Old Glory Cherry Pie

Just look at it! I mean the pie!! Since last year,  our cherry tree from our garden didn't make any fruits, well, this year it was over saturated with cherries. This was the perfect timing to try my very first pie, an american cherry pie! :D I found the recipe on the net again...it's my best cooking guide (but I also have a lot of cooking books). But when I searched for the looks of it, well when I first saw this Old Glory Cherry Pie ...I fell in love. I knew my pie was going to look like that!

I worked 3 hours to get it wright from scratch...and I'm not kiddin'... But it was worth every minute spent on decorating it! It was delicious! See for yourselves!

The left overs of the blue and red dough asked to be played with..so we did... The ones on the right are Mate's masterpiece.. :D :D :D

After I took it out from the oven...

Happy to see it beautifully done!

nature theatre

I joined Mate and Claudiu to a resort not far from Baia Mare, where the two of them had to give a performance outdoors for a group of police men. I had fun, plus I got to spend some time surrounded by nature, fresh air and the lovely daughters of Claudiu. :) Check out how sweet is looking Mate with the little one in his arms :)))

banana muffins

Since I first did the Banana Bread Muffins, I wanted to try a lighter version, so I did the simple Banana Muffins. I found the recipe on the net, so it's not big deal; the mini rainbow candies on top of them was my idea though :) They tasted as good as they look. Bon appetit! :D

atelier...

12 iunie, 18.00  – 18.15 h (foaier):   DESCHIDEREA  OFICIALĂ  A  FESTIVALULUI 

           18.30 – 20.00 h (scenă):     COPILUL  RECE  de  Marius  von  Mayenburg

                   - cu publicul în sală -        (regia: Cristian  Ban)

                                                              Teatrul Municipal  Baia  Mare

            21.30 – 23.00 h (studio):     DELIR  ÎN  DOI  de Eugen  Ionesco

                                                               (regia: Mihaela  Panainte)

                                                               Teatrul  SALA  MICĂ  din Cluj (FABRICA  DE  PENSULE )

          

 13 iunie,  17.00 – 18.30 h (scenă):      AMOR  OMNIA

                   - cu publicul în sală -         (scenariul şi regia: Peter Pashov − Zheni Pashova)

                                                                Teatrul Maghiar de Stat  CSIKY GERGELY din Timişoara

                   20.00 – 21.00 h (studio):     ŞI MÂINE E O ZI de Franz Xaver Kroetz

                                                                (regia: Anton Tauf)

                                                                Teatrul Municipal  Baia  Mare

                  21.30 – 22.45 h (scenă):      COPILUL  ACESTA  de Joël Pommerat 

                  - cu publicul pe scenă -      (regia: Vlad Massaci)

                                                                Teatrul  de Stat Oradea – trupa IOSIF VULCAN  

 14 iunie,  17.00 – 18.00 h (scenă):     FINNPHONIA 5.0 

                   - cu publicul în sală -        (regia: David  Kozma )

                                                               European Theatre Collective din Helsinki (Finlanda)

                     20.00 – 21.00 h:                 SUFLEURUL  FRICII  de Matei Vişniec

                     (Casa Rusu)                     (regia: Gérard  Audax)

                                                               Teatrul  CLIN D’OEIL din Orleans (Franţa)

                                                               - spectacol supratitrat în limba română –

                   21.30 – 22.30 h (scenă):    NOAPTE  ÎNSTELATĂ (dans butoh) 

                   - cu publicul în sală -        (regia şi coregrafia: Hikaru Otsubo)

                                                               Compania  KOTO-OTSUBO-BUTOH din Tokyo (Japonia)

  

 15 iunie, 13.00 – 14.00 h (scenă):       CĂLĂTORIE  SPRE  CENTRUL  PĂMÂNTULUI  de Jules Verne

                        - cu publicul în sală -        (regia: Radu Dinulescu)

                                                                PRIMUL  SPECTACOL  3D, CU  ACTORI, DIN  LUME !!!

