Need a little bit of sweetness in your life?

The TingTings in Düsseldorf

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:58:51 GMT

Meinen Konzertbericht sowie meine Photos könnt ihr auf sparklingphotos ansehen! x

quick update: Brugge - SINS - contests

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:23:11 GMT

Back from a lovely weekend away!
I've always wanted to go to Bruges, and since we had plans to go to Belgium anyway for the Hot Rod show S.I.N.S. organized by the Scapers.be, we've decided to stop over there for Friday night. The drive was brutal - 6 hours for merely 300 km... But the wonderful medieval centre of Bruges made up for all the stress! I've never seen such a lovely city! Sure, it's touristy but not in a bad way. Oh and have I mentioned the chocolate stores yet? I'll upload pix to my flickr later!!!

SINS was cool - it was nice meeting up with peopel we haven't seen in a while 8errm, wintertime) and we could make some great connections for the next issue of Fräuleinwunder magazine. The whole show was very well organized - lots of vendors, beautiful cars and a great party. Too bad I don't like Belgian beer so much... Again, stay tuned for the pix!

To finish this really small entry - I'm taking part in 2 contests:

One is by Andi Pandi, a pinup artist (and hot model herself!) who I adore and the winner of her contest will be drawn by her.
You can vote for me by adding her to your myspace, go to her photoalbums and choose my photo :) To be honest I don't think I'll be able to catch as many votes as I'd need to win, but it's always nice to see someone is voting for you! By the way thanks to all of you who have voted so far!

Oh and the second contest is at www.bettiepagemovie.com Just join the forum to vote for one of the girls! The lovely Helen Highwater of Pinup Parade is entering also!

Thank you so much for your support!

Berlin!

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:14:33 GMT

Yippieh, morgen gehts los!
Haben viel auf unserer "liste", bin aber immer noch für tipps offen!
Freitag gehts dann ins roadrunners, samstag zu "i belli di waikiki" - vielleicht sehen wir ja den ein oder anderen dort? Würd mich freuen! Was ist Sonntag noch so los?
Stay charming!

sweetness on TV ;)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:04:30 GMT

Aloha liebe Freunde!

Heute am Donnerstag ca. 12.15 Uhr kann man mich nun nach all der Ankündigung im Stadtspiegel MG endlich als Statistin (für bestimmt 5 sec ;)) in der zdf drehscheibe sehen:

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/27/0,1872,1021083_idDispatch:8196778,00.html

Und wer mag, votet für mich hier (und bevor ihr fragt, mir gehts mehr um die Kamera als um die Popstars ;))

http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/fan_reporter/voting/

Daaanke und liebe Grüße!!

x natalie

Fräuleinwunder #2

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:45:50 GMT

This Saturday, we'll present the second edition of Fräuleinwunder at the Burlesque Ball Room in Rotterdam!

I'm sooo happy how it turned out, but it was a hell lot of work. One customer said it's a coffee-table-magazine, and I think she is right, we should call it like that!

You can pre-order it already on our myspace site! x

Bad Influence, tons of Glamour, and even more Attitude…

Desperately awaited and ready to addict you:

Fräuleinwunder Issue 2 is out!!

Miss Bad Valentine introduces you to our latest flame Bloodshot Bill, extra 12 pages special feature about Berlin including a complete shopping and barhopping guide,

Micky chats with The White Barons - punkrock heroes from San Francisco, Pinky Paradise and Sweetness show you how to do your hair in perfect pinup style, Tura Satana, sweet& deadly art by Candy Cane, dress up like a show girl with Burlesque Couture, another episode of Between the Sheets with Eva von Slut, Miss Winks Cinematique whisks you away into the world of teenage delinquent movies, some crafting fun with Soda Shop Sue, stylish Must Haves and lots more a bombshell needs to to know…

It’s all about attitude!

Everything in English and on heavy matte paper!

