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For The Love of Chocolate

Irina Alexandra — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:45:39 +0000

It is extremely modern and sexy covering us from head to toes with sweet, strangely shaped, almost magical layers. Pure dark mesmerizing art instead of our favorite paintings or our boring textile couch… A car that can’t move its wheels, but can make our friends eyes full of desire for only one try.

Photo by Alexandra Beier/Getty Images

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Theme Party Ideas: Which Theme is Right for You?

Irina Alexandra — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:40:43 +0000

Many times, I meet my friends to cook together in my house, talk and have lots of fun. So, I thought that every time they come, I should throw some themed party. I tried gypsy style, magicians and crazy science. And they were a blast. Now I am looking for something new.

Via Apartment Therapy
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Sweetest Cupcakes

Irina Alexandra — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:44:57 +0000

Adorable and tasty cupcakes – they have the joy of the childhood, the taste of happiness and the colors of the rainbow…

They just invite you to eat them fast, enjoying every bite like a small kid with no worries… Yummy!!!!

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Cities of the Dead

Irina Alexandra — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:45:05 +0000

The afterlife… What awaits us beyond the limits of our physical existence and our imagination is more or less a secret. The unknown.

01. Cemetery of the Capuchin Fathers, Rome, Italy (beneath the Church of the Immaculate Conception)

Like a place brought to life from grotesque stories… More than 4,000 skeletal remains believed to be Capuchin friars buried by their order stand next to the walls on display. The bones and skulls of the deceased monks are being used for altars, out-of-this-world wall decorations, creepy chandeliers and hideous frescoes. Created to inspire people to prayer and meditation, it looks more like a terrifying sight that gives shivers to the visitors.

Described by Frommer’s as “one of the most horrifying images in all of Christendom“, but considered by Catholic order “a silent reminder of the swift passage of life on Earth“.

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