Christmas is all around...

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! :)

Finally, winter holidays came, so everyone has plenty of free time. We can enjoy time of laziness, meeting with friends and family, just sleep or eat enormous quantity of delicious christmassy food ^^

Decorating christmas tree is quite fun, especially when you do it with children or close friends. Before that, you can prepared you own ornaments from paper or other fabrics. Don't forget about christmas gifts!

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day are the holy days of... eating. Yes, that's it. What more can you do? Isn't that wonderful, when you have nothing to do, just lay down in a couch, turn on Love Actually or Home Alone (don't forget about the sequel!) and chill out eating some sweets...

My dear cat was tricking me so many times, couldn't have found her sitting calmly next to Christmas tree. She was moving all time, just waiting for some cat's delicacy... Today she let me take a photo. Finally! :)

In Poland, there are lots of traditions. I bet, you can't imagine how many...  Here, I'd like to present you a pretty good site, where you can find out something interesting about Christmas in Poland:

http://www.polishchristmasguide.com/

You won't regret visiting this page ;)

Anyway, the New Year is coming up quickly. So, prepare your New Year's Resolution, which I wish you to come true :) This last day of year, just spent a while to think about whole 2014: what you did, what you wanted to do, what made you happy, where have you been, just sum it up. Maybe, you'll find out some amazing memories you have :)

So, Vivienne and me wish you very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !! :)

Wrocław again

Last weekend I visited my friends in Wrocław. We spent really good time together, it was a little bit more than two days, but it was awesome!

Because of the upcoming Christmas, all city was decorated into beautiful ornaments, there was a Christmas fair at the old market square - plenty of wooden huts where people were selling some traditional dishes, hot chocolate or hot vine (in Poland we call it grzaniec), hand-made jewelry or other handcrafts... Of course, there was a beautiful Christmas tree at the center, in front of it there was Santa's sleigh made of ice! The sleigh was prepared Saturday afternoon, so it hasn't been melting yet.

I have to admit that Wrocław is a wonderful city. Even though it's not snowing and the weather is kind of tricky, here you can really feel that Christmas' gonna be soon!

Anyway, the most important thing to me was seeing my best friends, have incredible fun with them and collect new memories ;)

Actually, we were supposed to go ice-skating, but unfortunately, there wasn't time for this entertainment. Next time, for sure! Generally, we were shopping a lot. Never have I visited such many h&m stores than this weekend! After, we were just hanging out together having some pizza... :)

All in all, I had such good time, can't wait next meeting during Christmas holidays!!

American Beauty

I have seen lots of movies but this one is the greatest one! American beauty, the winner of precious movie awards like Oscars, BAFTAs or the Golden Globes is really worth seeing.

Directed by Sam Mendes in 1999 shows the story of 42-year-old Lester Burnham. He's life is quite ordinary: he has a job in advertising, a big house with a marvellous garden, a lovely wife and a beautiful daughter. It's almost everything why people dream about. Is it? Actually, inside the house isn't that wonderful as it should be: Lester's wife is no more attractive to him, she's rather focused on her own career. What's more, his teenage daughter, Jane, has typical problems for her age - she feels that her mother neglects her, doesn't love her anymore. In school there is a boy who acts weirdly: he follows her, he behaves as if he was a freak. Also, her best friends, mysterious Angela, seems to be better daughter for Jane's parents.

All to all, the protagonist started to, Lester starts to feel lonely, he needs someone who could spent free time with him. Actually, the main character suffer from midlife crisis. One day he meets Angela who is a cheerleader as well as Jane. He starts to have feelings for her... what's more, he has totally changed his life style: he exercises every day, he makes his life more active. Not only had he make a gym in his garage, he's also changed his point of view on different things. More time he spends in gym, more he's happy, relaxed. Moreover, he tries drugs which make him more open and in good mood.
                              
Anyway, I don't want to spoil anything, especially the ending which is extremely unpredictable! Anywise, the movie is really worth seeing. Kevin Spacey as a protagonist, his movie wife - Annette Bening and other cast (we can see Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari or Peter Gallagher) are amazing! We can easily recognize some familiar movie faces.

Also, American beauty was awarded many times (5 Oscars, 6 BAFTAs, 3 Golden Globes)... These all prizes show the prestige of movie. The film was totally box office! It's one of the most popular movies in late 90s and early XXI century. I suppose that nobody could have imagined how famous American beauty was going to be. What's more, many people want to watch it even several times. All things together undoubtedly show American beauty's success!
Generally, it's breath-taking movie. Many twists of action, wonderful script, amazing acting, fantastic plot. Furthermore, the film is quiet amusing, there are plenty of funny situations, but we can also see some tears... Briefly, American beauty should be on your must-see movie list! :)
                           
To sum up, I do recommend American beauty to any of you. It's movie which shows contemporary problems. What's more, it may be even more recent nowadays. Why? I think that American beauty show you the answer! :)