Hola señor

In true Rozzy style, here's a Spanish beer advert that will make you mourn summer like I do right now,

Bread Collective

This post is devoted to my appreciation of the work that Bread Collective did for the Power of Summer. The concept behind it was the utilisation of Battersea Power Station for a summer pop-up. There were stalls for snacking on ceviche or duck-frites buns, as well as sipping on vegan smoothies or of course a cheeky cocktail - it was the holidays after all. However, the main event was the outdoor Everyman cinema screenings, complete with popcorn and beanbags.

Anyway, the pop-up was an incredible idea, made all the more incredible by the paintwork.
Take a look,

The name's?

Go while it's still on - until March 2015. London Film Museum. The prices are a little steep, with a student ticket costing £9.50 but there is a lot to see - and learn (for my fellow geeks reading this).

It's more than just the cars as there are all kinds of original James Bond vehicles, from motorbikes to submarines. However, you will see my future car sitting in there. The Aston Martin DB5. Am I right or am I right? 

Manhattan - FoodStuff

New York and gastrotourism. Wow - where to start? I did so much eating...

One of my favourite things was grabbing a bite at Madison Square Eats and then sitting in the sunshine in awe of the Flat Iron building. I ended up there twice. 

A whole host of famous restaurants have stalls in this pop-up space, all competing with their innovative culinary ideas.

Here's Roberta's pizza and a Red Hook lobster roll,

An Asia Dog hotdog topped with kimchi and nori flakes,

Then both cheese and birthday-cake flavoured mini doughnuts,

And cereal-milk ice cream from Momofuku Milk Bar. It really did taste like that milk after you finished your eating your cereal and was coated in actual cornflakes for a little crunch.

Um what's up next? Probably the craziest concept I've tasted in a while. Mac and cheese spring rolls with a gouda dipping sauce at Cafeteria,

Well I had never before seen one of these. Only in the United States. 

Talking of cupcakes, I did enjoy a gorgeous Magnolia Bakery number at Top of the Rock while taking in one of the best views over the city,

Another place worth trying is Miss Lily's which serves great Jamaican food and it's where I tried this curious but flavourful fusion: Jerk Ramen,

On my first morning in the city, Dee took me for breakfast at the Ukranian Veselka where I had a waffle the size of my face and tried my first pierogis,

Fortunately by combining all of this food intermittently with the cold-press juices and health-kick vegan cafés Dee is so into, they didn't have to roll me onto the plane. (It was touch and go there.)

Anyway, I'll wrap things up with a bagel. Very New York of me. 

This is a french toast bagel filled with birthday-cake flavour cream cheese,

"Take me back", I hear my stomach rumble.

Manhattan - Directions

I recently returned from a trip to New York to visit my school friend, Dee (the blogger behind Nous Portons). If you know me, you know I take photos of really everything. However, I have decided to restrict myself to two posts on my trip.

This one is just to be able to gawk at some of the architecture by looking up, across and down at the city.

The high line,

Boating,

Yellow cabs,

Lego bricks,

Lomo I

Here are some of the shots taken with my Lomography Fisheye 2 camera. Let me know what you think.

This first one is my absolute favourite. It's the cathedral in Valencia. I snapped once, clicked 'multiple exposure', turned the camera 180 and snapped again. The angles are perfect.

Some day ones.

 

Some night. The B setting means you can let in as much light as you want.

I love the rough and ready quality to the photos. You never know exactly how they'll turn out.

Look out for my next Lomo post, with my next set of developed favourites!

Letters

I noticed a recurring theme across the stalls of the DecorAcción market, letters for decoration. Whether they were painted wooden ones or heavy steel ones lined with light bulbs. I thought, it taking place in Barrio de las Letras ('borough of the letters'), a post focussed around these letters could be cool.

Dodgy menus in Valencia, Valencia

Looking through my Valencia photos I came across these gems. An important part of the year abroad is to develop translation skills...

We have sangría or 'bleeding',

and margarita or 'daisy',

Z A R A

Zara and its Spanish prices together are one of the main advantages of being in Spain for me. I'm not even kidding.

I waited for the opening of the new Zara flagship store on Serrano with anticipation. And then, lo and behold, in April it was revealed from behind the enormous boards.
It's massive, with 5000m² between six floors, five of which are open to the public. Definitely worth a visit; both for the selection of clothes, there'll be that shirt you were looking at, sold out almost everywhere in your size, and to take a look at what they've done to the place. The façade is intact, fitting in beautifully with the rest of the block on Calle Serrano. However, the interior was clearly completely gutted, modernising and Zara-ising it with litres of white paint, escalators and a million hangers.

Be warned, the queues for changing rooms and to pay are preetty long but it is a Madrid experience.

Along with the photo I took one night in April, I thought I'd add a photo from the inside which I found on Google to give you more of an idea,