A New Social Network

Have you heard about Ello?

Maybe you did a few months ago but didn't feel like trying another social network where your friends are not present. I mean why be in a social network where you can't socialize with your friends? 

LEARN But that's the thing with Ello, it encourages you to get out of your comfort zone, away from babies, cats, engagement rings and crossfit posts. People actually post things that make you interested and curious away from "people talk". You can find inspiration.

NSFW It allows you to express whatever you want, even NSFW posts - a nude photo won't be censored like in Facebook or Instagram would be-. I can hear you thinking about Tumblr, yeah, Tumblr has plenty of NSFW content but the thing here is that's focused on art.

FREE It's really ad free and game free -say goodbye to Candy Crush, Pet Rescue and Farm Heroes invites-. We are almost used to everything being invaded with ads and for me ads have always been graphics out of context. There are no sponsor messages or posts in Ello and things most of the time we don't want to see. 

DESIGN Love the minimalist design. It keeps the focus on the posts and makes photos look so much better.

NOISE And the best of all, is the Noise feature where you can silent those annoying oversharing friends -I'm talking about 5+ post a day people-. 

I think I'll use it to post beautiful photos and to write something about the time I took it. Just like my blog.

This is my first Ello post in this new social network.

Monday at Work

Today I went to work at The Goodwill Society in Darlinghurst where some crazy things happened.

1.- a truck hits a guy on William St. so the street was closed most part of the morning. Horrible.

2.- an egg falls from the window of some flat three floors up and crashes next to a costumer's glass of fresh OJ -luckily not in her head-.

3.- a crazy guy tried to stole a spoon from the girls drinking coconut water -he told them he needed it for his medication, ejem, drugs, ejem-.

Yeah, a crazy day right?

*picture: from my flat while I was watching the storm come.

Workshops in Sydney

I worked as a Designer in front of a computer for two years and that led me to feel the need of learning and doing new creative things outside the office.

Blue Mountains

One of the things most of you told me to do while living in Sydney was to visit the Blue Mountains. 

As I am a fan of nature and mountains, the name of this place was so attractive to me and I couldn't wait to have time to visit.

Manly Wine

For my boyfriend's birthday I wanted to do something special. He had the idea of spending all Sunday on Manly and I wanted to take him to a fancy restaurant where we could have a nice lunch and drinks.

As we where going on a sunny Sunday I decided to make a reservation the day before to avoid waiting in the bar and to ensure a table at the terrace.

Manly Wine suited perfectly for the occasion. Great menu, amazing ocean and beach view, fancy drinks and cool music.

We got there at 2pm and had drinks, a glass of Sauv Blanc for me and a Dolores&Pedro -the closest to a Pisco Sour- for him. As an entrée we ordered a Scallop ceviche, chilli, coriander, lime, wasabi -almost no spicy in this, so if you don't eat spicy you'll do fine-.

We had Drunken pork chop, apple slaw, vinegar potatoes, pork crackle and Black Angus “Reserve” 250gm sirloin with Charred brocollini, chilli, preserved lemon on a side. Everything was delicious!

When I got back from the restroom Antonio tells me that the sommelier came to our table asking if I liked brownies as a birthday surprise. So he let her think it was my birthday and I had to act surprised when she came with the delicious dessert -of course my face turned red haha-.

We stayed there for a little while longer, enjoying the view. Then we went down to the beach and walked towards Shelly Beach and through the streets to get to the other side near the Manly Wharf to take the 5pm ferry back to Circular Quay.

The day was perfect and we had a great time.

Manly Wine

8-13 S Steyne, Manly

NSW 2095

Sydney, Australia