NICO Ausstellung in Köln

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:49:02 GMT

Nico – Köln, Berlin, Paris, New York – Stationen einer Popikone

Museum für Angewandte Kunst: 30. Oktober 2008 bis 1. Februar 2009

Im Oktober 2008 wäre Christa Päffgen (1938-1988), die als blonde Schönheit nach New York ging, Andy Warhol kennenlernte und unter dem Namen NICO Sängerin wurde, siebzig Jahre geworden. Das Museum für Angewandte Kunst ehrt sie im Jubiläumsjahr mit einer Ausstellung.
Christa Päffgen wird am 16.10.1938 in Köln geboren, der Maler C.O. Päffgen ist ihr Cousin. Sie wächst in Berlin auf, wo sie bereits 1954 von dem bekannten Modefotografen Herbert Tobias als Fotomodell entdeckt wird. Sie arbeitet u.a. für den Modedesigner Heinz Oestergard, auf dessen Vermittlung sie schon bald nach Paris übersiedelt. Willy Maywald, der in Paris eine führende Rolle als Modefotograf einnimmt, protegiert und engagiert sie für zahlreiche Shootings.
Als Modell arbeitet sie in Frankreich, Spanien und Italien. Auch in Deutschland ist sie in den 50er und 60er Jahren immer wieder auf den Titelblättern führender Mode- und Designmagazine zu sehen. In Paris nimmt sie den Künstlernamen NICO an und widmet sich nun auch der Schauspielerei. In Fellinis Klassiker „La Dolce Vita“ agiert sie an der Seite von Marcello Mastroianni und Anouk Aimée.
In diese Zeit fallen auch ihre ersten Kontakte zu der unter dem Einfluss der Beatles aufblühenden Popmusikszene. Andy Warhol entdeckt NICO als Sängerin für die von ihm produzierte Band Velvet Underground. 1967 veröffentlicht sie ihre erste Solo-LP „Chelsea Girls“, die dem berühmten New Yorker Künsterhotel gewidmet ist. Zahlreiche bekannte Fotografen wie Richard Avedon, Steven Shore und Gerard Malanga porträtieren sie in jenen Jahren, in der sie u.a. mit Jim Morrison und Iggy Pop befreundet war. Ende der 60er Jahre kehrt sie nach Europa zurück, wo sie ihre Solokarriere als Sängerin und Schauspielerin fortsetzt. „Deutschland“ spielt als Thema in ihrem Werk immer wieder eine Rolle: 1988 stirbt Nico auf Ibiza; sie wird in Berlin beigesetzt. Postum erscheint der mit dem Grimme-Preis ausgezeichnete Dokumentarfilm NICO der Kölner Regisseurin Susanne Ofteringer. Die Ausstellung dokumentiert die unterschiedlichen Tätigkeitsbereiche der aus Köln stammenden Künstlerin und wird von einem umfangreichen Rahmenprogramm begleitet.

Pinup Calendar 2009

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:59:28 GMT

Für die Nicht-Schweizer:

Der Pinup-Animal-Rescue-Kalender von Zoe Scarlett mit Heidi van Horne, Kay O'Hara, Sari und mir ist nun auch in Deutschland bei Ars Vivendi zu bestellen!

Order the Pinup-Animal-Rescue-Calender with Zoe Scarlett, Heidi van Horne, Kay O'Hara, Sari und me from Germany at Ars Vivendi or simply click on the banner and "shop"!

Kalle Anka & Co

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:36:22 GMT

Puzzled.

Yesterday I received an envelope In the mail from the UK, inside a Swedish Donald Duck Halloween comic. Kalle Anka. No postcard with it, nothing. I wonder if it was just a mistake (I did order magazines from the UK, but...) or if somebody thought I'd like it or...? No idea. Did YOU send it to me? If yes, why??

For the voyeur in you

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:06:33 GMT

This art project is interesting. As if they finally invented these x-ray glasses!
www.naked-people.de

But why are there no men??