                                                                Teatrul  Naţional din Târgu Mureş (trupa LIVIU  REBREANU)

                                                                - secţiunea PORTRETE  ÎN  ATELIER (Radu Dinulescu) –

                 20.00 – 21.00 (studio):          ONE  LIFE  SHOW  de Mihai  Ignat

                                                                 (regia: Claudiu Pintican)                                                       

                                                                 Teatrul  ARARAT din Baia Mare 

                 21.30 – 23.00 h (scenă):        UN CUPLU DE ROMÂNI AMĂRÂŢI, VORBITORI DE POLONĂ

                 - cu publicul pe scenă -        de Dorota Maslowska (spectacol supratitrat în română)

                                                                 (regia: Theodor Cristian Popescu)

                                                                 Teatrul Naţional Târgu Mureş – trupa TOMPA MIKLOS

16 iunie, 17.00 – 18.00 h (studio):    FĂPTAŞUL, adaptare după  Peter Shaffer 

                                                            (one man-show în interpretarea lui Doru  Fârte)

                 20.00 – 21.30 h (scenă):   PLAYGROUND (Teren de joacă)

                 - cu publicul în sală -       (un spectacol de Yvette  Bozsik)

                                                            Teatrul FIGURA  STUDIO  din Gheorgheni 

 17 iunie, 18.00 – 19.30 h (scenă):     SUFLETUL. PUNCTE  DE  VEGHERE  de  Dimitre  Dinev

                  - cu publicul în sală -        (regia : Radu  Afrim)

                                                             Teatrul MARIA FILOTTI din Brăila 

                 21.00 – 22.00 h (studio):    DECALOGUL  DUPĂ  HESS  de Alina Nelega

                                                              (regia: Tapasztó Ernő)

                                                              Compania Hetek Csoportja din Szeged (Ungaria) şi

                                                              Teatrul de Cameră din Arad

                                                                     - spectacol supratitrat în limba română -

                                                              - secţiunea PORTRETE  ÎN  ATELIER  (Aradi Kamaraszínház) -

                  

           

 18 iunie, 11.00 – 12.30 h :                   TOVARĂŞUL  DE  DRUM  de Hans Christian Andersen

  - la Teatrul de Păpuşi -                       (regia: Radu Dinulescu)

                                                               PRIMUL SPECTACOL  3D, CU MARIONETE, DIN  LUME !!! 

                                                               Teatrul  de Marionete din Arad

                                                               - secţiunea PORTRETE  ÎN  ATELIER (Radu Dinulescu) -

                 17.00 – 18.00 h (studio):     CAMERISTELE  de Jean Genet

                                                                    (regia: Radu Dinulescu)

                                                           Teatrul de Cameră din Arad şi

                                                               Baza Teatrală de la Zsámbék (Ungaria)

                                                                      - spectacol supratitrat în limba română -

                                                               - secţiunea PORTRETE  ÎN  ATELIER (Radu Dinulescu) -

                                                               - secţiunea PORTRETE  ÎN  ATELIER   (Aradi Kamaraszínház) –

                  18.30 – 19.45 h (scenă):     OO ! – creaţie colectivă după Ion Creangă

                 - cu publicul pe scenă -      Teatrul Tineretului din Piatra Neamţ

                                                               (regia : Alexandru Dabija)     

                                                        

                  21.00 – 21.30 h (foaier):     DECERNAREA  PREMIILOR 

sunset walk ☼

Just wanted to share with you some beautiful sunset colors. ☼☼☼ We went to meet some friends to a place not far from our home...so an evening walk was welcomed! At least during summer time, I try to walk and breath the fresh air and not use the car. Plus it's nothing sweeter that walking around with your bf holding your hand...isn't it? ♥♥♥ 

bizz and leisure

This was probably the best lemonade I've ever had in my life. Before another performance of the acting kids I told you yesterday, Mate, me and Silviu spent some time at Via Restaurant, where we had time to drink a fresh lemonade. Mint, lemon, bazil...madness! Loved it!

no need to tell you how much I love Cluj...here's a glimpse of it :)

If I'm in Cluj, I won't miss a walk at the Polus mall, browse the stores, have a snack and get updated with the latest movies. :)

In the evening we went to see the second performance of the kids; a Commedia dell'Arte show.  It was nice to remember the times we used to work with commedia masks. It was a sort of acting faculty revival :))

A great sunny day! 

