents' house

 74. Do work experience in an orphanage

 75. Cook every single recipe in a recipe book

 76. Go to Milan Fashion Week

 77. Go to London Fashion Week

 78. Appear in a magazine

 79. Own a kitten

 80. Get four massages in a month
 81. Do a collab. on youtube with someone I really admire

 82. Win the lottery

 83. Get 5000 followers on bloglovin

 84. Help build a well in Africa

 85. Live in another country for 6 months

 86. Meet someone that I've only ever met on the internet

 87. Be able to rock a hat
 88. Swim with dolphins

 89. Learn to tap dance

 90. Live with a roommate 

 91. Live in Brighton

 92. Walk on a red carpet

 93. Go to a press event

 94. Learn to ride a horse

 95. Work in a homeless shelter

 96. Adopt a child

 97. Ride on a helicopter

 98. Meet someone really inspiring to me

 99. Have you all check out my youtube channel (pretty please)
 100. Be completely happy with myself and my life

 

I know that i'm probably not going to achieve some of my goals , but i believe that if you work hard to make your dreams come true, you never know what could happen, so don't give up just because someone tells you you dream too big. 

Let me know what you want to do in your life!
I also made a video of my new year's resolutions for 2015, go check it out!

 

Sara xx

Ps. Feel free to comment the name of your blog so I can check you all out!