And no, I will not take part.

pinup animal rescue calendar

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:44:49 GMT

Hey, Christmas always comes sooner than you think! So why don't you order one just now? x

Sweetness vs. Pixeleye at Stray Cats Concert

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:28:43 GMT

Sweetness vs. Pixeleye at Stray Cats Concert
Ursprünglich hochgeladen von Pixeleye Interactive // Dirk Behlau

One of those days

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:40:06 GMT

I feel I have to write downwhat today was like for me, just to get rid of it so that I can sleep.

As a teacher of 21 boys and 8 girls between 6 and 7 years old, no day is like another. Very often it's the most wonderful job in the world, just not today.

It didn't start too bad, but soon enough I saw a girl putting a "necklace" (which was basically a chain to help them calculate) round the neck of her neighbour who turned red as she wasn't getting enough air. First panic, but I could release her. then I saw that she hadn't written down one number (after 10 minutes of time, some of the other kids in the class were already done) and I asked her why, in a slightly unfriendly tone. She explained she wasn't up to it, to which i replied that I didn#t care, she would have to do it anyway. I also asked her to leave the room so that she could work on her sheet outside where it was more quiet.

Her response was crying, telling me she hates school and me, more crying with a lot of hugging... I stayed strong and told her in a more friendly, softer way that still, she would have to finish her work before she could come back in again.

5 min later I went to look if she needed help, and she hadn't even started. I didn't even ask why this time (I know she is smart enough to solve it) and told her that she would have to stay there, even during the breakfast, and if she wanted this? More cussing and crying from her side.

I took her with me when all the other kids went outside and played. She started to work, slowly. I encouraged her.

After 3 hours, she finally finished her paper and my nerves were already hackled up.

In the meantime I had to prevent two boys from fighting with their scissors, and the same ones tried to stick a pencil into the ear of the other. don't they learn these things at home?? They're in 2nd grade now!

the rest of the day was pretty rubbish. I tried to save the atmosphere (I hate it when I have to send the kids home without having refreshed the classroom climate) and we had some good moments singing, but in the end they were also pretty beat up just as myself.

It's just not fair that the whole group has to suffer under some others...

Tomorrow I will only be in my class for 2 lessons and I'll try to make it as nice as possible for all of them.

Thanks for listening. Goodnight!

travel diary

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:17:22 GMT

It's still way too hot to sleep, so I can also just write my long due blog!

First of all - thank soooooo much for all the lovely birthday emails and comments - every single one of them warmed my heart!

We celebrated my birthday first in Newport (Aquarium) , then in the evening at the Doug Fir in Portland, a nice place in a lovely city.

But let's start where it starts... (I'll make it short, promised!)

The KLM flight from Amsterdam to San Francisco was calm, the catering was great (even though they didn't have my vegetarian meal at first -they spoilt me later) and we arrived tired in a cold san francisco. I think 3 people told us the Mark Twain quote! "The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco." We spent our 2 days there with shopping on Haight Ashburry, and doing other touristy stuff.

Next day: Napa! Our bed & breakfast "La Belle epoque" was super cute and we enjoyed 3 hours of wine tasting! This house really suited me I thought! The hotelier knew us by names when we arrived, she was just baking cookies for all of her guests. Can it become more of a cliché?

The scenic road through Napa valley was very impressive, but I felt sorry for myself that I couldn't take any wine home.

On our way to the Redwood Nationalpark we stopped at Mendocino, a colourful coast town that I only knew from a silly German Schlager so far!

Redwood! Trees! Photographing trees or forrests is a challenge as often you have high contrasts, but I took my time and was quite pleased with my new camera, the Fuji s5 pro.

We saw Elks (a lot!) but no bear that we later started to call "honks" Don't ask why!

From Redwood we drove to Crater Lake - a beautiful area. Lots of snow, even though it was warm. Oh and way too many moskitos - they ruined the romantic "pizza, wine & sunset" plan we had.

