Behind the Chianti Postcard

I remember when I was in Sydney, 

and everybody was asking me 

"are you really from Tuscany?" 

It was a funny question, 'cause I couldn't see "the postcard". 

After 2 years far away, I could see "the postcard", 

and now I've been taking Samuel Webster 

behind "the postcard" 

with the Bella Toscana project,

and yes, I'm really from Tuscany. 

Here are some photos of the Chianti area. 

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

...d'you know what I mean? 

...capitocome?

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Bella Toscana, the B side of a postcard

Cosa farà Bella adesso? 

Finalmente rispondo alla domanda di amici/fans intorno a me, dopo aver lavorato gli ultimi mesi 7 giorni su 7 a Milano, cosa farò per queste vacanze? 

Farò parte del progetto di Samuel Webster "Bella Toscana", un blog- viaggio fotografico in e intorno la Toscana, con lo scopo di mostrarvi com'è veramente la vita qua, come un LATO B DI UNA CARTOLINA, toccando tutti gli aspetti: la Bella Vita, la gente, il cibo, il vino, la moda, handmade, la musica, l'arte ecc. 

Vi porteremo in giro con noi, aggiornando le pagine 

Fb Samuel Webster o Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster o Bella #bellatoscana 

e il mio blog Capitocome. 

Questa è la pagina ufficiale Bella Toscana,  

e questo è il suo sito, 

dove potete vedere il suo favoloso lavoro/portfolio. 

Un grazie speciale a tutte le persone che hanno già creduto in questo progetto, e allo sponsor Walks of Italy, che offre meravigliosi tour in tutto il Paese. 

What is Bella going to do next? 

I'm finally answering the question of friends/fans around me, as I've been working last few months 24/7 in Milano, what am I going to do for holidays? 

Well, I'm going to join Samuel Webster's project "Bella Toscana", 

which is a photographic and blogging trip in and around Tuscany, 

with the aim of showing you which is the real life here, 

the sort of B SIDE OF A POSTCARD, 

touching all the aspects: 

la Bella Vita, people, food, wine, fashion, handmade, music, art etc. 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

...d'you know what I mean? 

...capitocome? 

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Australian ONLINE SHOPPING

I want to join 2 questions that I recently got from Italians. 

• Gabriele: which are the fashion Eshops, sort of our YOOX, in Australia? 
• Francesca: how can I buy Australian/Nz brands? 

HERE YOU GO: 

www.cultstatus.com.au     

PERTH, AU based 

www.cybele.co.nz 

NEW ZEALAND based 

www.frockaholics.com.au  

AUSTRALIA based 

www.frockshop.com.au 

AUSTRALIA based, DELIVERY OVERNIGHT IN AU 

www.thegrandsocial.com.au 

AUSTRALIA based, free shipping within Au 

www.leblackbook.com.au 

AUSTRALIA based 

www.maximillia.com 

AUSTRALIA based, free shipping within Au 

www.miijo.com 

AUSTRALIA based 

www.mycatwalk.com.au 

AUSTRALIA based, one of most popular 

www.offtherunway.com.au 

AUSTRALIA based 

www.sambag.com.au 

AUSTRALIA based 

www.stylepalace.com.au 

PERTH, AU based 

www.trilbyphoenix.com.au 

SYDNEY, AU based 

JUST IN A CLICK... 

...d'you know what I mean? 

...capitocome?

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Bay Run in Sydney and Florence + The Machines

One of the things that is going to be in my heart forever 

is the freedom that I've experienced here in Sydney. 

I became obsessed by the bay run, 

'cause 

there's such space 

and bright light in Australia 

and men don't whistle at you, 

even if you're hot, 

nobody gives a shit what you're wearing, 

You're free. 

You feel this freedom. 

Tiffany made for me a RUNNING PLAYLIST 

which is called 

RUN BELLA RUN. 

This is my favourite song of my playlist, 

This is the way that Bella runs. 

FAST. 

Check lyrics here, they're amazingly appropriate. 

D'you know what I mean? 

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The Other Side of Sydney - 52 SUBURBS

Almost 2 years ago 

I was overseas 

and all I knew about Australia was 

kangaroos, Bondi Beach, dangerous animals. 

To be honest I just wanted to go to the furthest place from Italy... 

just really randomly I got a crush. 

First signal of "there's something else" 

was Louise Hawson's 52 SUBURBS blog. 

from her words: 

"My name is Louise. I've lived in

Sydney for over 30 years but had

never set foot in most of its 600+

suburbs. So from September 2009

to October 2010, I explored and

photographed one new Sydney

suburb a week in search of the

beauty in the 'burb." 

This beautiful, romantic, simple, contradditional, clever, pure 

vision of Sydney made my decision, I would say, 

as I've always been an instinctive person, 

I had a good feeling about it. 

I want to thank Louise for sharing 

such not explored side of Sydney, 

and the lovely Irene for inviting me to the exhibition, 

WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON until OCTOBER 9TH @ Museum of Sydney  

And I want to say to 

ALL MY OVERSEAS FRIENDS 

that Australia is not just about kangaroos. 

(all the photos are from 52 SUBURBS blog, here the book available online) 

 ...d'you know what I mean?

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Two Italian Boys : STYLISH VINO

Totally love when food/wine meet style. 

You know. 

Running every week a stall in the most trendy 

Organic Food Market in Sydney is something I guess... 

Anyway, check out this new project: 

Two Italian Boys, 

both Australian, Italian origins 

traslating in such stylish way 

and highly innovative techniques 

the rich tradition of their culture. 

Loving the website as well 

because it's BOLD, 

Italian BUT NOT BULLSHIT 

it's "Vino BUT NOT PRETENTIOUS"... 

well, I can't wait the time to taste it, then! 

...d'you understand what I mean?

...capitocome? 

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Marrickville Organic Market ITALIAN HANDMADE stall

I just want to upload some pics about 

Marrickville Organic Market, 

that I'm joining every Sunday morning, 

Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville, from 8.30am till 3pm. 

Featuring: 

-BELLA Collection, 100% Italian designed, 

100% Australian made Jewellery 

-Capitocome collection, including HATS, BAGS & winter WOOLLIES 

all made in TUSCANY 

-second-hand designers SUPER SALE 

- new inclusion "Little Zalia Bowtique", selling handmade baby headbands 

& winter beanies 

I really can't describe 

the VIBES there. It's beyond a market, 

believe me. 

..d'you know what I mean? 
...capitocome? 

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Head On Portrait Prize - 2011 People's Choice Award

Head On is the nation's major innovative showcase for Australian portrait photography, 

reflecting a vibrant, 

diverse cross-section of new and traditional photographic practices. 

I really enjoyed the "spread presence" of photography around Sydney in the last few weeks... 

Head On Portrait Prize - 2011 People's Choice Award

The winner of the 2011 People’s Choice Award is 

Alex Vaughan for her photograph ‘Les and Eileen’. 

Head OnPortrait Prize will be on display 

at the Australian Centre for Photography 

till Saturday 11 June. 

Make sure you make time for it. 

..d'you know what I mean? 

...capitocome? 

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