Back in time

Posted on January 31, 2015January 10, 2017 by admin

A new year is upon us. We’re all a little older, and hopefully, all a little wiser. The future may be exciting, but gee there’s nothing like the good old days.

Remember the days….

The days of cassettes? You know you’re old if you remember trying to rewind a cassette by using a pencil. The crackle of the needle when playing an old record. Using the rotary dial on the telephone to ring someone at home. Yep you heard me, calling the landline. And remembering someone’s phone number off by heart. Getting a handwritten letter in the mail. (Licking the envelope, you can’t get more personal than that) Getting off your butt to change the tv channel (our asses were much smaller then). Film cameras. Shooting a role of film. Not being able to wait til that hour was over when your photos had finished getting developed at the chemist.

We have all made New Years resolutions and hope for a bigger and brighter future. But we all have fond memories from the past that we’ll always cherish.

I hope your 2015 is full of shooting stars & adventure.

This is Roshambo.

(Back in time or back to the future? Either way, I gotta get myself a delorean!)

Photo: Diane Kitanoski for www.thisisroshambo
Title: “Back in time” – Huey Lewis and the News
Model: from @ModelCitizens
Jewellery: Cassette necklace from Vinyl Cuts www.vinylcuts.com.au
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Bringing Sexy Back

Posted on December 28, 2014January 10, 2017 by admin

A25 Pizzeria is bringing sexy back………pizza style!

Owner, Remo Nicolini, isn’t new to the Melbourne food scene. Having success already with Non Solo Pasta , he likes to keep it in the family with brother Tony who also runs a pizzeria (or two) known as D.O.C.

The name and the menu were both inspired by the A25 Motorway which travels from Rome to the beautiful city of Pescara. The menu, ranging from the tempting truffle pizza, or, my favourite, The Pink Lady which comes with raspberries, these are flavours your tastebuds have never dreamed of. Never judge a pizza by it’s topping……there’s a reason there’s a dusting of licorice on the L.S.D pizza. These guys are crazy enough to try it, are you? You’re welcome!

There are still your traditional flavoured pizza pies, but these guys are your local Willy Wonka when it comes to mouth watering combinations.

With a staff of authentic Italian’s, the cheese on the sexy pizza melts without an oven. All senses are aroused, look, taste and touch. So there’s no point reading about the food, go down and try it yourself. Everything tastes as good as the waiters look.

The cheeky-ness continues in the “bagno” where you can write your phone number on the toilet wall (the good old fashioned way) and Italy’s ex- President Silvio Berlusconi will give you a call. (only for those that are young and cute!)

Since it’s successful opening night this ~~Kasbah~~ pizzeria has not stopped rocking!

“Ciao ragazzi venite a visitare presto!”

Photo’s: Diane Kitanoski for thisisroshambo.com
Title: “Bringing Sexy Back” – Justin Timberlake
A25 Pizzeria – Pizza is sexy @ 720 Chapel St, South Yarra 3141
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A-ri ti ti ti

Posted on December 10, 2014January 10, 2017 by admin

The great Pablo Picasso was quoted once, saying,

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once [she] grows up”

I think I know the answer.

Introducing Arite Kannavos, whose signature style of vivid colour, metallic highlights and faint washes, capture the viewers attention, taking them back to a time of childhood innocence and purity.

This is what a dream would look like in paint, poking at your subconscious, evoking emotions that make you smile for no reason.

Her paintings are a reflection of the beauty that is this creative mind.

Not only does she inject art into our world, she also nurtures the creative soul in her friends…. including me!

Arite is a character, and much like her artwork, she is irresistible.

"Enfold Exhibition" by painter Arite Kannavos

Her work having graced numerous blogs and magazines from Australia and around the world, the darling Miss Arite is one of my friend’s I am most proud of.

I ‘heart’ Arite, and you will too.

Be sure to catch her current show “Enfold” at Gilligan Grant Gallery before it ends on 13^th December.

Photo: Diane Kitanoski for thisisroshambo.com
Artist: Arite Kannavos at www.aritekannavos.com
Represented by www.gilligangrantgallery.com.au
2 Minona St, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Ph: (03) 9818 0639
Title: A-ri ti ti ti “Magic Carpet Ride” by Mighty Dub Katz
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Flower Child

Posted on December 1, 2014January 10, 2017 by admin

Il m’aime un peu,

beaucoup, passionnément

à la folie

pas du tout.

“Il y a des fleurs partout pour qui veut bien les voir”

Photography: Diane Kitanoski for thisisroshambo.com
Title: “Flower Child” – Lenny Kravitz
Words: “He loves me, a little, a lot, passionately, madly, not at all.”
Words: “There are flowers everywhere for those who really want to see them” – Henri Matisse
Model from @ModelCitizens
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Call me

Posted on November 11, 2014January 10, 2017 by admin

“Call me……”

“Where you going?”

“Where you been?”

“Are we still friends?”

Chinese whispers is what it’s called, gossip guaranteed to be a completely different story by the time it gets to the end of the line. Words dileberately altered? Or the unreliability of human recollection after being altered by alcohol when saying it? They say you are “no-one” until you’re talked about, but maybe it’s the nobody’s doing all the talking. It’s ok……don’t take it personally. It’s always a good story in the end.

“It’s no secret, it’s just not your business.”