What I love doing in the USA is stopping at random cafés, diners... some are just so beautiful, or simply an interesting photo object.

Arlene's Café (somewhere between Crater Lake and Florence):

Hot Rod Grill in Florence, OR:

The coast in Oregon is really pretty. We loved to drive, stop, snap a pic, watch the beautiful seaview houses... We had to stop in Astoria because Tommi is a huge fan of the Goonies movie. I think the best food we had on this trip was at the Urban café there- simply delicious!
Oh I didn't count the cheesecake in here!

The next stop was the Olympic National Park which I think i loved most. The combination of rain forrest, wild impressive coast and lonely beaches is irresitable.

Oh and we saw a mountain beaver (no pic!), bald eagles and lots of Bambis! = this made me a happy girl

After so much time in the nature we were happy to spend the last days in Seattle - having fun shopping, dancing, talking, meeting friends...

We went out dancing, saw a show by the very cool Marshall Scott Warner at the Tractor Tavern (where I've met an old classmate, too), visited the falls where Twin Peaks was filmed and had a "damn fine cup of coffee" at the local Twede's café.

Seattle was just such a beautiful city - you have the mountains, the coast, we had the loveliest weather, and even lovelier people around us. I already miss it!

If you are not tired yet, more photos are here!

sad

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:11:09 GMT

Sad.... well, one of my cousins died today (I didn't know him well, but this uncle of mine has just lost his wife and he already lost another son years ago and now he is all alone, this is making me sad) and another friend of my family also died today. It's not affecting me personally so much, but it is very sad for my Mom and this makes me sad. What a weird Friday.

The world is upside down.

Thu, 29 May 2008 21:48:21 GMT

Talking about the weather

Today at 11 o' clock - I was in my classroom - the sky suddenly became darker and darker, as if a thunderstorm came up - and suddenly it was dark like night! I've never seen anything like this before... In addition to this, the lights went on and off. Most of the kids were totally fascinated, some rrally frightened and started crying. I was expecting some huge lightnings but it only rained heavily and then it became slowly clearer and clearer...

Laboratorium.co.uk

Las week I had an amazing photoshooting (film noir) with Digital artist Robin Preston. It was such a great great honour to work with him, and so much fun too! Here are some results so far - they turned out exactly as I wanted them to be!

xxx

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:07:33 GMT

Heike and I had a blast at yesterdays shooting with the amazing Miss Giggles - such a fun day! I just LOVE this pic so much!!

Two more in my flickr!

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:49:08 GMT

I've just uploaded a few pix from my godchild Mika - we did these last winter for a photo calendar for his family. Isn't he the cutest?

Vlissingen 2008

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:58:46 GMT

Just returned from a sunny weekend in Vlissingen - we went there for the annual Teddyboy Festival wish I found quite boring this year. I've never been a big Teddyboy Fan, but at least you could find a lot of cool photo subjects - I love the older english Teddyboys all dressed up - but this year was more or less boring...

Photos to proof it are here:

And this is where I was just a couple of hours ago....

It's only 2,5 or 3 hours away and I really plan to go there way more often!
The sea, the sun and the beach just make me feel so alive!
xxx

lazy

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:51:05 GMT

I know I'm not posting much at the moment - I always intend to and formulate the words in my inner livejournal brain - but they never make it til here... Its a bit sad as life is really exciting at the moment - mainly because of the succesful release of our magazine! We get such positive feedback and sooo many peopel who want to advertise or work for us - its making me feel very, very energetic.

School is quite the opposite. Today was fine, but the last weeks have been very tiring. They're awesome, just so young, and so many... I know they'll grow up and learn the rules, I just wish they already were at that point.

The festival season will start soon - I can't wait for Walldorf!
But this weekend we'll be in Vlissingen. I'm not such a big Teddyboy fan but it'll be nice to get dressed up and meet some old friends, and take photos of course. I love the pix I took of older Teddyboys in their drapes.

