Dull weekend.

This weekend (yes, tomorrow's a weekday again over here!) I had planned to do so much: clean and tidy the apartment, go jogging and prepare a lecture for monday (I've started giving private English tutoring), but, of course, I managed to catch a small flu and thus didn't have the energy to do any of those things. I get ill a lot in Israel for some reason, despite the fact that I've always had a very good immune system, so I wonder if the change of climate might be to blame. At any rate, it is surely not fun.

What have you all been doing (or will still be doing) this weekend?





Blouse from H&M, shorts and shoes from Topshop

Sitting in a tree

It's so hot and sticky these days that wearing lightweight dresses that don't stick to your body is the best. Though I think I may only own two or three dresses that qualify as non-sticky in hot weather so it might be an idea to invest in a few more since it's not even proper summer yet. I bought the dress I am wearing in the photos a couple of years ago in London and it is by far one of my favorites although I seldom wear it since it feels so overly romantic.
I suppose most of you are not burdened with such impossibly hot weather (at least not yet!), but what do you wear to feel a little bit more at ease when it is incredibly hot outside?









Dress from Traffic People, leotard (underneath) from American Apparel, and hair bow from Bianco.

Lentil and quinoa salad.

I keep forgetting to eat enough legumes (most likely because I don't know enough recipes with legumes in them), which I absolutely should as a vegetarian, but every so often I commit myself to making a meal with lentils, beans or peas. Yesterday was one of those days and I came up with a lentil salad that contained a lot of quinoa as well - the reason why I've opted to call it a lentil and quinoa salad.




1. Boil about two dl of green lentils and about two - three dl of quinoa. Let cool.



2. Chop one small onion and a few cloves of garlic.



3. Grind three small carrots.



4. Slice one big cucumber or two small.



5. Slice some green onion. I used quite a lot of it since I love green onion.



6. Slice one paprika and mix everything together.



7. Add lemon zest.



8. And sesame seeds.



9. Voilá! Sprinkle with some salt, a tiny bit of pepper and add parsley and coriander (preferably fresh!)

Random photos from when my parents were here.

I had planned to post this a few days ago, but these last couple of days I've been feeling somewhat under the weather and haven't really been up to blogging. I'm sure I'll feel better in a few days time and then I'll be back again. These are just random pictures from my parents' visit here; from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and from Max Brenner (chocolate restaurant).

Bow overkill?

Since purchasing the Zara bow shirt and the American Apparel bow hair band a few weeks ago I've been tempted to put together an outfit incorporating both of them, and perhaps adding more bows as well. And when I ordered some new tights online a little while ago (and one of them being with bows!), I decided to take the idea even further and wear a very bow-y outfit.

I always feel pretty reluctant to wear two or more print items (either if it's the same print or different prints) in the same outfit even if I often feel like matching a polka dotted skirt with a polka dotted blouse. Every time I end up telling myself that it looks out of place and that it's a little too much. However, after wearing this outfit for a day I think that it could work out wearing matching prints and I think I'm going to re-attempt matching polka-dots.








Shirt by Zara, skirt by Gina Tricot, hair bow by American Apparel, shoes from Benetton and tights from Pamela Mann.