Three things 7th February

Hey!

Another week has flown by! As the weekend has gone really quickly as well, this post is going to be a short one, so here goes.

1- Vegan Burgers. Update! Crown Cafe now offers vegan burger. And it is amazing. I am not saying this just because I should, but this really is beyond amazing! I am not going to tell all the secret ingredients but if you have any opportunity go and try it, whether you are vegan or not. For an additional euro you can add French fries to it, but you don't even need to, because it is so big and fulfilling!

2-  Blogilates community & challenges. So everyone probably knows I am a Blogilates fan. The community there is so supportive and positive, and often there are challenges to participate in. February has two, which I am partaking in - the Powegirlcrush challenge, which is all about getting to know yourself; and the Yogalates, which is about getting more bendy and stretchy. They are fun, you get to know other popsters and likeminded awesome people + on top of it you can win a Popflex outfit (and by the way, Popflex is gorgeous). Go take a look! Just hashtag the challenge!

3- Working out. I have been working out since January (well actually the end of December). It has been subtle, and I haven't been doing too much, but taking baby steps - but progress is progress, right? But even this little that I have been doing is starting to make a difference. And I don't mean much of physical difference, but more of a mental difference - I feel better. I look forward to my little workouts and I actually see some progress! (Or maybe I am just wanting to see it, but that's something too, isn't it :) And I know that with patience and focus, someday difference will be visual to others too! Just gotta keep on going.

Okay, so this it it for this time! Hope everyone has a lovely week to come :)

A very Crown Christmas

Whoooop, at least a second new blog post! This is pogress. Of some sort.

This post is dedicated for a very Crown Christmas so it is a bit of a promotional post? First, I am promoting myself and my photography skills. Ughugh... And secondly I am promotiong Cafe Crown - a small but super cosy and sweet cafe-restaurant in Pärnu. If you are ever in the need for some good food, want to get a proper food baby without losing all your money in the process head straight to Crown!

The cuisine is Estonian, but this doesn't mean there aren't your typical meals such as French Fries, they are just served a bit differently or with a little bit of surprise.

And since it is festive season, I took some festive photos of Crown the other day. Hope you enjoy!

Also check out their Facebook, website and Instagram!

Love,
Maria

Christmas 2015

Hello hey hey!

Okay so let's be honest - I have earned the worst blogger of the year award haven't I? And with that have lost any chance of followers haha. But despite this I am going to write this post and definitely maybe some more. We shall see!

This year Christmas was exceptional! Every year we gather around at my grandads house, have a massive meal, go weird and exchange gifts. This year we did exactly the same. But it was different.

First of all - as me and Silver are vegans now, we had to make sure we had enough to eat! Now we don't bitch with others for what they choose to eat but we want to make sure we also have options. For that we brought vegan chocolate pie and vegan sausages. My aunt had cooked beans and lentils for us as well! So we ended up having amazing potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, lentils, sausages, cranberry sause and pickles... And we were both about to explode before coffee and the pie!

Secondly, when we were kids someone always dressed up as Santa. But as noone has been a kid for a while and there aren't any new babies (where are you all? We need babies in our lives haha), there has been no reason for this. But this year my auntie decided to play Santa when handing out the gifts! This was a major surprise for all of us but such a nice thing.

After spending Christmas at my grandads place my family went to Crown for our own special celebration. We had some water and coffee and set up around the Christmas tree to give our gifts to each other. S played a cheeky elf and distributed all the gifts, everyone read a poem or did a little show to get theirs, we danced around and had a really good time. And to make all of it better, I filmed the whole thing! Yup. This year I decided that instead of taking pictures I would film Christmas. Since my "Life that P won't be getting" video I realised that I have epic video skills (feel free to laugh), but on a more serious note, I really enjoyed it.

So hopefully we will get to see an awesomesauce Christmas video soon. Oh also, by the way, my laptop is broken. So I don't know if I can edit in Silver's or not but we shall see.

Bye for now and I sincerely hope that anyone who reads this (or doesn't) has had the most amazing Christmas this year, however you choose to celebrate!

Love,
Maria

Food photography

As I am responsible for the cafe's (online) image, we took a day to go and do some new shoots for 2015. As this idea came to us quite late, as usual, we only got to take so many photos before it got dark.

I have to admit, I have always liked photography, but as most things in my life, I have no consistancy! I think I have been consistent in only 2 things in my life: fashion, as I challenged myself and chose this as my career path for now, so it is always on my mind, even if it's only a uni project at a time, and working out to Pilates, even though I can go months without doing anything, this is something I always come back to.

Now, photography has had a soft spot for me but I haven't studied it ever, ok, I guess a 2 hours 10 years ago doesn't count? But now I can use all my creativity and skills to make photos for Cafe promotion so here are some better photos from yesterday.