Last week I met my lovely Zoe Scarlett again - she was round the corner for a photoshooting with Pixeleye and Waltz motorcycles and so we met for a drink. I'm always so amazed at her beauty and charm!

Right now I'm uploading photos from a party 2 weeks ago, they're quite wild, haha! I think the persons photographed will soon ask me to delete a few of them, so watch while they're still there ;)

And I'll soon be uploading photos from a dinner t our house - tiki/hawaiian themed. I had a "wild hibiscus in chamapgne" as aperitif, then a "coconut-curry-sop wit either gambas or fruit", then porc filet or a zuchini/carrot burger (vegetarian) with in palmsugar caramelized peanuts, sugarpeas with sesame and cashew safran rice", then as dessert a coconut mousse with fresh fruits, a mango sauce and a macadamia nut mousse, and last some self-made pralinés (pink pepper, oregano or strawberry vinegar"with coffee. Sounds good? xxx

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:31:33 GMT

Oh my God, I'm beyond excitement!

Our copies of the first issue of Fräuleinwunder have just arrived, but I promised to Micky not to look at them before she is here - she better rushes! The champagne is cold and my heart is beating harder than a drunken sailor who finds his wife cheating ;)

Since the first idea in May we've really been working hard for it, with a million ideas rushing through, but also a lot of problems had to be solved - like when after composing more than 50% my file crashed (and of course I didn't have a backup then), or the whole process of financing it etc.

You have no idea how proud we are now!

So, if you want a copy...

Paypal to frauleinwundermag@gmail.com

Germany and Europe 5€ + 2€ shipping = 7€
Rest of the world 5€ + 3€ shipping = 8€

If you're in Germany, you can also transfer the money to Natalie Kreuter
Bank account 5402777982
BLZ 50010517 (don't forget to send us an email then with your full address!)

Oh and if you want to party with us - come to Schlicktown on Friday 28th of March, 8pm! We'll have some free sparkling wine for you!
(And of course you can buy your copy there too ;))

Happy Easter! xxx

Happy Valentine's Day!

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:25:22 GMT

Ok, in Germany it's not such a big deal - it only swept across from the UK and USA a few years ago. I know the tale around St. Valentine but somehow I still believe it's an invention from the flower industry!

It's my mothers in-law birthday so don't worry, I'll get my share of cake and prosecco anyway!

Happy Loversday! x

mute

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:56:31 GMT

My voice is completely gone. Yesterday it was just slightly gone which i always like as I find myself quite sexy then, but today: nothing, niente, nada. Very weird, as i don't feel sick or anything, just that when I open my beak nothing comes out. Not the best thing when you have 30 kids sitting there that wait to be "entertained". Well, they tried to be calm and they realyl were - in the first 30 minutes. But, I'm home now, I survived. Tomorrow our school inspectors will come and I have to show a lesson. Ugh. i hope they'll give me a muteness-bonus.

Weekend plans: Pizza with friends on Saturday, maybe going to a flea market on Sunday and going to the Stars concert on Monday - I'm really looking forward to seeing them. (Even though I don't like shows on Monday nights too much).

Fräuleinwunder is really really almost finished! I only will have to insert a few pix and credits, then a friend will hopefully help me to convert them to a printable pdf and then its going to the printer - yay! I'm sooooo excited and so pleased, its looking really nice! When it's going to be published, I really want to have a small "launch" party, that would be fun! We've only put articles etc in there that micky and I are personally interested in, and this is why I believe it must be good. Nothing random in there...

Of course I'll let you know when it's available :) xxx

the slowness of winter

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:32:18 GMT

I realize I haven't written a proper entry in soooo long! It's the Karneval season in German, and the good thing is that I have Friday to Monday off - 4 lovely days with no plans at all, other than working on this "to do" list that is only getting longer and longer the more I think about it. My first priority is to finish our magazine "Fräuleinwunder". And good news - it's almost done! Only very few photos must be inserted, and then I hope a friend will help me to get the data set right for the printer. (I already had a nightmare that we were too impatient, printed it and it looked awful - good warning!) I know we've worked on it 6 months, but hey, it's going to be brillian!