See ya soon, Gab~

Jesus Christ Superstar

We went to Cluj for a couple of days to see the final year of acting students...they had the same acting teacher as I had. And we need new fresh actors to reinforce our acting dept. So we've got to see the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" and it wasn't bad at all, considering how difficult it is to sing those songs. It wasn't too much of acting, but at the end f the shoe, we had some preferences... Here are some random pics from the performance (made by Mate).

Pain Show

Being an actor has advantages and disadvantages also ( many disadvantages if you're an actor in Romania...to be more precise). Today I had such a nasty tooth ache, I thought I wasn't going to be able to do a theatre show...especially when I have to be super happy, to sing and dance for almost 3 hours... With a dentist visit and lots of painkillers I managed to do it. It's just sad when you realize you, as a person, as an employee, as an artist...don't worth a damn thing to the ones who lead this theatre. These are some pic of a Gabriela not so happy...

See ya soon and hopefully I'll be feeling better!

L'Occitane blossom...

This is one piece of gift that will never fail...no matter how cranky would the receiver be...

I was anyways out of perfumes.. they get emptied all at once...sadly. At least this is the way it works in my case. Well let me tell you about my new perfume obsession. It's from L'Occitane en Provence and it's called Peach Blossom. It smells divine and it gives you the urge to spray it all over your body every half hour...

This gentle and radiant eau de toilette is created of white peach blossom and fruit. It is accompanied with opulent body lotion, lip gloss and scented candle. Top notes introduce aromas of white peach, lemon and bergamot. A heart blooms with peach blossom, almonds and peony, while base notes incorporate Tonka beans, cedar, musk and iris.

10 out of 10 points!! Lovely fragrance!

dior & clarins punch

For several years, I've been a make up junkie ... I used to collect a lot of make up products, even though I was using only o few of them on a regular basis. So it was time to change smth. Mainly because I learned more stuff about make up lately. The most important thing being: make up expires! It's no use to buy a ton of products and not be able to use them as often as you'd like to. It's a waste of money. So I made a deal with myself some time ago...buy only the products I need and will use and they have to be only the best quality on the market. You know the principle "Quality over quantity"? Well, I'm guiding myself after it. Primarily when it comes to make up. OK now...so...step by step...I met Lancome, Estee Lauder, Clarins, Collistar, L'Occitane.

Now it was time to meet Dior and to deepen my relationship with Clarins. :) I already made a habit of buying good make up fom duty frees. For the last years, I got out of the country at least once a year. Then it's action time. I browse all the stands of beauty products, and depending on what I need and what I crave, I make the moves. This time the Ataturk Airport Duty Free in Istanbul was the spot. I needed a bronzer, so the the Dior Summer Make Up Palette was the best choice! Plus I'll try some lip and eye colors too...that was, if I remember well...43€ (about $60). I believe it was a good deal.

And then I fell in love with these Clarins lip glosses. I'm telling you, during summer time, a gloss is the perfect choice for your lips. I avoid using lipsticks because I ruined some when carrying them with me in the heat . The Clarins ones are lightly colored in pink and nude, taste and smell amazing. I'm very happy with them. Price: 23€  ($32)

Clarins Instant Light Natural Lip Perfector

A melting gel with a deliciously sweet flavour and 3D shimmer, for luscious, smooth, shiny lips and a natural-coloured, luminous smile. It nourishes, repairs and protects lips to leave them incredibly beautiful. Day by day they are more kissable, simply irresistible. Shades: 01 rose shimmer & 02 Apricot Shimmer.

Christian Dior Dior Bronze Sun Couture Palette Summer Makeup Palette.

1 x Dior Blush Glowing Color Powder Blush ( 639 ) 2.6g

3 x Dior Bronze Essential Bronzing Powder ( 010 - 020 - 030 ) 2.6g Each + Brush

1 x Dior Eyeshadow 1 Couleur ( 515 ) 0.65g 

3 x Dior Eyeshadows 5 Couleur ( 726 - 741 - 731 ) 2.6g Each + Double Ended Applicator Brush

1 x Dior Moisturizing Lip Gloss ( 523 ) 0.85g + Lip Brush

Christian Dior Bronze Sun Couture Palette is a gorgeous summer palette inspired by John Galliano designs. In this handy travel edition features two bronzers for the face, four eye shadows and two lip colors to create the perfect sun-kissed look.

Loving them! :)