When I woke up and looked out the window I could still see the first snow this winter, but now, only 1 hour later, it's almost gone completely. Not that I mind too much. I think I could do without snow, especially because here it often is mixed with rain. Anyway!

School is still exhausting, I got a new pupil, now I have 21 boys and 1 girl. But they're a great bunch of kids, I already feel really attached.

Tommi is working a lot - in addition to his nightshifts he has a lot of work for the companies union, but at least he can save some hours that way for an extra holiday here and there. And Sunday will be ours!

I work a lot on my photography right now - the new project is about landscape. Not my favourite subject as I prefer to take portraits but it's a challenge! One idea is to capture the landscape with my polaroid camera or LOMO... Some results are here!

Life is very good at the moment. It's flowing slowly like a calm river, but it's constant, reliable which I love. My week usually consist of work going to the gym 3 times a week (I love my "body attack" class!) and watching DVDs. Boring, I know, but good for me. Still, I'm excited for the spring/summer when all the good shows and festivals will start again.

I already made a small list, it's not complete - I keep finding more and more flyers everyday!

Rockin Around Turnhout 22.-23.3.08

Hot Rod decadence 19.4.08 (Berlin)

Vlissingen Teddyboyfest (NL) 25. - 27.4.08

4th Friendship Party Ratingen 5.4.08

Rockabilly weekender Walldorf (near Heidelberg)(9.pre party)10.-12.5.

Car show, 50ies market Verl-Kaunitz 24./25.5.08

Bottrop Kustom Kulture Show 6.6.-8.6.08

Rockabilly Rave Pontins Camber Sands, UK.19th - 23rd June 2008

Hangar Rockin Switzerland 5.7.2008

Panhandle summer jamboree in Meerbusch ??

summer jamboree Italien 16.-24. August 2008

Enjoy the slowness of winter xxx

Schedule summer 2008 - San Francisco - Seattle

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:48:50 GMT

*Entry edited*

Tomorrow we'll step on the plane!

Here is our schedule - always happy for any advice on what to see on the road, where to stop etc etc.

Fr June 27th         arriving in SF
Sa 28th        SF
Sun 29th SF - driving to Napa Valley (Some hotels look soooo cute but quite expensive too...)
Mon 30th     driving (if not too hungover) to the Redwood Nat Park
Tue July 1st        Redwood
Wed 2nd     continuing to the Crater Lake
Thu 3rd       Crater Lake
Fr 4th          driving to either Florence? Lincoln City? Otter Rock?
Sa 5th         somewhere at the coast
Sun 6th      My birthday! We'll drive to Portland (micro-breweries!)
Mon 7th      Portland, later Astoria or Long Beach
Tue 8th - Sa 12th Olympic island
12th - 17th Seattle and maybe a day to Vancouver

Sounds good?
xxx

Paradise?

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:49:54 GMT

Christmas and NYE in Egypt is a strange experience. But a healthy one. I slept a lot, caught a lot of daylight and sun and read the fantastic "The house of leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski. (I really want to write more about it at another time). The only "activity" we had was snorkeling - very beautiful! The highlight was seeing a big black moray .
Egypt is not a country where I'd want to live, but the houses in el Ghouna are quite beautiful. There is just nothing around it! Only a lot of sand, a lot of stones. On the way from Hurghada to our hotel you sometimes think you're in Beirut - so many "building site ruins". Houses never completed. Oh and as friendly as the Egyptians may be, I never felt quite comfortable walking alone (and so I almost never did). Either they want to sell you something, or... well, who can blame them? I'm sure enough tourists go there especially for this reason.
My other photos show a lot of food porn! The gala dinners for Christmas and NY Eve were incredible.
Hope you enjoy the pix, and I love comments or any questions!
Happy New Year! xxx
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